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In Peace
Navigating a Digital World with Mindful Disconnection
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Have you ever wondered if true freedom lies not in endless connectivity but in the power of disconnection? Join us as we explore the liberating act of stepping away from our screens and the digital noise that surrounds us. In a world where global crises demand our attention, it might feel like a betrayal to unplug. Yet, it's precisely these moments that call for introspection and self-awareness. By mindfully disconnecting, we create the necessary space to process overwhelming emotions and cultivate inner peace. This episode challenges us to reassess our relationship with technology, using it as a tool for awareness without letting it dictate our lives.
We discuss how intentional disconnection is a form of true freedom, allowing us to advocate for dignity and equality both within and without. Tune in to discover how shedding the burdens of guilt and distraction can transform our lives.
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Hello, salaam, everybody, welcome to In Peace with me, delene Abou-Choban, where we come together to listen, reflect, heal and to grow. A topic that I recently put into practice and it's something that I do regularly to recharge, and it's an important thing to become more mindful and and reflect on things and recharge and reconnect. Reconnect with who you are, what you want to do next, who you want to be, what you want to give more of, what steps you need to take forward, what people you want to be in your life and the other way around. All these things, reconnecting with yourself, reconnecting with your soul. And this real reconnecting, this real connection, does not happen properly and deeply if you do not do this connection, if you do not do the disconnection which is the topic I want to focus on today is to disconnect. Disconnect from what you're usually very attached to, very connected to, very connected to and the main thing I mean is your screen time, whether it's your laptop, your phone, all these overwhelming social media platform platforms that you might be on. Disconnect of all these things, sign out of everything and just be and reflect on things. And this time is very, very, very, very important to, to give yourself space, to give yourself time to reflect and to reconnect with yourself.
Speaker 1:Um, in this time and age, the majority of human beings are very, very attached to their phones. Especially, you know, commitments like work and other things puts pressure on spending too much time on the screens, on the phones, on the laptop, needing to respond on time or otherwise. Things are going to go mad. And all these things, and sometimes also, especially during this time of genocide and all what's going on in Gaza, in Lebanon and other parts of the world, the feelings of, of guilt, the feelings of okay, this is a duty, a that, oh, I must be, I must be on social media, I must follow every single moment to moment, news, what's going on in the ground, and all these things. Okay, which is fair enough. This is how you feel, you know, as a way of honoring these human beings, but also we are, as they are being tested, being in that space, on the ground of these horrendous situations.
Speaker 1:We also are being with, being tested by being the witnesses of that and reflecting on things. This is also a test for us, and we have the privilege of switching off, yes, but again, that is a test for us. It is a test for us to reflect. We are not there for a reason because we can do something to to support, to help, but we are not going to do anything. We are not going to be able to do anything if we disconnect from ourselves, if we disconnect from our souls, if we disconnect from the things that we were made for, of reflecting on things. We will not be able to help Gaza, we will not be able to help Lebanon, we will not be able to help ourselves. We will not. We will become a burden on um, really on ourselves and on humanity, and we won't be able to give service to anybody if we disconnect from ourselves.
Speaker 1:And this is why it's really important to reflect on that and face the emotions that you might have of guilt. No, I'd feel guilty if I don't see what's going on. Let these emotions process, let them out, process them, but also know holding into guilt, which is a strong emotion, and really have the worst physical and physical and soul impact on you, a it's not gonna help anybody and even if you take action, you'll take it from the wrong place. So, no, go back to yourself and let these emotions out, let them pass, observe them, but let them free and free yourself from the guilt because, as I said, it does not help. Because it does not help you, it really impacts your inner peace and when your inner peace is not happening or is not in a good state, then this also again impacts the peace of the world, which we want to impact in a positive way rather than the other way around. So that is really shows the significance of of giving yourself some time to disconnect and free yourself from the guilt, and and also a big thing about how we are so passionate about the cause of, of of palestine, how the principled value of peace, of freedom, is really significant, is a very significant human, a right human need, human, big, huge value, freedom, a.
