Simplicity, the most misunderstood word

Life is simple, don’t complicate it.

Simplicity the most used word yet very misunderstood in today’s world. What does simplicity mean to any of us? Our mindset gives us different view points on this word. Someone being nice to people, down to earth, polite, humble, caring , philanthropist,  not being flashy etc. Each culture and society has a different meaning for one word. How simple is this?

My search for the meaning took me to different people and views. Each differing in nature at some point but the basics being the same. It was a task to find one simple human being. Surpised!! Well so am I, simplicity used everyday in our sentences for processes and describing our way of life, used to have a good image of an individual or company yet when you go searching for a simple human being its tough to find one.

So what is Simplicity or Simple living ?

From Wikipedia meaning of Simple living;

Adherents may choose simple living for a variety of personal reasons, such as spirituality, health, increase in quality time for family and friends, work–life balance, personal taste, frugality, or reducing personal ecological footprint and stress. Simple living can also be a reaction to materialism and conspicuous consumption. Some cite socio-political goals aligned with the anti-consumerist or anti-war movements, including conservation, degrowth, social justice, ethnic diversity, tax resistance, and sustainable development.

How many ticks do you have on the above? 

Our thought process is such that we think too much on simplicity, therefore we loose the essence of being simple somewhere in our life. If I look at it spiritually, human beings have a purpose in life, that purpose could be anything. My Nature is my Purpose. If I say my nature is my purpose, then how come we are not even 1% close to nature in its natural habitat? We see a jungle, open space, we want to convert that into a beautiful landscape for living purposes or for beauty purpose. Everything by the end of our purpose is materialistic opportunity. We have NGO’s who are supposedly trying to put a check on our environment, yet our nature is to fight them at any given time. Our progress is our innate DNA evolution, instead of evolving as simple human beings we are progressively evolving as a technology breed.

My wants are many and my nature wants me to excel to get these wants for me to showcase my simplicity once I have everything I want. It’s a joke and we all live it every single day of our life. I did a net search on this topic, as we are children born out of technology, don’t forget the test tube and IV fertilization. There are many authors and their methods for us to have a simple living. Imagine we have reached to this level that now we have to have external help for us to understand and abide by these ways to try having a simple living. Where is the simplicity in this thought?

I have been baffled by the very spirituality of many people, we want to find peace, we want simple life, yet we complicate it further in our quest for simplicity.

Maybe a change in this mindset might trigger the simplicity which we all are looking for. Maybe letting go of our fears and addictions might help us to strengthen our desire to try walking down the path of simplicity.

I admire people who create empires of wealth which probably 99% of people on this planet can only dream of. They are focused only on making money, but the fact is they are feeding so many families in their innate desire to be the wealthiest people on this planet makes them worthy of their desire. They have a purpose, even though spiritually many people might not agree with my this statement, but then instead of venting our frustrations in act of spiritualism, environment, social justice etc, these people are creating something. Yes there are lots of side effects to this and we can debate all our lives about them but the point is they focused on their goals. They don’t need motivation, they are the motivation.

So is simplicity , in plain simple words sticking to your Goals? I find people who are hard to persuade from their goals very objective and simple. They have a vision and they don’t let any external forces or influences effect their goals. They constantly keep changing their strategies all with the objective of meeting their goals.

Focus on anything is simple. I have never been a writer and one can see my writings are ramble thoughts of mine. I wanted to take a journey within to find out my purpose in my life. This I can only do once I can understand myself. I have desires, I love luxuries, I like being myself. Will I be happy if I had to sleep on road? No I don’t think so. Would I have had the same mindset and thoughts if I was born in poverty? Obviously not. As I have lived in luxuries, therefore its easy for me to say yes I can let go of buying a designer dress and give that money to help save a child today. So in my understanding as we are born humans, We will make all the mistakes possible before we embark on being simple. 

We have a habit of always putting things in categories. Our whole view is as per what people say and think. therefore to be simple, maybe our first mindset change needs to be towards this view. There is a definition of Simple and if we need to meet these criteria's even though i don't want to be subjected to certain points, i am forced because i want people to say what a Simple person i am. Being oneself, and living with a purpose not for self but as a whole is the closest to a definition i can come to.

We have to find our own simplicity and our own simple living.

My experiences and expectations will not help you find yours. But yes there is a start if you are interested in reading my experiences and my journey within that you are ready to take your journey within.

Judging people and situations is not being simple, accepting everything as it is , is what makes Life Simple.

So is Simplicity,  individual's view to Life?