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Life of collecting possesions? Fun?
#5460732 - 03/30/06 05:11 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I am having fun doing this. Is anyone else? I pretty much gave up on family and gods and now I just like to save up money and buy things that make me happy for a little while.
Yeah, it is not the most "wise" sounding thing to do, but it's fun...maybe I need more in my life though, I suppose making more money to get more things is always a goal though.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5460883 - 03/30/06 05:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nope, I hate it, absolutlely hate it. I plan to do my best to live within these social conditions as long as I have to until I can buy my way out of it, if that makes sense.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5460900 - 03/30/06 05:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I collect dust, and the more mature dust-bunnies....! Doesn't cost me a penny, and it is fun watching them migrate in confusion when I turn on a powerful fan.... 
If collecting things is a goal, and makes you happy, more power to ya~....! I found out that collecting mineral specimens and musical equipment is a pain in the ass, when you have to move.... UUuuugggg....
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: PhanTomCat]
#5460929 - 03/30/06 05:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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PhanTomCat said: If collecting things is a goal, and makes you happy, more power to ya~....!
Yeah I think this is a good attitude. I tried religion and some other stuff, none of it was for me. I think I should lay off on that anger against religions maybe not. I am confused on that part right now in my life.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5460950 - 03/30/06 06:00 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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thats what they want u to do
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fresh313]
#5461444 - 03/30/06 07:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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What are you saying Fresh, that he should stay angry, develop high blood pressure and croak over from a heart attack and die young? That will sure show those religious fanatics.
Whatever one turns their anger over too, OWNS and consumes them for that time. Take note the next time you feel yourself really angry about something or at someone. It consumes your thoughts, time and energy thinking about it. The obsession with it has you a slave to it. Pawned!
Becoming fanatical about fanatics just creates more fanatics in the world. 
Fly free olduser! 
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gettinjiggywithit said: Becoming fanatical about fanatics just creates more fanatics in the world. 
Fly free olduser! 
Haha I am not hating on them THAT much, I just get angry becuase of personal friends and their choices. But, that is their choice I need to remember...
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5463329 - 03/31/06 09:59 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with having possesions, preferring to have possessions, or seeking to obtain more possessions. Never let anyone tell you otherwise, because, if they actually think that there is something inherently wrong with possessions themselves, then they are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Don't let your mental state of mind lie contingent on possessions. That is to emphasized. Possessions, in and of themselves, great. Being emotionally attached to owning possessions or attempting to fufill an emotional need by obtaining possessions - there's the fucking problem.
I personally have possessions, as does nearly everyone. I prefer to have possessions. Having possessions changes and alters one's life in ways that simply standing around with nothing can't. Mankind has had possessions from the beginning of man.
I fully embrace the oppurtunity to possess objects. I have a 55 gallon tank with two oscars, and I seek to bring into my home a 210 gallon tank for my oscars (namely due to the fact that 55 gallons of water isn't enough room for two oscars ). The fact that I have such possessions changes the experience of sitting in my living room for me. We have an ability to interact with reality and to arrange our environment to meet our needs, we've always utilized this ability, and our life depends on this ability. 
If I were to assess your personal situation as you have represented it in this post, however, I would suggest that you attempt to satisfy an emotional craving through the act of possessing objects. No amount of obtaining objects and using them will ever fufill one's state of being.
It is enough to simply identify with one's awareness/consciousness and to then interact with life however one sees fit.
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gettinjiggywithit said: What are you saying Fresh, that he should stay angry, develop high blood pressure and croak over from a heart attack and die young? That will sure show those religious fanatics.
nah i wasnt talking about religous fanatics, by 'they' i meant the large corporations that run capalist america. 'they' want u to work work work and buy buy buy. they dont care if its shit u dont need, they just want u to buy it cuz they run the ads and try and implant extra needs into consumers heads. kinda like in fight club where hes buying all the ikea furniture, and then he burns his place down and his alter - ego explains why he did it. then he moves to paper st. and lives in a delapidated house.. back to basicks u know. when u dont have anything u realize what u really need and what think u need but actually just want.
its jsut that much better when u never know if the power is going to be on or if your roof will leak, then when the power works and the roof stays sealed, its a reason for joy.
like not eating for a day then your next meal will be the best thing youve ever tasted. not having water for awhile when your thirsty that cup of cold water will be the most refreshing drink uv ever had.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fresh313]
#5463858 - 03/31/06 12:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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fresh313 said: then he moves to paper st. and lives in a delapidated house.. back to basicks u know. when u dont have anything u realize what u really need and what think u need but actually just want.
And yet there is absolutely nothing with having possessions that you "just want".
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its jsut that much better when u never know if the power is going to be on or if your roof will leak, then when the power works and the roof stays sealed, its a reason for joy.
Its even more of a reason to be full of joy when your roof is always sealed and when the electricity is flowing throughout the house freely. Perspective is nice, but it isn't necessary to actually be without possessions in order to realize the blessed qualities of having possessions.
