E-serenity, now!
E-serenity, now! from the Christian Science Monitor via Jeffrey Veen.
Uh, with my firehose of posts I think I am one of the candidates for an Information Sabbath. Definitely food for thought!
posted by Nancy White at 9:39 AM
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Oh, and I know David Levy too. So does Bill. How about you?
Nope, I don't know him. My sister dated a really nice guy named David Levy 25+ years ago, but I think he lives in Chicago now. (What made me say that?)
Funny, there is a David Levy who wrote a lot about computer chess at one time. I mean the one at the Wazoo School of Information Science that Veen quoted a lot.
About eSerenity. The way I notice how much I miss serenity is when it shows up unexpectedly.
Vicki and I traveled to Kaua'i in April for her first reunion with her son since he undertook a two-year monastic retreat.
The day of arrival I cratered Compagno, my Windows XP laptop, while configuring for the wireless access point where we were staying. This was a serious misshap. Windows couldn't start up and I would learn about something called the Recovery Console before I was done. That is now permanently installed on my system; I hope to never deal with it again.
I set the computer aside, with fingers crossed, until I returned home nine days later. I arranged to do what work I could using a pen and my spiral-bound notebook. I turned over my attention to Vicki, our hosts, our friends and our son.
I spent a few hours on each of seven days at the Hindu Monastery on Kaua'i. At the end I began noticing how serene it was for me and what a dramatic contrast that was to the anxious way I have been in the rest of my life. I remarked that I could simply not leave and remain in that serene state indefinitely.
We've been back for over a month. I easily forget to attend to the needs of the soul until something reminds me that I am not. Thanks for inviting my attention back to what matters.
http://orcmid.com/viaggio/V040500.htm
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