Sunday, May 22, 2005

Dematerialization: Step 1.5

Why Dematerialize?

I have come to feel like the possessions I own have somewhat come to rule my life.

  • Stuff causes a lot of headaches. Think about how often stuff rules your life!
  • People buy hefty insurance to guard their stuff
  • People worry that their stuff will get stolen and get upset when it does
  • It’s annoying to buy stuff and find that the value of your stuff has decreased
  • People get jealous of other people’s stuff
  • Sometimes people kill because they want other people’s stuff
  • People work all day to provide their families with stuff
  • Television tells us we need stuff
  • People comment when you don’t have stuff (where is your microwave? How come you don’t have a juicer)
  • People devote entire days to looking for stuff (let’s go to the mall, lets go to a flea market, antique show, shopping downtown, window shopping, birthday present opening, Christmas present stuff (shopping and opening).
  • The more money you have, the more useless stuff you seem to accumulate
  • If you have a big house, you work to fill it with lots of stuff (because empty is bad)

And this is just the short list!
Thinking about how much stuff rules my life made me decide to get rid of excess...

1 Comments:

At 3:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

YOU ARE SOOOOO RIGHT.NORMALLY I DON'T BOTHER TO PUT IN MY 2 CENTS ON PEOPLE'S SITES BUT THIS ISSUE OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR QUITE SOME TIME.ACTUALLY I BOUGHT SOMETHING FROM YOU ON EBAY AND IN TURN I GOT RID OF A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF.I CALL IT SPIRITUAL CLUTTER.HAVING TOO MUCH STUFF CLOGGS YOUR MIND,SOUL,SPIRIT AND LIVING SPACE. WHAEN PEOPLE ASK WHY I AM GETTING RID OF THIS OR THAT AND I SAY I HAVE TOO MUCH SPIRITUAL CLUTER AND TRY TO EXPLAIN THEY GET THAT I-DON'T-QUITE-GET -IT LOOK ON THEIR FACES.WHATEVER.I TRY TO EXPLAIN BUT AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO AND IT DOES FEEL GOOD. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE HEALTH/MEDICAL PROBLEMS GET RID OF ALL THE USELESS CRAP THAT'S CONTROLLING YOUR LIFE!

 

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