Imagine living in a world where all you knew was what you could glean from the world immediately around you—no phone, no internet, no TV. But you would know your neighbors and your environment with a depth beyond what we moderns have ever experienced.
What stands in the way of your deep knowing?
Strange to say, but I use some of them almost every day! Automobiles to take us places, refrigerators to keep our food available whenever we want it; washing and drying machines so we don’t have to go down to a creek or river to beat the clothes clean; herding the sheep for days on end high in the mountains…most of those “old fashioned ways” gave people opportunities to be together and share their lives. This is the way to really know others; just saying “hi”: or waving to a friend in the neighborhood doesn’t go very far in establishing warm relationships..