tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post8350264483094903097..comments2024-03-16T18:25:58.508+00:00Comments on Andy Letcher: SamsaraAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200561583631896799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-76862541669039311772013-05-22T00:02:56.604+01:002013-05-22T00:02:56.604+01:00Ain't it the truth. I have been trying to red...Ain't it the truth. I have been trying to reduce my load of <i>stuff</i>, selling books on Amazon, donating cartons of things to the volunteer fire department's sale . . . there is so much yet to go.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-33425932640537901482013-05-21T17:17:45.817+01:002013-05-21T17:17:45.817+01:00Sad to say, I am the luddite in a family of techie... Sad to say, I am the luddite in a family of techies, therefore am surrounded with electronica. Hopefully your old stuff becomes someone else's prize possession and not end up in landfill somewhere. There is nothing wrong with make do and mend, or so I keep trying to convince my 21st century children.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-1192888593335248002013-05-21T11:09:37.132+01:002013-05-21T11:09:37.132+01:00Oh yeah, it IS a basic insight of the great philos...Oh yeah, it IS a basic insight of the great philosophers, but in western (wealthy/materialistic) culture this is could also be a developmental marker. Given you are paying attention, at mid-life, getting rid of stuff becomes more compelling than acquiring it in the first place. We can see the whole damn cycle from living earth stuff ("resources") to material possessions to junk, and it's so fast! dunno how it is there but in the US so much stuff is made only to be thrown away in a week or a month or even a few years. I now spend more time and energy trying to pass on, recycle, and get rid of stuff than I did buying it. Anyone want some fine hippie jewelry, occult books, old vinyl records, tarot decks, grammar guides, city shoes size 10?Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983412583372191869noreply@blogger.com