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The Cost of Never Enough
What is the cost of our inability to feel satiated? Research shows materialistic individuals report lower life satisfaction, more depression, and greater anxiety despite their wealth. The pursuit of material possessions becomes a source of suffering in which we are always wanting more, while rarely savoring what we already have.
Our relationships deteriorate when acquisition becomes our focus. Partners, children, and friends fade into the background while we instead focus on our wealth-building or status-seeking projects.
Perhaps most profound is the spiritual emptiness that accompanies our fixation on material objects. This creates a painful gap between what we have and what we think we need to finally make us happy.
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“Deceiving yourself shouldn’t make logical sense. After all, lying involves telling someone something you know to be untrue. When you are both the liar and one lied to, this means you have to both know the truth and not know the truth. In practice, that means willfully disregarding key knowledge to arrive at a conclusion that is more convenient than what the facts appear to suggest.”
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5 Fundamentals of Leadership – Leadership Development | Simon Sinek
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The Real Miracle
When Bankei was preaching at Ryumon temple, a Shinshu priest, who believed in salvation through repetition of the name of the Buddha of Love, was jealous of his large audience and wanted to debate with him.
Bankei was in the midst of a talk when the priest appeared, but the fellow made such a disturbance that Bankei stopped his discourse and asked about the noise.
“The founder of our sect,” boasted the priest, “had such miraculous powers that he held a brush in his hand on one bank of the river, his attendant held up a paper on the other bank, and the teacher wrote the holy name of Amida through the air. Can you do such a wonderful thing?”
Bankei replied lightly: “Perhaps your fox can perform that trick, but that is not the manner of Zen. My miracle is that when I feel hungry I eat, and when I feel thirsty I drink.”