WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF SIMPLICITY
+ In 1973, at a
time when more and more people were talking about the importance of ecology … Small
Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered (by
E.F.Schumacher) was published. Here he
advocated the use of small appropriate technologies over the traditional
Western obsession with "bigger is better." Schumacher's attack on
unbridled growth and the depletion of the earth's natural resources spoke to
many people who were ready to commit themselves to a more spiritual way of
living. The Times Literary Supplement ranked
Small Is Beautiful as one of the 100 most
influential books published since World War II.
+ The connection between Simplicity and Spirituality
is profound. It is definitely worth
exploring as we have been doing here. We
will soon move on to the next practice, the closely related Soul practice of Delight, but the Soul practice
of Simplicity needs to be
constantly held up as an essential practice for anyone desiring to realize what
it means to be heavenly, to be authentic, to be loving and compassionate. And, as Schumacher pointed out, our planet
needs us to do simplify our lives if we are to prevent ecological and economic
catastrophe. To repeat what Gandhi said:
“There is enough for everybody’s need but not everybody’s greed.” Are you too greedy? Am I too greedy? Living in the affluence most of us take for
granted is probably all too greedy when we compare our situation with so many
other people on our planet.
+ Simplicity
is not one of the 37 Spirituality & Practice practices BUT put
Simplicity in their Search Engine and you come up with 314 items including
117 quotes, 156 books, 11 practices, 9 teachers, 1 arts link, 11 e-courses, 7
films and 1 blog as of 6/4/16. Go to http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/search/?q=Simplicity
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this
practice or any practice. And, I have
work to do on my Simplicity
Page. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Simplicity”
or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
