Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 24, 2006, at 4:33:41
In reply to I want to want less., posted by linkadge on June 23, 2006, at 19:10:40
Hey Link.
Well, it depends on what you want I guess. If you want to have a roof over your head, and food and basic things like that, its probably no such bad thing. I mean, thats a basic human drive to make sure we live. If we didn't want to have food then we'd obviously die. If we didn't want to have sex (on a general level!), then there would be no procreation and homo sapiens would die out. You get the jist.
But if you want more, and then want more, ie are never satisfied, and have all the basic requirements for living, (house, job, food, etc etc) then thats probably more problematic. Because you'll end up unhappy I guess.
Well, you should maybe look into Buddist philosphies -- they are really great for things like that. And you don't have to be a buddist to do buddist things, like mediation, yoga type breathing exercises etc etc. Perhaps this would be good? They have ideas about material possessions but then, I don't know if you want material things or not. Well I see life as a journey -its not the destination, but the travelling. Like I used to think 'oh I'd be happy if I moved out of home' or 'if I had a good job/boyfriend/finished college' but when I got these things which I wanted, I wasn't happy. You just end up wanting a better job, better house, etc etc. I think one needs to be in the present moment more. And probably get some spirituality or something like that. I hope I'm making sense!
Yeah, I was abit skepical about buddism and things like that, but well, from what I've seen its pretty good. You know, its not the material possessions that make a person, its the person's charactor! Well I don't know anything about it really, but its good for 'fulfilling' yourself I believe. Plus all that mediation has to be good for you - aren't there studies that show when you mediate and practice things like T'ai Chi, you mend neurons or something like that? Oh I can't remember the details, just its supposed to be really good for people with mental disorders supposedly.
My mother always goes on about counting your blessings ie you have your intelligence, physical health, blah blah.... well its easy to say, but not so easy to do if you're depressogenic! Well its about seeing positives I guess.
Well anyway, I doubt there's medication for wanting less. Maybe something that zombifies you? like an SSRI???
Kind regards
Meri
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