My attention was drawn to the interesting concept of accumulating things simply for the sake of the dopamine rush which comes from the act of shopping. I hear that some people don’t even open packages, but simply stash things away in closets and under beds. I also watched a video which equated decluttering our mind to decluttering our homes. Our accumulations can become prisons for us, and we’re not sure what to do with all our stuff. We may spend too much time taking care of these things: moving them about, cleaning them, worrying about someone stealing them. When I was considering moving, it became quite clear that I was not attached to many things in my home. The last time I moved was almost three decades ago, and it would be nice to give everything away other than absolute necessities — and my art, of course. But since there is no attachment to my tables and chairs — or even my mother’s dishes — it doesn’t seem necessary to get rid of anything. BUT perhaps I’m rationalizing this and I really am attached! I’m pretty sure I crave peace more than things, but it bears watching my ulterior movies in this perception! Hum ….
“Beauty, wealth, or fame is incompetent to meet the demands of the affections, and should never weigh against the better claims of intellect, goodness, and virtue. Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 57: 15-21
“Under all the senseless thoughts and mad ideas with which you have cluttered up your mind are the thoughts that you thought with God in the beginning. They are there in your mind now, completely unchanged. They will always be in your mind, exactly as they always were. Everything you have thought since then will change, but the Foundation on which it rests is wholly changeless.”
A Course in Miracles W-45.7:1-4
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