How much is too much?
How much is too much? That is a big question that can be applied to a bunch of different things. In some arenas the answer would be easily quantifiable. How much is too much food? That is easy more than is needed or can be consumed without wasting. However to go into that question deeper on an individual level is the idea is exact recommended caloric intake enough and more too much? This is a question that asks contemplation on need, desire and consumption. When applying the question to material things the examination takes on a different flavor. Virtually no material things are absolutely necessary beyond what is necessary to sustain life. So the questions answerer is left open to interpretation perhaps from an ascetics view point having more than a shelter that is natural may be too much then the other end of the spectrum we have those living the McMansion life style. In homes with rooms that have only annual uses perhaps even less. What is the need for this? Is this too much? Depending on your level of awareness this will have varying levels of definition. The level of awareness seems to create a lack of need. The more aware we are of our thoughts, motivations and actions the more we can see why we think we need what we need and actually see our way clear of the supposed need. It is a very basic feeling that we need things. Look at children at a very early age when having something taken away from them they may very well have a fit and say “I need that”. We get this conditioning to think we need what we actually do not very early. This need only serves to feed the ego and not provide much deep meaning in this world. This topic came up for discussion one afternoon when qestioning the traveling I’ve been doing with a friend and why we were doing it as we relaxed at a beach resort Thailand . No definite conclusion was made, just the thought that our actions would be to do no harm or as little as we could be aware of while we traveled.
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