tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post7392779777521356433..comments2023-08-17T06:06:23.531-04:00Comments on Ibo et Non Redibo: Eric McLuhan on The New Culture - Part IIJohn Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-24930670549772994362013-05-01T22:17:49.153-04:002013-05-01T22:17:49.153-04:00My sister's blog was a bit random, but it came...My sister's blog was a bit random, but it came to mind when thinking about lifestyles that have chosen to embrace the "real" in a intentional and comprehensive way. I'm sure I'm biased, but I admire their philosophy, which has deliberately kept technology in a subservient position, measures its relation to their priorities, which are centred on what Albert Borgmann calls 'focal things and practices': sacraments, family meals, outdoors, tactile learning, literature, music, and good incarnational fun.<br /><br />While she and her husband would probably lament the lack of "silence" in their lives with four busy boys, I would argue that silence is not just the absence of noise, but a state of being where recollection and contemplation is possible. If sacraments, reading and music are part of that life, then I think that balance is present. -JohnJohn Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-28158918572548971532013-05-01T08:35:48.151-04:002013-05-01T08:35:48.151-04:00John - every paragraph has something great to chew...John - every paragraph has something great to chew on. (And I'm glad you used Mary and family as examples of people living deliberately, and in the real!) I also love Pope Benedict's comment about an ecosystem where we have equilibrium between silence, words, images and sounds. That gives us a very tangible direction in which to walk through our day and ponder how that equilibrium is going. Good way to check oneself. Your last sentence is a joyful challenge, I think. Because in the end the contentment and the better ability to love, through silence, is where our peace is found.regina cateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815066025083662804noreply@blogger.com