I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't like when I look too cluttered.
When I'm curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I've really explored it, I'm OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to be a bottomless basket, because there is no peace in it.
My wife, she likes to have things uncluttered, and if something is missing, then one has to be very careful not to ask her if it was thrown out - you have to ask her simply where it might be.
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
I don't have the feeling that I need to add a lot to my collection, because I have an incredibly wide range of things. This is a part of the secret of my things, that they are still valid. When I feel a need, I do something more.
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect.
Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives.
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