Friday, March 13, 2009

CONSUMERS, in all senses of the word: An attempt to project Edith Wharton as a sufi thinker.

Everything in life is connected. Politics of the time, Economies of the time, Art of the time, Music of the time...and this blog entry brings together 4 different decades of economic concepts, spiritual movement in the Iran, art movements in Germany and literary movements in the United States...for purposes of understanding the importance of connectivity at large.

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"Oh man, do not intend harm to others
Or it will cause untold harm to you."

"Do not cry for money,
It will ruin your qualities.
Cry and search for God's qualities,
The qualities that will destroy
The corpse of the karma of your birth
And make your life eternal."

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Nouveau Riche:

They don't have the experience or grace of knowing how to be rich, of how to act, or how to treat people. There's a lot of measuring up, a ton of greed. They basically eat each other alive. People are terrified of what might happen to them, because things are changing so incredibly fast. Everyone is very guarded about their money and yet they flaunt it shamelessly.

They're consumers, in all senses of the word.

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"Do not cause hurt to the hearts of others
Dispel the disease in your heart
Which desires to hurt.
Great benefit will come to you
And bring peace into your life."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello young lady,

We are looking for submissions of your work for SCAD-SAY.

Your work at SPE last fall was refreshing.

Look forward to see you at SAY this summer.

Regards,
G

Anonymous said...

this reminds me of THE TENANTS play

Anonymous said...

;)