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This evening concludes a one-week internet fast. Last weekend, I went deep into meditation, traveled into the Otherworld, and met with the wise old crone who is one of my spiritual guides. I said, "Help me, please, I feel tired and stuck, and my spiritual practice is beginning to feel hollow. What should I do? Help me, O wise one."

She said, "Stay off the Internet for a week. You spend too much time on that damn machine."

I said, "But... but... I use it for work. And what about my email?"

"You can do what you have to for your work and you can check your email, but only once a day."

"But... but... but..."

"Do what you want, but don't come asking for any more advice until you've done this. One week."

So, I did it. I also have no TV, so what this meant was that for an entire week, I had no access to any form of electronic pap. None at all. I got lots of reading done, worked on my crochet project, and did more meditating than usual, and here, a week later, I feel much more focused and like I have better direction. Ta-da!

I also found what I really missed was not the games or the casual surfing that I can waste so much time on, but the stuff like this blog here. I wanted to read what other people were saying and say my own stuff, and the time spent not doing that was missed. The other stuff? Meh.