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RE: Are You An Internet Addict? (Poetry Reading)
All good points & questions... Yet, there is a subtle, insidious boredom that accompanies this Pandora’s box.
Especially, in regards to the social media aspect of it. While it might make us feel less alone, if communication is inauthentic, we find we are left feeling more lonely.
Likewise, as human animals, we belong to the natural world and must connect/commune with it. There is no online substitute for divorcing ourselves from Nature.
And, don’t get me started about the ills of online sex, where the giving… famishes the taker (Harold Bloom).
If we keep clearsighted about the false promises of the virtual life, we are less susceptible to its many seductions...
It is far easier to encounter that inauthentic communication online, and it's something that leaves you vaguely unfulfilled. A gradual hollow feeling building deep inside, a pit built up with doubts and insecurities and left to fester.
Our connection to the natural world is a vital aspect to us, one that many sadly disregard. "shinrin-yoku" or "Forest Bathing" as the Japanese call it is a great practice. Not necessarily setting out to accomplish or hike anywhere, but to just soak in the natural environment.
I often find a meandering exploration of a forest (barefoot if possible) does wonders to soothe an overworked and overstressed mind.