Thought:
Often, we invite alternatives in our life not because we want the best option, but only that we’re bored with what we are doing. We are bored, not due to lack of choices but rather because we are not content with ourselves. We feel that we are missing out on something.
We compare what we are doing with what others are doing. We compare what we have with what others have. We presume it would give us more joy to do the things that they are doing or have the things that they have.
The reality is never so.
“One is weary of eating on porcelain and eats on silver; wearying of that, one eats on Gold.”—Søren Kierkegaard
When stripped of our fears—of missing out, not being enough or that the grass is always greener on the other side—we start seeing the actual truth.
What works for others doesn’t necessarily work for us. What we truly want is often a million miles away from what another wants. But first, we must see through the fog of our fears that we have nurtured over many years.
One way of reducing fears is to reduce the number of things, thoughts and decisions we need to make.
“The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.”—Søren Kierkegaard
Let’s simplify our lives and throw away what we don’t use, need or think we need.
Let’s become lighter, leaner and more simplistic.
Quote:
“Often we are ourselves struck at the strange differences in our successive views of the same thing. We wonder how we ever could have opined as we did last month about a certain matter. We have outgrown the possibility of that state of mind, we know not how. From one year to another we see things in new lights. What was unreal has grown real, and what was exciting is insipid.”
— William James
What to Read:
Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament by Michael A. Singer
Singer's book is simple and practical. He explains how we can dig deep within ourselves to move beyond our senses, thoughts, and feelings and live a free, whole and happier life. We have specific blockages from previous experiences(esp. childhood) that paralyse us.
Whether they come from resisting or clinging, both have led us to stop being in the present. The point of living a spiritual life is to understand and release our psychological scars, or samskaras, accept ourselves, to reach our highest potential.
Isn't it time we all started Living Untethered?