‘Simplicity is no longer a convention, it
is an invention’
As soon as I read this, it sat deeply
within me. So true I thought. We now live in a world that is getting more and
more complicated and in the midst of information overload on how we can make it
even more so!
In every dire situation, there is the proverbial
silver lining and that became the case with the family and me. We discovered
the components of elementary living!
Though the awareness drifted in the fringes
of my own consciousness, it never was mainstream. So what’s this elementary
living? I call it living in balance with the elements of nature, that is Air,
Fire, Water, Earth and Ether or space! Do we have a balance of these in our day-to-day
living? Do we use the tremendous healing properties that these elements have to
bring a sense of sanity in the mad rush that we are all in?
Do we use the element of air, our very own
life force in accordance to the need for ourselves? Remember, life force is the
only thing that we carry with ourselves everywhere we go! Are we even aware of
our breath or have we taken it for granted? To balance Air, we need to cleanse
and energize ourselves. Cleansing can be through the various Pranayama
techniques and the Breath Energy Technique to energize.
Fire is that element which defies gravity!
Think about it! It is so light! Fire meditation helps burn and lighten burdens
of every day life, it has the power to cleanse deep. Just observing this
element burn instills warmth and power, so very essential in today’s world!
Water is the universal cleanser! Do we
cleanse ourselves with this divine element as a healing component or do we use
it automatic, without giving it a deeper thought? Having a bath twice everyday
is mandatory in this polluted environment, both emotional pollution as well as
the physical pollution. It can wash away the negative energy that we build around
and within us during the course of the day!
Mother Earth is the provider of our energy
through food, and how we have abused her is beyond imagination! Research now
shows that the topsoil in our country is way beyond repair because of the
rampant and un-regulated use of pesticides. We are also victims of the junk
food, fast food culture that has percolated so deep down that it is no longer
occasional food but daily diet! How balanced is our diet? Do we ‘eat to live,
or live to eat?’ Are we the victims of the corporations that are making their
millions at our cost? Rampant spread of
deadly diseases is proof enough of the poisoning that has happened in our
environment by the elites.
Space is that element that is necessary to
balance all others! Renewal practices like Yoga, Meditation, and Prayer are
necessary to survive in this rat race! We binge renew on weekends, which does
more harm than good! What is your daily renewal practice?
Our living being the planet earth or giai
is the universal possessor and provider of all five without discrimination!
Should we not be grateful?
Think about it! As Sherlock Holmes famously
said, ‘elementary my dear Watson’!
Ask yourself, ‘How elementary is my living’?
A friend once asked me, what is the use? Do
you want to live longer by doing all this? My internal reply was, ‘Add life to
years, not years to life’!
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