Any correction is appreciated, thanks.

Spiritual or Material?



An improved life has little to do with materials, but spirit.


For the average people like you and me, the foremost concerns for how to live better lives in this material world seem to involve buying more luxurious houses, posher set of wheels and outfits, higher position at work, more relations in sex and just to name a few. Therefore, making more money to fulfill our needs in this material world has become the only solution to the pursuit of a better life. We can't criticize those for what they are doing. Neither can we tell them what is the right or wrong thing to do. After all, I still think whatever people wish to do is at their own will.


Nevertheless, here I would like to refer to the ground of a spiritually improved life, which is by all means against the material. A spiritual life means simplicity by nature, and you willl decrease the desire of concerning with money and possessions once you know what is more important to you. You will learn to cherish every thing around you, to love yourfamily, friends and colleagues, and to help those who are in need of help. As a result, being more affluent means little to you, and that is the improvement of a spiritual life.


The evidence shows that people seem not to get happier once they become richer in their lives. The materialistic value is apparently not the remedy for unhappiness. The two things are just on the opposite side of the scale. Which one do you prefer to be heavier, my friend?