Leigha, thank you for the profound explanation of the mind, energies, the spirit, and the moment. Have you read "The Power of Now?" Your philosphy sounds much like Tolle's. Makes sense to me. Love and Light, Lynn

I think we're also overloaded with technical devices. Used to be we could get in the car and take a nice drive but now, we take our cell phone along so we can always be reached. Then we have the fax, email, pager...you name it. We have so much technology coming at us, who wouldn't get scattered? Before email, I actually got a lot of work done in the mornings. Now, I grab a cup of coffee and plop down in front of my computer.

Our minister touched on this in his sermon yesterday. He referred to it as the Age of Anxiety. We are creating monsters within by believing we need to have, do and be it all.

Leigha, your posts are always so deep and thought provoking. Thanks for sharing your philosophy.

Lynn, I ope this did't throw you off guard. I apologize if it did. I'm gald you asked. It was a great question.

Dianne, the days I get the most accomplished are the ones when I do all my writing first. I don't open my email until I'm finished what I set out to do. I turn the volume down on my computer so I can't hear the little chime every time I get a new email. First things first.

Lynne

I am familiar with Eckarte Tolle's 'The Power of Now'. I had a peak at it before I gave it to my brother for Christmas.Thank you for your kind comments.

Dotsie
I enjoy sharing in any way I can. I have found that many different ways of seeing can open the psyche further than it has gone before and am always open to further understanding.

Dianne
I don't have voice mail or an answering machine. I don't get tv, just watch videos. I don't listen to radio. However, I do read 4 newspapers a day to see how the energy is moving politically, economically, geographically and environmentally.

I only check my email 2x a day and I leave the computer off when I'm not using it. I do not have call waiting, which I find terribly rude unless you're running a business and its on a separate line. To cut off a social call for another is terribly rude. It says to the person that their time with you has no value. Kindness seems to be eroding because of technology and conflicts over time. The mind loves to have conflicts over time and technology is providing that very problem.

With love
Leigha

I'm trying to keep my mornings calm with no tv for the first few hours. I watch the news and then, have to watch one segment of The Golden Girls. They start my day with a laugh. I always have Sammie to talk to me. She's a morning jabberer! How pleasant it is to hear her use a sweet tone and tell me good morning!

My husband, who is a restaurant manager, says that people have the patience of a gnat. He says it's getting worse. Say a dinner comes off the line wrong, and the dinner has to be redone. Well, customers expect instantaneous results, like they would get in their own kitchen with a microwave. I think his examples are indicative of the impatience we (the collective we) are developing due to technology. Instant chats, instant info...instant results. Dianne, I just noticed your new signature line about women who behave. It makes me think of the movie Iron Jawed Angels about the womens' suffrage movement. Those women did not behave, and we got the right to vote. LLL

Leigha, boy did I feel zinged by your post. You speak the truth. I must admit I have fallen for so much of the modern day craziness. Yup, been sucked right in.

Dianne, I also noticed your quote. I like to think I behave, but I definitely want to make history in the category of helping other women discover the beauty within and around. Hmmm, maybe a little misbehaving is called for.

Lynn, I can totally relate to your comment. I must admit that I have been in the company of people who act like that. I pray I haven't been one of them. I really try to spread smiles, understanding, and compassion when I am out in public.

That sounds lovely Dianne

With love
Leigha

I am so patient and polite when in public I make myself sick but I was raised that way and old habits die hard...I will never change because its the way I would like to be treated.....this kind of goes with Diannes signature sentence about women....

When I'm good, I'm sooo good but when I'm bad, I'm better. Made famous by Mae West.

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