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Simplification vs. organizationFrom: Steven
Subject: General
Date/Time 2007-03-08 13:30:04
Remote IP: 68.77.110.150
MessageYou are absolutely right.
There is fine line between simplification and organization.
Organization implies busy-work. It implies overstructuralizing. It encourages rigidity. This is not what we want. Anyone who has ever been to someone's home that "perfectly" organized and cleaned knows what I mean. You feel kind of uncomfortable even sitting on a couch or a chair. Everything feels sanitized, and it doesn't even feel like a place that has been lived in. It creates a draining environment.
Simplification on the other hand implies reduction. It means reducing the amount of stuff that you have while keeping everything you have feeling the same. It creates an energizing environment. It represents a return to a child-like state. As children, we only had one room in which we lived. Everything we owned was in one room. It didn't need to be organized. What we had was little, and we were happy with what we had. It's only after that, when we became adults that we became wrapped up in this "consumerism": buy more, have more. As time went on, the amount of "stuff" we had increased. I don't believe happiness has increased; if anything, it has decreased as we have become penned in by our stuff. There is more to distract our attention. There is more to deal with if we ever move to a new house or apartment.
In the Taoist way, we should embrace the child-like, the young. A child needs very little in the way of stuff. Their child-like enthusiasm, wonder, and energy is boundless and does not need the energy of outside stuff. Needing the energy of outside stuff is a reflection of lacking energy within. Once you let it go, you
later realize that you didn't need it after all.
One way to make this easier I've found is through cultivation.
The more I've found that I cultivate within, the less I feel I need on the outside. It makes it easier to let things go.
Best wishes,
Steven
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