simple living may have its intellectual advantages,

1 also has material advantages--time, resources wisely invested.

2 natural simplicity resultant to realization has all advantages,and is worthy of aspiring and attaining

this is wisdom . due to various reasons, errors are ignored/tolerated/sk​​ipped unnoticed/will often be seen and pointed out by others to cause embarrassment/should​​ be accepted and corrected as feedback thanking, instead of feeling bad--leading to possible refinement.

self assessment is best and worst depending on ego factor.

guided viveka may have the disadvantage of creating a closed mind, blocking the entry of truth, truth having innumerable aspects.

dwells in house , windows and doors ****lly opened to receive truth as much as possible like plenty of  air and sun rays flooding in-----yes, welcome, desirable and necessary to keep them ****lly open.

but ,i am for living in open, no-wall-universe, a real shanthinikethan, an open air university, to be in truth, to be living truth moment to moment, ****lly and ever. i create this private universe of mine, in which nothing is excluded, all possibilities within my reach, a state of total freedom bound by nothing --physical/mental--u​nmind****l of / not needing anything from outside/ from others. system totally tuned /trained with nature, no possibilities for any apashruthi, error-free, effortless, though me a speck of dust, but melted, merged to be one with the universe----it is possible..joy

 internet-- a paradise to explore and learn

now internet is gnyanamurthi

information on every topic is available at the touch of finger tips

so nice, abundant, authentic, updated

interested can become a bahumukha, instantly,

web search is like god directly answering every question readily ,

with email reaching in minutes/seconds

e books, rather e library opening page by page

built in genius is at the hands of just minimum level ordinary browsers

even spinning a poem, or coining a quote is just easy

nice world it is with internet

But of course, it makes us dependent on it, sometimes addicted

has its cost benefit

one to decide one's need

in big hotel every item is available to cater to all we need only very few.

in my view, man requires more a simplest living , despite availability of infinite quantity of variety--to suit all in the world not made for one unique individual

akkamahadevi , see my blog , lived a great life, overcoming all the barest necessities including cloth food shelter, leading me to question the wisdom of our leaning on paraphernalia, a burden of sansara, and bandhana

this always checks me to maintain a distance at such things, and preserve my simplicity

i like to sleep on bare earth, walk barefoot take cold bath, live on uncooked food, 3 pairs of clothes, and sve time for dhyan and pranayam asans , and be with a few elevating slokas snging the glory of god and sleep and wake like birds by 7pm and 4 am, instea of being on internet/tv

it is alredy well past my sleep time .

log in as per god wish, but may not be till 1 july

good night

 Goddess parvathi is my mother, god maheshwara is my father

devotees of shiva are my kith and kin , the worlds-trio is my home town 

in this state , in which ''we are'' an experience of just being , we are the universe our existence is universal existence, all powerful, all knowing all pervading 

this definitey is subjective, but real to the one who experiences it, it really exists , it is human , not out of the way 

no objective tests can verify the veracity of the statements of saints like shankara 

and on a smaller scale, at our own individual existing levels each one's experience of the world is subjective per se , unique , private , though iit includaes the common items like sun moon earth, stars wind waters , the perceptions of their existence is subjective 

for words worth 

''my heart leaps up when i behold a rainbow in the sky 

but my heart or your heart may not leap up / in the same way as words worth's

   In spirituality we must distinguish 4 aspects we encounter

1 insights/cognitions
2 experiences
3 creative writing/artistic innovations
4 mystic expressions

1 insights/cognitions are the revelations of inner knowledge, universal

2 experiences come and go ,are person specific
We must come out from illusions of spiritual attainments based on ‘’experiences’’, like unusual visions apparitions /images/noises/messages/

coincidences, and resultant mixed feelings/emotions leading them to relate with bhakthi/ista devatha etc
,
3 creative writing /artistic expressions are the result of sharing the self realization in own special way , each trying to create a universe of one’s like

4 mystic expressions lead one to variety of interpretations, we must be careful

 cancer, she

in a case, where a home food, vegetarian,

rest, comfortable routine, chaste living,

exposure to adequate clean air, and a bright sun ,

with least burden ,with reasonably virtuous life, stress free

—have not prevented the breast cancer. 

she had to die, with frequent uncontrolled heavy bleeding,

with pain, with no appetite, unable to take food sufficiently. 

it is still intriguing to find what went wrong.

she thought that is only a simple wound, and time will cure,

not suspected, not knowing what cancer is .

it was too late , early detection would have helped?

though she can afford , chemo/radiation/surgery /blood change/blood replenishment

–causing pain and suffering ,she thought ,are worse than an early death. waited  peacefully, cheerily for  the last moment.

i heard in medical circles,  a cancer case is the best opportunity to earn lakhs , without responsibility for showing result.

the ways of nature are strange, at least,  i hope nature will do mercy kill

  How do we conclude we have achieved “realization”?

From what we feel, possibly.
not alone by feel.
there are plenty other standard criteria
 “what we feel good”
is not  the ultimate measuring rod.
realization cannot be assessed by sensory and mental feeling
it is a matter of a state of consciousness
hence no more can i explain , you have to be ''reborn'',[signific​ance of twice born thru initiation ceremony] you have to go deep and come out,
do it self
or take help

   become simple, save time, effort, energies,resources, money, ,

avoid all possible unnecessary add-ons and attractions and distractions and create enough space in life for sadhana, with a simple plain minimum clothing, simple food, simple dwelling place, alone preferably, devoting all attention for spiritual advancement

 consequently reach the goal of utter simplicity, being simple in every aspect , simplicity becoming a natural way of life, without an imposed code of practice, yet finding no lack of any kind, a state of perfect fulfillment, needing not to bother anything in life, as simple as shiva, though a bhiksha pathi, smashana vasi, is really he is eeshvara, , vishveshvara , the lord of the universe