We have all drowned in our own contentment on various matters, especially the matter of which brings us to this gathering corner hidden somewhere amongst the lands, castles, refuges, and vast seas of cyberdom. For the younger generations our lives have been so affected by such technology compared to the generations of old. The generations of those who used a dictionary, a phonebook, and payphones. Our dependency on technology has made life easier for us, but has it specifically made your life better?
One can easily assume because of the increasing boom in technology and social networking that our lives have drastically improved. But where are we spiritually? How are our relationships? How are our expectations and our dopamine receptors thanks to instant gratification that constantly plagues every corner of every turn in our modern society?
Children these days are addicted to downloadable free applications on ipads and iphones. Adults are living vicariously through social networking sites and constantly seek approval not just at home but in cyberspace. Our society is shrinking thanks to the internet, and in many ways this is beneficial to realize we are all one. However when it prevents us from daily exercise, when it prevents us from finding where our true passions lie, when it prevents us from a positive attitude that was long replaced by a zombie like state that thrives off of dopamine... we lose the greatest gift we will ever have, our life right in this moment.
New Years will come and the gyms will be surged with inspired people ready to change their life. Though as we all know these people dwindle away much like the youth in the first few weeks of community college. Did they change their mind on what their goals were? Or did their goals become too tiresome, too energy demanding, or do they realize they are content with their 9-5 work lifestyle as long as they can come home to the media's illusion on what life is all about?
When was the last time you felt connected to nature? What was the longest time this last month you spent away from your cellphone? When was the last time you didn't try to fit into the mold of what 'you think' society expects from you? For many of us are dancing to the tune of instant gratification, vanity, and cultural expectations at the expense of this time we have now.
I wish to exit this lifestyle of technological dependency. I wish to dig deep within myself to weed out all of the social conditioning that this modern lifestyle has developed us to be. I wish to seek a personal revolution where technological dependency and instant gratification are minimized while productivity and the growing of oneself is maximized. I wish to have the courage to break free from the shackles of constant entertainment, to break free from our modern pop cultures idea of having 'fun', to break free from fitting into or avoiding stereotypes others might label me as.
The goal; exempt yourself from the manufactured life that seems to go down a conveyer belt which places you right in the middle of everyone else. Instead I want to replace it for one where we get off that conveyer belt and discover who we are so we can seek our own journey where the masses are't constantly surrounding us.
Taking the first step might seem difficult, especially when we have become so accustomed to technology and instant gratification. The biggest factor I believe that people are worried about is the fright of what they might discover. People are content with being told what to think, being told how to live, being told that they have nothing to worry about. This in retrospect is living the life of a caged animal whose soul has been so conditioned that the minute the shackles are released and a window of opportunity presents itself, the animal will be too afraid to leave the dependency it has known. It's comfortable in content.
Temporary satisfaction and entertainment fit into 'Lifes rewards and pleasures' category in your brain. But ask yourself, don't you think you deserve better? Isn't there more out there to discover? Time is ticking away and the more time you waste, the least likely it will be to break yourself free of the conditioning society has been placing upon you.
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