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In Search of Perpetual Pleasure

I'm in Search of something that will change my life. And I do not mean my financial fortunes, I mean my life. There is no part of my life that steadily leaks a sweetness to the rest of it. Whatever sweetness it is I experience is momentary. After each moment, very quickly, the feeling and taste progresses like in the mouth after candy, or fried rice and chicken. You know how this gets worse if the mouth isn't cleaned in due time. I'll go brush my teeth now. I think it is already clear, but still important to state, that I am not in search of a purpose or meaning. In other places I have made known my thoughts on meaning and purpose (of life) and it is safe to say that I do not hold them in high regard. What I am seeking, to put it roughly, is pleasure. The word is wrong, oh, I detest this. It is either there are not enough words or I don't know enough words. There is a book (and website) called ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’ by John Koenig, I think. I haven't go...
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SEEMS LIKE WE NEED A RADICAL CHANGE OF CULTURE

While thinking about why the world we live in, while beautiful, is as ugly as it is, I identified one root of the problems as our yearning for luxury. While in school, I was taught that there are three levels in the chase of satisfaction. We chase; Needs: These are the most basic things that we use in living a our lives. Comfort: These are not the most essential but they make things better for our lives. Luxury: After one is comfortable, they begin to chase items/services that do not make things that much better, especially in comparison to their costs. In my opinion, the chase of luxuries makes the world as ugly as it is. Luxuries and our attraction to them make a very large chunk of us fantastically corrupt and willing to hurt the next person. Almost everyone yearns for luxuries (and the accumulation of wealth) to a degree and THAT’S THE PROBLEM. Luxuries are unnecessary but cause desperation in many, push many to be immoral and a number to commit crimes. If crimes must be excused, I...
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