{"id":829,"date":"2006-12-22T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-22T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/12\/bless-your-mess.html"},"modified":"2006-12-22T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-22T08:33:00","slug":"bless-your-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/12\/bless-your-mess.html","title":{"rendered":"Bless Your Mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/21\/garden\/21mess.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\" target=\"_new\">NYT article about messy desks <\/a>(and closets and basements) possibly being a symptom of a creative, lively existence is of some comfort. <\/p>\n<p>I still want to unload more of the clutter in our basement come 2007, and help you feel more in control of your possessions. This churning cycle of wanting, suffering, and unloading clearly seems a feature of what Buddhists call <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samsara_%28Buddhism%29\" target=\"_new\"><em>samsara<\/em>.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I buy, I breathe, I let go, I vow to buy less. We can help each other with this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This NYT article about messy desks (and closets and basements) possibly being a symptom of a creative, lively existence is of some comfort. I still want to unload more of the clutter in our basement come 2007, and help you feel more in control of your possessions. 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