Gold ornament figure of a man with a knight outfit manifesting material wealth and power
The theory of materialism is a fallacy and source of many evils our world is facing today from time immemorial. Materialism stresses the visible world of matter as the ultimate reality and excludes any other aspect of existence or spirituality. Modern science and technology are based on the utilization of invisible matter i.e.the various forms of energy. The unfounded denial of spirituality has been proven incorrect due to the fact that spirit proexisted matter which is a derivative of it.
The world is becoming increasingly “wireless” and we are impacted by invisible “waves” in all forms of modern communication. The invisible “matter” is revealed everywhere from one end to another. The theory of materialism is shaken and ready to crumble to pieces. Nothing against matter as long as we accept the opposite pole of matter which is the spirit and spirituality. Those two interconnected realities complement each other and create ultimate harmony and beauty which is manifested as universal power and is ubiquitous in creation. Atheism is the adopted child of materialism, but one remains blind if he denies and ignores a major component of reality. Adherents of atheism should go back to school and learn the ABC of life and reality. “The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.” - Eckhart Tolle
The world cannot be explained based on the theory of matter alone. The terrible evidence of what materialism is all about unfolds when you start looking at entities as “matter” and exclude the other aspect, the aspect of spirituality and of course morality and ethics as well as truth aren’t just matter. Look i.e., at a woman (man) as sheer matter (flesh) and you know immediately what happens. Humans who adopt such theories become blind and lose orientation. They become prone to immorality and vulnerable to all kinds of sins like violence, abuse, infidelity, divorce, betrayal and crime which lead society to a state of decay. There are far-reaching social implications deriving from this assumption and they are horrendous and appalling. “Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one… a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets or fiscal cycles and more in terms of where we locate the sacred, of where we search for meaning and transcendence, and of how we think about justice, equality, and the future of our world.” – Robert Wuthnow
However, let us be sincere with the pursuit of material possessions and try to understand people’s motives to obtain them. In fact, it’s a matter of priorities and nothing more. The desire to possess material things is in itself absolutely normal and natural as long as we don’t overemphasize it or become overwhelmed by it and lose perspective. Sometimes we see people who don’t have enough material things and suffer or envy others, but it is because they are not ambitious enough or they don’t want to work. Having said so, it’s not the possession of things but the attitude that makes the difference. Material things acquire a major value if used in order to make other people happy and especially the impoverished and needy ones.“The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust,confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.”Bertrand Russell
Therefore, if a man (woman) lives his or her life centered on material possessions then there is a vacancy of spirituality and possibly the same in human values. When someone is void of moral and ethical values then they are vulnerable to all kinds of temptations and evil acts whatsoever. The ingredient of belief in God gives incentives to love all creation and the world and especially to love all human beings as expressions deriving from that supreme divinity.
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