I now follow these steps at least once every day in the middle of the day:
- Turn off my cell phone
- Close all browsers on my computer
- Turn off my computer
- Unplug all routers, cable boxes, fire sticks, slings, TV's and anything cell service or
WiFi related.
The first time I did this was a few days ago. As soon as I shut off my phone, I felt a wave of relief. When I closed all my browsers, I felt another. Turning off the computer in the middle of the afternoon felt so good it was almost sacrilegious, but it wasn't until I pulled the plug on my modems and router so that wifi and cell service were no longer being sucked into my house that I understood: without all these electronic accouterments, I stood all alone.
It felt weird.
It seemed a simple enough challenge at first - to see how long I could stand to exist without being bombarded by EMF rays. I found it lasted about five minutes before I had to fight the urge to turn it all back on. That first time I persisted, but not for much longer. I had to activate my AA acquired skills, and just put my fix off for just a little while longer.
Each day I have increased my time unplugged. Today I made it for three hours! I spent the time doing all the things that do not require being bombarded by EMF rays: housework (without listening to music which I can only access on spotify now), writing (I wrote by hand! Imagine that!), and cooking. I could practice music, I could do yoga, I could write a letter, I could go for a walk, I could sit quietly with myself under a tree, O could play with my dog, I could remove my shoes and feel the shape of the earth under my feet, I could raise my eyes and my arms to the sky and feel joy.
When I came back in today I wrote this poem:
The hazards of walking outside barefoot
include a leaf stuck to the foot -
no mat will remove it -
and you have to
stoop and bend
to remove the offending object
from the bottom of your foot
Try unplugging for twenty minutes a day. If you don't have twenty minutes, unplug for an hour.
The image is mine of a painting by Chris Randolph
