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lx-post - less is more post
tags: #bk-redplanet
date: August 08, 2013 01:22:23 PM
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My escapist tendencies evolved for a reason -- to escape the boredom of feeling trapped, but now that part is overactive compared to what I need now, so it would make sense to trim it back.
Also, with regard to how I see myself, my life and my traveling, i like the tetherball analogy, I have to periodically kick myself out in the wild blue yonder, but I also seem to need that tether holding me back, drawing me back to some place (which changes from time to time) and then the cord winds around that pole increases it's speed until it stops and reverses the process again.
Am I missing connections with people because of that?
Wanting is natural. it's part of what makes us human. It's part of what makes us want to see the world, to meet and connect with others.
But this basic desire, to want, often catches us off guard and steers us into want things. Now I'm not so asetic as to think that there isn't something appealing about a nice home to live in, a nice desk to sit at, a nice computer to write on, a nice car to drive and so on, but none of these things comes without a cost.
In fact, Problems result that include obesity and related diseases, massive consumer debt, shallow consumerism, overwork
“The most important thing is, what do you want in your life, right now? What you want in this very moment makes your mind, and that mind makes your life.”
—Zen Master Seung Sahn
The Compass of Zen
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