Be Simple

The Amazing Power of Simplicity

You might have heard the saying, ‘simple living high thinking’. It’s so true. Simple things confer a lot of happiness than great things. For instance, a simple meal enjoyed with satisfaction is more fulfilling than a pompous dinner had with bottled up emotions of anger, discontentment, jealousy, and pride. Humility and Simplicity go hand in hand. They are complementary. One, who is humble, is simple. Have simplicity in your thoughts, words and deeds ( manasa vacha karmana as states the Ancient  Indian Thought). The arrogance and pride are the greatest enemies to these noble principles in life. Arrogance begets jealousy and other negative emotions. Once you have a humble and simple perspective in life, positive energy pervades around you. Can a man fight his own arrogance and his own hatred to win over an enemy  with simplicity and humility? The owlish faced, loin clad, fragile looking, timid speaking man used all these tools to lead a country and he is none other than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Zen way of life is also based on simplicity and humility.