well, i think here, as i reflect on the Hartman Value Inventory/hierarchy and see through your research and others that materialism doesn't have much "value" really, i think about how both joyous and challenging it is to overcome a material world..........as a creative organism approaching my late 50's, i'm in the habits of a material world on so many levels, personally and professionally.. i have had epochs in my life when i embraced how wondrous it was to see what i could create artistically, professionally and personally. Then I've had epochs of reliance on material things and the opinions of others and society. Today, I am focused on my insides and my connections to other people .........more so......maybe because i'm not so good looking anymore and can't rely on it but i hope it is deeper than that.........i am seeing the subtle connections of my energy each day on others and from others.....i'm also starting to ignore or diminish so many requests for giving data and measures to funding sources in my work that don't feel right........and relying on a range of hunches, observations and feelings.......but this is not easy to be truly in your full creative state......i can see where disease comes about by resisting all of our bounteous creative possibilities.........

Yeah, amen. That is amazingly beautiful and soo well written Thank you.