Rising Tide of Serial Social
Networking: #Facebook #Twitter #Linkedin
In February of 2006 only 2% of Americans were using Facebook.
In December of 2010 almost 98% of Americans were using Facebook. Someone made a
great investment in Mark Zuckerberg. Or did the gods make an investment in
social networking—the intra-connection to the world?
When I first began using Facebook, my wish was that everyone
I knew could be users. I loved the idea of being minutes away from everyone
else’s business. I could see photographs, hear comments, and find out the
latest news in all my friends lives without having to call, snoop, or inquire.
If I decided to comment on their news, I could simply add a
few words and I felt as if I had connected to a part of the world that I normally
would have had to try harder to get to. In other words, my lazy ass got all
excited the fact that it could sit down behind my computer and connect with
people I normally wouldn’t have time to call, write, or see. That is the divine
luxury of serial social networking.
The problem, however, is getting out from behind the
computer and actually connecting with the people I normally would have gotten
together with, but now feel as if I have more than enough information about them
to fill up an hour’s lunch conversation. Yikes, I have bit into the cyber bug,
and can’t seem to find a healthy balance—yet.
I know for certain that I am trying with all my might to get
to the gym a couple times a week and even get out with friends once a week. I
get to church once a week. Have I fulfilled the social protocol with that many jaunts
from my home? Or should I make more of an effort to connect with people face to
face? I guess, that is the simple question. Are we becoming a nation of
simple-minded folks with lots of opinions who just #block people who don’t
resonate without our likes and dislikes? I know I have taken to shutting down a
few opinionated people who disrupt my cool atmosphere of fun-loving peeps.
This, too, creates imbalance. The real world has all kinds
of people in it with all different types of ideas about everything. If we BLOCK
the friends with varying opinions then we don’t get a picture of the real world
as we sit behind our Cyber City we created with all the loving people we care
to spend time with and hear about their lives.
Maybe this is the key: the Internet world gets to be our
fantasy town of people we actually want to involve in our lives. The rest can
wait while we spend time with the people we truly care about and enjoy their
varying, but not opposing, opinions. I think I can live with that scenario.
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Below is information that I will be sharing for about a
month, as not every person on my list reads the blog every day. If you have
already read it, just skip over it. Thanks for understanding.
A
Year to CLEAR Challenge:
(Please Know: You Can Join Us At Any Point in the Year
Challenge.)
The masses search outward for things that qualify them as a
person, but I always go inward for that which quantifies me for greatness. At
twenty-five I preached on street corners in NYC as an in-the-closet Pentecostal
minister. One day I heard a still small voice say, ‘God cannot be contained in a
book or a law or even in a religion. Dig deeper, reach further to find me, and
you will find your authentic Self.’”
A Year to CLEAR Challenge!
The acronym CLEAR
stands for (Compassionate, Loving,
Enthusiastic, And Relationship-Ready). The goal of this project is to
engulf readers in a weekly study that will transform them by removing blocks,
promote self-growth, and give them wings to fly freely into daily life. Each
week, by going to BoSebastian.com and choosing the Year to CLEAR Challenge tab,
a new challenge or thought to provoke conversation, growth, and group
functionality.
My vision is to make Finding Authentic You the book to
have in your Kindle or on your computer. The book is a comprehensive look at
growth—spiritually, mentally, and physically.
As a yoga teacher and student of the Ayurvedic tradition, I bring
to the table understanding of physical challenges, the ability to overcome
mental problems with Life & Health Coaching, as well as hypnotherapy, and
expertise in meditation and spirituality as a minister.
The combination of all three in one book with an interactive
connection to like-minded readers, for one year, is what makes this Year to
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The One-Year Approach to Change
No one believes he or she can change overnight. But success in
change comes from the metaphors of nature. Seasonally, life changes all around
us in nature. Finding Authentic You offers a gradual change perspective,
looking at the triune aspects of change as in yoga: Body, Mind and Spirit.
Accessing the
ability to change and finding
yourself actually pursuing change must be a daily search, which I call
getting to the “observer mind.”
In this frontal cortex of the brain we find the anatomy of
change and the power to counter every negative trigger of the human process.
The workings of Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) and EMDR (Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) are all positive actions to help the
mind and body flow to a positive space for change.
Every aspect of FINDING AUTHENTIC YOU fulfills this
constant need for diffusing the negative past and dreaming of a fulfilling
future.
Step 1: Recognize That Change is Inevitable
Step 2: Release from Resistance
to Change
Step 3: Understanding Change and Allow Spirit to Define It
Step 4: A History Lesson—About You
Step 5: Look at Your Past with Compassion
Step 6: Making a Strong Commitment to Change
Step 7: Dream Your Fabulous Future
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