Materialism
Materialism is not about having many things
Materialism is about addiction to some things or even one thing
Materialism is an issue in your life
Because it will not let you live your life
It will make you live a life that was based on some false idea that was created by mind
And mind collects this ideas from others, from yoru family, society, from movies , books etc..
Materialist life is not based on YOUR heart or intuition, it is not based on YOU
It is based on the brain
so it is a very limited life
Materialist person is not free
She/he has to have certain things
Based on some sort of idea
that was created either by her/him or by the society
A materialist person
has to marry
has to stay single
has to go to school
has to have a boyfriend or girlfriend
has to have sex
has to stay celibate
has to have children
has to live in NYC
has to be always size 0
has to have lots of money
has to go to Yale
has to be CEO
has to be a singer
has to be a dancer
has to behave a certain way
this and that
Think about a young person who says that she wants to marry (although she has no candidates at the moment)
But how a young person who has just starting a life with no relationship experience would know that she should marry
She does not know
It is something she has seen because her mother was married or she saw this life on movies, growing up
So according to her (more accurately according to her brain) that's what she is supposed to do
It is an automatic response
She does not think that she has another choice
Because her mind is not open
She is addicted to this idea
without any question
Like a slave
Then she will look for partners to marry
Marriage will be more important than anything
Her own happiness, partner's happiness or meaningful intimate relationship
When addiction to the idea is so strong, even marrying wrong or bad person will not be a problem.
Non-materialistic person is free
She is open to the life
She is not addicted to anything or against anything
She does not think that she has to marry or she has to stay single
She lives her life
Maybe one day she meets a nice guy
She might live with him or marry with him, depending on her circumstances at the time
But that would not be her purpose
Her purpose would be to be happy, and nurturing relationship with that man
Materialism shows itself very clearly with material things
Some people are very sure that they can be happier if they had more money
Of course we always need some minimum amount of Money to live our lives
But thinking that we are going to be happy if we have 10 million USD, we are wrong
absolutely wrong
just look at the rich people
do they seem so happy? without any problems
NO
Because money is just a paper
We never want the money
We never want the things that we buy with money
We want the feeling that is created by the things that we buy with money
and at the end
if that feeling is required
it is our ego
it is materialism
it makes us dead
like a pile of dead computer code
that was created by mind