Noise
Posted on April 19, 2007 By OneMysticalMonkey
Information. Technology. Connectivity. Faster. More. Zooming through cyberspace, and indeed, the World. Yes, there are definite advantages to the web for information, for connecting to others, for sharing ideas and information, as there are advantages to having cars and being able to get groceries “just around the corner”, on a whim. But is bigger and faster and more always better, or does it serve as background noise -an ongoing distraction from the World immediately around us? What happens if we trade in that high-bandwidth “go go go” mentality for a while? Can we even get ourselves to do it? For a day? A week? At all? Are we afraid of the ensuing silence -of our own thoughts? What will we discover in the quiet space?
Of course, there’s another layer beyond physically unplugging ourselves from our microcosm for a while. That layer is whether we have, or can develop, the ability to stop that incessant chattering of our own minds and egos (emotions). Unless we can rein in this more challenging aspect of ourselves a bit, unplugging physically only gets us so far. (This is where mindfulness and meditation practice comes in 😉 ).
If you can unplug, suddenly “life” seems a bit surreal when you come back to where you left it. Perhaps, in those “stolen” moments of quiet we’ve discovered a different connection… one to the Earth, one to Nature, to each other, and perhaps to even a bit of our own Divinity. Is this process, this ability and need to disconnect, a matter of awareness? Is it a necessity?
Does the bird chirping in the tree even exist if we are making too much internal and/or external noise to hear it?
*goes off to listen to the wind blowing through the trees*
Namaste!
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