Simplify
Bring Clarity To Your Life
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Key Assertions That Help To Summarize This Article:
Fruitfulness requires pruning; that is to say, in life, simplification is fruitful.
Practice finesse, sensitivity, and spaciousness by making sure your eye gazing is not intimidating.
Fruitfulness requires pruning. My time as a barn manager in the wine country of Missouri taught me that fruitful grape vines do not go off in all directions at once in an attempt to gather their sustenance of sunshine from as many places as possible. Instead, at the end of each growing season, the vines are cut back, way back. The owners of the vineyards have discovered the secret to a bountiful harvest. Each Spring the grape vine, pruned all the way back to the main stem, sends out new growth. From these limited, new branches comes the most bountiful harvest. The lesson here is clear: in life, as in grape production, simplification is fruitful.
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HumaNatureConnect Activity
Simplifying Your Life
For this activity, begin working on simplifying your life. Ask the questions that follow to your chosen natural object but do not expect to receive or be able to answer the questions immediately. Just ask for permission to ponder these questions on site in nature; immerse yourself in the qualities of the natural being and its natural surroundings; use one or more of your natural senses; think of your chosen being as an emissary carrying the wisdom of nature to you after granting you its consent to have this connection experience by remaining attractive; resonate with the underlying tone or rhythm you feel in your heart as you sit, stand, or lie next to your chosen natural being; allow the questions to be processed (answered) in the natural realm of your unconscious mind overnight; after a nights sleep, return to this activity and write out your answers. Doing so allows the intelligence of nature to silently (and perhaps in your dreams) work its magic on you so that you can then write out answers that are not tainted by fluctuating social pressures or willy-nilly moods. Here are some good boldness-related questions, adapted from a book by Leo Babauta (2009):
