Dear Alexis, thank you for the explanation.
Explained like this it makes sense, even though one has to be, indeed, very spiritually developed when he does not mind e.g. living for many years in pain... Sorry, that's my English. Such a thing is not even possible. Of course, such a person cannot be in any kind of pain related to his own body, only feeling the pain of other beings, right.
In spite of that i still believe if people did not have to suffer so much pain, many would be happy living a very simple and not really materialistic life and woudl be also very happy to help others because they would have more energy for it. But that is just a thought of a person who is trying to work on the inside. Frankly, it is quite hard when there is so much of misleading information around us, commoners, and one has not found how to keep herself consciouss all of the time yet. Well, the living One is my hope...
You seem like a wise person.. May i ask you a question? Is the Gospel of Peace which can be found on the Internet true or some kind of hoax? I have been told by one person from Vatican that is a complete nonsense, but just wondering...
And one more question. If you set up a garden to grow food to feed yourself and others, if you plant trees and plants to make more oxygen for the new generation to breath, if you nail your desires to coffin box for one "insane" belief - is that considered being materialistic or the person is on the right path?