"Our much-complained way of life has not unnoticed developed the need for anxiety and overstimulation in more than one person. You yourself recall the way of life you complain about. Life feels empty when it is not overcrowded with things to do. You don't know what to do with yourself if you happen to have an empty hour. He is startled by silence, even by being alone for a short time. It became his need to "always have something going on", to always be stimulated. If you can't do anything else, you quickly turn on the radio or television. Why are we afraid of silence, of staying with ourselves? Why do pocket radios blare between the mountains and on the water's edge? Why do we let the sounds of water, trees, and wind disappear from our lives?
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Our much-complained way of life has not unnoticed developed the need for anxiety and overstimulation in more than one person. You yourself recall the way of life you complain about. Life feels empty when it is not overcrowded with things to do. You don't know what to do with yourself if you happen to have an empty hour. He is startled by silence, even by being alone for a short time. It became his need to "always have something going on", to always be stimulated. If you can't do anything else, you quickly turn on the radio or television. Why are we afraid of silence, of staying with ourselves? Why do pocket radios blare between the mountains and on the water's edge? Why do we let the sounds of water, trees, and wind disappear from our lives?
""Sokat panaszolt életformánk nem egy emberben észrevétlenül kifejlesztette a zaklatottság, a túlingereltség igényét. Önmaga idézi fel azt az életformát, ami miatt panaszkodik. Üresnek érzi életét, ha nincs túlzsúfolva elintézendőkkel. Nem tud mit kezdeni magával, ha véletlenül akad egy üres órája. Megriad a csendtől, a rövid ideig tartó egyedülléttől is. Szükségletévé vált, hogy "mindig történjen valami", mindig érje valamilyen inger. Ha egyebet nem tehet, gyorsan bekapcsolja a rádiót vagy a televíziót. Miért félünk a csendtől, az önmagunkkal való maradástól? Miért bömbölnek a hegyek között, a vízparton a táskarádiók? Miért hagyjuk elveszni életünkből a vizek, a fák, a szél hangjait?"