# 🔗 I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-06-28
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/06/28/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/
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> They rush through everything. Not because they need to, but because slowing down means confronting an emptiness they’ve been running from.

*Source:* [I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy](https://dariusforoux.com/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/)

> When the corporate career fell apart and I moved back in with my parents, I hit a wall. I didn’t know what to do. So I turned to books.

*Source:* [I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy](https://dariusforoux.com/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/)

> Bhante Gunaratana’s *Mindfulness in Plain English*, written by a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who has been meditating since he was twelve years old.

*Source:* [I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy](https://dariusforoux.com/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/)

> *“Open your eyes: See things for what they really are, thereby sparing yourself the pain of false attachments and avoidable devastation.”*

*Source:* [I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy](https://dariusforoux.com/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/)

> Philosophy didn’t make me poorer. It made me free. And that turned out to be worth more than any number I ever chased.

*Source:* [I was obsessed with money… then I found philosophy](https://dariusforoux.com/i-was-obsessed-with-money-then-i-found-philosophy/)