There is a dreadful flaw in human nature

... otherwise I'd prolly use it for kindling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3yCyADsYM

... It seems impossible as long as we primarily perceive ourselves as material beings. The Mayans (I've been studying the May... [show more]

... It seems impossible as long as we primarily perceive ourselves as material beings.

The Mayans (I've been studying the Mayans alot can you tell? :-) Did not have money. Yet debts WERE paid, and trades were made WITH material things and services. All debts were cleared about every 50 years. But there was little or no concept of being individually wealthier than others.

I personally don't feel reward with the acquisition of material things. I DO however feel reward when I put them to use. And to be more specific... I don't entertain the emotion of reward much at all. I just keep going. [show less]

Essentially money are only pieces of paper and metals that represent value. It is a DEEP, POWERFUL, and HEAVY spell for an ENTIRE ... [show more]

Essentially money are only pieces of paper and metals that represent value. It is a DEEP, POWERFUL, and HEAVY spell for an ENTIRE globe to be convinced that currency and NOT the materials and people needed for living hold true value.
Currency is a conduit, a middle man, that is governed not by the forces of nature and the arising necessities of life, but governed by humans, and a small group of humans in relation to the worlds population.

Juxtaposing ancient Mayan and Egyptian societies to ours. They didn't have money. Nowhere is there a reference to something that represented a value, for what was valuable in itself.

I think the pursuit for material reward would be eliminated through TRUE education, and not an education that trains people to be part of a system that is NOT governed by nature, BUT by the pursuit of material rewards...
...That and people being educated of the fact that we all have this planet and human condition in common.

Material rewards are partly measured by life span. Some people would sacrifice other people and/or the environment to amass material gain. To those there is no point in perusing something that will not reward them within their own life span. [show less]

This seems to be the obvious answer... if not material, then immaterial. I do believe there is such a thing and that it is a more... [show more]

This seems to be the obvious answer... if not material, then immaterial. I do believe there is such a thing and that it is a more powerful motivator than material reward, but I don't think it will ever replace material reward as the world's most popular motivating force. [show less]