| I remember early in my career as a lawyer I | | | | the value of nothing and more essentially those |
| thought I had found the thing which made people | | | | trying to instill in us what they perceive as values |
| tick. MONEY! It was really one of those Ah Ha | | | | are in fact only implanting their own prejudices, |
| moments but not in the way that we think of it | | | | beliefs, ideas, projected desires and unfulfilled |
| these days. | | | | dreams upon us at ages so impressionable we |
| I did not think money was of much importance at | | | | barely stand a chance. |
| all although everyone else thought so, but | | | | In short our inner values and worth seem to be |
| nevertheless I had been diverted to law from a | | | | somehow linked to our perception of the value of |
| concert pianist vocation because I just was not | | | | things around us, if that makes sense. |
| quite good enough; a disappointing time indeed. | | | | However once we have developed even the |
| It was just that money in any generation seems | | | | slightest bit of awareness, introspection, inner |
| to be one of the key drivers and the problem | | | | gravity, insight or call it what you will, the same |
| with that is that everything and everyone "out | | | | attraction that once drew us out can draw us |
| there," is telling us what we need or so they think. | | | | inwards to our core or centre. |
| Those specialising in consumerism, what | | | | The world of advertising and glossy magazines will |
| consumers will spend money on and how they will | | | | never go away as new means are always found |
| spend their money have learnt that if supply is | | | | to fuel the hunger of our unconscious. We can still |
| created with enough attraction and pull, the | | | | be more circumspect about our choices, take a |
| demand will follow. This is contrary to the old | | | | few breaths and feel what will satisfy our |
| saying that if there is enough demand supply will | | | | deepest longings. |
| follow. | | | | Will these things be new laptops, iPads, |
| We might all think we are above such an obvious | | | | Computers, cars, clothes or luxury holidays? I |
| game and maybe as we get older we are. | | | | doubt it and having said that I will also say it |
| However, as a rule most are not and many of us | | | | takes a very intelligent person to learn from the |
| have fallen trap to the emotional spend or the | | | | mistakes of others. Most of us are so slow we |
| impulse buying which is the same thing as an | | | | need to learn the painful lessons from the |
| emotional fix. | | | | mistakes we make and I am also right in there. |
| The reasons are simple enough in that we have | | | | The trappings of society are not bad in |
| not understood at a deep enough level our inner | | | | themselves as we must go through the different |
| worth and our worth itself seems to stem initially | | | | stages of consciousness. Possibly we need to |
| at least from something about which we think we | | | | take a few steps back once in awhile and see |
| can "calculate" or do. We have confused intrinsic | | | | that the simplest things in life are those precious |
| worth with extrinsic values. | | | | moments that fulfill us the most. |
| We have been taught the price of everything and | | | | |