With a balanced mindset luxury doesn't have to be bad

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In this reality as we experience it there is the strong tendency that egoic people are more attached to materialistic wealth. But actually, there is no rule of thumb saying that materialism entails egoism. It is very well possible to have a liking for materialistic goods without any unhealthy egoic attachment.

On our spiritual path, especially at the earlier stages of realization, we tend to hopscotch from one extreme to the other. So we see the overwhelming wordly indulgement in materialistic goods and suddenly start perceiving all materialism as bad and non-spiritual. If somebody dreams of having a high-end car, expensive shiny jewellry or a luxury mansion we might tend to default thinking: invest in yourself rather than in ephemeral goods which won't make you any happier.

Even though I have never fallen into real extremes, there was a point when I recognized that my behavior was rather reactive to the world instead of responsive. For instance, especially as I became more spiritual the world's strong attachment to materialistic things had me somewhat develop the exact opposite stance, namely that of seeing money or materialistic things as being bad. In a way, I was unconsciously attempting to balance the imbalance I was perceiving in the world. But at some point I realized that it is not my job to balance anything outside myself, enabling me to gradually readjust my relationship with materialism toward a more healthily balanced direction.

So when somebody loves to have that high-end car, shiny jewellry or luxury mansion they shall have and enjoy it, with no need for myself to judge that person's essence by their materialistic attitude. We CAN have a penchant for sparkly goods without identifying our entire persona with it. But even if somebody identifies with that materialistic good, I am not the one to judge that person in any way.

In fact, excess is never good no matter what we are talking about, and only when we find the balance within we emanate an energy that makes it ripple without to be eventually reflected back to us commensurately.

I have to say that it was particularly information circulating in spiritual teachings and communities which caused me the most inner upheaval many years ago, but from another angle I see that the triggering effects these particular information had on me was just serving to richochet back to me long-forgotten fragmented believes I had held for far too long, now ready for the final release. We are all just experiencing ourselves with nobody being more right or wrong, better or worse, more or less true, which then again is always shifting never stagnant for ourselves.

Have fun with your shiny jewellry,