Greetngs SA, Both your posts from yesterday were great, and contained important considerations for the way one lives their life. I do have time to sit by the fire and whittle, but then I have no one for whom I'm directly responsible. It was much more difficult when I was raising children and working. It was difficult to untangle from the social pressures.
Thanks for the postings. Marsha At 11:49 AM 12/29/2007, you wrote: >"Keepers of the Game: Indian-Animal Relationships and >the Fur Trade" by Calvin Martin > > > [SA currently] > This quote below is taken from the above book on >the Zen-Amerindian connection as follows: > > > Prologue: > Marshall Sahlins states, "Wants may be 'easily >satisfied' either by producing much or desiring >little. The familiar conception, the Galbraithean >way, makes assumptions peculiarly appropriate to >market economies: that man's wants are great, not to >say infinite, whereas his means are limited, although >improvable: thus, the gap between means and ends can >be narrowed by industrial productivity, at least to >the point that 'urgent goods' become plentiful. but >there is also a Zen road to affluence, departing from >premises somewhat different from our own: that human >material wants are finite and few, and technical means >unchanging but on the whole adequate. Adopting the >Zen strategy, a people can enjoy an unparalleled >material plenty-with a low standard of living.... >That, I think, describes the hunters. And it helps >explain some of their more curious economic behavior : > their 'prodigality' for example-the inclination to >consume at once all stocks on hand, as if they had it >made. Free from market obsessions of scarcity, >hunters' economic propensities may be more >consistently predicated on abundance than our own." > > > [SA currently] > More abundance, readily available needs in >hunter-gather cultures, than the anxieties and >constant wants in a industrial, post-industrial market >due to the high profit margins to maintain and >compete. As in Zen so the Amerindian, "enjoy an >unparalleled material plenty-with a low standard of >living". > I see this not to be about quantity, and how >much one has. It seems to be better when it is about >quality. The craftsperson that takes the time to make >a quality product versus the cookie cutter model that >shells out quantity but with little care. Do you have >time to sit by the fire and whittle wood? > > >woods, >SA > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
