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TNP119 John Michael Greer on the Long Descent

The Numinous Podcast

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Is Happiness About Having Things?

The entire structure of the consumer economy is aimed at making us look for satisfaction outside ourselves. So break that and say, no, happiness is an internal state. It has very little to do with which products i buy, and very much to do with how i relate to myself. Spiritualities aboutnow, when you take up a spiritual practice, whatever it is, you're your turning away from goods. You're turning away from stuff, turning toward that room where happiness actually comes from.

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