Just a sudden train of thought. I was cooking and thinking how we emotionally attach ourselves to materialistic things. And my question is, why is attaching oneself to tangible objects ill-favoured? Of course Alexander the Great wanted to not burry his hands to show that he owns nothing when leaving this world. True story. But that is no reason for us to restrict ourselves from experiencing this world, is it? And possessions add to our experience and understanding of this world, and more importantly, self. If we analyse, clearly our wishes and desires drive our every decision and action towards anything to do with 'materialistic things'. Let's say that we want to own a particular kind of cell phone for its features and the interactive experience that it might bring with them. Once owned, lets say we lost it (ahem! kindly refer my previous blog: My Extended Self..My Mobile.. ). We cringe at the loss. We become helpless because we had put in effort to finally afford a d