there should be balance - the world is in imbalance. we have not truly progressed. We have only progressed in our external form and in our material existence - and the separation of form and spirit has alienated us more and more from our spiritual cure and balance. That is why there is more and more suffering and imbalance.

the world is short-sighted. children see the entire purpose of life is to obtain more and more material status. it seems that nobody can see that material things cannot last. A brand new shiny car is an old car even before it is paid off for. a big house with an empty soul does not bring joy and happiness. there is nothing wrong with a bigger house per se if it is within one's means, but everything wrong if the desire for the house is motivated by a need to feel 'secure' or 'better than'. 

all things decay. all shiny things fade. why is the pursuit of life a need for symbolisms of success? why cannot material success be a by-product of self-actualization. it is not the ownership of nice things itself, it is the speed and rush at which we are pursuing these material things that has negated the development of other aspects of our Being. it is this speed and rush in everything to make 'money' that causes secondary forms of suffering; inflation must come with recession, growth must come with stagnation, economic bubbles  that grow must burst., etc

i think it is a very funny thing that we, create man-made institutions and systems that inflict suffering upon ourselves. we consider the world as it is, as it is our reality, without realizing that we inherited a world made up of systems and institutions thought-up by dysfunctional minds or greedy hearts. 

the power of now is powerful because if you were to simply concentrate on the present moment, all past dissolves and all future problems do not exist. worry and fear will be diluted because we don't give thought energy to the future. regret and pain will dissolve because we don't give thought energy to the past. What remains is, if not clarity, at least temporary sanity. 

the school of thought that not worrying is irresponsible can be argued with a new thought that worrying about something that is not real is counter-productive. Living in the now also helps avoid taking actions that can lead to greater harm to oneself and others. 

we are only poor because greedy people have put a price on nature and resources; land, oil, food, shelter. there is a claim legitimate claim for profit but who can say that this is the case? Profit has turned to profiteering. A person can only be rich if others are poor.