28. Why Speed Slows Us Down

We all watch movies. In fact, we love to watch movies. Some of us watch it for entertainment; some of us watch it to forget who we are and what our problems are. Many of are addicted to it.

At the end of the movie the experience doesn't remain with us. If we pay attention to the experience we will actually notice that we are dazed. We are in fact numb. There is a lot of information flooding our mind.

Understand the science behind watching movies. It is very similar to speed travel. When we travel on the road at 30 kilometers per hour, we can read all the signboards, we can see all trees and the scenery around us clearly.

If we travel 130 kilometers per hour, we won't be able to see anything clearly. That is because we are traveling way too fast for our senses to grasp. The movies we watch are actually filmed in frames. The frames can be manipulated to run fast. If a movie or any object is presented to us at less than 6 frames per second, we can clearly read and understand everything. If it is more than 6 our consciousness cannot relate to signals through our eyes.

When we watch TV and movies we are given information at 12 to 16 frames per second. So naturally our consciousness is just pushed aside with the gush of information to our system. Because we have no awareness we can totally merge and identify with the scene portrayed before us.

Consider this. When we watch movie or TV show, we know for sure that the actor is alive but if we see a scene in which the actor dies, we believe, at that point, that it was real. We are all educated, logical, intellectual people. We know people are simply playacting. We still laugh for the jokes and our moods change with each scene that is depicted.

Be Clear! When too much information is sent into our mind or if our senses are flooded with too much sensory information, our mind does not process all of it. It simply pushes aside the intellect and the discriminatory power. When too much is sent inside at a too fast a speed we don't think anymore.

This creates a deep restlessness in us. Eventually, we may be traveling at great pace or speed but we will reach no where. No destination!

Slow down! Relax into the moment and grasp eternity in all its potential. Understand this is the path to eternal bliss.