The Endless Joy of the Spiritual Mutt
Life is complicated.
We wake up to sudden consciousness, a tenderhearted baby on a floating blue planet that’s been swallowed whole by an endless, unknown universe. The only thing more perplexing than our birth is what we’re supposed to do with ourselves afterwards.
When we finally settle on a plan, we discover we can’t possibly know where we’re headed, because where we’re headed changes the second we arrive. To gain some control over our affairs, we spend much of our time reliving the past or safeguarding the future, neither of which is actually possible. We find it most difficult to live in the present moment, even though it is the only moment in which we can actually live.
Fortunately, one of the many advantages of living nowadays is all the wise and compassionate souls who have already been here and done this, and been kind enough to leave directions. When put to use, these wonderfully mixed and varied breeds of wisdom can serve as a global positioning system on the road to inner peace.
This is especially true in today's complex, externally driven world, where we are taught to spend decades mastering advanced skills with which to pursue careers, wealth and respect, and theoretically achieve happiness. But often we aren’t able to devote even a few seconds a day to mastering our own heart and creating a mood within it that will make every single endeavor - from doing the dishes to simply breathing, peaceful and rewarding.
I became a spiritual mutt because, more often than not, I was like an unhappy Greyhound, running in circles around life’s racetrack, chasing the illusory rabbit just beyond my reach. I kept looking on the outside for something that was right there on the inside all along.
One day some friends and I stumbled upon some powerfully positive teachings and began diving into the riches of wisdom in bookstores and libraries. We found that just a few words of wisdom could help us achieve some real happiness by simply reminding us to enjoy this instant . . . this instant.
Inspired by the truths we were experiencing, we began distilling them down into positive messages and started looking for a way to share them. The idea of clothing seemed like a good fit because, even though most people aren’t able to spend much time dressing their hearts each day, we knew they still have to dress their bodies.
Maybe if some of these messages were put on clothes, something might rub off, creating a positive state of mind that would help us make the most of the present moment. After all, change the way we think, and we change the fabric of our existence.
In the end, it seemed like it was worth a try, because an increase in even one person's happiness is an increase in happiness for the whole world.
So you might say Mind Over Fabric is the unconditional love and endless joy of the spiritual mutt in all of us, greeting you with wagging tail at the doors of your awareness, playfully inviting you in to the abundant peace and beauty of the human heart.
We hope our clothing brings some great energy your way.
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John Viscount, Founder
Mind Over Fabric
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