Very few people dare to dream and then follow it too. I appreciate that you are doing it. I understand you need guts and passion to kickstart but then afterwards everything falls into place.
When you talk about sitting on the floor with no furniture and all and feeling light, it reminds me of our international posting, we sold off everything and that moment I felt so light and wondered why do we love those materialistic things so much. After we had sold everything I felt that actually we don't need so many things to live and was enjoying with no strings attached. In India it is called moh-maya( illusion).
That is another thing that after shifting we again bought everything and was again into moh-maya. Lol!! Didn't have so much guts or may be passion to renunciate all those stuff.
Its always nice to hear other peoples experiences like this! What made u decide to do it? What made u decide to return to a "normal" lifestyle? Did u end up back in the same country or a different one? How long did u travel? Sorry bout all the questions but i love hearing the stories!
Renunciation just happened to be a byproduct of our move we never had it on our mind but in the process it surely gave a taste of the life we could have lived. After moving abroad for few years we are back to our home country. We have kids so it is neither in our mind nor have guts to do it.
In Hinduism a person is assigned duties according to their age and phase of life. It says there are four life stages: Brahmcharya(student), Grihasta(householder), Vanaprastha(retirement) and sannyasa(renunciation). So yeah I guess time has not come for us. But I am sure you will get the peace and true meaning of life.
That is very comforting to hear.. We have been learning more and more about buddhism as our spiritual journeys unfold. It is very interesting to hear u use these terms, i will have to look into them more.. thanks for all the knowledge and sharing ur experiences with me :)