Comments on: Do we own stuff or does stuff own us?

By: Andy Baird

Andy Baird — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:14:20 +0000

Fantastic post Wilma, having just travelled to Vanuatu you can certainly see how people can live very happily without any possessions! The most important thing with everything is that they serve us, not the other way around! Otherwise we become trapped, and that’s no fun at all . Hope to see lots of photo’s of Vietnam.

By: wilma

wilma — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:55:24 +0000

Hi All
Thanks for your great comments. I placed a reply before from this computer in Vietnam but apparently it didn’t get posted. So I will try again.
At the moment I am in Vietnam with Vera and it is a great lesson in posessions here.
Not much posessions and a lot of how you as a tourist adapt to another culture and things being different.
It is fun to see the various reactions of the tourist to the unknown.
There is nothing wrong about posessions, just how we deal with them and it is so great to see your comments. Graham, you are so true, your books are treasures for more people than just you.
@Fiona, yes forced letting go will certainly get us!
@ Pat, thank you

By: fiona

fiona — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:17:04 +0000

HI Wilma
Great post, thank you! “letting go” is one of the biggest challenges in life I think… I know I’ve ‘held onto’ things (relationships, friendships, stuff, work) that are way past their usefulness date…and only until I’ve let that go can I move to another level. As for collecting ’stuff’ ; I’ve been burgled a couple of times and that’s a great lesson for not getting hung up on, or attached to ‘having stuff’ !

By: Graham Southwell

Graham Southwell — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:14:55 +0000

I think that the challenge of “having” is being honest with yourself about what it is that is driving you to “own” stuff. Do you want things for the glamour – or do you wish them for the joy that they bring. I find that part of the joy of having possessions is in the sharing of them with others. I am really enjoying building up a library of books for example – if a book makes it onto my bookcase it is becaue it has touched me in some way, and keeping the book allows me to track that and the part it has played in my spiritual development. More importantly however, I love sharing these books with others.
Thank you Wilma for sharing your thoughts with us – they are clearly your greatest possessions and you share the with such loving abundance.

By: Bertie

Bertie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:02:04 +0000

Thanks Wilma. The merit in “letting go” of stuff, of opinions, people, etc. there is no end to the “letting go”, and for me it is a continual thing. Holding on for me is related to feeling safe. I did come here with a container full of my past (including lots of books!) and have had some fantastic clean-ups since. It sure feels good to let go. I don’t find it easy, but am inviting it into my life. A great book about this is “Clear your clutter with Feng Shui” by Karen Kingston. I always get into action after I have read this and I’m sure one day I will let this book go and pass it on to someone…..Great blog Wilma, thanks Bertie