Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live.

To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life.

Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify.” Or, as Plato wrote, “In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

To live more simply is to unburden our lives - to live more lightly, cleanly, aerodynamically. It is to establish a more direct, unpretentious and unencumbered relationship with all aspects of our lives: the things that we consume, the work that we do, our relationships with others, our connections with nature and the cosmos, and more.

As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation was too high and offered fewer and fewer real rewards, psychological and spiritual.

I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious.

The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.