CHASING THE GOOD LIFE

Who is the richer man? The one who is consumed by greed, encouraged by hubris, convincing himself he has merit because he has wealth, or is it the man who has acquired understanding and knows when he has enough?  In a way enlightened men are aesthetes. Some climb Machu Pichu, or journey to an ashram, while some wander their own thought, in search.   So tell me, can you buy insight without understanding when enough replaces greed? We live in a world that has monetized piety, tolerated suffering and displaced responsibility. Yet there are places immune to it, places where men strive to understand virtue and live accordingly, for the sake of happiness.  Happiness seems to be in short supply. It doesn't come from decadence. We can remember when ancient Rome outlawed hurbris for a time. And when wealth made social divisions painfully clear, some historians noticed revolt was sure to happen, did we ever think we were immune to those same forces?  Being receptive, what do you see? What do you know?