Invisibly, almost without notice, we are losing ourselves, says physicist and writer Alan Lightman, PhD. He explains the need for a societal, mental attitude that values and protects stillness, privacy, solitude, slowness and personal reflection. This time should honor the inner self and allows each of us to wander about without schedule within our own minds.
Source: Ideas.TED.com, May 15, 2018. Link. (includes video)
Although changing habits of mind is difficult, it can be done. With a little determination, each of us can find a half hour a day to waste time. And when we do so, we give ourselves a gift. It is a gift to our spirit. It is an honoring of that quiet, whispering voice. It is a liberation from the cage of the wired world. It is freedom.” – Alan Lightman, PhD
Also see: Alan Lightman, Facebook. Link.
INSIGHTS: Are we learning to unplug? Note this was published in 2018 before Covid forced isolation, work from home, Zoom meetings and expansion of digital interactions.