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• Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the entire human family.

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  Spiritual, Compassion, Luxury

  Duane Elgin (1993). “Awakening earth: exploring the evolution of human culture and consciousness”, William Morrow & Co

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• Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in relationships of all kinds. It means taking life as it is.

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  Mean, Simplicity, Faces

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• We live almost completely immersed in a socially constructed reality that so fully absorbs our energy and attention that virtually none remains to experience the wonder of our existence.

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  Reality, Energy, Attention

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• Vivir sencillamente no es vivir en la pobreza o en la privación autoinfligida. Se trata de vivir una vida examinada en la que uno ha determinado lo que es verdaderamente importante y suficiente... y luego simplemente desprenderse de todo lo demás.

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  Letting Go, Self, Important

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

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  Simple, Essence, Simplicity

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• 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.

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  Life, Connections, Cosmos

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• Simplicidad significa elegir formas de vida que toquen la Tierra con más ligereza y que reduzcan nuestra huella ecológica.

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  Mean, Simplicity, Way

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• To live more voluntarily is to live more deliberately, intentionally and purposefully - in short, it is to live more consciously. We cannot be deliberate when we are distracted from life. We cannot be intentional when we are not paying attention. We cannot be purposeful when we are not being present.

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  Attention, Awareness, Distracted

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• La sencillez de vida, si se elige deliberadamente, implica un enfoque compasivo de la vida. Significa que elegimos vivir nuestra vida cotidiana con cierto grado de apreciación consciente de la condición del resto del mundo.

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  Appreciation, Mean, Simplicity

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• In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent people of the world cannot be over estimated.

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  Simple, People, Simplicity

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

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  Mean, Simplicity, May

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• Simplicity means taking charge of a life that is too busy, too stressed, and too fragmented. An uncluttered simplicity means cutting back on trivial distractions, both material and non-material, and focusing on the essentials - whatever those may be for each of our unique lives.

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  Mean, Cutting, Unique

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• El carácter de toda una sociedad es el resultado acumulativo de las innumerables pequeñas acciones, día tras día, de millones de personas. Lo que somos como sociedad es la acumulación sinérgica de lo que somos como individuos... Pequeños cambios que parecen insignificantes de forma aislada pueden ser grandes contribuciones cuando son emprendidos simultáneamente por muchos otros.

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  Character, Small Changes, Environmental

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

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  Simple, Live Simply, Conscious

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• Only after people express their anger and sadness over the broken dreams of material prosperity will they turn to the task of building a sustainable economy.

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  Dream, Sadness, People

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• David Shi (historiador de la vida sencilla) describe el denominador común entre los diversos enfoques de la vida sencilla como la comprensión de que la fabricación de dinero y la acumulación de cosas no deben sofocar la pureza del alma, la vida de la mente, la cohesión de la familia, o el bien de la sociedad.

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  Simple, Understanding, Soul

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• Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity that elevates the human spirit.

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  Integridad, Media, Simple

  Duane Elgin (2010). “Voluntary Simplicity Second Revised Edition: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• If the material consumption of a fraction of humanity is already harming the planet, is there an alternative path that enables all of humanity to live more lightly upon the Earth while experiencing a higher quality of life?

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  Humanity, Quality, Alternatives

  Duane Elgin (2010). “Voluntary Simplicity Second Revised Edition: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Cuando el objetivo principal de una persona es maximizar los placeres materiales y minimizar las incomodidades, la vida se convierte en un proceso constante de "empujar" (intentar alejarse de las incomodidades) y "agarrar" (intentar adquirir o aferrarse a lo que da placer). Con la pérdida del equilibrio interior que acompaña a un enfoque habitual de la vida basado en "empujar y agarrar", sobreviene un dolor más profundo: el de tomar conciencia de la insatisfacción última del propio proceso de búsqueda del placer/evitación del dolor.

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  Pain, Loss, Pleasure Seeking

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• We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

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  Entrepreneur, Leader, Waiting

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• It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.

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  Moving, Simple, Simplicity

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• A medida que mi crecimiento espiritual crecía y se desarrollaba, la simplicidad voluntaria fue una consecuencia natural. Me di cuenta de que el coste de la acumulación material era demasiado alto y ofrecía cada vez menos recompensas reales, psicológicas y espirituales.

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  Espiritual, Real, Simple

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• The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of persons.

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  Character, Action, Results

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• An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community.

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  Art, Expression, Hands

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• To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life.

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  Vision, Compassionate, Enthusiastic

  Duane Elgin (1993). “Awakening earth: exploring the evolution of human culture and consciousness”, William Morrow & Co

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