Minimalism is not about owning no things, but about no thing owning you. -- The Minimalists
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I believe in the laws of the universe. I believe that I am an extension of the source. I believe that we are all connected and are all one. I believe that I have the ability to get whatever it is that I want. I believe that I am the creator of my own reality. I am getting better every day. I can feel improvements every day. I am coming closer into alignment with what I want. I believe that the universe is abundant. I like the steady flow of abundance that is coming to me. I am on track to obtaining what I want. It is exciting to me to see new places and to have new life experiences. I love the interest that I have in so many topics. I love knowing that my live will always be filled with learning new things. Some people that I know believe that death is a final state of being... the end of life forever. These people don't make a distinction between the physical self and a non-physical (ie.: spiritual) self. Others believe that death is the end of our physical body's life, but our life's spirit joins a supreme being for eternity in "heaven". The truth about death is not known to us. We are free to believe what we want, or to choose a belief from the multitudes that are available. And so this is what humanity has done. Recently, a friend of mine died as we were parking at the hospital to visit him. We were not expecting that this could happen on this day. We were in the room with my dead friend, his wife and child, for a few hours. He suffered greatly in his last few weeks -this I did not know, but his body was clear indicator of this. He died of a cancer that affects the face and nasal cavity. He was in a lot of pain for over a year. I believe (as that is my choice) that my friend left this world for another realm, free of the pain and suffering that he experienced here. Though I know he fought very hard to remain here with his wife and young child. He wanted nothing more in this world, than what he had attained through his marriage and child's birth. I believe that he achieved his highest objective from this realm. The unifying universal force, and my friends vital energy have even higher objectives to complete. Not having the requirement to get up and drive to an office for 9 or 10 hours each day, will eventually simplify my life. After 1 week, my mind still wanders back to the office, the work, the meetings, the frustration, and the great people that I shared times with. I'm trying to simplify my thoughts naturally, not forcing anything. I'm setting no morning alarms, no bedtimes, no schedules, just doing what feels natural. It feels a little uncomfortable -- a quasi-state of eliminating complicated habits and thought patterns that have been a part of my life for a very long time -- and the undetermined future. I know that less will be more, eventually. Commit and you will succeed. "What you are committed to, is what you spend your time on." I agree with that, however what I have committed myself to, has not always been a virtue or a core value: Commitment to the American norms of consumerism and materialism, commitment to low-risk, commitment to hard work. In these first few days and weeks of separation from the corporate work life, I have intentionally committed to little or nothing. I want to see what unfolds naturally. What have I been doing?
My mind is still cluttered with thoughts of the recent past. The unsent emails, the unfinished projects, the unscheduled meetings, the unspoken conversations. I commit to decluttering these thoughts naturally and organically. This may take some time. |
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