Walk your way to a path of stillness today, take a photo. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds555
Posts By: Mariana
#tds554 Is our mind in distress?
Video from KarmaTube From the summary copy: “We accept our over-loaded, hyper-active mind as being normal. This insightful film gently suggests otherwise and illuminates a path that has been walked for thousands of years as a way to remedy this common headache. Brian Jones recommends that we design our inner environment, just like we renovate… Read more »
#tds553 Social Media and Ambient Intimacy
Some useful counterpoints to the idea that ‘the virtual is not real’ in this video: Social media and Ambient Intimacy. Exploring the idea that social media may be helping us develop what David Bohm referred to as proprioception of thought or what we might understand as online empathy. A short and first person reflection… Read more »
#tds552 The email monster from The Oatmeal
Take time today to enjoy and reflect on your very own Email Monster – The Oatmeal manages thoughtfulness and smiles as ever. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds552
#tds551 It’s a new year! Have a magical day
“Your instructions: All day long, do just one thing at a time. If you catch yourself doing two things, switch your focus back to one. Don’t read an article and Tweet about it – read it, then Tweet. Write an email until you’ve finished it and hit “send.” Perhaps even take a moment to just… Read more »
#tds550 Learn to live deliberately
What if we could all go to the woods and learn to live deliberately? And do so virtually before we make any physical changes in our lives. We have been following the fortunes of this game here at the Still Web for years now. After much searching we found the 2015 trailer for the game,… Read more »
#tds549 The Network Effect
Here is something we wish we had created! From the about page: “Network Effect explores the psychological effect of Internet use on humanity. Like the Internet itself, the project is effectively endless, containing 10,000 video clips, 10,000 spoken sentences, news, tweets, charts, graphs, lists, and millions of individual data points, all presented in a… Read more »
#tds548 Need evidence that silence is good for you?
“We’re constantly filling our ears with music, TV and radio news, podcasts and, of course, the multitude of sounds that we create nonstop in our own heads. Think about it: How many moments each day do you spend in total silence? The answer is probably very few. As our internal and external environments become louder and… Read more »
#tds547 Consider your silences and deploy them deliberately
Watch this film about the art of silence in film making. If you do just that you will have found 6 minutes of learning that silence is needed for sound to be useful. You may want to also take the art of silence into your day and build a few ‘moments’ deliberately. How easy was… Read more »
#tds546 Now
“Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.” Tennessee Williams Take a photo that shows us a ‘now’ in your day. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds546
#tds545 Interconnected memories
“No man is an island: we act together, think together and even remember together. Elderly couples have interconnected memory systems, working together to deftly remember their shared past. New research shows that platonic friends see themselves similarly. […] Memory interdependence was the single best predictor of friendship quality, more even than relationship length or a… Read more »
#tds544 Only the essential
Today, filter your to-dos through this question framed by meditation teacher and author Gregory Kramer: “What is non-essential that can be released? What is essential and calls for my precious attention?” Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds544
