Consciousness of Living a Simple Lifestyle
Consciousness
of living a simple lifestyle is the key to happiness and longevity.
In this
day and age, living in this complex world of technology is not easy: The
complexity of this world has taken a toll on the human mind, creating undue
stress, as well as many emotional, mental, personal, and psychological
attachments in the material world. For these reasons, profound human wisdom in
living is essential to overcoming stress and letting go of all attachments.
Simplicity is the first step towards detachment, which holds the key to
unlocking the door to happiness. Live a simple lifestyle, deleting all the
trimmings of life and living, as well as all the attachments that may have a
negative impact on your mind.
Can you
live a simple lifestyle to help you let go of all the trimmings of life?
When
you were in your younger days, you might have had many attachments to life that
define who you were, such as the car you were driving, the designer dress you
were wearing, or anything that defined your social status. Can you, at this
point in your life, let go of all these attachments and just lead a simple
life?
A
classic example is Ann Russell
Miller, a celebrated socialite from San Francisco , also known
as Sister Mary Joseph,
She, who had ten children and nineteen grand-children, had grown up in luxury
and privilege, and had been living a life of incredible wealth. Instead of
shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue , and decorating herself
with jewelry from Tiffany, she suddenly decided to give up everything, and
became a nun devoted to living in poverty for the rest of her life. That
unbelievable event happened more than two decades ago, and was then widely
reported in the media across the country. Why did she make such a drastic and
incredible change in her life? She said she had a calling, a true vocation that
was hard to understand for the general public, even for the close members
of her family.
With
less focus on your attachments to the material world, your heart will be more
on your spirituality, which is critical to your living to 100 and beyond.
This 154-page book is about how to live your life as if everything is a miracle if you just don’t die as you continue
with you life journey with the many changes and challenges confronting you,
including your loss of vision.
Human
existence is meaningless without life purpose and human happiness. The pursuit
of longevity has been going on since time immemorial. Consciousness holds the
key to the success of this pursuit. Consciousness of living is wisdom of the
mind to understand the self, others, as well as how and why certain things
happen. Wisdom in living enables one to complete the rest of one's life journey
and reaching the destination.
To live
to 100 and beyond—if you just don’t die—you must ask questions about life;
after all, living is about asking questions and seeking answers to the
questions asked, and thereby instrumental in providing wisdom or a blueprint to
continue the rest of your life journey.
The
first question you should consciously ask yourself is: "How long do I wish
to live?" Of course, that is only a hypothetical question because you
really don’t have much of a choice—unless you would like to purposely end your
life prematurely. Naturally, the answer to that question may also change over
different phases in your life, depending on the quality of your life in that
particular phase.
The
second question you should consciously ask yourself is: "Why do I want to
live long, or why not?" This question will be naturally followed by the
third question: “How do I live long, or what can make me desire to live
longer?”
The
final question—if you just don’t die—is: "How should I live the rest of my
life to overcome my daily problems and life challenges?"
The
objective of this 154-page book is neither to convince you to crave longevity,
nor to show you how to live to one hundred and beyond. It simply presents you
with the consciousness of living the rest of your years—if you just don’t die!
Click here to get your digital copy.
Stephen
Lau
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© Stephen Lau
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