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Tara and Doug Wood, give you 60+ combined years of decluttering experience, repentance, insights, successes... and helping others.
Uncluttering each decision, day, and week isn't because things are cluttered—it's so that things never get cluttered.
Uncluttering is simply living and ordering our lives and being in our Father in Heaven's Way—the manner of happiness. Can you imagine Father being weighed down by the clutter of excess, deficit, or difficulty? Our Father in Heaven is giving away the secrets of the universe and peace and happiness and freedom... to all who properly turn to Him. It must be done as He Directs... because He is the only One who knows all things.
God's Kingdom on earth encourages us all to look to and be Christlike by... "Tracing Jesus’s footsteps"...
In the Bible, young Jesus is described as growing “in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52). All men and women are encouraged and have the opportunity to follow Jesus’s example by setting personal goals in four areas: spiritual health, social health, physical health, and intellectual health. As we all work toward our goals, we learn strategies for achieving personal growth and gain a new understanding of our Heavenly Father’s love for us.
"Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it" (Gen 1: 28, Gen 9: 1, Moses 2: 28, Abr 4: 28) is the first commandment that our all-knowing Father in Heaven gave us all. Being first and being repeated, this commandment seems to be the great "First" or "Prime" to "Think Celestial" Directive of the universe—the essential or foundational filter for our proper looking to and becoming like Christ and our Father in Heaven—Perfect—full of real and sustainable joy or happiness (complete, finished, fully developed, fulfilled - Matt 5: 48, 3 Ne 12: 48, D&C 67:13, and 2 Ne 2, Alma 42).
"Boots on the ground" this means...
multiply and replenish families, life, and earth — subdue excess, deficiency, difficulty. "Think Celestial" is to enter God's perspective, power, and approach to a clutter-free family, life, and earth. God is clutter-free. He knows all things. He has no excess, deficiency, or difficulty. The goal is for "better" and "best" home, environment, possessions, lifestyle, body, food... thoughts, understanding, beliefs, choices... feelings, mood, conditioning, etc. We spend much time creating and curating useful "Think Celestial"—declutter advantEDGEUcation. We simply work at "Think Celestial" living every day and in every decision—ust like You. Together, supporting one another, we can further... "get nearer to God." Our Father in Heaven is the Almighty Fruitful Multiplier, Replenisher, and Subduer of the Earth. Earth has a Divine purpose that is central to all creation—the Great Plan of Happiness of our Father in Heaven.
Deluttering has 5 focus categories or studios:
FUNCTION MON
INFLUENCE TUE
LIFESTYLE WED
LEISURE THU
MR&MRS FRI
To simplify our Deluttering efforts and quest... we simply tune our hearts to God. We keep checking in with God as we make each decision. That is what prayer—constant prayer—is all about. We get His input and power activated in each decision. We do so by just being quiet and still and focused on God... as we make decisions. We "ask, seek, knock"... and receive—feel, sense, have confidence or faith—in and by His guiding Light and Power. Like anything we want to get good at—it simply takes practice... and practice is one of the characteristics of faith.
Each day, as our "tuned-to-God" heart Directs, we focus more dominantly on one of the 5 focus studios. Each category naturally needs and receives attention daily. They are synergistic and overlapping—they work together to declutter one's world. The value of giving each category a dominant day of the week is that it assures that none are "malnourished." Each day builds upon the previous day... with our Father in Heaven building in us... "best" thoughts and habits and results. This regular schedule also makes social interaction within our Think Celestial—TransCluttering community more powerful as each person is on the same page daily and can share what they are doing.
We take a MINimalism+RAW (Real Authentic Whole) approach
MINimalism is being "set free" from the clutter stress—excess, deficiency, and difficulty—"things" of the world.
RAW (Real Authentic Whole) is the "prime" characteristic of full MINimalism.
RAW
Real Authentic Whole is the key to cleaning the clutter. The time has come to flip the way we see things upside down. We tend to think that we—mortal mankind—are what we should rely upon for our well-being. We do not know all things and are therefore dangerous (we create clutter stress with all its excess, deficiency, and difficulty) because we do not know the impact and ripple effect of our decisions—no matter how well-intentioned. Reliance upon the Savior of the world—the One who knows all things—is the only thing that is Real Authentic Whole.
More MINimalism+RAW insights
The great "self-evident" foundation of the universe—though the kind that is self-evident only after being pointed out—is that any approach other than reliance upon the Savior—the Creator of all things—the One who knows all things... leaves us just pretending, insufficient, and ultimately utterly disappointed and disillusioned. Christ is the Son of God and the Way, the Truth, the Life... and the Light of the World. He said that no man cometh unto the Father but by Him. Coming unto the Father is to be like the Father—who is perfect—utterly "clutter-free." Christ said... "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." - Matthew 5: 48.
