Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Post #8: Catalogs
Daughter here. Mom will readily admit that part of the issue is the obscene amount of catalogs she receives daily that pile up, begging for attention. I typically pause by the recycle container on my way from the mailbox to the house, so that most catalogs never get their sticky feet in the door, and even then I get a build-up. Mom has been at her address for 25 years, and I think every direct mail company in America has her address. A friend sent me this, which I passed on to her. I do not know if she has used it, but I just opted out of the ones I don't like to receive. It's http://www.catalogchoice.org/, and it's non-profit. And EASY. Highly recommended!
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You can also sign up on the direct mail preference list here:
https://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/
Aparigraha embodies the idea of good things to come. Once we realize we can actually part with whatever it is we have been holding on to — the ten-year-old T-shirts with sentimental value, the receipts we never turned in, the clutter of our lives — we begin to understand that we are clearing a space for something better. The past is dead, and we are making room for the living… Oftentimes when we believe that we’ve been holding on to something we need, we find that the reverse is actually true. The real loss is the emptiness, the soul sickness, that we feel as any form of fear disguised as greed or hoarding. The symbols of our fear block us from the light of our own spirit. As we step away from these symbols, these phantoms, a wind catches our sails. Lighter, freer, we look up and glimpse the far shore, and suddenly we are filled with the joy of “absurd good news”. — Rolf Gates, Meditations from the Mat
Thanks, Donna. I agree entirely that the holding on to something can result in sickness. In graphic design, we learn that "white space is your friend." The same is true in our living environment. I crave empty places.
Thanks to my daughter and Donna I am now saying no to catalogues and the companies they sell my name to.And in the same vein I am using something I read by Andy Rooney about junk telephone calls. I have a caller ID system and when I see a number that I know is spam I pick up the receiver and press the # key as many times as fast as I can until I am happy. The calls are dropping off dramatically.
Mom
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