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Originally Posted by August
At what point does frugality become neglect?
Neglect? Of whom or what? Not sure where you're going with this one.
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Yes, I should have made my self more clear.
Here is an example:
A Benedictine monk practices sexual abstinence to devote his life more fully to his religion. He may also abstain from his secret desire to drive fast cars.
By denying him self these hedonisms, is he denying part of him self and neglecting parts of who he is?
I'm talking about neglect of parts of ones own personality.
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Originally Posted by August
wealth is not the opposite of frugality. One can be rich and frugal just as one can be poor and wasteful, indeed the degree of either can be the result of frugality or the lack of it.
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One can be detached from the material, but have many material possessions?
I suppose there are (or have been) many totally abstaining and frugal monks who sleep on simple beds and eat basic food inside of million dollar monasteries which own hundreds of acres of land.
It's a very interesting thought, but doesn't quite seam right somehow.... I can't work out quite why atm.