Life is simple, love is simple – when it gets complicated you may want to adjust your relationship to it. There is only one way to live simply and that is being open, loving, and “guided”. It is not simple to get to that space (though we all start out that way) but in that space we can live simply: choices are easy because they are not from the ego mind, relationships are easy because they are dealt with from an open heart – living becomes easy – the process is simple.
Loving can be made to where it is practiced simply too: no frills, no glitter, no smoke and mirrors, “no games”- when it is brought back to true authentic love. Looking at how your pet loves you may be a way to remember this simple basic way to love unconditionally. “Do you want me to be close to you for that is my job and that is what I’ll do”, she says. “I am thrilled you are in my presence,” he says, when you walk into the room. “Let me comfort you,” he says as he nuzzles close to you in bed. Oh for us all to love that way would make the world a better place. It is pure and it is simple.
We’ve(most cultures) moved away from the simple to embrace the complex: we keep adding on and adding on: more and more fake dimensions to simple living. Living is eating, sleeping, working, and loving, and we keep piling more and more frills and glitter on top, that has not much to do with living at all, but can more be viewed as a distraction. We are constantly being distracted. These days, the superficial distractions are what “makes the world go round,” but with all the distractions most people lose fact that the world goes around at all. They lose track of the natural world, and that is sad, for we need the natural world to nurture us and the natural world needs us to not dirty her up: to take care of her so she can take care of us. We’ve become distracted and forgot about our host mother. I pray we have time to turn our attention back to her and live and love simply so that we may all flourish.
