June 29, 2006

• "I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind"
  
  

   Einstein

  
  

   

  
  

  It is funny that I ran across this simple quotation about solitude today.  One of the cards in my Tarot reading this morning stated that I need to simplify my life for a while.  I was asked to sacrafice my tendencies toward "gratuitous socializing, empty verbalizing and endless distraction via television, novels, fils and the internet."  Yikes!  I have been hearing that inside but not listening to it.  I love all of the above.  At work I even have the radio going all day while input data into the computer and answering the telephones.  When I saw the need for a bit of austerity in my life, I refused to turn on the radio and kept my chitchatting down to a bare minimum.  Being the r e ceptionist, I am expected to make small talk with everyone but I do go overboard at times. 

  
  

   

  
  

  I have experienced moments of bright ideas and deep realizations when I have been quiet and away from the tv.  Hmm!  Perhaps this is the reason for my feeling so fragmented and dull.

  
  

   

  
  

  Well, we will never know unless we begin practicing a lot more quietness.  Will let you know how this goes.

  
  

   

  
  

  Namaste.  zera 

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