only when camping...

I'm camping! But I rarely watch TV, don't read the news. I do read books, no matter what. And I confess I can hardly live without the internet. Which is why I am posting now.

I think not listening to the news or watching TV helps me a lot. If something serious happens in the world, I will hear about it or see it on-line. If not, it wasn't worth hearing!

But the internet is a big issue for me. That is why I ride my bike and garden, to get away and out of contact with noise and civilization. Camping used to do that, but now between my iphone and wi-fi, hard to get away from. Of course, I am not riding my bike now, and really feeling it!

I feel like media intake impacts my emotional (electrical?) system in ways similar to how food effects my physical system. I benefit greatly from conscientious fasting from food. I am reaching for ways to reap similar benefits from media fasting.

or maybe I am just farting in the wind... Again.

Well I read books on my Kindle and from the library. They are not current event or history books though. Science Fiction mostly and fiction. I do not listen to the news on tv much unless someone in the room has it on then I usually put my headphones on and listen to my iTunes. If I am going to expose myself to the news it will be on the computer where I can abruptly stop reading any time.

i think you are on to something Arfie... this should be a main topic for us... very important indeed...

As the most meticulous of physical diets will still accumulate toxins and gain benefit from a purging fast, I theorize this is also true of what our brains take in. For those of us who believe our brains and nervous systems are intricate bio-electrical systems which are not immune to all the wireless waves floating around our planet, this adds up to a VERY significant media intake over which we have no control.

Add in semi-voluntary exposures such as the advertisements floating around my screen as I type this and... I.F. (Idiot Factor) my theories hold validity, it is no wonder mental breakdowns are on the rise.

Just looking for a coherent way to say it and dreaming of a proactive way to handle it.

our electro magnetic field is being disturbed.......therefore: the stress, the headaches, the seizures etc...etera....
I am very suseptable to a nervous system which is over sensative.

Jstu ltas nghit I satrted txetign lkie tihs adn it flet vrey nalorm..... Ha

I feel this, too, Enja.

Now to say it with clarity that can lead us to effective action.

Nwo to sya it wthi carlyti tath cna lade us to eecffvei atcoin.

Anytime, I can help clarify let me know.

skanth. Liwl od.

LOL OLO LOL OLOLLOOLLOL YOU GIRLS MAKE ME SMILE....I LOVE YOU ALL...

LOL!

Glad you clarified that, I would have been lost as I was taking a break from all media. I am back now, trying to get caught up. Thanks for the laugh. This group is the best!

Tonna

No fair, Tonna. You enter a thread on the very subject after a media fast without any details.

SANDBAGGER!!!

Details, please!

Gee, why would you need a break from us?

hm-m-m-m... Weekly holiday... Kinda like a media sabbath?

Ya got me chewin' Wolfspirit.

Thank you.

I did it while reading a book on how to draw. It helped me be able to draw and be a better designer. It was either the "the Artist's Way," or "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." Anyway, being creative is supposed to help balance you and tap into skills and make you happy and all that. Little bit different from what you mean though.