How is it that the majority of people stay in jobs that add little to know dignity to their “self-perception”? I believe I know this anomaly. It’s debt and judgments. We get ourselves into debt by buying items we don’t need to escape the possible “judgments” by others. You know?
For example: Bob has a friend named Jerry and Jerry bought a nice house. Jerry likes to gloat about his new home. One time Jerry mentioned to Bob that he to should buy a house. But Jerry explains that Bob doesn’t “have” to buy a nice house like himself but buy one so Bob doesn’t pay rent anylonger. Now Bob is thinking Jerry is better off then himself, and he believes Jerry feels this way as well. So, what does Bob do? He buys a bigger house than Jerry and is expecting Jerry to admire his big purachase. But Jerry is a little more confident than Bob, and he asked Bob “what kind of a life will you have now that your mortgage payments are so high compared to what your rent was?” Bob now thinks Jerry is smarter and still better off.
The Point: Before Bob went and bought that house he could of simply said to Jerry, “ I like paying rent, I don’t have to worry about property taxes, I have no obligation to stay in one spot and I have the money to do whatever I want when I want. You should sell your house Jerry and enjoy life with more ease.”
This is one of millions of scenarios. But the point is, people do things to avoid judgments and people are influenced by what we see everyday. We see advertising and marketing gimmicks that encourage idiologies that are not authentic to ourselves. It’s the tool to debt and detriment.
When you become free from influence and live according to your desires, you are ammuned to the judgments that others cast onto you. You’re the one they admire because you’re admiring your own life.
The rule of the rulers
