What Else are you Missing?
The Trance of Technology. It seems like we're so
"tuned in" that we're tuning out the real world.
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post did sort of a
social experiment to see how easy it would be to
break us out of our trance.
They got a world-class, world-renowned violinist named
Joshua Bell to perform at a subway station in our nation's
capital.
Not a formal, publicized performance. Just a "stand at
the top of the escalator, put your case on the floor so
people can give you money, and play your heart out"
performance.
No fanfare. Just an anonymous street muscian...with
a $3.5 million violin.
They wanted to see if people would take a minute--even a
second--out of their lives to listen to the most beautiful
violin music ever.
Here's what happened:
'The people scurry by, cups of coffee in their hands,
cellphones at their ears, ID tags slapping at their bellies,
a grim dance to indifference, inertia and the dingy, gray
rush of modernity.'
Of over a thousand passers-by, one recognized that he
was a really good player, and one actually recognized who
he was. Oh, well. But he made about $40/hour.
'The poet Billy Collins once laughingly observed that all
babies are born with a knowledge of poetry, because the
lub-dub of the mother's heart is in iambic meter. Then,
Collins said, life slowly starts to choke the poetry out of us.
It may be true with music, too.'
It could be that those folks just didn't really like classical
violin music. But it's more likely that they were scared to
try something new...or just too busy to even notice.
'For many of us, the explosion in technology has perversely
limited, not expanded, our exposure to new experiences.
'We get our news from comfortable sources, that think the
same way we do. And with iPods, we hear what we already
know; we program our own playlists.'
(That's the trouble with our modern eating habits, too...
they keep us isolated, disconnected from each other
and our Source.)
'If we can't take the time out of our lives to stay a moment
and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some
of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so
overpowers us that we are deaf and blind to something like
that -- then what else are we missing?
Live like You Mean it...
Dr. Vince
PS If the 'indifference, inertia and the dingy, gray
rush of modernity' has got your head spinning, keeping
you stressed, moody, can't sleep and all that jazz, then
you probably need a QLink Personal Energy Pendant.
It helps protect you from electronic stress from the
Inside-Out...a good way to use Technology to bring some
peace and quiet back into your life.
http://www.drvinceonline.com/qlink.htm
"tuned in" that we're tuning out the real world.
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post did sort of a
social experiment to see how easy it would be to
break us out of our trance.
They got a world-class, world-renowned violinist named
Joshua Bell to perform at a subway station in our nation's
capital.
Not a formal, publicized performance. Just a "stand at
the top of the escalator, put your case on the floor so
people can give you money, and play your heart out"
performance.
No fanfare. Just an anonymous street muscian...with
a $3.5 million violin.
They wanted to see if people would take a minute--even a
second--out of their lives to listen to the most beautiful
violin music ever.
Here's what happened:
'The people scurry by, cups of coffee in their hands,
cellphones at their ears, ID tags slapping at their bellies,
a grim dance to indifference, inertia and the dingy, gray
rush of modernity.'
Of over a thousand passers-by, one recognized that he
was a really good player, and one actually recognized who
he was. Oh, well. But he made about $40/hour.
'The poet Billy Collins once laughingly observed that all
babies are born with a knowledge of poetry, because the
lub-dub of the mother's heart is in iambic meter. Then,
Collins said, life slowly starts to choke the poetry out of us.
It may be true with music, too.'
It could be that those folks just didn't really like classical
violin music. But it's more likely that they were scared to
try something new...or just too busy to even notice.
'For many of us, the explosion in technology has perversely
limited, not expanded, our exposure to new experiences.
'We get our news from comfortable sources, that think the
same way we do. And with iPods, we hear what we already
know; we program our own playlists.'
(That's the trouble with our modern eating habits, too...
they keep us isolated, disconnected from each other
and our Source.)
'If we can't take the time out of our lives to stay a moment
and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some
of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so
overpowers us that we are deaf and blind to something like
that -- then what else are we missing?
Live like You Mean it...
Dr. Vince
PS If the 'indifference, inertia and the dingy, gray
rush of modernity' has got your head spinning, keeping
you stressed, moody, can't sleep and all that jazz, then
you probably need a QLink Personal Energy Pendant.
It helps protect you from electronic stress from the
Inside-Out...a good way to use Technology to bring some
peace and quiet back into your life.
http://www.drvinceonline.com/qlink.htm
posted by Dr. Vince at Thursday, April 26, 2007
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