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The Economy of Simplicity
The Economy of Simplicity
The Economy of Simplicity
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So,
You have taken a pay cut or maybe you have lost your job.

Now life here in the West is a little harder
But the sky has not fallen.

Take a deep breath
See, you still have the air to breath.

Your pockets have less weight
But you still have pants to wear.

You cannot afford pan fried monkfish in caper sauce
But maybe all you need is a bowl of rice.

Let us return to the basics.

We live in difficult times.
"The Economy of Simplicity" is essential reading for those affected by this turmoil of financial upheaval. It directs us back to life's basics, to the truly important things like food, drink, shelter and community. An inspiring manual from a simple Eastern philosopher to lead us out of the forest of fear and worries to the heartwarming luxury of a simple contentment.

It is a spiritual guide for the people of Western Society, who today find themselves bankrupted, not just economically, but spiritually. It will direct us through this crisis and lead us back to the basics of a simple and contented way of life.
Topics covered include: Food & Drink, Unemployment, Sex, Money, Community, Stress, Sex, Spirituality, Religion, Happiness, Health, Sex, Meditation, Sex, Personal Change and Environment and Sex.
This simple book, written by a simpleton prophet, gives us such magical words of wisdom, as: “Fear is the Father of many children – and they are all Bastards”, “A healthy body sings from every orifice” and many, many more.

Read It today. Change your life.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 2, 2011
ISBN9781465910172
The Economy of Simplicity
Author

A Simple Prophet

I am a humble man. A citizen of the planet Earth. Some call me a prophet.

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    The Economy of Simplicity - A Simple Prophet

    THE ECONOMY OF

    SIMPLICITY

    ~~~

    The Luxury of Contentment

    ~~

    A manual

    for a frugal life

    to help you cope with

    changing financial circumstances

    ~

    Passed

    down to you by

    A Simple Prophet

    ~~~~~

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2011 A Simple Prophet

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    ~~~***~~~

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    FOOD

    DRINK

    SHELTER

    HEAT

    MONEY

    PURPOSE

    BOREDOM

    UNEMPLOYMENT

    HEALTH

    EXERCISE

    SLEEP

    STRESS

    SPIRITUALITY

    COMMUNITY

    RELATIONSHIPS

    SEX

    HAPPINESS

    MEDITATION

    FEAR

    CONFIDENCE

    YOU CAN CHANGE

    THE ENVIRONMENT

    DISCLAIMER

    A SIMPLE PROPHET

    ~~~***~~~

    So,

    You have taken a pay cut or maybe you have lost your job.

    Now life here in the West is a little harder

    But the sky has not fallen.

    Take a deep breath

    See, you still have the air to breath.

    Your pockets have less weight

    But you still have pants to wear.

    You cannot afford pan fried monkfish in caper sauce

    But maybe all you need is a bowl of rice.

    Let us return to the basics.

    ~~~***~~~

    FOOD

    ~~~

    Recipe – Meditation Soup

    4 eggs,

    8 oz flour,

    6 large raisins,

    1 tomato,

    4oz castor sugar,

    2 fish.

    Gather these ingredients on the worktop and stare at them for 25 minutes.

    Then put them away.

    Food is something no living being can do without. From the tiniest orgasm to the largest Whale – everything needs food to fuel its existence. They say we are at the top of the food-chain. Think of any creature living on the Earth and I guarantee you will find this creature on a menu somewhere in the world. I remember sitting down in a restaurant in an affluent western city some years ago and overhearing a man beside me ordering a Silver Backed Gorilla Penis with garlic bread and sautéed potatoes .

    Why are you eating this Silver Backed Gorilla Penis, I asked the man when the enormous dish arrived.

    Because it is on Chef’s Special, he replied, and pointed to the blackboard where sure enough Silver Backed Gorilla Penis with garlic bread and sautéed potatoes was the Chef’s Recommended Dish of the Day.

    Don’t you realise this creature is in danger of imminent extinction? I asked.

    I’m not surprised, said his female companion, eying the large dish and shifting uncomfortably in her chair.

    It then became obvious to me that we stand on top of this so called food chain not because we must but because we can. People in the West no longer eat because they are hungry – they eat for a novelty, a taste, for fun or to be fashionable.

    All my life I have eaten only rice, (although on an occasional dark winter’s morning I have consumed an unfortunate small reptile that has wandered into my rice-bowl). I have survived well on this simple and basic food. To eat too much has a negative effect on the functioning of our body and mind. Have you ever stuffed your belly with a large meal and then fallen asleep? Your body has to work hard to digest all the food. This leaves less energy for your brain. You feel worn out. It also makes you fat. And this leads to one of the great paradoxes of the western world:

    You work hard to earn money to buy food to make yourself fat, and then you work harder to make more money to buy gym membership to make yourself thin.

    When I am at home, people come to me and say Please help me - I have nothing to eat? but here people come and say Please help me – I am fat.

    So let me address the question: Why are you fat?

    Before I answer, I must ask you: Why do you eat?

    For normal people the answer is – Hunger!

    So I must ask – For what do you Hunger?

    The answer is not as simple as you might think. It is true that the evolutionary purpose of hunger is to remind us to eat. but here in the affluent West, you might eat because you are tired or upset or drunk.

    A man came to me recently and begged me to help him stop eating. He was really really fat, but during our conversation it became clear to me that the root of his problem was not his overeating, but his semi-psychotic desire to self harm. He has since lost all this weight and the last time I was cleared to visit him at the secure mental hospital I had him committed to, he cried and thanked me.

    There are different kinds of hunger. Some people are hungry for money, some are hungry for fame and how often has someone told you they are hungry for love?

    You constantly hunger for different things in your lives, but sometimes you have crossed wires and eat a box of chocolate chip cookies when you really want a hug. When your heart calls out for love do not mistake it for a rumbly tummy.

    You cannot feed your soul with a hamburger.

    I am not the first to formulate these thoughts. When I first visited the West, I heard similar sentiments expressed by popular American singer, Osca Chubble. I enquired about him and found that his work has great philosophical depths. In his song Fat and Horny he says:

    I’m starving for lovin’,

    And I’m feelin’ so randy,

    But instead of

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