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"But for us in the West, ownership of stuff has become the modern day equivalent of rank, of social standing. You know, the more we have, the more affluence we attribute to ourselves or others attribute to us. It's interesting that the whole idea that 'more is better' is a very Western concept."
He says people need to get back to valuing themselves, as corny as that may sound. He sees lives transformed by these messages. "I'm not suggesting you shouldn't buy things, I'm not suggesting everyone packs up and moves to a monastery," Walsh says. "But if pursuit of more stuff, of and by itself, is what you're caught into, then you are on a treadmill that you can never get off."