Comments on: Needs & Wants http://www.theswarmite.com/needs-wants-shopaholic-codependency-credit-crunch-debt-addict Checking Out London Lifestyles, CODEPENDENCY & Urban Addictions Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: theswarmite http://www.theswarmite.com/needs-wants-shopaholic-codependency-credit-crunch-debt-addict/comment-page-1#comment-177 theswarmite Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:08:23 +0000 http://www.theswarmite.com/?p=3415#comment-177 what a fantastic idea Steve! A Course In Miracles reminds us that giving and receiving are the same. what a fantastic idea Steve!
A Course In Miracles reminds us that giving and receiving are the same.

]]> By: Steve Blower http://www.theswarmite.com/needs-wants-shopaholic-codependency-credit-crunch-debt-addict/comment-page-1#comment-176 Steve Blower Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:59:58 +0000 http://www.theswarmite.com/?p=3415#comment-176 I have become sort of hooked on freecycle. A bit like shopping, but in reverse. You take your own stuff and give it away to other people. As I clear each pile, cupboard and shelf of years of accumulated clutter, I get to meet local people, each with their own stories to tell, their own lives, often just starting.... And I also get peace, increasingly clearer visual, less stuff around, less noise inside my head.... I have become sort of hooked on freecycle. A bit like shopping, but in reverse. You take your own stuff and give it away to other people.

As I clear each pile, cupboard and shelf of years of accumulated clutter, I get to meet local people, each with their own stories to tell, their own lives, often just starting….

And I also get peace, increasingly clearer visual, less stuff around, less noise inside my head….

]]> By: theswarmite http://www.theswarmite.com/needs-wants-shopaholic-codependency-credit-crunch-debt-addict/comment-page-1#comment-175 theswarmite Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:10:15 +0000 http://www.theswarmite.com/?p=3415#comment-175 Big Share Droid, almost a blog. LOL. Thanks for the feedback and your valuable experiences including the Curry MasterChef. I can smell the chai from here. Yes, the awakening is occurring, the credit crunch is part of 2012, the Ascension. Big Share Droid, almost a blog. LOL. Thanks for the feedback and your valuable experiences including the Curry MasterChef. I can smell the chai from here. Yes, the awakening is occurring, the credit crunch is part of 2012, the Ascension.

]]> By: droid http://www.theswarmite.com/needs-wants-shopaholic-codependency-credit-crunch-debt-addict/comment-page-1#comment-174 droid Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:01:41 +0000 http://www.theswarmite.com/?p=3415#comment-174 Brilliant and totally spot on. Having been in a quite well paid job (for Austria) and then loosing that steady stream of cash has done me no end of good. I don't spunk money constantly eating out, sushi one day, curry the next etc. While the job did give me travel opportunities to India and other places, it had to end someday. Now, not having any savings (all went whilst outta work, bang went the deposit on a flat) things are very different. I have a flatmate to help with the rent. We live off pasta and home cooked curries that last us for at least two days. Cooking skills gained, spice knowledge increased. I also have a child to help support. That will be for at least the next 18 years, one day at a time. The bills haven't decreased just 'cos I don't have a steady income though. Phone charges are the same as internet connection and everything else. Out of my hands. What has changed is exactly as you say "Do I really need this?" I ask myself every time I think about buying anything from a breakfast out to new clothes. The answer is usually "no". Drinking and drugging is something I have not partaken in for over 24 years, massive saving there, cash and soul wise! My rule has always been to only buy what I will use. Pointless, expensive trinkets has never been my thing. Blowing money on designer gear and accessories does not promise me anything, as the advertisers would have us believe they do. Not that there's anything wrong with a label or two, fine if you can afford it and see it for it's true value. It will not change us inside, our consciousness remains the same. It's a bit like draping a diamond necklace around my dog, she is still a dog. I would not say I enjoy financial insecurity but it has taught me much of late. Spirit and soul are what I am focusing on. That's where change occurs. That's where the peace is, that's where the bliss is. No wonder you are busy Madge, people are starting to understand this. Happiness, serenity and satisfaction are not to be found in shopping centers but they are good places to get the things we need to survive. When the world realises that all the advertisers promises are false and hold no value, depth or meaning and we get back to basics, so to speak, we'll all have a brighter, easier and less stressful existence. There's a balance to be found in all this, I kind of see it as part of the new awakening that seems to be going on. It is a necessary step in the evolution of the species to find out what really is important and what is not. Greed and escapism have a price, it just depends on whether we want to pay that price on a personal or global level. One way or another, we have to pick up the tab. It's a karma thang baby! D Brilliant and totally spot on. Having been in a quite well paid job (for Austria) and then loosing that steady stream of cash has done me no end of good. I don’t spunk money constantly eating out, sushi one day, curry the next etc. While the job did give me travel opportunities to India and other places, it had to end someday.
Now, not having any savings (all went whilst outta work, bang went the deposit on a flat) things are very different. I have a flatmate to help with the rent. We live off pasta and home cooked curries that last us for at least two days. Cooking skills gained, spice knowledge increased. I also have a child to help support. That will be for at least the next 18 years, one day at a time. The bills haven’t decreased just ‘cos I don’t have a steady income though. Phone charges are the same as internet connection and everything else. Out of my hands. What has changed is exactly as you say “Do I really need this?” I ask myself every time I think about buying anything from a breakfast out to new clothes. The answer is usually “no”.
Drinking and drugging is something I have not partaken in for over 24 years, massive saving there, cash and soul wise! My rule has always been to only buy what I will use. Pointless, expensive trinkets has never been my thing. Blowing money on designer gear and accessories does not promise me anything, as the advertisers would have us believe they do. Not that there’s anything wrong with a label or two, fine if you can afford it and see it for it’s true value. It will not change us inside, our consciousness remains the same. It’s a bit like draping a diamond necklace around my dog, she is still a dog.
I would not say I enjoy financial insecurity but it has taught me much of late. Spirit and soul are what I am focusing on. That’s where change occurs. That’s where the peace is, that’s where the bliss is. No wonder you are busy Madge, people are starting to understand this. Happiness, serenity and satisfaction are not to be found in shopping centers but they are good places to get the things we need to survive. When the world realises that all the advertisers promises are false and hold no value, depth or meaning and we get back to basics, so to speak, we’ll all have a brighter, easier and less stressful existence.
There’s a balance to be found in all this, I kind of see it as part of the new awakening that seems to be going on. It is a necessary step in the evolution of the species to find out what really is important and what is not. Greed and escapism have a price, it just depends on whether we want to pay that price on a personal or global level. One way or another, we have to pick up the tab. It’s a karma thang baby!

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