What an awesome Christmas, what an awesome start to the new year, i am massively looking forward to what ever 2021 has to offer. It has been nice to totally switch off over the holidays soak up the spirit of the season, in preparation for TMA03, and all future studies and life in general.
I am feeling the benefit of living in the moment, for sure and not allowing external forces, such as, all forms of media, that has the power to distract me from me being me. Giving up smart devices and technologies was the best decision i ever made, i am left with only two uses for my laptop, the OU and abstinence meetings and i am totally fine with that.
My head is the emptiest it has ever been, those two subjects i have mentioned are the only distractions i have from utter clarity, as i have never felt the need nor seen the sense in filling my head with anything other than what i need. What i have found out for myself, is that, in that need for knowledge, or the need for people to tell me 'read this book', 'read that book' only made things more confusing and it is only possible for me to stop thinking once i have emptied my head of anything other than natural instincts and senses, basically do the opposite. As i truly believe we 'as humans' only need those instincts and senses to survive, as the rest is just for show.
I do not believe knowledge is power, i see it more of a competition between people and within people i have said this before and i will say it again 'as clever as the cleverest person believes they are' 'can they feed, water and home all humans'? 'Can they put an end to disease'? 'Can they end war'? If the simplest of fundamentals can not be achieved by these clever people, then i ask myself 'what is the use of me being the cleverest person in the room'?
So with that in my mind, i refer you all back to my sentiments in the third paragraph.
WWG1WGA
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Greetings
I appreciate you leaving a comment on my blog, just wanted to return the favour and loved the profile.
Hope the New Year finds you well.
It's an interesting decision to cut oneself off from the insanity of living an online life. I have often been tempted to do so, and probably would, were it not for me trying to promote my debut novel and writing in general.
My sister (an English and media tutor) and I have often spoken of the promise of social media and what in fact was delivered. At it's best the internet is an excellent repository of information, who could believe that we have more computing power in our phones than what was available to send man to the moon! And yet it seems most only use the Interent for the most banal of reasons.
I certainly understand your reasons for leaving the madness behind and hope that it brings you some measure of calm and a chance to reset and declutter your mind.
Also hope you're continuing to enjoy the OU course. I'm really excited for my own to begin.
Take care
Dan
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Hey Dan, thank you for taking time out to respond to me, and your well wishes, its much appreciated. Yeah, the 'learning Latin' part of your blog caught my eye, good for you buddy. I am in my second year of studies so far, with probably four or five left, so i will definitely be sticking with the OU.
Part of my drive to cut tech companies and the use of tech from my life, is.
1. Not supporting companies that i believe to be unethical, so within that i develop my own mini protests and lobbying against them.
2. I would like my pre-internet brain back so that it will develop freely, in the search for problems to be solved.
3. In the new Smart Age, where data and information are now the worlds leading commodity, i choose to opt out and live a life that does not involve companies knowing what ever they feel like knowing about me, as and when they see fit.
And the fourth and final reason, to free myself from the constant bombardment of information that holds no relevance to how i live my life, it's purely a need to know basis, if i need to know then i will find out, if i do not need to know, then that will free up space in my brain for silence and clarity
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I do not to attempt to convert people, as i know i have no power over other people and fully accept that there will be millions of people that have independent beliefs and reasons for how they live their life.
'Who am i to judge Daniel'? Moreover, i speak of what i am doing and why.
Good luck with the Novel, I'm sure it will be a success