word of the day: navel-gazing

Webster's navel-gazing: useless or excessive self-contemplation

Link to click: I'm still here: back online after a year without the internet

"I want this next year to be about other people than just Paul Miller. There is only so much navel-gazing that one guy can do...there's people in the world with real problems other than that they use reddit too much."

An actual voice in our generation. I hope he keeps writing, working on his writing, and just keeps being Paul Miller. xo

 

One blog said, "Navel gazing is a really a meditative practice: you're to gaze at the navel to remind yourself that you have always been a dependent creature - from birth, umbilically connected, and now even when the umbilical cord isn't visible."

From Wikipedia: Omphaloskepsis is contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation. The word comes from Greek omphalos (navel) + skepsis (act of looking, examination). Similar words are omphaloskeptic (one who engages in the practice) and omphaloskeptical (related to contemplation of one's navel). Actual use of the practice as an aid to contemplation of basic principles of the cosmos and human nature is found in the practice of yoga, of Hinduism, and sometimes in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

That was just some stuff that came up from a preemptive Google search. All sounds deep and even beautiful..."you have always been a dependent creature...connected..." How often do we really think about our belly buttons besides the very random "innie or outie" question? Hmmm... :)