[Villages PL]

Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Muhammad, John the Baptist, Quakers, Dalai Lama, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and many others all had something in common. They all lived simple ascetic lives.

This allowed them to concentrate exclusively on the spiritual or intellectual life of the mind.

Is that the all important lesson to be learned, that less is better?

What would they think of the way most people celebrate holidays today, like Thanksgiving and Christmas?

What can we do to become more aligned with their lifestyle?

[tomwed]

yes

[TheVillageChicken]

I want it all.

[Bogie Shooter]

No.

[Uptown Girl]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Muhammad, John the Baptist, Quakers, Dalai Lama, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and many others all had something in common. They all lived simple ascetic lives.

This allowed them to concentrate exclusively on the spiritual or intellectual life of the mind.

Is that the all important lesson to be learned, that less is better?

What would they think of the way most people celebrate holidays today, like Thanksgiving and Christmas?

What can we do to become more aligned with their lifestyle?

I hope this isn't a convoluted path to begin pounding the drum about obesity…….. again.

[TVMayor]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Muhammad, John the Baptist, Quakers, Dalai Lama, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and many others all had something in common. They all lived simple ascetic lives.

This allowed them to concentrate exclusively on the spiritual or intellectual life of the mind.

Is that the all important lesson to be learned, that less is better?

What would they think of the way most people celebrate holidays today, like Thanksgiving and Christmas?

What can we do to become more aligned with their lifestyle?

I would do that why?

[billethkid]

Must not be less is better when one Observes the majesty many in high places in religion live......too much pomp and little circumstance.

They set a very bad example of living the "more" lifestyle!!

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Muhammad, John the Baptist, Quakers, Dalai Lama, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and many others all had something in common. They all lived simple ascetic lives.

This allowed them to concentrate exclusively on the spiritual or intellectual life of the mind.

Is that the all important lesson to be learned, that less is better?

What would they think of the way most people celebrate holidays today, like Thanksgiving and Christmas?

What can we do to become more aligned with their lifestyle?

In your opinion, why would we want to be more aligned with their life styles? They probably celebrated occasions in their lives.

It is better than what we have now?

Z

[manaboutown]

Frankly, I would prefer the lifestyle of say Donald Trump, a Rothschild, Roosevelt or even a Kennedy to one of needless, perhaps even senseless, deprivation.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

It depends on less of what. Less love, kindness and politeness are not better.

Less hate, murder and anger is better.

I don't know how much of an ascetic life Jesus lived. As far as I know, he ate everything that those around him ate, and he drank wine. The only thing that I know that he abstained from was sex. Is less sex better? I don't know.

Less money better? I don't think so.Less food better? At what point. For the millions of starving people around the world, less food is not better.

[kcrazorbackfan]

We're about to find out; moving from a 2,500 sq. ft. home in KC to a 1,600 sq. ft. one in TV. Every time we rented a home in AZ or AR it has been a smaller home and we really like them.

Seriously, I grew up as poor as a church mouse but we always had plenty of food from the garden, decent clothes to wear and parents who did everything they could for my brother and I. An ex-wife darn near broke me but my wife and I have built up a pretty good retirement and plan to spend my kids inheritance living in TV.

[DianeM]

More is good. I want it all quite frankly.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by DianeM

More is good. I want it all quite frankly.

Not me. The more we got, the more shelves I had to build. I must have told my kids one hundred times the lesson I learned from Thoreau's Walden Pond: You don't own the cow, the cow owns you.
Two out of three were listening.

[Walter123]

Les who?

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Walter123

Les who?

Les Moore