Comments on: imprisoned with an i

By: Cybil Smith

Cybil Smith — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:38:18 +0000

i think the i you described is our identity – who we think we are, who we think we should be, and who we think we want to be. unfortunately, most of us identify with those things instead of looking inside and igniting what’s already within.

By: J

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:51:10 +0000

The part about learning how to drive really “drove it home” for me. Can’t wait to see the other posts you intend on information. Did you see the NYTimes article on “plugged in parenting”? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/garden/10childtech.html?scp=1&sq=plugged%20in%20parents&st=cse Or on “your brain on computers?” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html?adxnnl=1&ref=homepage&src=me&adxnnlx=1275998462-xxBKGJjKvDMgk4Xh+Fz+nw

Though, I think I just illustrated your point on information addiction perfectly . . .

By: char

char — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:15:33 +0000

Thank you!! This beautiful message comes at the perfect moment. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: walda

walda — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:15:07 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading Hand Cold Wash. I read an excerpt of it on Daily OM. Thanks for your blog.

By: Slow Panic

Slow Panic — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:37:00 +0000

I’ve been trying to be quieter. It’s so easy to get addicted and dependent on being plugged in all the time. I don’t even really hear most of it — it’s just on and pouring in because I’ve become conditioned to think I need it.

This morning I saw a leaf at the top of a tree move when the breeze blew by. I want more of that kind of information coming in and less of the other.

By: Lindsay R

Lindsay R — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:28:57 +0000

i’m reading this tonight on my computer, sitting in the same spot i do on so many other nights when i could be doing instead of reading. and then i wonder why nothing changes. i sure have read a lot, gathered so much more to babble on about inside my head… maybe i need a blog fast.

By: Swirly

Swirly — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:09:03 +0000

I might have to read this every single day for the rest of my life.

By: Karen Maezen Miller

Karen Maezen Miller — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:36:04 +0000

So true. It is no contradiction to say that information is only useful when it is used, and when it is used it becomes the most profound form of teaching: experience.

By: Christine LaRocque

Christine LaRocque — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:25:29 +0000

Interesting perspective, and I think I understand where you are coming from. But I also think that the knowledge we seek sometimes provides the inspiration we need to change our lives. Sometimes we find the right key to unlock our consciousness in a way that is necessary, to allow an awareness to unfold. I feel this right now in a way I never understood before. To be frank, I think it needs to happen at precisely the right moment, otherwise it remains, precisely as you say, information.