Why do we work?

[God_Yunn]

Lol

 

[VIBE]

"why we work" is actually a rhetorical question.

It's moreso proposed for thought.

No one gets it, though, only a handful do.

 

[jono]

This is a genius topic, you really find out a lot about people when you ask them seemingly innocuous questions like "why do we work?"

 

[God_Yunn]

Y'all feel work equals happiness ,but if y'all feel y'all have to work hard to get where you need to go then that's fine. If you're happy with that. I'm just simply saying its not necessary.

couple of guys are living proof of that on here including me even though I'm not at level I want to be at yet.

I worked construction for years I know what it means to bust your ass to eat and survive. But that's not living.

Not until I was introduce to people with a more richer enlightenment and deeper pockets than anyone on this site I thought you had to slave to get it but you do not my friends.

If you want to be rich beyond your dreams then you can simply be that.

 

[God_Yunn]

He has an Indian friend who is not from India.

SEE you guys what you think is impossible is possible Hagar

 

[S2J]

Y'all sound like brainwashed worker ants,its a bit depressing but a good reminder of why its only 1% .

Y'all stay healthy and keep working cause you feel you have to.

@yunnsanco Well then log off my nigga. That computer or phone you typin on is excess. The designer clothes you got on is excess (regardless of the deisgner...From Versace to Haynes, it all got a tag on it...you didnt make it)

However you got to work/school/whatever you do in life is excess. Whether it be bus, car, shoes...original man walked barefoot to where he needed to get. So its all excess. And it ALL costs.

So unless u out here Tom Hanks Castaway status then what we talkin bout?

talking about something you dont get my friend.

you didn't understand my post but only cause you think you have to work hard to be happy or get what you want in life but its not true.

I've had these argments before, so let me just ffwd to the end. Psuedo intellectuals convenenitly ignore the necessities that are funded by work...its not just fancy cars and clothes and sneakers that these greedy shallow people work for...You work to eat. And you eat to live.

And if you dont work for it, the next man works for you. How yall try to reinvent the most baisc human principles with your own bootleg logic is mind boggling to me.

again. Work to eat same thing ,you're missing the point. Cause yet again you've been conditioned to think thats the only way to get somewhere in life. To serve a purpose,to gain a sense of notoriety, its all a hoax my friend.

But you are right for once. They are BASIC human principles but I'm talking supreme being. 1% status.

You let that anger and negativity go by the way cause thats what you will bring into your life.

Ohhh, I see, you're tryin to get me to supreme being. Ok Diddy. And you say serving a purpose is a hoax? Do tell. Especially if you dont know what the next man is serving for. How can you tell someone else what he's working for wont make him happy?

I.e. Psalm 128:2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you./You are happy, oh man, when you will eat the toil of your hands and it is a blessing to your soul!

And if you dont follow that, no problem. B/c the Koran, 5%, Hinduism, many faiths have the principle of enjoying the 'fruits of labor'. Fruit, as in planting a seed and seeing it grow. And trust me i'm not tryin to convert nobody, im just showin you that not everyone out here is a lost soul 'workin for the man' or b/c they've been 'conditioned by society'.

@ underlined Oh nah u straight.

 

[MorganFreemanKing]

First, there's the problem of scarcity. There aren't enough resources for everyone to just get everything they want nor does everybody have the abilities needed to acquire these things so we develop this concept of "economy" as a was of controlling these resources.

So we trade what we have for what we want. We all don't have a gang of shit to trade but we do have time and energy which we offer in exchange for currency which we in turn exchange for the aforementioned resources.

 

[God_Yunn]

Right above you I said if you're happy with it then that's fine ,even though I said nothing in regards to what a person is working for. I was focused on the part of "work"

See many are unhappy or unsatisfied. You can't say thats untrue cause people complain on here a ton about life and where they are at in it.

Some justify like "ohh its ok I wanted a bigger house but the house im in now fits me perfect" Or " I love my 20 year old car it gets me where im going I dont need that brand new Benz" pssh

Not many set out in life to struggle. Or work a boring 9-5 but that's we are taught right? Who teaches us? Parents ,friends,other family members because frankly thats all they know. So that's all you'll know cause thats who you listen to thats who you think is right.

and thats pretty much most of you in this very thread. But please tell me how everyone is happy with they 9-5 and same ole car and small house cause thats far and few my friend

 

[Bodhi]

You should have framed the question in a different way, @VIBE‌

For me, its not "why do we work?" Its obvious why we work. The question I'd ask is "why in the modern world are we slaves to work?"

 

[VIBE]

Yeah, I see that now lol

 

[jono]

That was the point the man in the picture was asking. I see some people got confused or just have no idea what's going on.

 

[LUClEN]

This reminds me of the story about the fisherman and the businessman

 

[jono]

This reminds me of the story about the fisherman and the businessman

This one?

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.

As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.

The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”

The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”

“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.

“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.

The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”

The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.

“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”

The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”

The fisherman asks, “And after that?”

The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”

The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

classic Brazilian story, probably also present in other cultures. Someone found the English version, but I could not identify the translator

 

[Bodhi]

For me, the simple answer is greed and desire.

Humans are value creating creatures. Shakespeare said it best: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". In other words, consciousness is a gift and curse. The further humans get from fulfilling their basic needs and aligning themselves with Nature, the more complicated their lives become and the more problems arise. Desire for that which is without is fundamentally unfulfilling. We chase material items declaring that our happiness depends on them all while missing out on true spiritual happiness. Think about it this way: A number line contains an infinite number of digits on both the positive and negative. The further you travel from the zero point, or your center, no matter where you are, you will always have a long way to go.

 

[jono]

For me, the simple answer is greed and desire.

Humans are value creating creatures. Shakespeare said it best: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". In other words, consciousness is a gift and curse. The further humans get from fulfilling their basic needs and aligning themselves with Nature, the more complicated their lives become and the more problems arise. Desire for that which is without is fundamentally unfulfilling. We chase material items declaring that our happiness depends on them all while missing out on true spiritual happiness. Think about it this way: A number line contains an infinite number of digits on both the positive and negative. The further you travel from the zero point, or your center, no matter where you are, you will always have a long way to go.

Quoted, GOAT'd and bolded.

 

[LUClEN]

This reminds me of the story about the fisherman and the businessman

This one?

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.

As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.

The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”

The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”

“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.

“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.

The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”

The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.

“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”

The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”

The fisherman asks, “And after that?”

The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”

The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

classic Brazilian story, probably also present in other cultures. Someone found the English version, but I could not identify the translator

That's the one.

 

[bigbird_1]

Adam ate that fruit

 

[God_Yunn]

Yes because every materialistic and "greedy" person is sad in the inside right??!

so they are no better than the sad person who is humble and don't bother to worry about materialistic things.

Mr. William is right about the ones that are misguided but not every person with high ambition who wants a 100 foot yacht is misguided

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

The world isn't ready for buddha mental bliss. Most understand on some level in their own way that attachment brings pain. Cuz when they don't have those things, life isn't as much fun. That's part of the human experience, being able to enjoy things, and to really enjoy things you have to miss them as well. So while most understand this basic "law" "the pain" is worth it.

I think most also don't see the point in reducing their attachments, for what? To return to a place of pure consciousness where there is no individualized mind? Sure it's a state of bliss but so is being a human being with awareness.

 

[God_Yunn]

Middle class and poor always speak on how the rich are probably broken up and sad inside to justify they self. To feel better about they position in life,those statements come from a negative pit. Its wrong