It is unintelligent to devote yourself to consumerism, to strive for fancy apartments and clothes and expensive vacations. We don’t need them. The pleasure we derive from them is momentary. What we need is adequate and healthy food and drink, protection, safety and shelter, solitude, friendship, and boundaries – just simple needs.
Not all the activities of religion are harmful, e.g raising money for charity, Sunday schools and teaching children consideration and love. If the Sermon on the Mount were the sum of Christianity no one could argue. It is fear of death, indeed, everything to do with fear and support of the establishment, that is dangerous. …
Epicureans believe in respect for your fellow human beings, generosity, friendship, treating others as you wish to be treated yourself, rationality based on science, politeness, care of people less able to look after themselves than you are, and exercising a sense of humour. Epicureanism stands for moderation in everything, rejection of fear-mongering styles of religion, …
“Faith is something that makes a virtue of not thinking for yourself”
Research by Matt Killingsworth of Harvard indicates that we are happiest when we are not actively seeking happiness but are wrapt in the moment. Happiness is a mode of being, not a mode of seeking. The moment we say we are happy we are distancing and isolating ourselves from the experience by the very act …
