examining alternatives to conventional living
This connects to simple living and Buddhism. However, the concept of simple living is not exclusive to Buddhism, which stresses that we should live in harmony with nature. Ike Gai, while focused on identifying and living a life that revolves around our primary purpose, also inherently simplifies how we live. We do not live randomly.
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This first step also is the most involved and largest of the eight steps. Like building a house, the foundation has to be the most solid part of your home, because everything else rests upon it. This first step is foundational. So how do you identify your purpose? How do you decide if your purpose
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. Henry David Thoreau: You may be at this point in your evolution because you are lost, wandering a highway without direction. Many people, as they approach old age, begin to panic, feeling that they will die without having achieved
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Like a fad diet, thousands of people, in an attempt to find a personal “sweet spot” in their lives, are turning to simple living. Whether it is branded as minimalism (it is not the same), or whether it is promoted as retreating from society, it still is an attempt to escape from the pressures, angst
Simple living and meagre lifestyles are not synonymous. Neither are living a rich life and being rich financially. Simple living is merely a matter of definitive focus and choosing what you find to be valuable. It is a process of decluttering the unimportant from the significant. A year or so ago, I contracted to ghostwrite
Often, people look at major changes to their lives and balk at the perceived challenge of change. Many see simple living the same way they see the New Year’s commitment to a diet regimen. It is this perspective that imposes artificial barriers. Seeing simplicity as an opportunity, rather than a challenge, changes the approach from
Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s infamous manager, claimed that the key to a successful snow job was to find the mark’s guilty pleasure. With Elvis, it was the feelings and emotions that the young girls were feeling as they watched Elvis gyrate. They were having thoughts that they were not sure that they should have.
This is an excerpt from the book, “The Last Drop of Living: Finding Your Oasis,” available on Amazon. The concept of Voluntary Simplicity has many aliases: Living Simply, Minimalism, Frugal Living, or even De-cluttering. In fact, the concept has so many alternative names simply because it is so subjectively defined that no one name can
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