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Maximal Ep. 372 | How to Let Go
🕑 Added 2022-12-25 12:05:01 +0000 UTCThe Minimalists talk about letting go, nonattachment, sorting through regrets, what kind of cars they drive, their different perspectives on spirituality, New Year’s resolutions, broken family relationships, the dangers of hope, and more at their fourth Sunday Symposium in November 2022.
Discussed in this episode:
How do you define “consumerism”? (22:04)
What are your views regarding wealth? (24:57)
What is the difference between non-attachment and indifference? (29:56)
What is the relationship between contribution and value creation? (30:15)
What are your perspectives regarding ‘cancel culture’? (41:02)
Why did you move to Los Angeles as minimalists? (42:20)
How do you live as a minimalist in non-minimalist areas? (50:48)
How do we become more mindful regarding disposable items? (55:30)
How do you let go of cherished possessions? (58:47)
How do we let go of our shame regarding our shortcomings? (1:04:45)
How do we continuously refine our minimalist practices without becoming compulsive? (1:11:59)
What is the “No-Stories Policy”? (1:16:01)
What are your views regarding New Year’s resolutions? (1:19:05)
What vehicles do you own and why? (1:20:16)
What are the connections between minimalism and spirituality? (1:24:43)
How does T.K.’s Catholic faith affect his minimalist practices? (1:29:45)
How do we mend a broken relationship when the other person isn’t interested in fixing it? (1:34:02)
How do you determine where you most need improvement in your life? (1:47:40)
LINKS
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Love People, Use Things
Book: Minimalist Rulebook
Essay: Letting Go Is Not Something You Do
Essay: Power? No Thanks, I’m Good
Essay: Subtraction
Essay: The Advice Epidemic
Event: Sunday Symposium
Poem: “Storage”
Resources: The Minimalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Watch: They Live
MAXIMS
Letting go is not something you do; it is something you stop doing.
When you let go of attachments, you pick up freedom, peace, equanimity.
If you hold on too tightly, you’ll get dragged.
Fortifying the ego is a surefire way to decrease the peace.
The Truth does not require persuasion, coaxing, or coercion.
We cannot consume our way out of discontent.
No matter the fixation—be it possessions, people, or prosperity—attachment is always suffering.
Some objects may enhance our lives, but only after we subtract the attachment that gets in the way.
Peace cannot be packaged and placed on a conveyor belt; peace is buried beneath the hoard we’ve added to our lives.
The path to misery is cobbled with addition; the path to peace is uncovered with subtraction.
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Comments
Jemma Ashley
I considered this a beautiful Christmas present to myself. I’m from Perth, Australia so I’m not attending a Sunday symposium anytime soon but this was still a real treat. Thank you ❤️
Diana
I am SPEECHLESS today guys. The poem Storage. WOW. Then your essay Subtraction. It’s weird how I feel like I’m alone in this journey but I guess I should be. And self help overloaded. Maybe I should JUST BE🙏🏽