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by 'they' i meant the large corporations that run capalist america. 'they' want u to work work work and buy buy buy. they dont care if its shit u dont need, they just want u to buy it cuz they run the ads and try and implant extra needs into consumers heads.
In actuality, people want to work work work so that they can buy buy buy, and corporations have sprung into existance as a result. It isn't as if, back when humans were hunter-gatherers, a corporation emerged and convinced them that they needed to continously work in order to buy their products. People work in order to sustain their existance, then to enchance their experience of life. "Work work work buy buy buy" is the manner in which this occurs, and corporations are the byproduct (specialization of tasks, etc.).
No evil corporations tricking humans to an endless struggle. 
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fireworks_god]
#5464418 - 03/31/06 02:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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fireworks_god said: 1.And yet there is absolutely nothing with having possessions that you "just want".
2.Its even more of a reason to be full of joy when your roof is always sealed and when the electricity is flowing throughout the house freely. Perspective is nice, but it isn't necessary to actually be without possessions in order to realize the blessed qualities of having possessions.
3.In actuality, people want to work work work so that they can buy buy buy, and corporations have sprung into existance as a result. It isn't as if, back when humans were hunter-gatherers, a corporation emerged and convinced them that they needed to continously work in order to buy their products. People work in order to sustain their existance, then to enchance their experience of life. "Work work work buy buy buy" is the manner in which this occurs, and corporations are the byproduct (specialization of tasks, etc.).
No evil corporations tricking humans to an endless struggle. 
1. does this make any sense ? ill add in wrong, and ill say.. i never said there was.
2. tell me how many people in america know what its like to be starving, what its like to have dirty water, what its like to get sick and never get better becuase your immune system is always beat down. no, 99% of americans have no clue. so tell me how they can appreciate something so far above and beyond that without ever experiencing anything even close. i dont think u can truly appreciate something so basic without seeing what its like to be without it.
3. people want to work so they can buy buy buy. yes thats what i said. i never said the corporations were forcing them to work. but what happens when the demand people created for the corporations products and services falls off and now u have a huge supply of corporations all competing for a smaller and smaller market size? cutthroat marketing, advertising, and pressure selling are the result.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5464540 - 03/31/06 03:29 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fresh313]
#5464543 - 03/31/06 03:33 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Okay, , Gotcha. It looked like by "They", you meant the religious fanatics.
Not sure if I want in on this topic of collecting material possessions. You can become a slave to them too and if you loose them, get them stolen or find them destroyed, back to anger you are as well.
All I can say is, don't take on any more then you can USE and comfortably manage the storage, care and responsibility of. Make sure you are prepared to loose EVERYTHING you have over night, because it could happen. I learned to afford and enjoy some novelties and luxuries of life, yet not attach my sense of identity and inner self worth to any of it, because it could be stripped away in the blink of an eye.
What helps is thinking of myself as a temporary guardian and care taker for my stuff and to let friends and family share in it all equally with me, rather then an as a sole owner or possessor of things.
Watch for becoming so obsessed with possessing things that you don't run yourself into major debt, and stop saving or giving to charity as well.
All in all, the more you can learn to enjoy and appreciate the free things of life, the freer and happier you are. 
Thats more of what I am working on since you asked us in your original post olduser. I find I can have the most fun during a FREE day at the Beach and loving and laughing with friends and family.

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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5464557 - 03/31/06 03:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nothing inherently wrong with possessing possessions... in and of themselves. Just don't let those possessions posses you. There is more to life than having stuff. Although some stuff does help with survival, and quality of life. As long as you are happy... In the end all you really have is yourself, and your thoughts.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5464658 - 03/31/06 04:24 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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PhanTomCat said: If collecting things is a goal, and makes you happy, more power to ya~....!
. Yeah I think this is a good attitude. I tried religion and some other stuff, none of it was for me. I think I should lay off on that anger against religions maybe not. I am confused on that part right now in my life.
So when you go to a store and come out with a cartload of shyt, it means you were really pissed going in, and coming out you are cooled down...? Does the anger level coinside with the spending level...?
I would be curious to see you having a heated convo with your friends WHILE you were shopping....!?
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fresh313]
#5466195 - 04/01/06 01:40 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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fresh313 said: i dont think u can truly appreciate something so basic without seeing what its like to be without it.
Then you don't know how to effectively appreciate anything. I guess human beings do not have capacities to think and imagine and to take perspectives into consideration. As if it is necessary to experience both sides of a duality in order to appreciate one aspect of it. Ask jiggy. 
I guess it is not possible to deeply appreciate life without the experience of being dead, eh? Not sure if you know what appreciation is.
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but what happens when the demand people created for the corporations products and services falls off and now u have a huge supply of corporations all competing for a smaller and smaller market size? cutthroat marketing, advertising, and pressure selling are the result.
So what?
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: fireworks_god]
#5475666 - 04/03/06 05:25 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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to : so what ?
it creates a web of negative karma, u know, if ur a believer.
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Re: Life of collecting possesions? Fun? [Re: theuser]
#5475973 - 04/03/06 06:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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congratulations you are living the American DREAM!
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