simplicity is the highest form of beauty
What are we to do in a world of infinite options?
Welcome to The Vitruvian Protocol. Built for those who seek clarity, agency, and inner alignment.
Today we focus our attention on the power of simplicity.
Do you ever feel like your mind is cluttered with too many open tabs, on your screen, and in your soul?
We chase more apps, more opinions, we spend countless hours watching other people tell us how to be more productive, only to find ourselves more overwhelmed, riddled with anxiety, and continuously severing our innate connections to Earth, family, and home.
The noise will never stop, especially when the value of the money you depend on is tied to you consuming more and more, until one day you die and that burden is handed down to the next generation.
Despite the social programming tilting to consumption you have the power to live more simply.
Not purely minimalizing your material objects but minimizing the worries, anxieties, and imaginative earthy circumstances that will never come to be.
An overwhelming sense of self-doubt and betrayal occurs when we compare our life to another person, this becomes further exacerbated when we compare ourselves to hundreds of other people without ever pinning down what it is we want that that other person has.
Simplify your mind by simplifying your life.
And what I mean by this is to prioritize your life over the life that another is living. Focus on what brings you enjoyment so you can cheer others on instead of becoming bitter and jealous of their success.
Complications occur when the present is never accepted as being enough. You feel you always have to strive for something more or you have to redeem yourself from a past mistake.
Living in the present is the simplest thing that you can do.
You just have to sit there and enjoy all of the beauty that is around you, and if you are suffering you get to experience the power that comes from the knowledge of you knowing that you can be present EVEN during times of suffering.
Simplify your body through long stretches of calmness and stillness, followed by short bursts of excitement and drive.
Think more a lion than a hyena.
Eat foods that are rich in bodily nutrients and that fill you for long periods of time. This goes the same for conversations and friends. Seek to engage in conversations that are deep enough to sustain you for weeks afterward and friendships where you walk away feeling whole.
Living a simple life is simple once you realize one crucial truth: that the life you live is the unique, your circumstances are unique, and thus your path is unique. There is no one out there that you can compare yourself to, except for who you were yesterday.
5 Steps to Begin Living Simply:
Identify One Point of Comparison to Let Go
Catch yourself in the act of comparison today, name it, release it, and return to your own path.Create One Daily Pocket of Stillness
Set aside 10 minutes each day to sit without stimulation - no phone, no tasks, just presence. This is where clarity returns.Nourish Deeply
Eat one meal this week with intention. No screens, no rushing. Savor each bite as fuel for both body and soul.Have a Sustaining Conversation
Reach out to someone who fills you up and leaves you thinking you are the smartest person in the room. Seek depth over small talk.Define What Enough Means to You
Write down your personal definition of “enough.” Let this become your anchor in a world that constantly tells you otherwise.
Keep on shining and I will see you in the next one.
Simplicity is the highest form of beauty and knowledge because it is the reconciliation of Heavan with Earth. Simplicity is harder to attain than complexity.
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