Material pursuit and spiritual pursuit

Material pursuit and spiritual pursuit

Generally speaking, the basic survival needs are not be guaranteed,

we tend to focus on the material pursuit. For example, you now have no

money to eat to survive. Then if we still pursuit of spiritual will we happy?

Live in the virgin forest of the original human, they don't know what is

art,

what

is

science

and

technology,

their

hunting

and

eating

is

one

of

the most important.

?

So,

There's

nothing

wrong

with

the

pursuit

of

material,

we

a

re

opposed

to

just

blindly

excessive

pursuit

of

material.

If

our

basi

c

survival

needs

are

guaranteed

,

we

focus

more

on

the

pursuit

of

spirit,

the

pursuit

of

the

beauty

of

arts

and

humanities,

the

purs

uit

of

rational

exploration

of

truth,

the

pursuit

of

religious

moral

g

oodness.

These

spiritual

pursuits

are

the

purpose

in

our

life,

but

n

ot

the

tools

of

our

life.

?

The

following

is

the

pursuit

of

different

people

：

Students YanHui of Confucius,

men

its

prosperity

back

to

also

don't

change

it

the

time

fully

in

the

pursuit of the spirit; The other extreme, such as Balzac's miser and spend

time to fully in the pursuit of material things.

Poet

Liu Yuxi‘

s Lou Shi Ming

says

:

this

is

a

shabby

home,

but

I

am

very

appreciative.

He

is

a

very

classic

example

of

the

pursuit

of

spirit.

While

Guo

Jingming

prefer

a