Speaker 1:But one of the things that I often answer people when they ask what they can do since the very beginning of what's been happening, what they can do to help is work on yourself, work on the things that you can purify within yourselves, purify within yourselves, work on the things that are you really reflecting, are you really practicing what you preach? Are you really practicing freedom yourself? Um, and why I'm saying that is, sadly, most of the time, the majority of human beings are becoming like slaves to screens, to technology, and we really need to reflect deeply on that, because you don't want to be a slave for technology. You want to use it, you want to be in control, rather than the other way around. So free yourself from the pressures, free yourself from the constant need of checking media, of laptops, of the screens, so you're actually putting freedom into into account and and into practice in your life.
Speaker 1:When you have some time to disconnect and to reflect on your relationship with this technology, with social media and I don't want you to get me wrong, of course I am so grateful for having technology. I am actually blessings for the cause of justice. We all can access what's going on there and share awareness and really people of Gaza are being heard. By having all these platforms and by having technology, by having the Internet, of course, it's a huge blessing and I am so grateful for it. So I'm not trying to put you off or say it's all bad, blah, blah. No, this is not my intention. My deep intention is help you all to reflect on your relationship with these platforms, with your phone, with your, your laptop, with all these technologies. Are you in control? If you are great, that is amazing. You're in the right path. But if you.
Speaker 1:If there is a stage when these technologies, these social media platforms, are in control of the time, we have the things we do constant notifications, constantly. You're not really living in the moment, you're not really being your true self because you're in constant distractions, and that is. This is when phones, internet, a screen time becomes really, when it becomes constant distractions of being in the moment, of being mindful of who you are, where you are, and we all fall into this, and that's why it's good to remind ourselves of having some time to disconnect, to reflect on all these things, to reflect on your relationship with the social media, with your phone, and put priorities, how you can reduce your time, how you can. You can simply log out of social media in particular times. You don't need all these notifications. That really adds to your state of stress and anxiety and become more and more mindless and live on autopilot rather than live fully in the moment.
Speaker 1:So this is what I'm challenging you to do to have some time to disconnect, and it doesn't need to be fully radical. You lock your phone, laptop away for weeks or something. It does not need to be that way. It could be just by looking out of your social media, being off the internet for a few hours. You can start if if you find that it too much, if it's like a day or two or three, and take it slowly into stages and while you notice the positive impact this had, it will become so much easier to completely switch off for a few days and you'll be able to connect truly with yourself, just where you are right now.
Speaker 1:Ask yourself who you want to be. What else can you do to better yourself? What else better yourself? What else? Who else you want to be in your life that can help you grow and reflect on your friends and people you have in your life, what you can invest in them or who really doesn't maybe deserve your energy. Reflect on other choices, like what you do to improve your health, what you do in your time. Really, you can ask yourself so many good questions and you'll be so surprised how much can come out of you and distractions, constant notifications, constant feelings, the need oh, I need to reply to that text message, I really need to reply to that notification. Oh, my god, that headline and all these things just getting you in a state of distress and anxiety and really missing out on so many things for yourself, for your soul to grow in life. And this what really we really need more people to work on their own growth to see the real impact on the outsider world, because it all creates stronger, stronger ripple impact. So if, if you do it this way intentionally okay, I'm taking this time for myself to reflect on things ask yourself the questions that you need to ask where you are right now, what you want to do more, what you can do more and just be, be in silence. Because most of the times why people use their phones constantly? Because they feel the need they they need to feel important or validated by the outsider world. They feel the need to run away from themselves. They feel intimidated if they're just being like a big burden between one and really growing and becoming their best selves. So, no, don't be scared of being with yourself, of being silent. And, of course, this can be the best.
Speaker 1:If you go in nature, whatever beautiful space you you can be in a forest, the mountains, the water will be the best experience. If you try to combine all the elements and connect with them deeply, you'll notice how you start noticing things, noticing the beauty around you more, and the more you do this, the more it becomes a habit, the new automated reality, that you notice these things even if you had your screen very close by or even if you were wherever you were not in nature. Just you start noticing beautiful details around you and you start becoming more and more and more and more mindful of who you are. The more you practice this connection, this disconnection and having that space connection and having that space, so you start noticing the beauty, the, the smells, the, these beautiful sounds of birds around you. You'll notice, you'll touch the trees, you'll notice all these nice details that because of the constant notifications, the constant distractions, you weren't paying attention to all this.
