But look at all these words we associate with stuff; "love, swoon, divine etc" in some ways it's sad that i can't use these words for my spiritual discussions. We have so much strong emotion for our "stuff" yet feel so much more reserved about our spiritual matters. I can't help but notice the imbalance.
That is so true! If you say to someone, "I love my car" they understand. If you say, "I love God" they look at you like you're a nutter and they can't get away fast enough.

Personally I find the whole materialistic thing can be a bit of a struggle at times. I don't go for the big stuff like plasma TVs or other expensive electronic toys but I own a few too many baby carriers . In my defense I've put off buying other things, like clothes for myself, in favour of buying another wrap to carry my baby in.

This whole economic crisis has been good to us that way. At first there was doubt about whether the project my husband is working on would go ahead, if it didn't he might have lost his job altogether. So we prepared for that eventuality by cutting back all spending. Now things are good, he won't lose his job, but we're still not spending.