Conscious Living: Why I Ditched My TV for a More Mindful Life
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2015
- In this video, Charles shares his personal journey of conscious living and why he chose to live without a TV. Discover the profound impact this decision had on his life, from enhancing his mindfulness to focusing on personal growth and education. Charles discusses how this choice has allowed him to live more consciously, present in each moment, and how it has opened up opportunities for learning and self-improvement. Join him as he explores the benefits of conscious living and provides insights on how to lead a more fulfilling life without the distractions of television.
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Charles Botensten lives & works in Manhattan. He is the founder of residential real estate agency BPI (botensten.com). Passions include God, triathlons, family, and non-fiction.
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I swear once you tell someone you don’t own a tv, is the best Conversation killer
lol why is that
@@charlesbotenstenpeople are tv idiots and don’t have anything to say? Read books.
I have no TV neither...
I also no longer watch tv. I own 2 dead tv sets. It went digital in Dec 2013, I didn't get an update, so I haven't watched tv since. I listen to radio, take walks and read more.
Charles Botensten Well, I figure that I saw television for years anyway. I had my go.
Radio is bad too, better to at least listen to good podcasts instead.
I haven’t watched tv in a month or two now. I am busy with gym read studying meditation attending seminars I love my new life!
Precious Austin Game of Thrones is so good.
Hey, what's coming on TV tonight? I heard there's a good movie. What's for supper? Just call Dominoes. I got rid of the TV 22 years ago and bought a ping pong table and tennis rackets and badminton set and TV is just for the lazy. I know people who watch TV 70 hours a week. They work 40 and stare at the TV the rest.
Sad for them
I just love not having a tv
I don't watch movies or any kind of tv
Only CZcams for documentary or books books books
Just loving it
Almost 6 years
Virginia Fascetto I recommend Cobra Kai.It is so good.
Learn to sentence
Tv is the devils windows to the humans souls
TallStarlite see my comment above 👍
TallStarlite the internet is still there
TallStarlite wow 😮
Exactly
How so
Imagine how it is in UK where you have to buy a to license to watch TV. I haven't had aTV for two years.
Wuat???? Is that true
@@MYC_ODD_APP No.
@@folksurvival it is now lmao 🤣 uk is a mess since this comment
Thank you! This has made me rethink owning a tv and why I think it’s so important. It’s so mind numbing
It is - such a time suck!
I love this room! The brick & finished walls, that spiral staircase Ahhhhhh!😍🤗🙌 lol. Great message as well. ☺
u are so right! wished I have watched that video before ! thanks alot u helped so much
Great video!. I haven't watched TV ever since I was about 16 years old. There is nothing cool or interesting on TV anymore. It's very different from the 1990's when people actually enjoyed watching TV. Now in our society, most or many people have the internet to watch whatever they like. I usually like watching only interesting documentaries and some movies and I watch all of them on the internet on CZcams or Amazon prime. I can't imagine myself watching TV like how I used to when I was a kid.
My TV broke down and it has been great.
Throw it away!
I have a tv it has a antenna and DVD hooked up to it. It stays in the guest room.
My grandparents had a working farm. She used to say cars were the devils making. Tore families apart. I also believe that the idiot box. Boob tube, the media hypnotist. The sheeple follow the masses.
Once and a while I watch a movie or a show. Sometimes the news.
The most tv I get is from other people's houses I visit.
The energy and vibes that come from tv is not lifting me up.
haha - yes, those sheep keep watching and getting dumber
@@charlesbotensten More to Life Than TV or Entertainment
I haven't had cable for over 6 years though. I do have NetFlix but only for sometimes watching.
i have to catch every last part of the olympics? on youtube. lol
Books about these concepts?
Great video as always Charles. I have a TV but I only watch movies occasionally on it.
Lol :) "Ok, two words"
I don't have TV and Radio for 3 Years this month now.
I hate TV and Radio. People go terrified when they ask what do you watch from TV or listen from the Radio. I say I don't know what's going there no more because I do not have one... Had nothing like these things for years. Awesome!
Laptop is my TV and laptop is my Radio. I use CZcams, Play Music and Play Movies. I decide what to watch and listen. Now. Same people are asking me to visit them. I come in, 9 out of 10 they all are on different television sets.
One even made it better, he was watching TV while on Android phone or Chrome laptop. I mean are you watching your TV or surfing on the internet? So much information at once, you can't handle that! I just do one thing at a time.
