Post No. 228 - Appropriate effort

For those of you who have a car, you'll know (hopefully) that you scale the maintenance work with time. So ... you do a minor service (oil change, grease & lube, tighten a few things, etc) every 10,000 km or three months or so, a major service (minor service plus extras, such as a tune, perhaps) every 20,000 km or six months or so, and something major like an engine rebuild or replacement only after several years and many km have passed. You don't do a major service every 10,000 km or three months or so simply because it is "better" than a major service. You use an appropriate amount of effort to keep your car going, avoiding doing an excessive amount of work for silly reasons because, by being appropriate in your efforts, you are:
(1) saving money;
(2) saving resources (which is ultimately better for the planet); and
(3) probably going to look after your car better, in the long run.

It is the same (or should be!) for housework. If you consider floors, for instance, you may sweep the trafficked areas daily, vacuum weekly, and wash the floors once every couple of months or as needed. You don't move everything out so you can do a super-thorough wash (or, if you have carpets, say a steam clean) every day on the grounds that it is "better" than just sweeping.

Again, as with the car, being TOO thorough is a waste of money, resources (brooms wear out quicker and need replacing, for instance, and that all adds up to the environmental impact we have) ... and it may indicate a problem along the lines of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or, at the very least, a problem with ego (as in trying to do feign superiority over those who do less comprehensive, but still adequate, housework: it is a variation of the problem of "trying to keep up with the Joneses" ... ).

How about taking the same sort of approach to psychic and/or spiritual work?

For example, I use prayers and flaming-shielding-grounding several times a day, psychic exercises to build my strength and practice my skills several times a week, and rituals for formal protection maybe a few times a month.

Are there other areas you can think of to make your efforts more resources and time appropriate?

Love, light, hugs and blessings

Gnwmythr

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Tags: effort, practice, energy work, common sense, appropriateness,

First published: Sunnudagr, 13th February, 2011

Last edited: Sunday, 13th February, 2011