“The environment with which we surround ourselves is very often a direct expression of where we are emotionally and psycho-spiritually - our global state of mind. If we are distracted, we tend to lose things. If we are disorganized, the piles begin to collect. If we are feeling disconnected, the emails pile up, and the voicemails remain unreturned.”
“The point here is not personal cleanliness or discipline…it’s about paying attention. It’s about not getting distracted by the eventualities of emotion and markers of spirituality that come up in our lives, but, rather, staying mindful of messages that we receive and remaining proactive in relationship to them.”
“The spiritual warrior remains clear about all things, at all times. This both begins with, and is reflected in, the environment with which we surround ourselves. The austerity associated with many of the Eastern spiritual practices is not about self-denial - it’s about discipline. And this is not the discipline of punishment, but the discipline of mindful attention and expansive awareness.”