Cleanliness – inside and out

18 Mar Cleanliness – inside and out

18-24 March 2019

When people think of cleanliness they often think of their body or their home, surroundings that immediately affect them personally but cleanliness is so much more than that.

While it is important to keep our bodies and homes clean it is also important to keep our minds clean as well as our environment on a whole, our work places, our beaches, our cities, our bushland and this includes the places we frequent such as movie theatres.

When you focus on one character quality you are practicising so much more than just that one thing and the impact is so much more than you may even be aware of at the time. You have an impact on everyone you meet and every action you take has a reaction – this includes your thoughts so make sure you are practising ‘cleanliness’ in that aspect too.

Your thoughts determine your actions and your thoughts create what beliefs you have. This is what I mean when I say that cleanliness is inside and out. Inside has the biggest impact on your life. When your thoughts are clean and pure it has an impact on the outside. For starters you sleep well, you are comfortable in your own skin, you respond with dignity to situations knowing that external influences do not control you.

In today’s world it is important that now more than ever you are mindful of your thoughts and strive to ensure your thoughts and actions have pure intentions as they are felt not only within you but outside as well in our external world.

“Cleanliness begins with purity of your own mind, thoughts and heart”  ― Vishwas Chavan

How do you build character? You focus on one characteristic a week. You discover that when the opportunity arises to practice the characteristic you will know when and how to apply it. Characteristics aren’t something that you gain and then you have. You constantly ‘become’ who you wish to be – life is a journey after all, not a destination. The ride is easier when you focus on deepening and strengthing your characteristics – especially when times are tough – you become more resilient – and wiser.