The Commercial Spirit
Meister Eckhart
As long as we look for some kind of pay for what we do, as long as we want to get something from God in some kind of exchange, we are like the merchants. If you want to be rid of the commercial spirit, then by all means do all you can in the way of good works, but do so solely for the praise of God. Live as if you did not exist. Expect and ask nothing in return. Then the merchant inside you will be driven out of the temple God has made. Then God alone dwells there. See! This is how the temple is cleared: when a person thinks only of God and honors God alone. Only such a person is free and genuine.
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tiny inside merchant
price tagging life
50¢ for learning math
75¢ for a loving partner
$300 for military security
how do you do it
commodify life
$4 for a janitor
$6 for a doctor
$200 for a CEO
it seems to change
with your desires
$10 for Milwaukee Braves memorabilia
$15 for a Winnebago Sightseer
$100 for bypass surgery
until there is nothing left
but to earn twice as much
for half the satisfaction
invested in manipulated chance
with no way around death
a better economist
values differently
$50 for you
$50 for each
$50 for me
sending prophets
to ensure profit
through regulations
beyond desire and
dishonest wealth
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