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    The Materialistic World: Escape Materialism. Refocus on what is Truly Important. Discover Real Joy
    The Materialistic World: Escape Materialism. Refocus on what is Truly Important. Discover Real Joy
    The Materialistic World: Escape Materialism. Refocus on what is Truly Important. Discover Real Joy
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    The Materialistic World: Escape Materialism. Refocus on what is Truly Important. Discover Real Joy

    By Grace Scott

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    What's The Next Thing You Want to Buy?

    We all have heard of the phrase "Money can't buy happiness", but what we don't realize is a lot of us are under the control of the media and advertising industry, and have been fed by the idea that having more materialistic possessions can help you experience a much happier and a more fulfilling life. This obsession with having fancy clothes, nice cars, or bigger houses has distracted many people from being kind, friendly and respectful to each other. The materialistic mindset has also caused a large number of people to get into serious debt, which leads to financial stress that jeopardizes a person's health and well-being.


    In this book, Grace Scott will introduce us "the consequences of materialism", and how materialism can have a terrifying impact on us. She will also give us exact steps we need to take in order to be free from this materialistic society.
     

    Here Is What I'll Be Sharing With You:


    • How Advertisement Can Affect Us Unconsciously

    • Material Possessions vs Happiness

    • Fun and Non-Material Forms of Entertainment

    • The Remedy of Materialism


    It's time to stop obsessing over things we don't need

    Download This Book and Find Out about The Limitation of Materialism

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrace Scott
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9781386226796
    The Materialistic World: Escape Materialism. Refocus on what is Truly Important. Discover Real Joy
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    Grace Scott

    Grace Scott was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada in the year of 1979. She held a bachelor of Arts degree with exceptionally high honors. Grace Scott published one of her bestselling book "The Power of Not Caring" in the year 2013. Her works also included "The Materialistic World". In 2014, Grace Scott launched two of her new books "The Comparing Game" and "The Secret of Creating Your Reality". Grace Scott is a wise and gentle spiritual teacher living in Vancouver with her 3 loving cats. Grace hoped to change thoughts and lives of people with her unique way of teachings in her books. Grace Scott has also been helping and inspiring countless people to find peace and love even in the most extreme circumstances. Grace believed in celebrating life and accept every single day with gratitude and love. She also believed that everyone deserved to live with joy, release struggle, experience peace, love, and abundance in everyday lives.

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    • 5/5
      This book is a reflection of present reality of life. The influence from the social media drives people even more to pursue material things that does not really give them genuine happiness. Grace Scott highlighted ways how to overcome such desire which is truly attainable if we know how to appreciate the blessings that we already have.
    • 4/5
      This book might seems a bit simple and childish, but every person is unhappy & feels incomplete all the time. It is drilled into our minds by the media that we can fill that hole in our heart if we buy stuff. Convincing us that stuff will make us feel complete. So instead of thinking we follow the crowd in buying things hoping to become happy. Overall great book, but I wish it’s a bit longer.
    • 5/5
      Highly recommended if you're ready tof ace your own egotism and materialism! A real eye opener!
    • 5/5
      In a nutshell, worth reading over and over. I keep coming back to it. I also decided to buy the Audible version to listen to while commuting. Recommend this.
    • 5/5
      I like the concept of this book. Materialism requires us to focus on our ego and whether a product makes us happy or unhappy - hence the depressive potential -while joy is an unconsciousness by product of a relationship or experience.
    • 5/5
      It’s true, the more I buy , the more I feel empty. Great book
    • 5/5
      Another great book from grace : I like the concept of this book.

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    The Materialistic World - Grace Scott

    Introduction

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    As the wheels of large corporations turn, everyday new and fancy products emerge from the marketplace creating a chasm of insatiable wants within every consumer. The desire to buy excessive items and to accumulate more tangible goods has been defined as materialism. The idea is neither new nor particular to the 21st century; rather, this malady has plagued individuals, societies, and countries around the world. The desire to have, to possess, to own and to use has been seen in overwhelming proportions in the aristocracy around the world.

    For the world as a whole, the distinction between intangible values like morality, honesty, justice, and equality gradually became blurred. On the other hand, tangible objects like property, clothes, furnishings or vehicles had taken its place. Things which people could see represented wealth, affluence and status. Part of the reason for this shift in the value system was because material objects fascinated everyone. Be it the gleaming palaces of India, the gold thrones of Persia or the royal crown of Britain, extravagant objects became an emblem for everything that was good and desirable.

    Another reason why materialism seeped into the minds was that the economic systems nudged people to be driven towards selfish motives. When self-interest became the rallying call, morality flew out the window. Cutthroat competition, an innate drive to excel and oppose others created distinctions between those who could succeed in this game and those who could not. Wealth is not intrinsically bad. But when people fail to distinguish between their wants and needs, excessive wealth becomes their own undoing.

    Having possessions and owning private property provides a sense of security and insurance for most people and from this, they also derive a sense of satisfaction and happiness. Happiness is generated directly from the preference satisfaction; if you can get instant gratification by purchasing something you desire for yourself or for someone else then there will be nothing which would make you happier.

    Materialism is not merely a psychological condition; it is a state of mind and a state of one’s lifestyle. For materialistic people, pleasure is defined by sensory objects. i.e. those which could be touched, tasted, smelled, seen or heard. This is not to say that all materialistic individuals are devoid of feelings and emotions, it merely means that their epicurean desires drive them farther away from a universe which has highly sentimental and epistemic foundations.

    To live a good life and to work hard are the principles couched even in the Protestant Ethic, but individuals are not aware of how to keep a balance in their wants and how to learn to deny themselves rather than plunging headlong into this hedonic abyss. When people become used to living in the moment and indulging their every desire, their wants keep on multiplying and they will transform themselves into a machine that either work for or swindles for the money required to fulfill those wants.

    The constraint of money and resources is very real. Materialism numbs people to the harsher truths as they are socialized into thinking self-interest is the most important doctrine. Two major problems have ensued from such corrosive thinking; firstly, the desire for more money has led people to do illegal activities which bring the greatest income in the shortest time. Secondly, the fact that people have accumulated so many assets has created sharp social inequalities for those who still live under the poverty line.

    It is odd to think that some people own so many unnecessary expensive items yet millions starve every day. This is only because

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