Simplicity is Intelligence

Some have asked, is it possible to have and own excess property and money and still have a illuminating realization about ones self? The acquisitive mind is consciously and subconsciously seeking security. Because the mind exist in a fear based psychological state, a person is seeking ways in which one may secure a future. Accumulation of both the material and psychological gives one a positive feeling and a perceptive image of a defined self that is a continuity of what has been. That continuity is the illusion of projected thought. In actuality every day is totally new, but because we desire the illusion of security we project yesterday into the moment and into the future. So we don't live in the moment, we live in the projected image of what was as what should be. Accumulation is our attempt at securing the future and projecting our illusion of a secure self. But the reality is that the future is the unknown, and therefore it is always insecure. It is made very complex psychologically, by our inability to accept insecurity as a fact. It is a base fear and we are consumed with trying to escape from it. If one can realize the origin of this fear, which may culminate in an understanding that transcends the self that is seeking security, then one will realize the truth of the moment. One will be able to realize an intelligence that is simplicity. This is not "new age" guru talk, it is simply the best way to put it. You may look at your life as it actually is and realize that you have a lot of useless "feel good" stuff, most of which is just image junk. A persons consciousness needs space so that there is capacity for understanding that transcends the definition of the accumulated. When you simplify your life you get rid of distractions that contribute to the ignorance of the past. One throws off all the deadwood that has kept one from seeing the truth of what is in the absolute moment. It is dying to the past so that the moment can be fully realized and understood. It is the realization of total freedom in the moment.


Can it be seen and realized this moment that all your accumulated material and money is a distraction from the truth. The material and the known interfere with the truth of reality in the moment. Because one is identified with ones possessions, small obsessions are created by the mind that is trying to find meaning and substance outside the self. Material possessions give the illusion of definition to ones life.

Simplicity has to start deep inside ones self. A realization has to occur that is seeing into the nature of a mind that is clouded with images of accomplishment, of self defined success and failure. When one has rid the mind of these illusions and psychological barriers to understanding then ones life will simplify naturally. One will realize the stupidity and utter disregard for others that is the activity of the accumulation of wealth and the material. One will accept only what is necessary to live life simply and anonymously. It is the life of the fully illumined, a life lived not for the self or for any spiritual concept, but simply the joy of living life completely aware from moment to moment.