‘Tis the season to be jolly, but it’s also the season to be frugal.
Frugality is sometimes confused with being stingy, but I personally liken one who is frugal to someone who is being prudent. “Who am I trying to kid?” you may well ask.
Am I trying to deceive myself in thinking that I’m not Ebenezer Scrooge in disguise every-time Christmas is upon me?
Or am I genuine in my feelings that spending huge amounts of money, that I may or may not have, does very little towards my own personal growth and self-improvement?
I’ll leave you to answer the previous questions after you have read this post. Read more…
To be found in today’s post is a highly recommended educational talk as part of The Wisdom Series from Manly P. Hall.
Please take the time to listen to all 6 parts of the From Knowledge to Wisdom lecture, as it provides a wonderful insight and an enlightening view on wisdom in general, and how us as individuals can attain this wisdom so to improve our lives.
Tao Te Ching, which can be translated from the traditional chinese to The Book of the Way and its Virtue, is an important classic Chinese text.
Written around 600 bce by Taoist Lao Tzu (or Lao Tsu, Lauzi), who was a sage and keeper of records at the court of the Zhou Dynasty.
The Tao Te Ching is an important compilation of maxims from a significant period in the history of Taoist Chinese philosophy, and has strongly influenced Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism.
Tao Te Ching has often been used by Chinese poets, painters, and calligraphers as a major source of inspiration.
The following quote has been an inspiration for me to embrace philosophy as guidance for my own self-improvement in life. It has also influenced me to reflect on my own life with sincerity and frankness, whilst exploring deep down into my mind trying to find any sort of wisdom that I can learn from.
Being both resonant and moving, Bertrand Russell’s self-reflection of his life and insightful words has given me renewed optimism in the human spirit despite the ignorance scattered amongst humanity.
I can only hope that the next generation can put reason at the forefront of every world problem and be as wise as was old Bertrand.
With Christmas being just around the proverbial corner, the short video featured in this post has been delivered by Santa (or more like Stefan Molyneux) at just the right time to empower me to emancipate myself from this mesmerising system of consumerism.
I think we all know about the social pressures and demands for us to spend what we don’t have on material goods, especially during the Christmas period.
Who doesn’t have children or loved ones who expect a bounty of prized possessions awaiting them under a twinkling tree towering over wrapped up temporary pleasures?
What the recipients fail to understand is the impending stress and anxiety of debts owed by the giver, who mostly through guilt have previously sold their soul to that yoke of a credit card.
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