Hi , 

Hope you're well rested this weekend. We're on a whirlwind! Do the dishes, clear up the kitchen, wipe the table, put things in place in the house, do the laundry and repeat! It is an endless cycle, day in and day out doing the same domestic chores that seem pointless, there is no beginning or end to it. I am certain that many of us feel that way in our daily lives.

What Karen is saying here is that we are so consumed by expanding our consciousness, becoming spiritually enlightened, or ascending to higher states of awareness that we forget the path towards gaining that higher state lies in simplicity, searching for beauty in the ordinary, finding meaning in the mundane.  

When we cultivate that in our home life, it becomes a meditative practice. Once an experienced dancer, writer of books on spiritualism, said, “We wash our plate every day, similarly, do we empty our mind and keep it clean. Do we wash our plate regularly or do we let dirt settle on it?”

A metaphorical expression of bringing awareness to our daily chores, finding that intimate connection with the ordinary tasks, changing our perspective about it, and then it won’t be ordinary any more. 

Cleaning will become a mindful act that facilitates our inner growth. Washing dishes will become an act of emptying our mind, washing dirty laundry will be an act of being conscientious, cleaning the kitchen will be an act of service to others around us. Your home can be the heart of a mindfulness practice.

Here are a few article to assist the process :

5 Ways to Meditate Without Actually Meditating

Dropping Your Illusion of Enlightenment

Five Things People get Wrong about Meditation

7 Zen Principles and How to Apply Them to Modern Life