A carefree lifestyle away from the politics of society, focusing on the pursuit of happiness for yourself and only yourself. There is only happiness, a lack of pain or worry. To achieve this, you must only focus on the care necessities of life.
When I hear about this kind of lifestyle, a few beloved charaters from my childhood popped into my head. Baloo from The Jungle Book, and Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King.
Baloo's philosophy of life was focused around his "bear" necessities. Not to quote his song too literally, but to forget about his worry and his strife. Everything he did in his life was a reflection of the pursuit of what made him happy. When he was on a mission to rescue Mogli from the chimpanzes, his 'tune' changed when the intoxicating music of the primates caused him to dress up and rock out with the monkeys, rather than focus on getting Mogli away from King Louie.
Timon and Pumbaa... Need I say more than Hakuna Matata? It means no worries for the rest of your days. That sounds like a great way to preach a lifestyle like one in The Garden. They lived simply on the fruit of the land, separated far from the cares of the world. The political world in The Lion King can quite easily be seen as the life surrounding Pride Rock, while the duo of the meerkat and warthog were comfortably removed from that all that kind of worry.
I do love it when my childhood characters reveal aspects of philosophy. Very much.
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