How to stop channel surfing

Q: When does it stop?

A: Whenever I want it to.

All I have to do is turn off the television to be closer to my Self. To connect with my deeper self. To dive beneath the surface of the pond to where our true nature lies. To be with me.

I need only to…stop.

I used to think I needed to meditate, or to pray or focus on my belly button. But now I know, all I have to do is stop, turn off the incessant noise of the TV and there I am. And then I’m with me. I'm still on the couch, still with the clicker in my hand but now I know that's where I am.

I don't need to call myself a meditator, or a Buddhist or Hindu or Catholic or even a seeker. I don't even need to call myself a stopper. I am simply someone who stops and listens for Me. And there I am. Here I am.

Posted by Tony at 10:52 AM on March 19th 2004 at Beneath Buddha's Eyes

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This post is just so cool I had to share it here. I would have linked to the archive but the page doesn't render well at all so I copied it here.

How many times have I done the same thing but to the radio in my car? I love how Tony makes the point about not having to put a label on what it is you are doing when you turn it off to listen to the inner world. There are so many times I get up on myself thinking I'm turning off the radio in my car as a "good little Zen meditator." Poo! I don't have to label at all, I'm just turning off the radio to be with myself. Plain and simple. Thanks Tony for the straightforward, no B.S. insight on stopping the mind-numbing surfing we all catch ourselves doing in one form or another!!