Free From Technology – Simplicity And A Few Trees
If you’re searching for simplicity
And freedom from technology
Here’s a plan that worked for me
First lose the remote, and no dvd
Boycott everything delivered digitally
Phones, tablets, and that smart TV
I used to gush if the WiFi was free
Until I learned it was consuming me
Exposed the myth of connectivity
Found it hurts our kids developmentally
Imprisoned by their lights and keys
YouTube videos; everyone look at me!
So-called online talents and wannabes
GIFs of dogs and cats and even fleas
Around the clock, content coming endlessly
And the kids say a phone is a necessity
Over food, sheltered, and water, it’s importantly
Too much faith for a device with batteries
Just escape; find a place without electricity
Go outside, walk around and feel the breeze
Smell the air, the flowers and even sneeze
The skies overhead and the majestic trees
Introductions lead to understanding of reality
Realizing that freedom is actually free
Where nothing is fake, no photoshop and no CG
They were blinded it seemed, and perpetually
Mother Nature cleared the way for them to see
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Definitely a profound truth. I believe that technology binds us to the physical on many levels and that can inhibit the spiritual path. There is obviously great advantages in science and medicine that saves lives and gives us a better life, but too much of anything isn’t good in a balanced existence. We cannot see the natural world through the eyes of technology as it parts us, keeps us separate. Communion is so important: to walk within it, to breath, to immerse oneself in nature is to balance the flows of energy both ways. Without it we becomes soulless, disconnected. Nicely rendered Ralph.