12-09-2009, 03:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2009, 03:18 AM by Questioner.)
Hi Aaron, thank you for joining us here. I look forward to our learning from each other. Thank you for sharing your heart of service.
At 40, I have an interpretation and I wonder what you think about it. I think that growing up in the Internet age gives both an advantage and a challenge that is quite different to what previous generations experienced.
I think that for today's youth - whatever reasonable cutoff age you use for "youth" - it's easy to appreciate that there are many diverse points of view, many perspectives and interpretations, countless voices. And of course we should explore and learn together, assembling our own tradition as we go. These types of thoughts all come naturally to someone who's been online for life. These ideas can be such a struggle for older people, especially if they haven't used computers or the Internet much outside of their job duties.
Yet there can be too much stimulus, always something new and exciting just one click away. Because of this, it might be far harder to learn how to have a still, quiet mind, to meditate and find peace within, to not get caught up in the dramas of the day. Younger people today might more easily be tempted to have an overly cluttered mind, like a computer running too many programs at once until the whole system grinds under the load.
Do you think this generalization is worthwhile? Or does it really depend more on the individual 20-year old and his particular circumstance and personality?
At 40, I have an interpretation and I wonder what you think about it. I think that growing up in the Internet age gives both an advantage and a challenge that is quite different to what previous generations experienced.
I think that for today's youth - whatever reasonable cutoff age you use for "youth" - it's easy to appreciate that there are many diverse points of view, many perspectives and interpretations, countless voices. And of course we should explore and learn together, assembling our own tradition as we go. These types of thoughts all come naturally to someone who's been online for life. These ideas can be such a struggle for older people, especially if they haven't used computers or the Internet much outside of their job duties.
Yet there can be too much stimulus, always something new and exciting just one click away. Because of this, it might be far harder to learn how to have a still, quiet mind, to meditate and find peace within, to not get caught up in the dramas of the day. Younger people today might more easily be tempted to have an overly cluttered mind, like a computer running too many programs at once until the whole system grinds under the load.
Do you think this generalization is worthwhile? Or does it really depend more on the individual 20-year old and his particular circumstance and personality?
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