A Meditation for Clarifying Your Motivations for Utilizing Tech
Your motivations for utilizing tech can even level the best way towards growing a more healthy relationship with it. In in the present day’s follow, Jay Vidyarthi guides us to determine our motivations and methods to determine extra steadiness and intention in our tech use — with out the guilt.
Current research have confirmed that the fixed presence and use of tech in our lives has grow to be a hazard to our well-being on a number of ranges. But it’s not going wherever—so how can we mindfully maintain that rigidity and search steadiness in our relationship to know-how?
Meditation trainer, conscious tech designer, and self-identified tech lover Jay Vidyarthi observes, “It’s okay to get pleasure from know-how. Tech turns into an issue once we get so connected to it that our lives fall out of steadiness—and this occurs as a result of a sure gadget or app or recreation and even your work electronic mail would possibly fulfill a selected, missing, wholesome emotional want.”
In in the present day’s follow, Jay leads us via a contemplative follow that may assist us dig down and perceive our motivations for utilizing tech, whereas additionally serving to us determine methods to be extra intentional concerning the why, how, and when of our digital consumption.
A Meditation for Clarifying Your Motivations for Utilizing Tech
Learn and follow the guided meditation script under, pausing after every paragraph. Or take heed to the audio follow.
- That is going to be a contemplation. So select whether or not you wish to meditate along with your eyes closed in a sure posture or place, or whether or not you’d quite journal, by which case you possibly can seize a pen or a paper and even sort in your pc.
- Hit pause on the audio when you want a bit bit extra space to get settled. There’s by no means a must rush into this type of factor, so attempt to discover a place that’s quiet, possibly even inspiring, to your contemplation or journaling.
- While you’re prepared, begin by pondering or writing about why you personally may be excited by a greater relationship with know-how. What’s motivating you right here? Is it a common feeling? Are there particular patterns you’re making an attempt to vary? Are there particular issues which have occurred that felt off to you that possibly impressed this concept that you simply wanted to work in your relationship with know-how? Are there possibly tales you’ve heard within the media or the press about know-how and what it may be doing to us? Are there optimistic experiences that you’ve got with know-how the place you discover pleasure or that means or goal that possibly you wish to get extra of, or possibly you wish to get again to? Possibly these are recollections from an earlier incarnation of know-how that feels misplaced.
Are there optimistic experiences that you’ve got with know-how the place you discover pleasure or that means or goal that possibly you wish to get extra of, or possibly you wish to get again to?
- Think about or write down how a extra conscious relationship with know-how would possibly positively influence you and the individuals round you, whether or not these are members of the family or buddies or roommates or coworkers, and even simply the barista on the espresso store or the clerk on the grocery retailer.
- When you’re having a tough time attending to deeper solutions, strive asking why time and again like younger youngsters do. It’s a really highly effective phrase. You would possibly begin with, Why am I excited by a greater relationship with know-how? Your thoughts would possibly reply that with one thing like, I wish to be much less pressured. From there you would possibly ask, Why do I wish to be much less pressured? Possibly your reply is since you wish to be extra current for the individuals you care about. You would possibly ask why once more, Why do I wish to be extra current for the individuals I care about? Preserve going with this, and also you’ll ultimately end up at some deeper private truths.
- Now, as you do that, discover if any judgment or disgrace is arising. When you’re journaling, you possibly can look again over the web page, however in case you are considering, you possibly can simply replicate. If judgment is arising, simply let that come and go. So for instance, you would possibly ask why and listen to your inside voice get self-critical. Like, Why do I desire a wholesome relationship with know-how? Oh, properly, as a result of I can’t management myself and I’m addicted and destroying my life with this know-how. Our inside voice can go in all places, as you properly know. If that occurs, there’s no want to withstand it, however don’t give it extra vitality, both. Attempt to keep curious and concentrate on these motivations, these intentions, these solutions that really feel like they’re encouraging optimistic development.
- As we strategy the tip of our session right here, see when you can distill what’s come up on this follow right into a easy phrase or phrase. When you’re journaling, you possibly can draw a giant line on the web page. In case you are considering, you possibly can clear your palate. Attempt to discover one thing that captures the essence of what’s motivating you, what your intention is to type a extra conscious, more healthy, higher relationship with the know-how in your life. Attempt to be very particular and concise.
- After you have one thing, commit that to reminiscence or write it down. Then, let go of all the trouble that we’ve put into this follow and let’s take a number of moments to simply be as we’re. There’s nothing extra to do, but we’re not but shifting into the subsequent factor. We’re having fun with this transition, this second of vacancy and non-doing.
- While you’re prepared, you possibly can progressively open your eyes in the event that they have been closed. Have a bit stretch or a sip of water, no matter you want. And when you haven’t but, you possibly can write down the phrase or phrase you got here up with, put that in a visual place, and let that be a reminder of your intention, your motivation, your dedication to an improved relationship with know-how.
It’s necessary to do not forget that this doesn’t essentially imply solely setting boundaries round problematic use patterns. It additionally means setting your self as much as totally benefit from the components of know-how you get pleasure from and to seek out genuine connection on-line and to permit any that means or goal that you simply get from know-how to totally flourish into your life. I hope this was useful. See you subsequent time.