Then they ask why you are not visiting us. Why. So you are again going to watch TV? Then these people ask but you are on your phone - sorry - but what I supposed to do when everyone is Offline from a meeting you've asked.
People are so tired nowadays after 9-5, they just come home and watch TV until the bed asks...
I too found to be out more when I have only basic apps on my phone, laptop and basic speed internet plan. I don't have TV or Radio wasting my time. When I deleted Facebook I got a lot more of extra time to be outside.
I also refuse to watch or follow sports, news and other mainstream things!
That's awesome - love it!!
Great message!
Thank you!
I work in Hollywood and I can't argue with what you're saying.
Sweet - love it!
What about pc?
You have a nice apartament 😎😅😊
You get it by not watching tv.
Great!
You're so right. I jhave a TV but only to watch CZcams vids. I don't watch any TV channels.
Soo true
Do you have your real estate broker license
Yes indeed!
I don't watch tv,but I watch shows on my computer.Ha!
lol same thing
When I’m home alone I never turn the tv or the lights on. Then I get called a vampire 🧛♀️.
I used to not have one. I don't really watch every day like a lot of people do.
Good to know
Get a ping pong table, dart board, badminton set and you need a hot tub and swimming pool and grill. People have huge homes and they think they must sit in the home. TV is made to brainwash you.
A guys thoughts on why we don't need TV presented as a video of him speaking to the camera without illustrating text, graphics or pictures. (Therefore less functional than a simple old-fashioned blog) ...Irony meter off-scale !
+Charles Botensten So if the message is more important than the presentation why make a video at all ?. A blog would do the job far better. Searchable, quotable text is far more accessible than bandwidth hungry video ! Using video (when there's no compelling need to) in order to proclaim that there is no need for television is a tad ironic no ?
How is it different from watching TV
TV is waste - nothing of intelligence
people mimic what they see on the magic lantern , and it pushes propaganda and brain washes you , I aint got a tv either , great vid btw
I haven’t owned a tv since 2009. (There are so many great books available. I’ve always loved books and reading.) Tv is now called Smart TV. Ha! These companies own you. They’re stealing your data and you pay for it. Enjoy.
Or NETFLIX OR REDBOX
crushing your dreams. exactly.
Domination
I know I'm late but I've noticed most tv has switched to the novel/soap opera format. If you don't know, a soap opera/novela is the lowest form of television programming. It uses lots psychological tricks to hook you and keep you watching. Episodes end on cliff hangers, relationships are the main drive of the story. They don't have any actual goals. Premises and plot lines are constantly recycled, just executed differently each season. It's all the same garbage whether it's manufactured drama or narative drama or political theater. You are not missing out on anything. Props to you man. You've cracked the code.
this is why i love movies you watch for the full story. miniseries are great as well sure their more episodes but you at least know your getting the full story.
@@eliterule1292 Movies have their own issues with their format too but the tv format is being constantly abused by corporations/networks to keep dragging out successful shows when their really isn't much of a story to tell.
@@alucardtepes8402 pretty true
@@eliterule1292 Well that, and I find the vast majority of tv shows and movies pretty boring so that's why I don't watch them or pay for any streaming service.
@@alucardtepes8402 hey if your not into them thats fine you do you.
TV rots the brain
Preach
it's basically cameras and scripts when u really look at it. the problem is people believe what they see directly on the screen, even when they're faced with the truth that what they see is just a program.
Because I put out the electronic environment
Who said WE WILL BURY YOU WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT?
I don't have one bc my bf needed weed
lol
I wish I looked as kool as u..
lol :)
I DON'T WATCH TV.
I GET ON CZcams AND WATCH VIDEOS THAT WILL ENHANCE MY
KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION.
TV CONTAINS BORING CRAP THAT I DO NOT NEED.
I STOPPED WATCHING TV IN 1995.
rcx8666c Why are you shouting?
you probably would have never been able to watch youtube had television not been invented. let that settle in.
POLITICS AGAINST MEXICAN AMERICANS IS WHY I TRASHED MY TV YEARS AGO
So is reading bad
Never
Reading about past shit be selective. Reading about what can benefit you makes sense. But reading takes a lot of time.
Jah Boy Yes. Unless you read high brow stuff like 50 shades of grey, or the hunger games.
Jah Boy never, unless its news:)
Depends, if you just read for the sake of reading, go for it. If you want to read, good or practical books, that's a different story.
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