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I think the whole idea that you need the "good stuff" to be happy is just a believe in the first place, implanted in our brains at an early age to ensure compliance later on.
Every form of emotional and mental qualities is important. Why is happiness above all? It's like when I'm around people who complain about being alone. If you can't be happy being alone then those who see you unhappy (due to your loneliness) won't feel the connection of you being happy around them. Think about that for a moment.
How do we know ray Peat doesn't have a nice big house with a yard and good car?I think the whole idea that you need the "good stuff" to be happy is just a believe in the first place, implanted in our brains at an early age to ensure compliance later on.
I admire people who managed to get completely rid of this indoctrination. Ray is one of them.
I remember reading a Napoleon Hill biography. The wealthy steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was a patron of Hill and there was a lot of info about Carnegie in the book. Carnegie grew up in great poverty in Scotland. Carnegie said in later life that there is no greater blessing than growing up in poverty. I agree. You learn that lots of money and toys and social status crap are not necessary to enjoy life. You learn to reject all of that and at the same time to appreciate what one has, especially the free things in life like nature. Of course you can assume this attitude without the actual blessing of early poverty.I think the whole idea that you need the "good stuff" to be happy is just a believe in the first place, implanted in our brains at an early age to ensure compliance later on.
I admire people who managed to get completely rid of this indoctrination. Ray is one of them.
This is like so admirable, it should be in a movie or something, like the main character figures it out at the end
A great example of this is in my own dating life. I have noticed that skinny women who do way too much endurance exercise enjoy sex the least and have the least amount of personality to offer, despite being on the so called top of the totem pole. They may have their choice of a great relationship, but they aren't very satisfied and express this by being "picky." Now, say they gained some weight and upped their metabolism...they might be more interested in a relationship, but their rank, or whatever, has fallen, and it becomes harder to find one.
You need a larger sample size, my friend
Also traveling to various different cultures shows that this is not a constant. Sexuality is clearly suppressed in certain ways in the west - and misrepresented by overstimulating media. I will tell you, however, there are still many skinny, sexy, horny, and savvy girls (even in the west) - but its hard to quantify if such "bombshells" were really more or less common for previous generations.
People work hard to get what they think will satisfy them, and in the process remove their ability to be satisfied.