2007-12-13 14:21:21 · 22 answers · asked by Rita 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes. I grew up poor, in a small house, sharing a room with siblings. Now that my husband and I are older and are making a bit of money, I have started accumulating a lot of stuff. It was such fun for awhile; now my huge house that I wanted so badly and all its stuff are way too much work to take care of. How silly I've been!
2007-12-13 14:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mountain Girl 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
For a lot people this is true because they can't figure
out how to have a joyful life by doing the things they really
want to do. What enslaves them is the idea they have to
have new houses, new cars, new clothes, new electronics,
country club memberships, expensive weddings, private
schools for their children, etc. These are the goals they
have in mind, not personal happiness or spiritual awareness.
Their complete lack of creativity leads them to accept the
fact that they need some high paying, angst ridden job
in order to achieve what they think will give them "freedom"
of the material kind. When they're still singing "I Can't
Get No...Satisfaction" it's time for the obligatory, stress
related heart attack and it's all over. The more real love
you have, the fewer things you need because your cup
is always full, and you concentrate on having fun, sharing
moments with your friends or family. These are really
the only things of real value in the end.
and
2007-12-14 10:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow Rena, It's like your talking DIRECTLY to me this morning when I read this. Because as I respond to this question, I'm currently sitting in my office at a job I despise, because I have to start here to reach the level I sacrificed so much to get to. I'm a professional, and the job is in my field, but I'm not allowed to do it the way I know it needs to be done, because I'm not in charge, yet. I won't go on about what else I hate about it because I'd probably get carpal tunnel, but sometimes, for a brief moment, I admire aimless, irresponsible lazy people with no ambition, that doesn't have to go through this. The ones that are satisfied just getting by. They may never achieve the level of financial comfort that I eventually will, but who ever said that financial comfort (if that's possible) will prove worthy of all my sacrifices and struggles. But I've always been a responsible, ambitious and intelligent person that's way to hard on himself, and I think that more than anything enslaves me.
Great question, perfect timing
Thanks!
2007-12-14 10:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not the struggle nor the work but the idea for future positive when the possibility for a positive life exists now. The Judgment is negative and there is no freedom from that. The Will is positive and only from the Will do we know freedom and we work and struggle for that. We are slaves working toward our freedom. When the Judgment of all people is servant to the Will, then we have freedom from it rather than enslavement.
2007-12-13 23:41:13 · answer #4 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, very often that is the case. I know many people who have so many material goods that I wonder if the material objects own them. I know older people who hoard things and get so much junk that they spend their day moving it around their home trying to find a place for all of it. I know some who keep the junk in storage and spend a fortune to store a few hundred dollars of things that could be replaced at a yard sale.
I also know many people who are enslaved to a particular lifestyle and give up everything to maintain that lifestyle.
2007-12-14 15:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by Annie D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But of course. If you had the money to get the things you want, most of us would kick it down a notch. There are some that are driven by there cause that would keep on working hard as they are trying to achieve something like cure cancer or something like that. The rest we are enslaved for sure.
2007-12-14 09:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Big Will 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The things you own, own you.
We want nice cars and beautiful homes but then we become slaves to jobs we don't necessarily like just so we can pay the bills. We become trapped in a vicious cycle of consumerism working to pay for the things we want. The gadgets that are supposed to simplify our lives actually complicate it.
The key is to realize what's really important (the things that can't be bought.) Superficial things can not make you happy. Pursuing them alone will only enslave you. Love is what makes you happy and it doesn't have a price tag and it sets you free.
2007-12-14 05:16:26 · answer #7 · answered by amp 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Declarative: sometimes the things we struggle & work to achieve enslave us.
'That' is a verity.
2007-12-13 23:25:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. I don't know the answer to it, but sometimes it feels like you work so hard to achieve something, that when you become enslaved to it, its less joyous when you finally meet your goal.
2007-12-14 07:14:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my country, there is a very parochial phrase:
"maintain your lifestyle".
This reflects the naivety of simple humans who make life hard for themselves when the things that are designed to make life easier only serve to drive them to try even harder to afford other things that were in the first place supposed to make life easier.
The focus is so much on "things". That the "effort" spent to earn those "things" far exceeds the effort saved by the things which were designed to spare us the effort.
My countrymen are paranoid stupids.
Mr Singapore
2007-12-13 22:46:54 · answer #10 · answered by Tuna-San 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