I am a Zen practitioner. Although each day a little bit less...

One thing that has caught my attention lately is how my Internet time is inversely proportional to the ease with which I can practice meditation in any shape or form.

This makes sense if you consider that most meditations, in particular Zazen, use physical stillness as an anchor to divert attention from the mind. Once attention is drawn away, thoughts usually fall like dry leaves.

In this context, the Internet acts like fertilizer for my thoughts. They are stronger than ever! And they raise higher into new levels of abstraction ( this is also probably in part because of programming and KR&R ).

Or maybe I am developing a Wi-Fi sense of some kind ;) ( neuronal plasticity and electric cortical sensing still have unexplored boundaries you know ).

One thing is clear... we are becoming one endlessly chatting family that says "no sir" when you ask permission to be dismissed.

Beware sinners!
Beware of the proverbial apple and the snake... thou whilst be cast from paradise!