Thanks for all these links. FR is a mine of information, thanks to alert and vigilant posters like you.
There are basically two world views.
1. This world is here for me to enjoy, it should be as pleasurable as possible; eat, drink and be merry, grab what I can, my personal/family/extended enjoyment is the goal and purpose of life. My own personal desires are the guilding light by which I direct my life. Of course, due to different levels of human consciousness, this enjoying spirit is manifested in more degraded or more refined and civilized ways.
2. The world is here for me learn - to become purified, rehabilitated, to unite myself with God. This world is but a short way station, I'm only here for a little while, and it is a preparation for the next life. Do I want a life of eternity with God? If I do, I should act not in a spirit of personal "me centered" enjoyment, but in a spirit of service to God. A person with this world view won't consider personal desires mandatory - they will be utilized only when they are consistent with the will of God and His instructions.
You and Coleus form your own mutual admiration society, don't you?