Material wealth and spiritual poverty

[hubag bohol]

I was reading an article about Solzhenitsyn today, in John Mauldin's "Outside The Box" e-newsletter, and there were a couple of passages that resonated with me because they mirror thoughts I've been having about our society lately:

"Solzhenitsyn made the case -- hardly unique to him -- that the pursuit of wealth as an end in itself left humans empty shells. He once noted Blaise Pascal's aphorism that humans are so endlessly busy so that they can forget that they are going to die -- the point being that we all die, and that how we die is determined by how we live. For Solzhenitsyn, the American pursuit of economic well being was a disease destroying the Western soul."

Although we may have differing ideas about the afterlife (or lack thereof), I think we can all agree that when all is said and done, how we lived our life will be far more important than how much we had in our bank account. So then, why are people willing to lead such immoral, wasteful, and greedy lives? Are the alleged rules for getting into heaven so lenient that they never give a second thought to the immortality of their souls? Or have we become so accustomed to instant gratification that anything beyond the here and now seems entirely irrelevant. -- http://melissag.hubpages.com/

[chicogon]

Perfect point (not place) of contemplation... for when you're in the brush with death on a daily basis you'll realize fast what's more important. Really! 

[hubag bohol]

Perfect point (not place) of contemplation... for when you're in the brush with death on a daily basis you'll realize fast what's more important. Really! 

Hmm, naa lang jud tingali puy mga tawo nga kuwang sa kaguol...