Elimination, Not Reorganization

Let this season be one of elimination rather than accumulation

From our own experience we know that good health is not found in endless intake but in complete digestion followed by timely elimination. When digestion is complete, what nourishes us is absorbed and what does not belong is eliminated. Illness does not begin with receiving but with retaining what should have already left.

Constipation therefore is never a minor inconvenience. It is a sign of stagnation, internal toxicity, and disturbed balance. It affects not only the body but also the clarity of the mind and the steadiness of our emotional state. What is not eliminated begins to burden the system.

Seen through this lens, it becomes clear that modern life is suffering from a far deeper form of constipation. Simply look around your own home and indeed your whole life and honestly notice the extent to which it too feels constipated.

Reorganization: A Modern Illusion of Elimination

In contemporary life, we have learned a clever way to avoid elimination. We call it reorganization.

• We reorganize closets and rooms instead of emptying them.

• We rearrange garages instead of releasing their contents.

• We label containers, add shelves, buy storage boxes and feel momentarily productive.

  
  

But nothing has truly left. 

In fact, reorganization quietly gives us permission to accumulate more. Once things are neatly stored, we feel justified in buying, keeping, and holding on. The cycle of accumulation continues, appearing orderly on the surface while steadily filling every available space.

Reorganization does not restore flow. It simply hides excess more efficiently.

Elimination on the other hand is liberating. It creates space where space did not exist. It allows movement where stagnation has settled. What is merely managed continues to accumulate over time. What is eliminated completes its cycle.

When Stagnation Spreads Beyond the Body

Human beings are not isolated compartments. What happens in one area of life inevitably spills into others.

At the physical level, accumulation shows up as undigested food, constipation, heaviness, inflammation, and fatigue. We often respond by adding complexity through new diets, supplements, or routines. In doing so, we reorganize symptoms rather than addressing the root issue which is incomplete digestion and inadequate elimination.

At the energetic level, stagnation appears as congestion. Breath becomes shallow. Vitality feels blocked. Energy does not flow freely in a body that is physically or emotionally cluttered. No technique whether breathwork or exercise can fully compensate for a life structured around accumulating and holding on to physical things like clothes, furniture, books etc or subtler things like emotions, feelings, and memories.

At the mental level, accumulation is relentless. News, opinions, shows, reels, and endless information pour in without pause. We even reorganize this mental clutter as well through playlists, watchlists, saved posts, and bookmarks. Rarely do we question whether the mind has digested any of it. Mental clarity does not arise from better curation. It arises from less consumption and more empty space.

At the level of understanding and identity, stagnation becomes subtle but entrenched. Old belief systems and strong identifications with religion, nation, history, and culture harden over time. Instead of questioning these identifications which quietly feed the ever hungry ego, we continue reorganizing and defending them. Rarely do we pause to ask whether they even begin to describe the boundless nature of what we truly are.

And finally, at the level of deep inner peace, bliss, and contentment, one truth becomes unavoidable.

A deep sense of peace and contentment cannot be un-vailed within us as long as we are holding on to unfulfilled desires.

Why Letting Go Feels Threatening

Elimination or letting go feels threatening to the ego because it feels like a loss. In truth, elimination is not loss, it is in fact completion. It is the final and essential step of digestion at every level of existence. Without it, even nourishment becomes burdensome.

Nature offers a simple lesson. What has completed its season is effortlessly released. Leaves fall. Rivers flow forward. Each breath empties before the next inhale arrives. Accumulation happens only when intelligence is overridden by fear. Fear of scarcity, fear of change, and fear of impermanence.

When Flow Returns

When we choose elimination over reorganization of physical, mental, and emotional accumulation, something within us shifts profoundly. Space opens. The nervous system relaxes. Energy begins to move without effort.

Peace, happiness, joy, and contentment do not need to be chased. They arise naturally when excess is released. When retention gives way to flow and when life is no longer constipated.

Perhaps the real question is not how to organize our lives better but this simpler and more courageous inquiry.

What and how much am I willing to finally let go of?

To the extent that we loosen our grip on what we accumulate, whether possessions or inner noise, to that same extent contentment and joy long dormant within us begins to surface on its own.

May this season we all find the courage to release what has been accumulated across months, years, decades, and perhaps lifetimes. In that letting go, lightness will return, and the path ahead will reveal itself with renewed purpose and grace.