Continuing my previous post, I’ve been carrying on with my decluttering, large amounts of old stuff have vanished both from my physical environment and from the PC.
It’s important to do this as the stuff gets under your feet and hampers you when acting. I was thinking of Wu Wei, or “effortless action”, how can one’s actions be anything near effortless when you’re having to fight through mental and physical junk all the time?
It’s not just about clearing things up, as I find clutter affects my mood, but also about the distractions. Late last year I was listening to a Dharma talk at a local Buddhist centre, the monk told about the Death meditation and elaborated on the need to seize the moment when doing self development, after all, we didn’t know how long we had.
I find that getting rid of clutter cuts out the distractions, and when you think about what I just wrote, that’s a very important thing to do.
Alys says:
I am 100% with you on this. I just spent a refreshing time “culling” clutter in my home and now I feel literally lighter, both in spirit and body. There’s a cleanliness and clarity now.
5 July 2007, 10:42 pm