Speaker 1:Not only notice these outsider things. You'll notice so many other things within which really very empowering to connect with and reflecting on things, and sometimes maybe difficult emotions can come out or some tears, but this all is great because it helps you purify yourself, let out things that you were ignoring for so long, that you needed to let out. So it's very important, this amazing impact on your soul, on how things come within you. So you'll find balance, basically balance between your, your soul, your internal world and your outsider world. And you'll also notice that, whatever you see and that in the outside of you is is only a reflection of what you have within, and you'll start to notice things and know that you have, how significant you are, despite the fact that you maybe felt otherwise before or you weren't really paying attention of that because of the constant distractions of the overwhelming social media platforms and all that connection that really driven you away from the true connection with your soul, with reflecting on where you are in life, what you can do more, what you need to stop doing the mindless habits. Maybe you were doing that. You need to cut off your life and replace them with better habits. So, of course, it's not the easiest work, but it regularly, not just once a year or once in a couple of years.
Speaker 1:Give your time, give yourself a time to disconnect. So, yeah, here I am back, not sure if you heard my cat, but anyway, yeah. So, even disconnected from your cat, sometimes, and always when you have that time and space, make sure to always have pen and paper. These are like your true weapons because, honestly, so many beautiful ideas, ideas, reflections, things come out during this time. Um, even just giving yourself time to to write all the things that you um, you see, the things that you hear, the things that you smell. So a way of doing like a journal and just letting things out.
Speaker 1:And sometimes the things that you write don't need to make any sense, but just have that intentional writing time during this connection time is really, really helpful and you'll be surprised what are the things that come out in this intentional writing. And just read it with curiosity. Don't judge yourself, but try to be also intentional. What you can pick up out of these things that might help you maybe to decide, maybe what you want to do next or what, maybe things that you need to change. So do it with a curious attitude, without judging yourself. Oh was I talking about? Or blah blah? No, don't judge a. Do it with willingness to, to change and to take that feedback that your soul was like.
Speaker 1:Finally, I am being given this space, so I'm going to let these out as rewards to help you grow in whatever stage you are in life. So it's like your soul gives you these rewards, these messages, as a reward, as a gift for giving your soul a break from from the social media, from all these distractions. She and I'm saying she because to me I don't know I believe a soul is feminine, but you can use whatever you like. But, yeah, your soul finally feels free to let out things and and let you face things that you maybe were too scared to face. But it's not that scary to face them and it's good to face them to, to take the courage, to take the courage to to do the right things or the next steps, whatever steps a you're meant to take.
Speaker 1:And you'll never have or receive all these messages. If you never gave yourself some time to switch off, some time to relax, to disconnect, you'll never get these messages. And you don't want to become like a hamster running on a wheel. No, you need some break. You need to connect with your soul, to honor your soul, and you deserve to receive these messages. You deserve to grow and to improve yourself and to live this life fully. And I'm sure you'll also receive messages that will help you become more free. Use the principles that we fight for, for Palestine, for Gaza, for the dignified, equal, beautiful a. You receive things that will help you to be more truthful and putting all these things into practice as as you can, because we are humans humans and we don't always get it right, but when we listen to our heart to our soul by giving this space, it really helps um finding the answers, finding next steps, finding finding peace, ultimate peace.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, I really hope that what was in my heart came across and really touched your hearts a and help you to go for it. Take some time disconnect, do it your way. It doesn't need to be my way, it doesn't need to be a radical thing, even just by logging out of all these platforms. You don't need these notifications. You already are significant, you already are beautiful, you already are important. You don't need these notifications to prove that to you, because you already are.
Speaker 1:And the more actually you disconnect, the more you become more significant and more impactful on this planet on and more in service to others and more in peace and and and being a source of peace, a source of light on this earth, which we really need more in this life during this time. So, yeah, I pray for ease, for peace, for calm, for tranquility for every and each one of you. I really hope that you get a chance to experience the joy of true this connection and find the beautiful space that you need. And, yeah, until I connect with you again, I, yeah, I hope that you found this beneficial and put it into practice as you can, and free yourself from all the guilt, free yourself from any social media slavery, free yourself from all the burdens you're carrying by giving yourself um a safe, beautiful space of reflection, space of true connection with your soul. Peace be with you all and, inshallah, we'll connect with you soon and salamat.
