#post-materialism

We are in the midst of a civilizational shift, one that the Occupations Movement of May 1968 in France illuminated in that it strove to accelerate it, thus hastening the collapse of consumer society and the emergence of a society committed to life.

“Quantum spirituality:” a perspective described by David Scharf as: ...the idea that some aspect of consciousness plays a fundamental role in the universe and that advanced physics should be interpreted as having to some extent already incorporated this principle [which] has had distinguished representation among both physicists and philosophers. It has generated an upsurge of grassroots enthusiasm because of the widespread sense that science and spirituality, rather than being fundamentally separate or even opposed, are in fact deeply connected and mutually reinforcing.

post-materialistic luxury

Having secured a relatively comfortable standard of living, we have come to worry less about the stuff we need to get by and more about the pursuit of self-realisation, meaning in life, justice in society, and harmony with the natural world.

Happiness, I think, is all about knowing when to stop. When to stop accumulating and throw things out or store them. When to stop working and take a few months off. When to stop eating and stop drinking. When to travel, and when to stop traveling and stay in one place for a while. When to stop furnishing a house because it has everything it needs. This knowing-when-to-stop is the true meaning of post-materialism, and it's both difficult and easy to master. Difficult because we live in a society that is forever egging us on, and never wants us to stop consuming. But easy because we all have an instinct, a little voice inside, which tells us when to stop; which knows the optimum point, that particular and precious relationship between having and happiness. All we have to do is locate that voice and listen to it.