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Under the Influence: Breathing Life and Spirit in/to a Mediated World Rose Paca>e, MEd Media Studies Pauline Center for Media Studies Los Angeles, CA PaulineCMS.com

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Under  the  Influence:    Breathing  Life  and  Spirit  in/to    

a  Mediated  World  Rose  Paca>e,  MEd  Media  Studies  Pauline  Center  for  Media  Studies  

Los  Angeles,  CA  PaulineCMS.com  

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Our  response  in  a  noisy  mediated  world  of  stories  

•  The  demands  that  are  made  on  the  human  person,  body,  mind,  spirit  

•  Asks  of  us  personal,  social  and  cultural  responses  

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What’s  your  story?  

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Silence  &  the  Word  

A  forgo>en  aspect  of  communicaNon?  

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RelaNonship  between  silence  and  the  Word  

•  Alternate  and  balance  •  Integrate  one  with  the  other  •  To  allow  authenNc  dialogue  and  achieve  deep  closeness  between  people  

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CommunicaNon    breaks  down  when  

•  Word  &  silence  become  mutually  exclusive  •  Giving  rise  to  confusion  and  coldness  

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CommunicaNon  acquires  value    and  meaning  when  

The  Word  and  silence  compliment    one  another  

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Silence  is  an  integral  part  of  human  existence  

When  absent    Words    rich  in  content    

cannot  exist  

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The  word  is  all  around  us  

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Who  is  my  digital  neighbor?  

•  Today  we  are  living  in  a  world  which  is  growing  ever  “smaller”  and  where,  as  a  result,  it  would  seem  to  be  easier  for  all  of  us  to  be  neighbors.    

•  Though  closer  than  ever  deep  divisions  within  our  human  family.      

•  On  the  global  level  we  see  a  scandalous  gap  between  the  opulence  of  the  wealthy  and  the  u>er  desNtuNon  of  the  poor.    

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•  We  have  become  so  accustomed  to  these  things  that  they  no  longer  unse>le  us.    

•  Our  world  suffers  from  many  forms  of  exclusion,  marginalizaNon  and  poverty,    

•  To  say  nothing  of  conflicts  born  of  a  combinaNon  of  economic,  poliNcal,  ideological,  and,  sadly,  even  religious  moNves.  

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Voices  from  the  culture  

•  Movies  about  breathing,  taking  a  breath  •  Listening  •  Silence  •  And  someNmes  …  change  

 

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From  silence  arises  jusNce  

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The  word  is  all  around  us  the  word  is  us  

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Personal  silence  

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In  silence  

We  can  listen  and  understand  ourselves  

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In  silence  

Ideas  are  born  and  deepen  

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In  Silence  

We  gain  clarity  and  understanding  of    – What  we  want  to  say  – What  we  expect  from  others  – How  we  choose  to  express  ourselves  

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In  silence  

We  allow  others  to  speak  

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In  silence  

We  avoid  being  Ned  to  our  own    untested    

point  of  view  

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In  silence  

Space  is  created  for  mutual  listening  and  deeper  human  relaNonships  

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In  silence  we  observe  authenNc  communicaNon  

Facial  expressions  and  body  language  are  how  people  reveal  themselves  to  one  

another  in  love  (or  not)  

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Silence  is  a  powerful  mode  of  expression  

All  human  living  is  communicated  

–  Joy  – Anxiety  – Suffering  

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Silence  gives  rise  to  acNve  communicaNon  

   That  requires  – SensiNvity  – A  capacity  to  listen    These  manifest  

•  The  true  nature  and  measure  of  relaNonships  

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In  noise  

•  Silence  is  essenNal  for  discernment  •  To  disNnguish  what  is  important  from  what  is  insignificant  or  secondary.  

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In  silence  

Deeper  reflecNon  helps  us  discover  links    between  events    

that  at  first  seem  unrelated    

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In  silence  

We  can  become  media  mindful        

•   Evaluate  informaNon    

•   Analyze  messages    

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The  media  mindful  person  

Then  shares  thoughaul  and  relevant  opinions  that  give  rise  to  an  authenNc  body  of  shared  knowledge  

 

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Create  your  own  media  environment,  eco-­‐system  

A  balance  between  – Silence  – Words  –  Images  – Sound  

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Benefits  of  authenNc  communicaNon  

A  culture  of  encounter,  solidarity,  good  

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Search  engines  &  social  media  

StarNng  point  for  communicaNon  

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Today  the  process  of  communicaNon  is  fueled  by  the  search  for  answers  

•  Advice  •  Ideas  •  InformaNon  •  Answers  

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People  are  bombarded  by  answers  to  quesNons    

they  have  not  asked  

     And  needs  they  did  not  know  they  had  

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Silence  is  precious  

•  So  we  can  focus  on  important  quesNons  •  Exercise  discernment  •  In  the  informaNon  surge  and  entertainment  sNmuli  in  which  we  live  

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The  human  condiNon  sNll  seeks  existenNal  meaning  

•  Who  am  I?  •  Why  am  I  here?  •  What  can  I  know?  •  What  am  I  to  do?  •  What  may  I  hope?  

