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Breaking free from material goods

liberation from slavery to material goods is an essential step for anyone who decides to change his life and become Fulltimer. In the end we all know even if we find it hard to admit it: Tangible do not make us happier. Think about the last dress that you bought the car, the phone, watch and try to remember how long did the happiness you have tried. A week? A month? Maybe two months. Then everything is back to normal. If you bought a Ferrari or ring expensive jewelry in the house, the excitement would pass after a few weeks. It 's so, and basically everyone knows it. How many people have the beach house and not go there anymore because you got bored ... Those who've got a villa with swimming pool, and then the children prefer to go in the swimming pool where they meet more friends ... It 's so. Everyone knows that. But why then it is difficult to escape from materialism? The answer is quite simple. Materialism is a real psychological dependence, very similar to that with a drug test. People buy items "to feel better the same way that a drug you inject your dose of narcotic drug, believed to be in happier this way. This dependency is created since our childhood, when in good faith, our parents at our birthday or Christmas, we "give something". The child receives the item as a gift and it is euphoric, just like the person who first takes a drug. There is still addictive and so the excitement is maximum. In the brain, however, begin to create associations, namely: Love of Parents = Gift = Joy. The child then associates the happiness and the expression of parental love with possession of tangible property. But the dependency is created almost immediately and after a few gifts, maybe next Christmas, if the child still does not receive a gift, you feel sad, frustrated. Just like the addict that after a certain period to be taken by the amazing, no longer feel euphoric but "do not be sad." And 'what is called "withdrawal symptoms". You'll notice that in times when you are feeling sad or depressed, you tend to do multiple purchases. Look for that is the gratification which is nothing but the satisfaction of psychological dependence in which you are trapped. Ideally, the parents instead of giving their children material goods, giving "experiences". This is true even among adults. Indeed, this is just the first step to break free from materialism. We start to give to ourselves and to others "experience" and not to own property. You can leave materialism? Yes we can. Just recently it was discovered that the brain synapses that create dependencies, you change all the time until our death. The moment we cease to feed our addiction, that particular circuit synaptic our brain that has been created in our childhood, activity slowed down and eventually disappear altogether, ceasing to give us that particular desire that constantly needs to be satisfied. You exit the materialism just as you leave a drug that is gradually reducing the "dose" of fulfillment. In the case of materialism, it should gradually reduce purchases of useless things that deceiving ourselves because of the dependence, we believe to be absolutely necessary. Let us always remember that we and our children we need to "experience" does not object. The objects around you give you a lot of problems, the objects "break", require continuous maintenance, updates, absorb your time, your life. Still not convinced? Have you ever wondered why the highest suicide rate is in the richest countries and not in poor ones? In poor countries do not commit suicide no one. Ask yourself why and rispondetevi alone. So what's the ultimate goal, asceticism? Not necessarily. Not because asceticism is wrong, but because asceticism is an achievement reserved for few people. The testimonies of many Westerners, who went to India in search of Nirvana or the absolute happiness achieved through the removal of all desires, lead us to conclude that it is an experience difficult for a few initiates, and perhaps reserved for those who as children are drilled in this area. However, all agree that the more one is separated from the desire for material goods, the more our perception of happiness. You can also live happily with material goods, provided you get rid of dependency on them. Strive to "use" things without owning them. Experience sharing. We experience the good old barter. There will be items that you bought that you will remember at the end of your existence, but the experiences you made during this fascinating and mysterious journey called life. Get out of jail materialism and start to live. This is the only true "gift" you have to do to yourself.