Comments on: Slow Media Diet Day #17: Limping past the midway point http://www.goodiebag.tv/2010/01/slow-media-diet-day-17-limping-past-the-midway-point/ Comedic video blogs about media, culture and politics Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Kirby http://www.goodiebag.tv/2010/01/slow-media-diet-day-17-limping-past-the-midway-point/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Kirby Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:00:49 +0000 http://www.goodiebag.tv/?p=377#comment-107 Hey Johnny.<br><br>I have experienced that in the past, but I don't think that's what happened last week. I'm fairly aware of my mental cycles and I know my mind is generally filled with inane chattering, but last week things got unusually agitated during a period of moderation.<br><br>How long have you been meditating? Hey Johnny.

I have experienced that in the past, but I don't think that's what happened last week. I'm fairly aware of my mental cycles and I know my mind is generally filled with inane chattering, but last week things got unusually agitated during a period of moderation.

How long have you been meditating?

]]> By: Kirby http://www.goodiebag.tv/2010/01/slow-media-diet-day-17-limping-past-the-midway-point/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Kirby Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:49 +0000 http://www.goodiebag.tv/?p=377#comment-75 Hey Johnny.<br><br>I have experienced that in the past, but I don't think that's what happened last week. I'm fairly aware of my mental cycles and I know my mind is generally filled with inane chattering, but last week things got unusually agitated during a period of moderation.<br><br>How long have you been meditating? Hey Johnny.

I have experienced that in the past, but I don't think that's what happened last week. I'm fairly aware of my mental cycles and I know my mind is generally filled with inane chattering, but last week things got unusually agitated during a period of moderation.

How long have you been meditating?

]]> By: John Woods http://www.goodiebag.tv/2010/01/slow-media-diet-day-17-limping-past-the-midway-point/comment-page-1/#comment-74 John Woods Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:29:08 +0000 http://www.goodiebag.tv/?p=377#comment-74 "During alone times last week I often found one trivial interior dialogue would lead hyperlink-style to another and another and another. My mind was the most chaotic it’s been in quite some time and I don’t think watching videos before dozing off caused this." <br><br>In meditation, we try to focus only on the present moment and our breathing in and out. When we consciously try to NOT let the mind wander, it becomes immediately apparent just how ubiquitous this hyperlink-style interior dialogue is - how often we are carried off into the past or the future or fantasy. It happens throughout our day, but we're usually unaware of it because of the myriad external distractions available to us. Perhaps your removal of some of these external distractions has made you more aware of the perpetually distracted state of the human mind? “During alone times last week I often found one trivial interior dialogue would lead hyperlink-style to another and another and another. My mind was the most chaotic it’s been in quite some time and I don’t think watching videos before dozing off caused this.”

In meditation, we try to focus only on the present moment and our breathing in and out. When we consciously try to NOT let the mind wander, it becomes immediately apparent just how ubiquitous this hyperlink-style interior dialogue is – how often we are carried off into the past or the future or fantasy. It happens throughout our day, but we're usually unaware of it because of the myriad external distractions available to us. Perhaps your removal of some of these external distractions has made you more aware of the perpetually distracted state of the human mind?

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