There's a comparatively new occurrence in North America known as'voluntary simplicity.' The term'voluntary simplicity' is used to refer to a procedure whereby folks opt from their harried life of modern day living, and opted to live a life of frugality. Frugality in this sense does not mean poverty instead, it means, appreciating the virtue of having very good value for each and every second of your life and out of all you've got the usage of. Frugal is overrun by reflective of market in the cost of resources.

Simplicity means making time to yourself at a busy world. You clear out what's superfluous and create room for a lifetime of passion, depth, and joy. As individuals become increasingly stressed out in the speed of modern life as we become increasingly worried about the purchase price of the over-consumption of their world's resources, the move to residing in a country of'mindfulness' has raising interest as a lifestyle that is chosen. To be aware means to live deeply in the present moment understanding there is just 1 chance and it'll never return again.

Voluntary simplicity stems from inside. It's a social movement of a more sustainable, more pleasing, and connected presence. Voluntary simplicity is a topic of personal responsibility and mindful awareness of the way we live on Earth. This means identifying the gap between our needs and our needs. Needs are those items that are essential for our survival - food, clothes, and shelter. Needs are the other things we need and also to a large extent are driven by media advertisements. Simplicity for a life-style is your recognizable difference between wants and needs, and also the consciousness of the price concerning our own life force energy and our openness to pay the purchase price.

Pursuing a Life of Simplicity

The Chinese pictograph for'busy' consists of two characters: killing and heart. When I read thisI thought about those a lot of men and women that are'too busy' to make that telephone call to somebody they love and one day it's too late; the many kids who get presents or money rather of the parents' time and then one day they leave home and it is too late; the many times we have an opportunity to touch someone's life with kindness but we are'too busy' and the moment never comes again and it is too late.

As we search for meaning in our lives, we start to become aware of the emptiness and shallowness of a life based on materialism and consumerism. We become aware of the tremendous expenditure of our'life force energy' to just keep up with the daily'rat race' We start the search for a life of deeper meaning and ask ourselves'what gives us pleasure?' We realise we don't know and can't answer the question but we feel a yearning in our hearts for a sense of connection, a sense of purpose, and the sense that our life matters. The question demands an answer. We discover that all the myths such as: get a job, get married, have children, buy a mortgage with a two-car garage, and you will be happy, makes us wonder what is the matter with us when we feel the increasing futility of it all. The emphasis on externally meeting our needs leaves a 'hole in our soul' as we consume more and more and feel less and less satisfied. Consume by definition means to do away with completely; destroy - to spend wastefully; and squander - use up. Is consumed by our meaningless and frenzied consumerism a description that all too closely resembles most our lives?

What we don't realise is that we are spiritual beings, in a physical body, having a human experience, and when we don't connect the internal (spiritual) and the external (physical), our lives increasingly lose a sense of balance or harmony. There is literally no distinction between the outer and the inner when our lives are in balance, and as we seek this stability, where do we start? We start by examining our expectations and assumptions including the belief systems that drive us to live our lives 'zombie-like' without determining whether or not we want to play this game. We move towards consciously asking the questions about how much of our 'life force energy' we are prepared to exchange for the material goods we consume. This expenditure of'life force energy' comprises the saving, cleaning, insurance expenses, keeping, etc. all of the things that clutters our lives.