We have asked ‘Amma’ to leave, so in the mornings I am completely by myself and it is somehow peaceful. It is amazing how the vibrations of certain people can change the energy of the place. I was becoming irritated by her sense of dependency, by her manipulative tactics and her inability to understand the way of life me and my daughter are trying to build.
And I am pretty sure now that to build a certain way of life, we need to surround ourselves with like-minded people who can support us. Not obstacles of any kind. I think that is the reason why a lot of persons are not able to sustain for long periods in our office or at home. We are nurturing freedom, responsibility, answerability, leadership and maybe the ones who are leaving are not OK with it. So those who stay, want it and those who don’t, leave.
KISS technology (Keep it simple and stupid). This was a technology suggested by our thermodynamics professor when we were not able to get even one mark in an open book exam. He wrote this in bold on the blackboard (the guys were amused, the gals were flabbergasted in those times, I mean I am ancient by any standards), and he said that if we had kept it simple and just applied the first law of thermodynamics, all the complicated questions could have been solved. It made no sense to us then, but now, when I am stuck in seemingly impossible situations, it comes back to me with great clarity and I have an understanding of what he was trying to communicate.
Simple meals, simple clothes, simple lifestyle, what have you.
Keep it simple and stupid.
take care.
