A short talk by Eckhart Tolle addressing modern discomfort with being alone and the tendency to immediately fill solitary moments with distractions—especially personal devices—rather than simply being present. The speaker contrasts past habits (newspapers, radio, TV) with today's ubiquitous devices.
When you find yourself alone, the temptation immediately rises to fill that moment up with something. Whether you are alone in your room or whether you are alone sitting somewhere. Airport doctor's office. And immediately the temptation to fill this moment up with something. Some people cannot tolerate being alone in a room and not be doing anything. In the past, you could pick up a newspaper, or you could turn on the radio or the television. And some people do that immediately the moment they get home. But nowadays they are not confined to the radio or the television. The most obvious thing that you interact with is your devices.
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