I think that most of what people desire seems to be artificial, a product of our past. To explain, in the times before civilization people had to struggle to survive, to eat required hard work which was motivated by you instinct to live. Now with the advent of agriculture you have people that don't have to work very hard to eat compared to the past, therefore they find that their need for struggle is not met. This led to the development of the countless ways humans distract themselves from feeling incomplete. But on some level, most people aren't satisfied with their distractions, they grow bored easily and must inject some kind of action into their lives to feel alive. On this level however, people aren't acting much different than their primitive selves. Perhaps we actually have the potential to realize the need for struggle within ourselves and let go of desire for things which will never fill the hole inside. People are designed to be a cup, never full, why try to fill it up?
2007-03-10
11:39:37
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