Baraka, achievable?

So everyone seems to be whining these days about 'baraka' that has got lost! Everybody in family and friends circles is complaining about lack of time, pleasure and of fulfillment.

They all affirm people in the old days had 'baraka', had time to enjoy and to relax, whereas we, on the other hand, are deprived of divine baraka.

I wonder how people have gone that blind, how they overlooked the divine statement in the Qur'an: "Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves"?

Baraka, as I personally think, is synonymous with minimalism, a philosophy that emphasizes LESS, less is better, that's what minimalism is all about in a nut shell.

People had baraka when they did less and enjoyed doing that less more, when they were contented in less and looked forward to not having more.

People had something to believe in, they were more spiritual and less materialistic, they were de-stressed and relaxed. They were not tied to the brutal machine of capitalism.

More connected to earth, more related to their environment, more engaged in social circles, more supported by family systems, that's how they loved, that's what we now call baraka.

Read more on minimalism, get off your butt and go discover yourself a better way to live. May we all enjoy Baraka.

A couple of useful blogs:
www.zenhabits.net
www.mnmlist.com


'the above video extract is from the brilliant documentary Baraka'