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Letters

My mother had always been fa- toxic aspects of our contemporary so- People without cell phones are be-
natical about doing her exercises. She ciety, which contribute to cancers and coming extinct. And so is the stillness,
performed them regularly as long as I other diseases. To reduce health risks, that rich and vibrant space for the quiet
can remember. She walked, too, but all Dr. Cowan suggests several lifestyle inside us, between us, and all around. To
of this exercise did not help her to keep changes including “throw away your an outsider looking in, it seems that cell
her muscle tissue intact since she was cell phone; live as far away from a cell phones and texting have become all-con-
not supporting herself with proper diet. tower as you can.” suming habits. The never-enoughness of
Fortunately for me, I took some I don’t have a cell phone. I don’t calls and messages; the thrill of the next
yoga classes in the 1980s and learned even know how to text. I get the feel- text quick-fix; the belief it’s our lifeline.
about eating butter. I learned about ing I’m almost the only one left with It’s got the flavor of addiction. And bur-
homeopathy. My homeopath eventually a landline telephone, not to mention ied inside any addiction is something
warned me about soy, and in searching dial-up internet. Despite the apparent essential, beautiful, and true seeking
the internet for information, I found the conveniences, a cell phone is something freedom to be expressed.
Weston A. Price Foundation in 2002. I I’ve chosen not to have—because of the Our ceaseless high-speed com-
also discovered that real food was not health risks, the damaging effects of cell munications show how much we yearn
enough to get to the bottom of my health towers rising up in our neighborhoods to connect. We want to know we’re not
issues. I had to address the underlying and wild lands, and the harm done to alone, that they’re thinking about us and
emotional issues that were blocking people and the planet in the desper- we’re thinking about them, that we’re
my healing. I did this with the help of a ate race to mine crystals for computer loved, that we really belong. There’s
practitioner of Quantum Techniques, a technologies to keep up with consumer nothing inherently wrong with modern
powerful energy healing system. demands for something more and newer technology and what it can offer us. My
WAPF was the first leg and Quan- and faster. concern is about what’s been left behind
tum Techniques the second leg of my Yet I have to admit there’s one thing in the addictive, distracting, quick-fix,
personal program. Tom Cowan’s infor- I love about cell phones: I can drive disembodied rush.
mation about super slow contraction down the road alone in my car talking to It’s simply and naturally an unshak-
training is the third. I googled “super myself. Nobody thinks I’m crazy. They able fact of life: we are innately con-
slow contraction training” and found just assume I’m plugged into some kind nected, person to person, heart to heart,
a local training studio where I am now of mobile device. with all beings in the extraordinary
recovering my muscle mass. This seems Cell phones have become perma- web of life. We can feel our belonging
to be working well for me. I have a lot of nent fixtures attached to our bodies, any time, any place and connect with
energy, and I think I will recover more gripped in our hands, stuffed in our anyone anywhere with our thoughts,
of this as time goes on. pockets, always somewhere within loving regard, and healing intent. All
Thank you WAPF for your efforts reach. Friendships, love and commit- that’s available 24/7. No batteries or
to get accurate information out to the ment are now getting measured by how cell towers required. Giving and receiv-
public. quickly and frequently text messages ing along these invisible energy lines
Carrie Martin are sent. It’s rare to find a place where instinctively woven between us, we
Toledo, Ohio loud ringers aren’t ringing, where people can feel our belonging, nourish our re-
aren’t talking on the phone or inces- lationships, expand loving connections
CALL ME ON MY HEART CELL santly checking messages instead of beyond time and space and words. No
I appreciated Thomas Cowan’s ar- engaging eye to eye, face to face, with one is ever out of range.
ticle “A Holistic Approach to Cancer” those physically present. We’re visibly Most people are perplexed when
(Winter, 2009) and his discussion of chained to our wireless gadgets. they find out I don’t have a cell phone.
8 Wise Traditions SUMMER 2010