We live in a world focused on "getting." Advertisers tell us we have to "get" relationships. We have to "get" money. We have to "get" slim. We have to "get healthy."
If you look closely at all of the these messages, they are tied to selling you something. Because marketers know how to tap into your emotions. They depend on your "impulse buying," and they depend on you running fear. And, it works. How many times have you been remorseful about something you bought that you didn't need? Or you were so frustrated because you couldn't get something? You felt you had to "get."
I used this form or meditation some years ago. What I did was get a board and put pictures of the items I wanted. I visualized myself with the items before I had actually bought the items. Of course there were times I thought I wasn't going to have the items because it took some time to buy them due to the expense.
Now I've learned to live with less so I am doing the opposite type of meditation --- the kind that tells me that I have enough and that I'm satisfied. It's not easy because the advertisements tell me that I need to "GET" stuff all the time.
Thursday, February 3rd 2011 at 8:10PM
Jen Fad
