The puzzle of evading materialism is that it seems to infest everything. >because you have such relentless resourcefulness, determination, and physical and men

The puzzle of evading materialism is that it seems to infest everything. >because you have such relentless resourcefulness, determination, and physical and mental health And what if you don't? What if you're weak in one of those areas and, for whatever reason, can _never_ hope to become strong? Everyone does grow old eventually, if they don't get killed first. So then, relying on "I will always be a strong person" is a kind of material thought. You'll lose it, sooner or later. Perhaps a healthier way to think of yourself is as a sort of resource that can be cultivated for a while - and often considerably, when considering intellectual endeavors - but is ultimately consumed. And then, as in strategy games involving heavy resource constraints, your goal is to maneuver and manage resources carefully so that you can both accomplish key goals and remain in a relatively advantageous position afterwards, even though in an absolute sense, things are always being depleted. At that point, strategy w/r to things you purchase is just a calculation, not something you feel you have to identify with.