00:00Don't make me feel guilty. It's my choice and don't deprive me and then they also state the Maslow's hierarchy
00:07there that don't deprive us of the bottom layer also. We want to get to the topmost layer which is
00:14the self-actualization layer.
00:15It has never been seen that a lot of consumption has led to self-actualization. The level of mental disease
00:25and disorder in western societies which are affluent is far greater than what we experience in less affluent societies. It
00:35is not as if a lot of consumption and a lot of money will lead to self-actualization or spiritual
00:42liberation. That has not been empirically seen anywhere.
00:45You don't have to pass through everything to come to that because there is nothing to come to. The real
00:51thing is not an achievement but a negation, a reduction.
