South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been suspended for attempting to impose martial law in the country. Prime Minister, Han Duck-soo, assumes the role of acting president. The Constitutional Court would deliberate on Yoon’s future, and hand down a ruling within 180 days. If the court confirms his removal, he would be the second President to be impeached in South Korean history. Elections would then be held within 60 days of confirmation. People at large are celebrating the impeachment.
Can we live simple? Less possessions. Less dependence on technology and services. Less spending. Frugal. More spiritual. Reduced diseases, better health. Time at the disposal. Work and life going hand-in-hand, no conflict. In sync with nature. Low stress. Taking nothing for the journey, travel except for people. Can we journey around with no money, no bags? Happiness, translated as untroubled life, should be at near zero or minimal cost. Can we simplify, simplify, and let our pursuits be a minimal 2-3? Can we live with not more than 100 items, possessions? Can we live in a house which does not have a loan? Can we just produce, consume, without going to the market at all? Can we be mendicants? Can we eat local? Local food, 100 km diet. Can we reduce processed, fast foods? Can we reduce energy consumption to a minimum?
Can we slow down, come out of the ‘race’ with time? Should we not have time, energy, health for little things, luxuries of life? For listening to a song, reading a story, a little conversation, and a quiet meal. Reading a book. Taking a good hot bath. Sipping nice filter coffee. Calling up that person. Picking up that call. Giving back, paying back, and paying forward. Time without phone, laptop, and tech-free. Smiling, laughing, wndcrying time. Meditating, thinking, reflecting.
Most of us are in the first 10% families. Let us be happy if we have a clean, neat house with running water and electricity. If we eat freshly prepared food. If we commute not more than 30 minutes to be in office. A good battery mobile, signal, internet. Satisfying work. Good bath, fresh flowers, coffee/tea, blankets, walking in nature, time with people we care/matter to us, quiet time, books to read, music to listen to. And if we have an end before us; we are on the means to the ends; many of us pursuing these ends are at it with hope, faith, promise, and love; the light at the end of the tunnel is visible; and we coexist, together in it, willingly.
Do we get time for our ‘moments’? Private time. Intimate time. Physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. Messages, mails, notes, calls, doing puzzles-crosswords, conversations, meets, dinners, events, exchanges, stays, drives, travels. Regular, and surprises. Dedicated times. For our families, friends, core associates, relationships that take us forward. First, we need to be intent, indent. Seek, invest. We need to be clear: we work to live, and we live to work. A reinforcing loop. 7L loop. Life, living, livelihoods, linkages, leadership, learning, love – to be useful, relevant, meaningful to the world we live in, coexist with other beings. Maximizing relevance, usefulness. Focused, concentrated packets.
We are already in a 7L loop. Can we realize, come, be together? To make 7L virtuous cycles. Can we have more models, champions, fellows, leaders, trustees, enterprises, local adaptations, customizations, linkages, learning-caring centres, collectives, collective actors, communitizations?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing. Living, leading, learning, loving. In N? sukrtayoga for 7L.
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