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"We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and mo

"We’ve been led into a culture that has been engineered to leave us tired, hungry for indulgence, willing to pay a lot for convenience and entertainment, and most importantly, vaguely dissatisfied with our lives so that we continue wanting things we don’t have." Almost all of us are sheep and have a herd mentality. This makes it easy for big businesses and even government to sway our sentiments to manipulate us. From the education system to work place to media, everything is designed around big businesses generate revenues by pushing items we do not REALLY need. Material comforts and sensory pleasures do not fulfill anyone for long. How do we realize what we want will not truly satisfy us? How do we break out of this? The hard way is to discover the source of satisfaction lies within, through meditation, questioning and experimentation. When we discover our true calling and use our talents to serve all selflessly (as much as possible), we can get a glimpse of true happiness. Till then we cannot help but be manipulated by society in its current form.

marknutter 14y ago
What you are describing here is what makes you happy. It's a mistake to think it would make everyone happy.
- Falling3 14y ago
  He hasn't actually described what makes him happy. He's described a way to figure out what makes one happy.
lilsunnybee 14y ago
Most of the world's population is low wage workers who don't have any extra for mindless consumption. Somehow they are able to get by without these comforts, and don't even need to meditate. The real problem here is the yuppie lifestyle. Just think if all of those wasted financial resources could actually go to fund something important, rather than mindless waste. Keeping people exhausted and feeling they are entitled contributes greatly to the problem.
- GFischer 14y ago
  I'm sorry to say, even low wage workers WANT the "mindless consumption" extras. The doorman at my apartment here in Uruguay (who makes about U$ 1.000 / month) has just spent about a month's wages on some high-tech cell phone with Android (I think it's a Galaxy Note 2). He has a wife and child to feed. The number of people living in hovels (they're called "cantegril" here in Uruguay and "villa miseria" in Argentina and "favela" in Brazil) that have LCD TVs is staggering. There's a subculture that values Nike shoes and steals to get them.

marknutter 14y ago

What you are describing here is what makes you happy. It's a mistake to think it would make everyone happy.

Falling3 14y ago
He hasn't actually described what makes him happy. He's described a way to figure out what makes one happy.

lilsunnybee 14y ago

Most of the world's population is low wage workers who don't have any extra for mindless consumption. Somehow they are able to get by without these comforts, and don't even need to meditate. The real problem here is the yuppie lifestyle. Just think if all of those wasted financial resources could actually go to fund something important, rather than mindless waste. Keeping people exhausted and feeling they are entitled contributes greatly to the problem.

GFischer 14y ago
I'm sorry to say, even low wage workers WANT the "mindless consumption" extras. The doorman at my apartment here in Uruguay (who makes about U$ 1.000 / month) has just spent about a month's wages on some high-tech cell phone with Android (I think it's a Galaxy Note 2). He has a wife and child to feed. The number of people living in hovels (they're called "cantegril" here in Uruguay and "villa miseria" in Argentina and "favela" in Brazil) that have LCD TVs is staggering. There's a subculture that values Nike shoes and steals to get them.