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< The Pursuit of Less: Anyone Else on This Journey?

This desire to have less is a good thing. Even better would be to know, why. Have you wondered why? Because nothing in this world can make you happy. Your desires are bigger. Only God can satisfy them. This desire of "throwing stuff away" is a part of it. Just don't stop on it, but go deeper, to find God in the Catholic Church :) Btw. You can visit my gemcapsule: gemini://0x00ff.pl

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~tatterdemalion wrote:

That's certainly one path; I do agree that nothing in this world can make you happy.

But instead of looking for an otherworldly object of desire, you could also consider that desire itself is the problem? There is at least a well-defined and reasonably practical program for tackling the problem from this end.

What are the four noble truths?

~aftergibson wrote (thread):

I was raised (and was a devout) Catholic until my late teens, when I simply stopped believing. Unfortunately, after many years trying, I simply cannot force a belief on myself. In the same way, I couldn't force those with faith not to have it. I've tried to assemble some variant of spirituality to replace it, but it's never really stuck, but perhaps you're pointing to somewhere closer to the truth in terms of a root cause to this need to consume...