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Are you unhappy? Have you thought that no matter what you do, you could never get everything you wanted?
Is it our lifestyle in question? Specifically, have you noticed how we have been subjected to advertisement from our craddle to our grave?
Since young, we have been bombarded from birth with advertisements and inducements to spend. Remember when we were young and we watched cartoons and during commercials there is bound to be some on action toy figures that are sold in departmental stores. "Batteries not included". I remember that tag line that came with most commercials I saw.
Enticing the young so that they will bother their parents to spend. As if that is not enough, this goes on and on forever. The Lee Hwa or Soo Kee diamond commercials etc.. the list just goes on. And this I see, is partly responsible (if not all) for our attitudes of today and ultimate unhappiness. You can't have everything, and we can never buy enough to satisfy the advertisers. But the thing is, true happiness doesn't come from owning that piece of diamond ring, or that flashy iPod. I read somewhere that one of the central tenets of Buddhism is that happiness is achieved by conquering desire. That is what we should be advocating to the young. Dont' blame and berate YouTube for the problems they have nothing to do with.
Is it our lifestyle in question? Specifically, have you noticed how we have been subjected to advertisement from our craddle to our grave?
Since young, we have been bombarded from birth with advertisements and inducements to spend. Remember when we were young and we watched cartoons and during commercials there is bound to be some on action toy figures that are sold in departmental stores. "Batteries not included". I remember that tag line that came with most commercials I saw.
Enticing the young so that they will bother their parents to spend. As if that is not enough, this goes on and on forever. The Lee Hwa or Soo Kee diamond commercials etc.. the list just goes on. And this I see, is partly responsible (if not all) for our attitudes of today and ultimate unhappiness. You can't have everything, and we can never buy enough to satisfy the advertisers. But the thing is, true happiness doesn't come from owning that piece of diamond ring, or that flashy iPod. I read somewhere that one of the central tenets of Buddhism is that happiness is achieved by conquering desire. That is what we should be advocating to the young. Dont' blame and berate YouTube for the problems they have nothing to do with.