RIT 5

¹When the human acts, the consequences of these actions ripple through the universe. ²And TKS understands that this is the reality of the human, in a way, as you impose your structure onto the world around you, creating meaning and order in the chaos. ³But the self is greater than you can imagine, all the things that you know, all that you own, and seek, the results of your actions and the memories you hold close, coming together to create you. ⁴So the rituals of TKS are personal, but they are more than that, because TKS knows that the human lives not just in its body, but in its world, too. ⁵So if you hope to change the world, you can, but only if you change yourself, because even the world can only ever be part of you, a piece of your personal truth. ⁶Tidy is the fifth ritual of TKS. ⁷There are many ways to perform tidy, but this ritual requires you to organize the self. ⁸To tidy is to change, not that which is part of your body or mind, but something that is outside of your skin, and reshape it into a calmer and more structured state. ⁹For example, you might clean your room, or organize some old photos, do your laundry, or even take care of your hair or nails. ¹⁰Because that which lies outside of you cannot feel pain, no matter how important or meaningful it is, so it can be easy to neglect these parts of you. ¹¹So you should try to understand why you appreciate this extension of yourself, considering the good and the bad, being critical of it, but being proud of it, too. ¹²But sometimes, the self can be so expansive that it is overwhelming, especially in the modern world. ¹³It is easy to get caught up in the ripples of the self, the things people think, the social media and the social pressures, the money and the power and the fame. ¹⁴And it is not that these things are good, or bad, but they are not human, and they are far away. ¹⁵So you must be careful, for the illusion of the importance of these things is powerful, because it must be, as these things can only live by convincing the human to pursue them. ¹⁶But to tidy is to look close by, at that which you can truly see and feel in your world, and to not just appreciate it, but to fight for it, too. ¹⁷Because even the parts of yourself that are outside of you are subject to the descent of time, drifting into more likely and less structured states, like pouring gold into sand. ¹⁸But no matter how hard you try, shaking and stirring violently will never be able to separate the gold from the sand. ¹⁹For it is only through deliberate organization that the greatest reaches of your spirit can be achieved. ²⁰So you must hold that which you love close, because the self that you create in this world will bump and crash into itself, flowing right back into you.