The Challenges of Spiritual Simplicity

Our take: Simplifying is as much about getting rid of clutter around us as it is about clearing away the clutter within. Here's an interesting piece on how to attain spiritual simplicity.

The aesthetics of architectural simplicity are matched by an ascetic approach to the spiritual life; for after all, when contemplation in God is the "one thing necessary" (Lk. 10:42), what is the point of unnecessary or frivolous stuff?

"It seems that Americans spend the first half of their lives acquiring stuff, and the latter half trying to get rid of it."

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