Spiritual Materialism
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Pema Chodron: Emptiness Is Good News, A Teaching on the Heart Sutra Sale Price: $25.00  |
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Recorded live in Berkeley, CA 1998. Talk 4 of Pema Chodron's first City Retreat, Meditation in Action. An introduction to mahayana with a summary commentary on the Heart Sutra and working with groundlessness... |
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Pema Chodron: The Four Noble Truths and the Path of Meditation Sale Price: $25.00 |
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Pema Chodron teaches on the Three Prajnas: learning, contemplating, meditating; The Four Noble Truths: the truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of the goal (cessation of suffering), the truth of the path; and how to bring the path of awakening into everyday life... |
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Shambhala Library) List Price: $18.95 Sale Price: $11.77 |
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In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights a common pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism... |
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other Writings (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) List Price: $18.00 Sale Price: $9.63 |
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In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties... |
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The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal Is Bringing Science and Spirit Together List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $14.97 |
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Charles Tart reconciles the scientific and spiritual worlds by looking at empirical evidence for the existence of paranormal phenomena that point toward our spiritual nature, including telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and psychic healing... |
What Is In Depth Of Materialism Versus Spiritualism?
A person who works for money cannot be spiritual. Does it sound true? No. What if he leaves the work and turns to the path of spiritualism? A big blunder, we say. Then comes the question: which is acceptable in today’s world? Can you be a materialist and spiritualist at the same time?
From where did this confusion arise? If we analyze the history, we can see that the so-called gurus divided the people in the name of spiritualism and God. They preached spirituality as a solution to all problems in life. They opposed materialistic views saying that all physical pleasures create dissatisfaction in the society and therefore need to be voided. This leads to ultimate confusion among the ordinary people as whether to follow the path of spiritualism by ignoring the real life or not.
According to Paul Damien, modern spirituality is materialism camouflaged. This is the only difference between the two concepts. Whatever the spiritual gurus preach has a materialistic purpose. They gain by misleading people. They earn money and eat sumptuous food. They are served by many at each moment. Preaching spirituality, they are practicing the ultimate in materialism!
‘Quantum healing’ is another name of spiritual healing offered by many ‘saint’ practitioners and is gaining unwanted popularity in some parts of the world. They challenge medical science through the ‘touch’ therapy coated in spiritualism. This ‘quantum wellness’ program is yet another easy means for the pseudo leaders to catch their preys.
Modern society has grown to differentiate the good from the evil. Many self-help gurus who offer instant solutions to problems through their magical spiritual healing processes are being exposed in many parts of the world.
In today’s world, no one can be free from the ‘material’ bonds of life. Spirituality should not be taken as an easy route to get rid of your problems. Any belief, be it materialism or spiritualism, should be based on the ultimate theme of love - love for the mankind. The pseudo spiritualism does not find any relevance in the context of love and humanity.
The phrase ‘materialism versus spiritualism’ implies that materialism and spiritualism are lying at two extremes.
About the Author
Author is associated with the Paul Damien. Paul Damien provides debunking of outrageous claim of self help gurus and explains the truth of quantum wellness and materialism versus spiritualism.
