The Secret Path To Happiness
It is important to understand how money and modern convenience spoil us. The heroics on Netflix are a good indicator that we cannot be bothered to be our own heroes, but a good metaphor for how this situation came to be is this:
One climbs to the top of a hill and then gets to enjoy skiing to the bottom. That is natural and works like life works, but these days we pay a few dollars to have a mechanical lift carry us to the top. This trains us to think that the good stuff in life is not worth the effort. This is a big, big delusion. We eat and gain energy but then don’t feel like spending that energy. We disconnect from the natural energy cycle.
This natural energy cycle wants to welcome us back.
We are not unnatural.
Money is an unnatural device. So is an escalator.
I am not suggesting abandoning these things.
I am suggesting bearing their hidden costs in mind.
These things are the fun “skiing down” part of life. Which is not to say that the walking up the hill is not supposed to be fun too. It is supposed to be! Something “unnatural” has eroded this part of the fun.
When I say that “the natural energy cycle wants us back”, I mean that the understanding of how to live is built right into our flesh and bones. We…
