And I just want to add that what I like the most about this blog is what this post encapsulates, which is openness to ideas.

“there are as many ways as there are people who seek a simple life.” = Perfect

You can make some soap, get water from the well, chop some firewood, light the fire, heat the water and wash your clothes – or, you can put them in the washing machine and press Start. Which is simpler?

You have eluded to this in your post, but Simplicity is matter of personal context.

I find that my life is simpler the less clutter I hold in my mind and so I work at these:

- I live to my own expectations, not others’
- I value other people’s opinions but do not react to them
- I give 100% to all that I do
- I carefully prune the inputs that I have to reduce toxicity
- I make time for myself, my family and my friends
- I give myself the 4 energy sources I need to live (food, sleep, meditation and Yoga)
- I have faith in the divine.

But all of this is balanced with the needs of daily life.

Is my life simple? I think so :-)

Great post, thank you.

I would say it has been at least 7 years since I watched TV.

I would recommend for everyone to have at least one creative outlet, for me its music and poetry. It doesn’t matter to me what the outcome is, its the process of creating something that summarises my feelings and I can look back at it, it generates a sort of peace that seems to convince my subconscious that I dont need to think about this thing or that thing, so my mind rests.

When Henry David Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify, simplify,” his friend Emerson chided him by telling him that one simplicity would have been enough.

Here’s to living in divine order.