How did our society become so thoroughly hypnotized by the media that we have seemingly lost all awareness of what "Reality" truly is. A fabricated world which is produced and magically edited to bring enough drama, sex, and intrigue to pack 30-60 minutes of our time has
changed the face of our culture.
Millions of people are anxiously awaiting to see whether Snookie hooked up or Kim Kardashian married or divorced. Underlying all of it is an ever increasing obsession with social networking. We must go to all the typical outlets to voice our thoughts and announce our whereabouts to people we don't even know.
Is any of this real? It's as if TV has flourished into a new world where everyone is the star, in their own mind at least. Social networking has created online celebrities who have a fan base. Youtube has further created a world where people garner their piece of "fame." But what is the price of all of it? Will all of these posts and antics disappear into oblivion or will they ever come back at some point in the future when the kids and grandkids of these people see the video of mom or grandma shaking her booty in the camera to music for some strangers on youtube.
What is the goal? To gain followers, to receive some sort of missing validation? One thing seems certain and that is that everyone is so busy with this new reality that it makes me wonder, who is actually living in the "real world." To be in tune with life as it's meant to be, it requires disconnecting and replenishing our mind and energy. It requires the time to sleep, recharge, meditate, be in nature, and experience actual human contact.
At the rate we're going with virtual communication it makes me wonder if in five years people will even be able to hold conversations. I'd celebrate a movement where we all take a break from watching what all the "reality stars" are getting paid to do and we actual start living our own lives, without posting what we're doing as we're doing it.
Living in the moment is where the magic of life occurs. It's impossible to fully be present in the now if you're typing what you're doing as you're watching for updates on
what everyone else is doing.
Well written
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