If we truly want Think Celestial—decluttering... we must look to the Source of Power/Think Celestial—TransCluttering... in His proper "Real Authentic Whole" Way. The math is simple... only One who knows all things, and is therefore perfect, can help another also become perfect—utterly "clutter-free." Only Christ can "clean the clutter" in a real and sustainable and enduring way. This is the foundation. MINimalism+RAW approach is the only way to assure we arrive at Just-right On-mark, No more no less, Sufficient, Enough. In this sense, the INFLUENCE category or studio is first and foremost. We need to understand the influence on our decisions of self, Sodom (the world), Satan, and the Savior. We need to understand that as we filter all decisions through the Savior... we are saved from bad decisions and experience His Power to "clean the clutter," keep us clutter-free, fully set us free, and have and enjoy real and enduring peace and happiness. Decision-making through Christ... endows us with real and sustainable... faithfulness, function, fruitfulness, fulfillment, freedom, and felicity.
We want the INFLUENCE of the Savior
Our hearts tuned in to God will let us hear Him and then heed and hearken to His Direction. Tuning into God... is far more powerful and freeing than tuning into Google. If it helps, think of God as the ultimate "cloud"—that holds knowledge of all things and has all power. Your heart is like your cell phone—designed to tune into God (who is your Father in Heaven) for knowledge and decision-making. It takes practice—asking in faith, with an honest heart, believing that you shall receive. Billions of people who have lived on earth have practiced and gotten good at tuning into God. You can too. A wise apprentice always looks to the Master for direction on how to best proceed—and then follows His Direction with exactness. Any other posture is actually dangerous. Checking in with God assures that we are not pretending to be something we are not and more capable than we currently are—it is honest—Real, Authentic, Whole (Holy). It eliminates the "clutter stress" of excess, deficiency, and difficulty. That does not mean we never have challenges. It means that we turn to the only One who can calm the storm or calm us in the midst of the storm. The goal is to have the Master dial one's life and decisions to the most freeing and joyful possible. Again, God and Christ are the Way. In fact, Christ set the example. While He was living on Earth... He told us that He did nothing of Himself... only those things which Father in Heaven showed Him. The Light and Spirit of God that is given in the heart of every person who is born on earth... lets us know what is right and can teach us all things that we should do... if we simply tune in. This is the INFLUENCE of Divine Light—the MEDIAtion of Christ—that frees us. It is the only way we are freed from the INFLUENCE of darkness (not knowing all things) and bad decisions. Darkness causes us to bump into things and imagine things that are not.
We each have three voices in our minds that INFLUENCE "all" our decisions...
DIRECTION—Savior/God/Light—peaceful, empowering to do as Directed, increasing of Faith in God, freeing
DECEPTION—Satan/Sodom/world—accusing, shame/blame, fear, doubt, double-minded, second-guessing, cluttering
DECISION—Self—our decision processing voice of "what does this mean and what do I do?" with each thought and thing
DECEPTION is overcome by increasing focus on our Savior/God/Light. When Christ came walking on the water... Peter's response... is the great example of how things work in the mind:
- hearing the Lord's Voice of DIRECTION
- looking to the Lord
- faith in Christ
- distracting storm (external and internal)
- fear and doubt
- sinking and shrinking
- crying for help
- the Lord Succoring us
- being saved from doubt and the storms of life
- decisions as the Lord Directs us and calms us in the midst of the storm and/or calms the storm
- paying attention to the details of how things work in the mind ("Wherefore didst thou doubt?")...
"Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God." - Matt 14: 27-33.
"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? is not a condemnation... it is an invitation to review what just happened in the mind and heart... so that one can be better at it moving forward. Christ is saying... "Peter (and all of us), notice what just happened that made you doubt. Your faith dropped to 'little.' DECEPTION atTEMPTed to replace Faith with fear... and you gave place for the fear. But you did well in turning again unto me in Faith. Noticed that 'I' calmed the storm inside you. Notice that 'I' also completely calmed the storm."
This same dynamic plays out over and over and over in our minds all day long every day. DIRECTION is often immediately followed by DECEPTION seeking to thwart right DECISION with bad DECISION. The "clutter" of depression, fear, bad decisions, and sinking... result from letting DECEPTION have place—allowing it to enter our hearts. This is hell... ultimately, if not checked by re-turning to our Savior... giving rise to "weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth." As we raise the shield of Faith... turning again to the Savior and His DIRECTION... the storm of DECEPTION is overcome... and we return to good DECISION, decluttering, and proper and honest—Real Authentic Whole—Freedom IN Christ.
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