What if it Turns Out You’re Using Minimalism as an Escape Mechanism?

April 8th, 2021

By Robin Rainbow Gate

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

I was recently asked, “Do people use minimalism as an escape mechanism?”

My response was as follows:

?I’m sure some do – as life is full of everything.

?What I fear, more, is that many use minimalism as a way to shame themselves and curl away from the delicious, abundant juiciness of life.

Minimalism as a denial of materialism

Minimalism often seems hard and cold and like a withholding or denial of materialism.

Nevertheless, that motivation toward minimalism holds valid points: Materialism, consumerism and Industrial Age thinking that has tried to control nature and deny the divine – all that has created the very situation and untenable mess modern culture has created for itself.

Sacrificing pleasure and joy for correctness and austerity 

I think one has to be careful not to deny pleasure and what brings joy in life as exchange or sacrifice for being “correct”, responsible, and austere. Unless that is one’s true nature and feels truly nourishing, healthy and harmonious!

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