I made it! Yesterday I was free for a day! And today I wanna be free for another day 
No, I am not speaking about material, external freedom. For a long time, in my mind the word freedom equalled having plenty of money and not having to grind a 9-5 slave job. Once I had achieved that, I started to understand that true freedom includes much more – being free from all cravings, and maintaining peace of mind. I was a slave of my own ego and its addictions for many, many years. For most of those years I wanted to free myself, but I had no clue of how to get there. Whenever I tried to get rid of an addiction with force I soon replaced it with another addiction or simply fell back into the same patterns again.
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I have spent much of the last ten days clearing clutter in all areas of my life. Since returning to daily meditations I generally feel a strong urgency for cleansing and clearing, and I feel that clearing the clutter and the space around me is a necessary preparation for a thorough cleaning of my body, mind and spirit. So while I am still going through some ego struggles and procrastination tendencies I have started frenetic activities to get rid of clutter everywhere – in my notebook, my office and all around our house.
These are tips for effectively clearing clutter that I find helpful:
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I am 41 years old, my life until now can be described as several very long phases of ego- and materialistically-driven activities, interrupted by brief periods of spiritual awareness and awakening. I have known for a long time what steps I want (and need) to climb in my personal evolution, and I have always felt that a wonderful path lies ahead of me once I do climb them – but I was a master of procrastination.
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