12-24-2012, 02:16 PM
Compulsive Obsessive Competitive Consumption Vanity Disorder. It's not just stones, gems or crystals. It's the gluttonous neurotic need to hoard up excessive amounts of wasteful "stuff" that has no intrinsic value in and of itself and serves no practical purpose whatsoever other than to adorn the outer shell of your persona and thus create the illusion of an elevated social/economical status higher than that of others.
This "game" is only possible in a society/culture where status differences are encouraged and agreed upon: "wealth" can only exist so long as there's a contrasting "poverty" to define it—otherwise "rich" and "poor" have no meaning, and hence: no possibility of existing.
Though we must admit, Shin'Ar, that when it comes to crystals (as well as any other "magic paraphernalia") many spiritual seekers fall prey to this vanity too.
This "game" is only possible in a society/culture where status differences are encouraged and agreed upon: "wealth" can only exist so long as there's a contrasting "poverty" to define it—otherwise "rich" and "poor" have no meaning, and hence: no possibility of existing.
Though we must admit, Shin'Ar, that when it comes to crystals (as well as any other "magic paraphernalia") many spiritual seekers fall prey to this vanity too.
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