a new way

Under the Table :: Robert Therrien

We live in a world that tells us we are not enough...we don't have enough...this special shake or diet will help you have the body you crave...shopping is the way to treat your mood...this product will magically clean your shower...this product will make it possible for you to be zero-waste. ;) Much of our dissatisfaction in ourselves + in life comes from the fact that we live in + have settled down in a world that is illusion. There is no one type of perfect body or miracle diet or substitute for work that will lead us to ultimate happiness. When we base our lives on illusion, we become disillusioned.

"We don't think ourselves into a new way of living.
We live ourselves into a new way of thinking." 
​~Richard Rohr

Many of us have learned this lesson in some area of our lives...maybe through putting in the time + effort to study in school...or maybe through eating well for a period of time. I've been particularly surprised by how decreasing the amount of my possessions has changed my thinking. The desire to find something to bring home from a trip no longer tugs at me. Wandering through the mall once a week no longer appeals to me. Packaged junk food doesn't have such a hold on me. 

Having experimented with dressing with less + living with less, I now find it easier to recognize enough in my closet...in the decoration of my home...on my bookshelf...and at the grocery store. I feel like I've inched a tiny bit further away from illusion + closer to Reality. I still live in the midst of illusion + I am still affected by it, but I am also aware of its shifty + deceptive nature. I look forward to more discoveries in this direction...the direction of Reality.

Love, 
​Jane