Q4-19880716-Larry_Rosenberg-UNK-questions_and_answers-1554 Leandra Tejedor (1)

Talk: 19880716-Larry_Rosenberg-UNK-questions_and_answers-1554 Leandra Tejedor Start_time: 00:54:15 Display_question: I wanted to share about how I practice with silence to develop calm. Keyword_search: calm, TV, radio, mind, silence, alone, discomfort, judgmental, meditation, old films, movies Question_content: Questioner: (inaudible) I just wanted to say interestedly, with calm, so many people, like when they first get up in morning, they put the TV on, the radio on it cuts into what they do. And I just find that it's very helpful, to do as many things as I can in silence, and to not reach for the TV, or the radio. to accompany me, because it turns your mind off. It's an easier state. And to look at ways, like when I drive, I don’t turn the radio on, I go in silence, so I am more alone. Larry: Well, I think that's good, as long as you don't become puritanical about it. Because I like to watch TV. Is it okay for it? Can I watch it? Yeah, because you can just watch TV. What? Questioner: They have radios in the bathroom. TV’s in… Larry: I understand what you're saying. It's true. There are all these distract…in other words, it seems as if it's organized, so that we don't have to be with ourselves, ever, ever experience any inner discomfort. And that sounds wonderful, what you're doing for yourself. Do you get judgmental about others? Questioner: No, unfortunately, by the time I get up, my husband's gone, and I can… Larry: Yeah, I'm a little sensitive to that issue, because I like particularly old films, and people who think that well, they know I have a strong interest in meditation. and they're sometimes shocked, or disappointed, bitterly disappointed, that I like to go to the movies. So I just wanted to… it was for me. End_time: 00:56:05