Are you in fixed contact however are by no means actually linked? Do you electronic mail, textual content message and play countless telephone tag with no outcomes or no satisfaction – simply extra messages? Are you extra intimately concerned with American Idol, the cable man and your iPod and iTunes than you’re with your loved ones and mates?
The high-tech world of isolationism and indifference continues to develop by leaps and bounds. Now do not get me flawed – an incredible service is being supplied by all of this excellent know-how. It definitely works nice for these of us that prefer to order merchandise, do analysis on-line and supply or obtain info rapidly. Know-how provides us the power to instant-message, ship emails world wide in a heartbeat, watch the house shuttle land in actual time wherever on planet earth and obtain the most recent music to your listening pleasure – however at what worth?
Do Relationships Endure
Is it attainable that is only a generational factor – or is one thing going dramatically astray in each the non-public and business communications and relationships area? Are we, and have we been creating a minimum of two generations of loners – adults, households, staff and youngsters – who’re so technologically oriented that they not know methods to work together with relations, academics, friends and managers in a private face-to-face method?
Are relationships between youngsters and oldsters struggling on this impersonal, pre-recorded faceless world as a result of there not is any actual reference to one another – no time to speak, no hugs, and no direct interplay? Are shopper/business relationships struggling as a result of there isn’t a eye contact, no phone dialog the place you’ll be able to hear the receptiveness of the voice on the opposite finish, and no visible physique language to watch? Are you, your youngsters, your staff so electronically linked and/or remoted that you’re haven’t any significant connections? The outcome:
o emotional isolation
o lack of shoppers and business
o lack of interpersonal communication abilities
o lack of connection between dad and mom and youngsters
o a collapse within the skill to speak with civility
o an unbalanced life.
Some Feng Shui Options
All know-how may be very laborious impersonal power. The extra time spent with digital tools, toys and instruments, the upper the yang power and the additional one spirals into the world of isolation and indifference – and complete unbalance. A number of strategies based mostly on Feng Shui rules observe to assist construct a bridge of stability from high-tech to emotional connection.
1. Offset the high-tech time by setting apart a minimum of two hours per day the place you aren’t wired or linked electronically. Reserve that point to attach by way of one-on-one conversations with household, youngsters, mates, shoppers or co-workers.
2. As a result of speaking electronically is so very impersonal, shock a beloved one or shopper with an precise telephone name as a substitute of “texting” or emailing. Should you obtain a telephone message from somebody – return it. You mechanically obtain some satisfaction or emotional connection by way of listening to the message however the individual that referred to as remains to be electronically impoverished, ready to your return name 폰테크.
3. Cease, look and see. Have a look at what’s going on round you, in your environment, with your mates, along with your youngsters – see what is occurring in your atmosphere. Truly observing firsthand creates an emotional connection. This gives a lot wanted grounding power – the yin kind tactile power wanted to stability the excessive yang power.
4. If you recognize you should have a very high-tech day, put on clothes that may present you stability. The clothes finest suited to do that is unfastened becoming however not baggie and in various shades of earth tone colours – not too vibrant. They may present you a lot wanted peaceable grounding power.
5. In case your each day routine is crammed with computer systems, tv, iPods, cell telephones and a numerous variety of different digital gadgets, be certain that the colours on the partitions of your workplace or dwelling and your furnishings gives you balancing power. Furnishings must be upholstered in soft earth tone colours or must be pure wooden. The partitions may also be light earth tone colours or light inexperienced.
These identical strategies apply to youngsters in addition to adults. When a baby is uncovered 24/7 to high-tech video games, toys, tv and prompt communication instruments, they change into hard-wired excessive power and really disconnected from their environment, dad and mom and any image of authority. Whereas all of this know-how gives an incredible babysitter – it additionally limits the kid’s skill to speak and join with others.
Sure, our great advances in know-how have supplied us a lot within the type of prompt communication and being in contact. Nevertheless, nice care a lot be taken as we’re studying to make use of it to compensate for its laborious edged impersonal power.
The place to start is by being conscious of its downsides – after which creating stability by way of utilizing just a few primary Feng Shui rules.
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