"how does mindfulness fit into your life as a minimalist"
Being mindful, being aware, being present, being honest, being real. Real with myself, about how I live, how I think, how I love, how I struggle. Taking the time, to delve deep, to sit with myself. Brave enough to look beyond the surface and face who I am. It's not easy at times. The world we live in today, is full of distractions, full of challenges and pain. Faced with so much injustice. It's not easy to be fully present, when it hurts to feel, what is happening in the world today.
It's not easy to live in this world, at this time, when you feel so deeply. When you are open to receive. When you find yourself overwhelmed and in tears, in this crazy world.
But with all the injustice, there is also so much beauty. So many beautiful interactions to be had, if we remain open to them. Interactions, connections. Being open to life, means you feel it all, the good and the bad in equal measures. I choose to live minimally, so that I do not fill my life up with things, that distract me from what really matters in life. To live simply, but fully. Full of life's experiences. Life's adventures.
I struggle sometimes, when I bare witness to the suffering of others, when I witness ( from a distance) the genocide that is happening right now in this world. There are no words for how unjust it is, how horrific. Why it is being allowed to happen, the rage that rises in me, from my safe distance. It feels so unreal at times, surely it has to be unreal.
Being mindful, means being aware, it means connecting with the way in which our mind words, our emotions work. Understanding, so that we can learn and grow. So that we can make choices in our own live, conscious decisions, that hopefully lead us to a path that leads to not harming others. For how can we be mindful and justify, the terrors that are happening. Being mindful, calls on us to do better, to be better, because we reach a level of understanding, that what we do to others, we ultimately do to ourselves. Because we are all connected.
Connected to the land, to nature. Connected to one another, my breath is your breath. There is such beauty in that understanding, once you move past the pain.
That understanding of intercontectedness, in my opinion, leads us towards our role, our responsibility in creating a better world. If we are willing to take it on. This is why, being mindful is so important. It is why I strive to live mindfully and why I believe it is an integral part of minimalism. They flow into one another. I believe, you can not have one without the other.
I try to live mindfully, sometimes it's easy, other times it's more difficult. It's difficult when I allow myself to get swept up in the many distractions in life. When I allow myself to get disconnected, to become fearful. Fearful for our future, for my children's future. In these times, it's easy to do so, to focus on all that is wrong, in the world today.
Fear disconnects us from our power, from our ability to live in the moment and see our lives as a gift. Sometimes, it's hard to breathe through it all, to ground myself. So I lose my way sometimes. That is when movement becomes my savior. Moving my body, moving that fear, processing it, transforming it. Mindfulness, is understanding what I need in order to transform. In order to really live.
All images used in this post are mine, the photos were taken by me today, in my homeland.
time to time, I find it hard to feel appreciative about my life. Mindfulness is one of the best things that brings me back to my sane mind.
As you said, living is not an easy job. I try to not get swapped away by all the destructive thoughts but the wind is hard!
Yeah, it is certainly hard at times. Thanks @rem-steem x
Hi @trucklife-family
I noticed your interest in Harmlessness . . would you be interested in learning more about?
Thanks @chrisrice, I am happy with what I know. I do my best to not harm other beings, animals and nature included in that x
Best wishes @trucklife-family and thank you.
I love this insight here. So many of the mindfulness posts I'm reading (and the content directed at that in general) is focused on self, which makes sense I suppose, but it's vital to remember (once we've established a firm self base) the road back to the others.
<3 Amen.
Yeah, it is mostly about self. It's important to stay connected to oneself, but at the core is our connection to all life, that is so important to me. Big hug to you @honeydue xxx
Thank you xx
I very much feel you in your thoughts and sentiments, @trucklife-family, both on the beauty and the pain, the hope and the injustice. I track events (from many sources outside the fakestream echo chamber), and my heart hurts so much from all the suffering, but I know that the darkness is waking humanity up faster than ever now, and that while the road may indeed get pretty bumpy, we will indeed get through this collective dark night of the soul, and that what is to come is truly more exquisite and more incredible than almost anyone could possibly imagine. Mindfulness and doing the best that we are able in any particular moment is how we surmount our individual and collective challenges. We got this. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Yes I know it is all part of the great unveiling and I do believe that it all has to collapse so we can create something better. But damn it hurts, to bare witness to it. But yes, it's important not to get swept up in it. Hug to you my friend xxx
It's very good that you know and understand that, and you said it exactly, it sure does hurt to witness it all, and not getting pulled into it is certainly not an easy task. Warm hug right back at you, @trucklife-family! Enjoy your time with family! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
You have written a lot thoughtfully and from the depth of the mind, the world is full of the environment created by bad people...it is our existence in this circle that tells us to stay awake. We are walking awake but it is difficult to always walk awake as you said. I like this incomplete and imperfect world because it is insufficient for my mind...the day it becomes perfect for me, it becomes enough for me, that day maybe I will go on a journey ahead with my body and mind.
Thank you @himalayanwomb for your words and insight xx
I often feel overwhelmed by the world and the injustices happening around us. I also believe that living simply and being present allows us to appreciate the small joys in life, even when things get tough. It’s a reminder that we’re all connected, and being mindful can empower us to make a difference.
Yes indeed @iamlovelykate. Thank you xx
nice views :>
Thanks x
Yes the ancient eastern wisdom recommends simple living and high thinking, along with mindfulness. The world is undergoing some pressure from the criminal elite leadership now, requiring us to focus more on the real goal of life.
Yes, it's where we put our focus, I remind myself of that everyday, when I feel myself getting swept away. Thank you @julianhorack, I hope you are well xx
The distractions just keep increasing as the day goes by and it’s quite alarming. Personally I do really poorly when it comes to practicing mindfulness because I let myself get distracted easily.
I’m definitely going to work on myself better now that I know the problem, hehe