What does it mean to renounce?

The essence of renunciation lies in the heart

Why is it so hard to give up? Because it has to do with our hearts.

We all know that Japan is a clean, neat and delicate country, which can be judged from their eating habits and hygienic environment, although I have never been to Japan, I also know a little bit about it, it is said that 98% of the sanitary environment in Japanese public places is very clean.

This book is also written by a Japanese writer, and is a family life book written by Eiko Yamashita in Japan, which mainly tells about the new concept of breaking away: breaking = not buying, not collecting things that are not needed. Disposal = disposing of useless things piled up at home.

Separation = abandon the obsession with material things, and let yourself be in a spacious, comfortable, and free space.

This book is mainly for family life, so from the perspective of thinking, in fact, the three words of renunciation emphasize more on the mentality. If our heart is open enough, then we can give ourselves enough security and comfort.

It's really hard to break away in your heart.

Detachment equals concentration

Many people will say that the clutter embodied in you is equivalent to revealing the chaos in your heart.

Not everyone is like this, on the way to work and crowding the subway, I often meet some office workers, in a crowded and noisy environment, still able to immerse themselves in their work, while thinking about the content of the computer, typing on the keyboard over and over again, without the slightest influence from the outside world.

Perhaps this is why as long as we have enough peace in our hearts, no matter how noisy and chaotic the outside world is, it will have no effect on us, but can make us more adaptable to the changing environment.

Why are people in noisy environments still able to concentrate on one thing? The answer is that they are centered on the "self", and the "self" here does not mean selfishness in everyday life.

Rather, they know, and understand that starting from the "self", they are more able to concentrate and imagine a cone in their minds, where the top part of the cone is the "self axis point", the bottom circle is the "problem circle", and the part that links the top and bottom is the "thinking link surface".

When we encounter a certain problem, we cannot simply think from the same perspective of the problem, but think higher than the problem, so as to solve the problem.

External information is beyond our control, the only thing we can do is to cultivate our own inner screening ability, external information itself is emotionless, the reason why external information makes us emotional is the link established between us and the information, the information has come and gone with us, thus disturbing our heart.

Only by establishing our inner screening ability, building a strong shield between external information and our hearts, selecting only the information sources we want to use, and shielding other external information sources, can we achieve a free and clean state in our hearts.

It can also make us better in the state of "self", which is more conducive to focusing on the present and the things in front of us.

The ultimate pursuit is to avoid the restless and impetuous outside world, so that one's body and mind can be in a free and clean state, and focus on the present moment.

When you learn to do subtraction in your life, it is the beginning of adding value.

Breaking Away is a book on family life written by Eiko Yamashita of Japan, first published in 2009.

The book mainly tells the concept introduced by Eiko Yamashita, a Japanese clutter management consultant: cutting off means not buying or collecting things that you don't need, and giving up means disposing of useless things piled up at home. Separation is equivalent to giving up the obsession with material things and allowing yourself to be in a spacious, comfortable, and free space.