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In  silence  

•  We  affirm  those  who  ask  these  quesNons  when  we  can  give  more  than  a  hasty  answer  

•  We  then  open  the  possibility  for  profound  dialogue  

•  We  call  them  to  silent  reflecNon    •  …  and  to  reach  into  the  depths  of  their  being  and  open  themselves  to  what  God  has  wri>en  on  their  hearts  

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Constant  flow  of  quesNons  

•  Demonstrates  the  restlessness  of  the  human  heart  

•  People  constantly  searching  for  truths  of  lesser  or  greater  import  

•  …  to  give  meaning  to  their  lives  

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We  all  yearn  and  search  for  truth  

But  we  cannot  rest  content  with  a  superficial  

 and  unquesNoning  exchange    of  skepNcal  opinions  

 and  experiences  of  life    

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“When  people  exchange  informaNon,  they  are  already  

sharing  themselves,  their  view  of  the  world,  their  hopes,  their  ideals”    

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CommunicaNon  is  a  human  endeavor  not  technological  –  Pope  

Francis  •  Who  is  my  digitl  neighbor?  •  The  parable  of  the  Good  Samaritan,  which  is  also  a  parable  about  

communicaNon.      •  Those  who  communicate,  in  effect,  become  neighbors.      •  The  Good  Samaritan  not  only  draws  nearer  to  the  man  he  finds  half  dead  

on  the  side  of  the  road;  he  takes  responsibility  for  him.      •  CommunicaNon  is  really  about  realizing  that  we  are  all  human  beings,  

children  of  God.    I  like  seeing  this  power  of  communicaNon  as  “neighborliness”.  

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Pay  a>enNon  

Know  where  websites  and    social  network  sites  are  that  can  help  

 people  find  Nme  for  reflecNon  

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Create

•  Provide  content  for  reflecNon  •  Prayer  experiences  •  MeditaNon  •  Sharing  the  Word  •  Living  the  Word  

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Tweet  the  Word  

But  concise  phrases  sNll  need  the  context  of  a  culNvated  inner  life  

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World  religious  tradiNons:  silence  is  a  privileged  state  

For  people  to  rediscover  self  and  the  Truth  that  gives  meaning  to  all  things  

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The  God  of  revelaNon  needs  no  words  

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In  darkness  God  speaks  in  silence  

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Eloquent,  loving  silence  

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wHat  we  can  discover  in  silence  

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AuthenNc  communicaNon  =  taking  responsibility  

•  Whenever  communicaNon  is  primarily  aimed  at  promoNng  consumpNon  or  manipulaNng  others,  we  are  dealing  with  a  form  of  violent  aggression    

•  like  that  suffered  by  the  man  in  the  parable,  who  was  beaten  by  robbers  and  leh  abandoned  on  the  road.    

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•  The  Levite  and  the  priest  do  not  regard  him  as  a  neighbour,  but  as  a  stranger  to  be  kept  at  a  distance.      

•  In  those  days,  it  was  rules  of  ritual  purity  which  condiNoned  their  response.      

•  Nowadays  there  is  a  danger  that  certain  media  so  condiNon  our  responses  that  we  fail  to  see  our  real  neighbor.  

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•  EffecNve  ChrisNan  witness  is  not  about  bombarding  people  with  religious  messages,    

•  but  about  our  willingness  to  be  available  to  others  “by  paNently  and  respecaully  engaging  their  quesNons  and  their  doubts  as  they  advance  in  their  search  for  the  truth  and  the  meaning  of  human  existence”    

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learning  to  communicate  anew  is  learning  to  listen  and  

contemplate  -­‐  as  well  as  speak  and  act  

   

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Along  the  way  •  Let  our  communicaNon  be  a  balm  which  relieves  pain  and  a  fine  wine  

which  gladdens  hearts.    •   May  the  light  we  bring  to  others  not  be  the  result  of  cosmeNcs  or  special  

effects,  but  rather  of  our  being  loving  and  merciful  “neighbors”  to  those  wounded  and  leh  on  the  side  of  the  road.      

•  Let  us  boldly  become  ciNzens  of  the  digital  world.    •   The  Church  needs  to  be  concerned  for,  and  present  in,  the  world  of  

communicaNon,  in  order  to  dialogue  with  people  today  and  to  help  them  encounter  Christ.    

•  The  Church  needs  to  be  a  Church  at  the  side  of  others,  capable  of  

accompanying  everyone  along  the  way.      

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Breathe,  breathing,  empowering  others  to  breathe  

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Silent  contemplaNon  

•  Immerses  us  in  the  grandeur  of  God  •  And  the  source  of  Love  •  Who  directs  us  to  our  neighbour  •  So  we  can  feel  their  suffering  •  And  as  a  response  offer  them    

– The  light  of  Christ  – His  message  of  life  – His  saving  gih  of  the  fullness  of  love  

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Silent  contemplaNon  

•  Leads  us  to  the  eternal  Word,  the  Creator  of  the  world  

•  Who  becomes  more  present  to  us  •  Makes  us  aware  of  God’s  plan  being  accomplished  in  history  

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In  silence  we  learn  “to  communicate  that  which  we  have  seen  and  heard”    

(1  Jn:  1-­‐3)      

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This  mystery  impels  us  

   to  become  heralds  of  hope  &  salvaNon  

and  witnesses  of  that  love  which    promotes  human  dignity    

and  builds  jusNce  and  peace