Materialistic Life and Love
Happy Saturday, y'all!
I've had something on my brain for awhile now.
I need it to be known this is not directed towards any one person or persons. It is not meant to be judgmental, belittling, or rude. It simply is a genuine observation from yours truly and stems from an awakening I feel about certain subjects.
So here it goes: Materialistic Life and Love
It all started when I began reading Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" and there's a part in the book about how humans identify with things and how it influences their daily life. How it controls their ego.
Lately I've seen a lot of this. With friends, at work, with people I don't even know... and sadly, with myself.
In today's time I feel as if people turn to "things" for satisfaction way too often. We identify with things because at the time they make us feel good. At the time you're following the crowd, you NEED this, it's popular, it seems important.
We've all done it- even me.
We had a bad day? We buy something.
We had an argument? We buy something.
Our significant other is upset with us? We buy them something.
In Eckhart Tolle's words:
"But we cannot really honor things if we use them as means of self-enhancement, that is to say, if we try to find ourselves through them."
How much of my self worth is actually centered around "things?" How much satisfaction am I receiving through things that will eventually have no psychological value because the ego is so short-lived it's constantly looking for more, something better. How is my ego being affected?
I see a lot where women feel as if a man is supposed to provide for them wholeheartedly. He's supposed to shower them with gifts to prove his love. That a man is solely there to please said woman.
Since when did love become measured in how much was spent on a holiday? Since when did love become measured in how much something costs? Since when did love become so materialistic?
Let me tell you this: Life and Love is not measured in money, it is measured with time. It is measured with ears that listen when someone speaks. It is measured with mouths that speak comforting words. It is measured with the soft touch of a hand.
Ask yourself this:
"Do certain things induce a subtle feeling of importance or superiority? Does the lack of them make you feel inferior to others who have more than you? Do you casually mention things you own or show them off to increase your sense of worth in someone else's eyes and through them in your own? Do you feel resentful or angry and somehow diminished in your sense of self when someone else has more than you or when you lose a prized possession?"
-- Eckhart Tolle "A New Earth"
Think about it.
I've had something on my brain for awhile now.
I need it to be known this is not directed towards any one person or persons. It is not meant to be judgmental, belittling, or rude. It simply is a genuine observation from yours truly and stems from an awakening I feel about certain subjects.
So here it goes: Materialistic Life and Love
It all started when I began reading Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" and there's a part in the book about how humans identify with things and how it influences their daily life. How it controls their ego.
Lately I've seen a lot of this. With friends, at work, with people I don't even know... and sadly, with myself.
In today's time I feel as if people turn to "things" for satisfaction way too often. We identify with things because at the time they make us feel good. At the time you're following the crowd, you NEED this, it's popular, it seems important.
We've all done it- even me.
We had a bad day? We buy something.
We had an argument? We buy something.
Our significant other is upset with us? We buy them something.
In Eckhart Tolle's words:
"But we cannot really honor things if we use them as means of self-enhancement, that is to say, if we try to find ourselves through them."
How much of my self worth is actually centered around "things?" How much satisfaction am I receiving through things that will eventually have no psychological value because the ego is so short-lived it's constantly looking for more, something better. How is my ego being affected?
I see a lot where women feel as if a man is supposed to provide for them wholeheartedly. He's supposed to shower them with gifts to prove his love. That a man is solely there to please said woman.
Since when did love become measured in how much was spent on a holiday? Since when did love become measured in how much something costs? Since when did love become so materialistic?
Let me tell you this: Life and Love is not measured in money, it is measured with time. It is measured with ears that listen when someone speaks. It is measured with mouths that speak comforting words. It is measured with the soft touch of a hand.
Ask yourself this:
"Do certain things induce a subtle feeling of importance or superiority? Does the lack of them make you feel inferior to others who have more than you? Do you casually mention things you own or show them off to increase your sense of worth in someone else's eyes and through them in your own? Do you feel resentful or angry and somehow diminished in your sense of self when someone else has more than you or when you lose a prized possession?"
-- Eckhart Tolle "A New Earth"
Think about it.
Comments
Post a Comment