The Sheep and the Initiate! “The sheep spend large amounts of money in their search for the approval of others. Indeed, it is very hard to distinguish whether a purchase was made because they aspired to an image for their own benefit, or because they thought that image would bring them approval from others. Perhaps a useful exercise is to imagine all other people apart from you, vanishing overnight. You would then be the sole inhabitant of the country, with free access to all the consumer goods which were simply lying in the showrooms, unused and unwanted. It allows you to see how few of your purchases are based on practical considerations, and how many are made on the need to gain the approval of others - to be seen to be driving the right car, or wearing the right clothes, trainers or watch. This desire for approval COSTS YOU A LOT OF MONEY! It probably would not be an exaggeration to claim that half of everything you spend goes towards purchasing an image or a desire to be approved of. This makes the Initiate immediately twice as rich as a non-Initiate - without doing anything at all!” - Inner Circle Philosophy (Stuart Goldsmith)
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:10:50 +0000
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