Happy Easter
and welcome to my new and improved blog design!
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| The flowers are coming.... |
Ok, now back
to the blog part...well, I have been gone from this space for over a year! I can’t believe how time has flown. A lot of things have
changed and are still changing in my life, and I am looking forward to bringing
creativity back into my life in a big way this year. Part of that effort is this here page. Step one. Redesign page.
Step Two. Find a good topic and
write!
For step
two, I have to thank a wise lady friend of mine. As we were sitting and thinking about the
world and how it is changing. We were
talking about the internet and its strengths and weaknesses. The seeming loss of privacy on the internet
was mentioned as a weakness, and the amazing power that many new internet based
groups (Sum of Us, Avaaz, Open Media, etc) seem to be wielding in the aid of
justice and altruism was mentioned as a strength.
And of
course, it occurred to me, because that is how I think, that the internet was
simply an outward physical manifestation of the inner spiritual state of all
things. Ie. We are
all One.
The internet
is something that connects us in ways we have never been able to connect
before. Information distribution and communication happens faster and easier
than ever. And this connection is
changing our society once again, I would say, on the same level as the
industrial revolution did in the last century (I think, in some ways, the
internet is becoming a new institution, but that is a topic for later maybe). Of course, as stated above, this utility can
be used in constructive and destructive ways.
Constructing communities,
destructing privacy. Constructing bodies
of knowledge for everyone to share, destructing esteem and confidence when
teens cyber-bully.
This brings
me to another piece of wisdom that I have heard twice in the last little
while. It concerns a native elder’s
story told to a group of children. He
told them that he had two wolves living inside of him. One wolf was bad. It contained all the negative traits: greed,
selfishness, hatred, anger, fear. The second
wolf was good. It was helpful, caring,
kind, just, loving, honest, altruistic and so on. Further, he told the children that each of
them also had these two wolves inside of them, too. The children wanted to know which wolf was
stronger. “That is easy,” said the
elder, “the one you feed.”
I guess, in
relation to the internet, we are reminded that there is good and bad in
everything, just as in every one of us.
The difference is made in how we choose to use it.
I think I
could probably go on about this topic, but I have to tell you, it is a
beautiful day outside, and my yard is calling me. I would love to hear your thoughts on the
subject, go ahead, leave a comment…
And have a
beautiful day.
Namaste.
