The Collector "I" - (5855)

After some observation of ourselves and others, a certain characteristic which really does seem to be  brought to life and sustained  by an "I", starts to come clear.

A bit like how, the wind blowing the sands of teh desert over time reveals what was hidden underneath the surface.

Human beings tend to like collecting a certain thing. It could be pens, books, computers, coins, guns, knives, cards, figurines, clothes etc.

Really one or two items in the collection is all that's needed. In fact most of the time it's only one or two of the items out of ten in the collection that gets used.

There's always a reason to get another item to add to the collection. The reasons never seem to stop coming...

The reasons are good in principle, but in reality never quite work out. For example, we get a version of the item that is good for night-time use, but it turns out we never use that item at night, but then the 'just incase...' reason appears.

It is very difficult to give up one item of the collection, even when we have many more than one and many more than what we need or will possibly use.

The collector "I" unfortunately is strongly selfish. It really does not like to give one, even when the collection is complete, For example, ten limited editions were made completing a set, we collect ten and we ahve a few spare, those few spare die hard, because there's always a reason... they can make a second complete set etc. etc.

Fear and greed control the collector "I". Greed 'to have' and fear to 'not miss out'. 

We can see quite easily the three demons (desire, mind and ill-will) working well in the collector "I".

Business knows about this "I" and how strong it is and appeals a lot to this, with collector's editons, limited editions, special editions and so on and so on.

Money always seems to come out of nowhere to collect just one more, even when there is 'no money'...

The collector "I" makes a person feel kind of accomplished, special, well-equipped but later deceived and a bit empty as those feelings are only fleeting.

End (5855).