"What you identify with is all to do with content; whereas the
unconscious compulsion to identify is structural. It is one of the
most basic ways in which the egoic mind operates.
Paradoxically, what keeps the so called consumer society going
is the fact that trying to find yourself through things doesn't work:
The ego satisfaction is short lived and so you keep looking for more,
keep buying, keep consuming. .......
No ego can last for long without the need for more. Therefore,
wanting keeps the ego alive much more than having. The ego wants to
want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of
having is always replaced by more wanting. This is the psychological
need for more, that is to say, more things to identify with. It is an
addictive need, not an authentic one."
Eckhardt Tolle. The New Earth. pp 36 & 46.
Michael
On Oct 21, 8:02 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Yes, fellow cyclists. The time approaches. The rumors have begun, of
> course. You've read them here and elsewhere. Soon, more signs will
> appear. The unusual "out-of-stock" labels will emerge at previously
> reliable suppliers, as those not wishing to be caught with excess
> inventory fail to purchase. Then the odd stalwart merchant will be
> willing but unable to purchase, as the hoarders buy up product; more
> out-of-stock captions will be seen. Then the early 'Bay-ers will sell,
> with seemingly silly high reserves. Yet sell they will. Later, the
> hoarders will let loose. The sales will be massive blowouts. They will
> not last long. The late 'Bay-ers will try to ride the wave, buying and
> selling like '90s day-traders. Then, nothing. Quiet stillness
> descends. A small trickle will bubble forth, only to quickly become
> erratic and scarce; only those "in-the-know" will have access. And
> then, finally, we'll all realize what has come to pass...
>
> 8-pocalypse
>
> In the aftermath, the successful searcher will ride happily but
> warily, trying not to draw attention to the chain's thickness, the
> front derailer's width, the cogs' spacing. Such wariness will prove
> unwarranted, however. soon the "market" will deem 8-speed equipment
> not "inexpensive" but "cheap". Not "hearty", "heavy". Not "reliable",
> "retro". Those that "have" need not worry; those that lack won't want.
>
> The faithful will proceed the way the 6-and-7-coggers, freewheelers,
> and steerer-threaders did before them, wondering how to protect the
> stash, researching the aging process of grease, asking "Is metal
> fatigue a factor of actual use? Mere age?" And often paying boutique
> prices for modest product.
>
> Oh well. At least this is the 21st century; we'll always have that
> Great Support Group In The Sky, the Webbernet.
>
> Yours,
> Thomas Lynn Skean
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