We have created tremendous pressure for ourselves with all the material things we want and accumulate. It taxes us physically, mentally and emotionally, leaving our spirit all ruffled.
Peace can be restored by reducing our burdern. Simplify our life both with material things and relationships. The world is all about the material and relationship that cause a lot of sufferings when they get too complicated. Liberate ourselves from suffering, free ourselves from worldly woes.
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December 14, 2008 at 2:54 am
ggw_bach
here you are talking about entanglements; the things we get caught up in, and eventually trip us up. It is a self-imposed form of suffering; going into decades of debt for a house, buying a new car every five years; these are the material trappings of the modern world. But it goes beyond that; into the world of work and committing almost all your waking energies into that. The time for self, and for reflection is almost non-existent.
so good advice! trim down, take life ‘lite’, and cultivate greater daily awareness. Peace of mind will follow naturally.
December 16, 2008 at 12:09 pm
city hermit
Right on! Spread the word and maybe we will have some peace in the world.