Chalkboard Thoughts — February 15, 2021 — Episode 14 — Right Mindfulness
Right Mindfulness traditionally is the seventh part of the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, but that doesn’t mean it is seventh in importance. Each part of the path supports the other seven parts, and so they should be thought of as connected in a circle or woven into a web rather than stacked in an order of progression.
I first became aware of the Eightfold Path by listening to an episode of the Ten Percent Happier Podcast with Dan Harris. His guest way Brother Pháp Dung who explained more about this.
https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/brother-phap-dung-320
I started with Right Mindfulness as although this is number 7 in the list. Don’t ask me why I am starting with that one, I guess it’s the one I am most familiar with!
The MOST stressful modern issue
Kids, teenagers and adults have never felt as much stress in their lives as they have today. The pressure put upon every age group by advertisers is immense. It is actually worse than paying tax in fact it is like paying tax. It’s draining.
But not even as stressful as Chargers, WiFi and Internet access as they are potentially the MOST stressful and comes even before stressful relationships and stressful family. If we don’t have security around Chargers, WiFi and the Internet, we become very short tempered and moody. We will be short with others and even rude. You may even accuse others for the reasons why you don’t have access to those essential human needs. Seriously that has happened to us at home!
It even comes ahead of food and water. We can live without food and water for at least a day, but not without Chargers, WiFi or the Internet.
We now expect to be able to walk into any public place and be able to connect to WiFi, free of charge. Do you remember the days when you visited hotels and you had to purchase a 1 hour or 24 hour internet access voucher. I know some hotels still do this, like the UK’s Travelodge, but I’m talking more about the bigger hotels, when you made use of their reception area for meetings. Now we can walk into any reception in any hotel and expect to be able to go to the reception desk and ask for a WiFi code totally free of charge.
Amazing!
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Your eyes are burning
Your heart is churning
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Stop giving in to all the demand
Your better than this, remove your hand
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You’re living inside the machine
A terrible example for children to be seen
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Have a look at your little finger
It’s all misshapen to support that spinner
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Your eyes are worth a billion each
The adverts that you eat sending techies to the beach
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The birdsong is unheard
The sunset is missed
Your attention is unbroken
And your mind is pissed
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