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Poem / Religion and Spirituality

December 24, 2017

Reads: 51

Shelves: 1

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Holiday time and material possession, in an ephemeral, spiritual world. Read More

Tags: spirit, materialism

A brief reflection on the state of relationship between Pastors and their churches Read More

Tags: religion, truth, deception, materialism, spiritualism

This literary piece is focusing on three of Emily Dickinson's poems through a sociological perspective. Read More

Tags: feelings, rejection, thoughts, life, society, alienation, mind, sadness, fear, soul, nobody, ignorance, community, difficulty, identity

Essay / Memoir

July 09, 2014

Reads: 458

Shelves: 1

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Living out my youth in penthouses, driving fancy sports cars, and indulging in all the sensual and emotional pleasure every young adolescent boy can dream of. The parties, expensive toys, and exotic vacations; you could imagine it wasn’t very difficult to lure girls into “falling in love with me”. I… Read More

Tags: love, greed, true_love, materialism

Sometimes I make the mistake of thinking hard about how weird our materialistic world is. Read More

Tags: poetry, poet, song, laughter, dreams, dream, laugh, separation, materialism, atheism, ignornce

Essay / True Confessions

February 20, 2013

Reads: 611

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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Stop and smell the roses... Everyday,we overlook the people in our world,our importance to society and the things inside us that make us who we are.We let materialism get to us and leave parts of us in ruin. Read More

Tags: death, hope, society, money, ignorance, materialism, human_nature

Essay / Non-Fiction

December 11, 2012

Reads: 7476

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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This is an essay about materialism. Read More

Tags: world, money, empathy, etc, materialism, values, morality

A logical guide toward living by grace and love, utilizing the benefits of neuro-plasticity, logic, the wisdom of pious religions, and common sense. Read More

Tags: love, religion, christianity, illusion, mind, self, soul, truth, spirit, conscience, law, power, peace, consciousness, grace

Poem / Religion and Spirituality

August 09, 2012

Reads: 126

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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A Letter of Truth Read More

Tags: politics, spirituality, truth, selfish, materialism, economy

taken from my book, "Trying To Learn About My Madness" Read More

Tags: girl, dream, shopping, money, materialism, sr, parnell, terrell, derealization, unconfidence

Short Story / Humor

May 29, 2012

Reads: 176

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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An inconvenient convenience store robbery. (Pie chart not included.) Read More

Tags: materialism, marketing, commercialism, shooting, inhumanity, bureaucracy

Poem / Poetry

May 05, 2012

Reads: 160

Shelves: 1

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I wrote this poem for an old friend who is blindsided by money and material possessions. She terminated our friendship because on greed. This is how I felt and I wanted to express it to the world! Read More

Tags: passion, evil, ambition, greed, desire, lust, power, selfish, hatred, slave, corruption, materialism, envy

Poem / Poetry

April 16, 2012

Reads: 220

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The inexplicable doubt which settles into one's soul as the artificial hopes structured by societal expectations begin to melt away with the rain of the dawn of understanding. Read More

Tags: depression, god, poetry, life, society, confidence, philosophy, beauty, personal, truth, sorrow, doubt, weakness, judgment, materialism

Poem / Poetry

April 11, 2012

Reads: 86

Shelves: 1

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A man has dreams for his life; he writes what he wants to have, while fearing what he will become. Will it satisfy him? Will he look better in the eyes of others? Read More

Tags: pondering, dreams, fear, guilt, materialism

Short Story / Flash Fiction

February 19, 2012

Reads: 197

Shelves: 1

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You might wonder what life holds for you, whether you'll make it out alive, whether all these people around you really understand anything. Look no further. Warning: Put yourself in an associative, light-hearted frame of mind before you read this, or don't. Just don't tell me that I'm wrong. You… Read More

Tags: drugs, god, social, fish, evil, temple, inspiration, hand, fire, voice, universe, sun, truth, glass, grace

Two former band members meet after many years, only to find they no longer have anything in common. Read More

Tags: friendship, materialism, musicians, reunion, spiritualism

Poem / Poetry

August 12, 2011

Reads: 110

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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I'm not religious but this story is based upon the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve once lived. Metaphorically,this poem is about how we have created illusions of wealth with gems rather than nature, and that materialism has led to the decline of a once beautiful world. Read More

Tags: loss, nature, religion, evil, wealth, materialism

Poem / Poetry

June 01, 2011

Reads: 212

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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A response to "living responsibly". Read More

Tags: love, marriage, romance, soul, breaking, materialism, staying, mates, couples

In this, my next to last chapter before the end of my End Of Life Story, the Devil and I continue to argue over the disputed wager, but the relationship between us begins to shift. Unbeknownst to the Devil, the “condition of the possibility for the devil’s existence,” begins to… Read More

Tags: god, freedom, education, science, consciousness, devil, materialism, values, wager, indoctrination, sense_experience, social_status, unlimited_growth

Short Story / Romance

January 01, 2010

Reads: 468

Comments: 22

Shelves: 1

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A boy tries one last desperate attempt to reform the life of the girl he loves. Once again, based on a song: "Everything Goes Dark." Apparently I'm obsessed with sad stories inspired by music. Oh well. :) For Zemet's Short Story contest. Read More

Tags: love, romance, darkness, everything, vanity, tragedy, water, mirror, beach, materialism, drowning, too_late

this is anger, frustration, despair, sadness, injustice, and the obvious truth all rolled into one....I'm sick of it all, and I have had enough of the fake people, and the fake promises made by the "god-like" people who have made themselves this role, because it causes me to suffer, for… Read More

Tags: anger, blind, hate, fake, darkness, fire, winter, depressed, money, black, sickness, false, materialism, minority

Poem / Poetry

January 04, 2009

Reads: 171

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Deals with what we are becoming. Read More

Tags: society, empty, materialism, materialistic, robots, soulless, vessels, mechanistic, mechanized

Poem / Poetry

December 22, 2008

Reads: 207

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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i just thought about this... Read More

Tags: materialism, buddhism, lame

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 20, 2008

Reads: 5847

Comments: 17

Shelves: 1

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A story about a two life long friends separated by the materialism that rules over our world with some. Read More

Tags: short, materialism, homelessness

Poem / Poetry

October 30, 2008

Reads: 244

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

an epic tale in four parts; of a world in which society, conformity, and commonality have overcome the very core of what makes us human. Read More

Tags: society, philosophy, fake, conformity, individuality, materialism

Why a person constantly looks at the stars at night, when to another it seems but a pointless, meaningless act and a waste of time... Read More

Tags: wonder, money, stars, materialism, values, meaning_of_life

Nadine had everything and nothing. Read More

Tags: fiction, society, drama, money, materialism

Poem / Poetry

March 22, 2007

Reads: 171

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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A response to that perennial question we ask each other when we first meet: "How are you?" Read More

Tags: poem, materialism, existentialism

Short Story / Non-Fiction

February 05, 2007

Reads: 575

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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Well, this was originally an essay for English...practice for the new SAT...but it means a lot to me, so I thought why not post it? Basically, this is just a really short summary of my novel, Defining Happiness. If the style seems weird or too formal or whatever, keep in… Read More

Tags: school, life, happiness, materialism, victorias_secret, body_shape, selfishness, slaves_in_india, personal_experience

Poem / Poetry

December 28, 2006

Reads: 210

Shelves: 1

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This is my poem that looks at the different ways in which materialism, commercialism and vanity propel the American society in which I live. Read More

Tags: choice, help, crazy, vanity, myopia, materialism, appearances, commercialism, television, introversion

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