Minimalism – Intentional Living

If my website is featuring an article/blog on minimalism, it would for sure be in the context of Autism. I would rather call it Intentional Living instead of Minimalism. So this is simply not about decluttering of physical possessions and the like, but diving deeper into its spiritual essence, aligning your life with higher vibrations and frequencies, rather than simply existing on auto-pilot mode. I have never been a maximalist with regards to anything, be it kitchen items, home decor, clothes, people/friends etc. But was I minimalist? Not exactly. They were always like two ends of the same scale, with me leaning more towards minimalism, but the other end of maximalism still pulling me to its side due to various environmental circumstances. 

When Autism rang our doorbell, I started making an unconscious choice of getting rid of so many things in my life. What started off with decluttering material things at our home, (because our son needed so much physical space to keep moving around and he would literally keep flinging around and tapping on each and every object at sight), slowly paved way for the purging of many unwanted things in my life. 

I need to pause here for a moment to tell my readers that I was indeed a Maximalist when it came to my “Unwanted Thoughts”. As we slowly started clearing our physical space at home limiting to JUST what was needed, unintentionally did I start decluttering my emotional space. Let me give my readers a brief yet better understanding to this. 

• Being obsessed with keeping my home clean 24/7, minimal home decor meant minimal cleaning efforts.
• This minimalism started taking a Domino Effect into all my chores and activities. For example., minimal kitchen cooking ingredients led to minimal thought process for everyday cooking.
• The more I reduced my household chores, the more I had time for myself (Me Time, Meditation, Self-Introspection).
• And once my mind started becoming calmer, surprisingly my screen time also significantly reduced. I was automatically driven only to make conscious choices of what I watched. 

That’s when I slowly realized, that this was what my son was wanting me to do. Visuals create such a profound impact on our minds. When you sit down in a minimally decorated space, your mind will first bring up all negative emotions to the surface that were previously swept under the carpet. It will slowly then help you to declutter and erase all emotions and memories that don’t serve your highest good any longer. But remember to “Live and Let Go”; because if you don’t live the pain and are only just letting go, you might invariably sweep it under the carpet again. 

Once you start decluttering your emotions, you realize that you slowly start moving away from people that just don’t match your frequency. Yes you heard me right! There will be no arduous efforts from your part. It will happen so spontaneously.

So when all these things – unwanted material possession, mismatched people, negative emotions move away from your life, your thoughts will drastically reduce and will start streamlining. Imagine yourself sitting in the quietest place on the planet all alone (Trust me, this can be your very HOME) without any visual/emotional distractions. What better gift can you treat yourself with?! Believe me, you will experience a New Version of yourself. When you create this new 2.0 version of yourself, your Autistic/Fantastic child will just love you, because that is what they really want – A NEW YOU; A BETTER YOU; AN ASCENDED YOU. 

Is this why our fantastic children prefer Isolation and Minimalism. Please introspect to immerse yourself in more Love, Light and Enlightenment. 

Priyanka Pradeep