Pranamedia Goes "Down Under"

This last month, we visited the Northern Territory of Australia to experience today's Aboriginal Yolgnu. We met some wonderfully incredible people and a magical country to say the least. When you're in this part of the country, you really do become more aware of the world around you. With dangers everywhere (saltwater crocodiles, sharks, stingrays, the most poisonous snakes and spiders in the world, water buffalos) you learn to look carefully at EVERYTHING. It's only then do you really see the beauty in the most minute details this world provides for us. In our "evolved" human life of today's world we're too safe. We miss so much.

When you are living on the land in a place such as this, watching everything, you start to see our position on this earth, between the wind and sand, the patterns and rhythms are living and breathing all around us. Simplicity often brings enlightenment, and in this case you see that we succeed by living in conjunction with the world, not in conquering it.

We also experienced how technology and global growth are affecting these people. The Yolgnu struggle with the influx of outside influence such as the mining on their sacred land, cell phones, video games, money, alcohol, drugs, sugar, flour, TV, etc. How do we balance simplicity with technology and the rapidly changing world we live in?

Perhaps less really is more. we're not saying 'no' to technology. Resistance is futile as they say. We have to evolve with the world around us, and technology is here to stay. Perhaps it's just a matter of knowing when to say when. Knowing how and when to use it. Knowing how to see the value in the simplest of details that live and work around us everyday. Something to think about...

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