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I think that what Marie Kondo attempts to help people understand regarding the objects in their life is best demonstrated by Robin Wall Kimmererâs anecdote in Chapter 3 of Braiding Sweet Grass.
If everything you had was a gift, would you be amassing objects?
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If everything you had was a gift, would you be amassing objects?
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Relationship is the missing element in a consumer society. When we change everything to property rights instead of communal reciprocity, no thought goes into the way we consume. Weâre just showing up supplies. But why does that compulsion grow to begin with?
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The science behind addiction is starting to show that the biggest problem addicts have is a lack of relational connection. So they try to fill that in with consumption. How is that any different from the hyper-consumption of the majority of Western society?
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W/out relational connection, we feel isolated, alone, scared. Our lizard brain activates & in that fear we begin to hoardâan attempt at creating a sense of safety. Yet material items cannot fill that emptiness or resolve that fear. Itâs why millionaires become billionaires.
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Relationship is the antidote to our consumerist society that is destroying the earth and creating the biggest mental health crisis in history. Not just relationship to humans, but to the other-than-human as well. When you believe what you have is a gift, you value it more
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Because that now has a relational basis. It has a story. It has meaning. It is full of love.
Imagine if thatâs how you pictured the food on your table: that the earth loved you so much that plants co-evolved to sustain your life. How would that change how you consumed it?
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Imagine if thatâs how you pictured the food on your table: that the earth loved you so much that plants co-evolved to sustain your life. How would that change how you consumed it?
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When a friend makes you something, how much more do you treasure it? Do you contemplate the effort and thought and care that went into it? How HELD do you feel?
What if you knew everyone who made your clothes? Your toys? Your luxuries?
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What if you knew everyone who made your clothes? Your toys? Your luxuries?
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Would relationship with the creators of the objects in our lives, as well as the earth that ultimately supplies all resources for us to create anything; would that relationship change the way you cherish and take care of your objects? Would it change your consuming habits?
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