The Clutter of the Mind

Almost anytime I listen to Tolle it is a gratitude for me, so this video in general is one. Specifically he spoke about a virus of sorts in thinking in the beginning of the video and some people losing the ability to engage in rational thought. 

 Also minutes 32:40-36 - where he speaks about kids growing up with the virtual world being more important to them than the physical world. So well said and my thoughts exactly. 

And then Rubin's response right after at 36:40. AMEN! "It's not just that we are being inundated with other people's thoughts, but that we are never giving ourselves the space, the moments where in the old days if you said, you were going to meet your friend at the restaurant, well if you went to the restaurant first and they weren't there, you might have to sit for a few moments. You might have to perhaps talk to somebody else, but you might have to just stand and look around and think and see people, where now we don't do that at all." Dave Rubin

Also I got a comic book of sorts from the library called Sex is a Funny Word, I knew I woudln't have time to read the whole thing to my niece and nephew, so I chose the chapter on touching. The book addresses it really well - lighthearted all kinds of touching. My niece and nephew thought the part with the smooching aunts that come to the child's birthday party was hilarious and asked me to read it a couple times.

In the part about unwanted touching my nephew told me there is a girl behind him in line that often pinches him but he's too shy to tell the teacher. One of the last words I would use to describe my nephew is shy so this really surprised me.

Then the book gets to "secret touching" and that if anyone ever tells you to keep touching a secret that is wrong and it is NOT your fault and to tell someone you trust. So we talked about people they could tell and this part seemed to go over the head of my nephew, but my niece seemed to soak it in.