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Purging thy self of desires

  • 19-09-2010 12:15am
    #1
    BehindTheScenes
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    Hi all,

    I'm looking to purge myself of the desire/lust for material possessions. Does anyone know of anything written about this subject?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Joe1919
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    Alain de Botton wrote an interesting book called 'status anxiety' may be worth a read. He is also on you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERfoDIU2Yw

    The ancient cynics were big into simple living and self-sufficency....Diogenes lived in a barrel like a dog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism


  • #3
    Black Swan
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    • Gavin Flood, The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory, and Tradition. Cambridge, 2004
    • Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealog of Morals. Vintage, 1989


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    Permabear
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