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Don't just consume things, create things
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Don't Just Consume Things, Create Things

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Don't just consume things, create things
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Dharma bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production and therefore have to work for the privilege of consuming, all that cramp they didn't really want anyway such as refrigerators, tv sets, cars, at least new fancy cars, certain hair oils and deodorants and general junk you finally always see a week later in the garbage anyway, all of them imprisoned in a system of work, produce, consume, work, produce, consume.
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Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. we are what we consume. if we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. we have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations.
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If you create an act, you create a habit. if you create a habit, you create a character. if you create a character, you create a destiny.
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To me, money is a vehicle; it's a tool. i could use it as a weapon to destroy things or money can create-you can create an opportunity, you can create a charity, you can create things for your family, you can go do something for your family that nobody else would ever do. you can create educational opportunities, you can feed people overseas. and there's a tremendous leverage with money, or you can destroy people with it.
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People have now been absorbing only that they agree with. you know, part of it is if you're liberal, you consume liberal information. if you're a conservative, you consume conservative information. and there's a certain stridency in both that you know everything, and if somebody doesn't agree with you, you think they don't know what they're talking about, and you become intolerant.
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Part of what is wrong with our society, and hence with ourselves, is that we consume images, we don't produce them. we need to produce, not consume, media.
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