tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666599412804413919.post4596414846748153275..comments2023-10-25T01:56:53.679-07:00Comments on Spirit of Salt Spring: One PathGayle Mavorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13265889419103442566noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666599412804413919.post-41608325192849181712008-07-20T09:39:00.000-07:002008-07-20T09:39:00.000-07:00Yes, it is true that life would be more joyful and...Yes, it is true that life would be more joyful and full of more aesthetic beauty, and indeed easier, if more people on the planet had the luxury of being both - rich and conscious. The key word there being luxury. Realistically, it is relatively rare, and the people are few and far between, that possess both attributes. Generally, wealth tends to corrupt (I use the term loosely) people.<BR/><Ben Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722294926871591306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666599412804413919.post-49037566839844628892008-07-19T21:06:00.000-07:002008-07-19T21:06:00.000-07:00Being incredibly wealthy does not mean you can not...Being incredibly wealthy does not mean you can not also be incredibly inventive, spiritual, philanthropic and trying to better your soul, so I think, ideally, we would all be so lucky, and life would be easier and full of more aesthetic beauty if more people on the planet had the luxury of being both - rich and conscious.Gayle Mavorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265889419103442566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666599412804413919.post-76391736484355609602008-07-19T13:05:00.000-07:002008-07-19T13:05:00.000-07:00If a man has spent all his days about some busines...If a man has spent all his days about some business, by which he has merely got to be rich, as it is called, i.e., has got much money, many houses and barns and woodlots, then his life has been a failure, I think; but if he has been trying to better his condition in a higher sense than this, has been trying to invent something, to be somebody - i.e., to invent and get a patent for himself - so Ben Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722294926871591306noreply@blogger.com