Driven to Distraction

Whether it’s our inner drive to avoid personal pain and problems or social media platforms competing for our attention, keeping focus and awareness firmly in our own hands is the key to peace and happiness. Once we truly observe the contrast between feeling driven and distracted and relaxed and focused, we can learn to choose what really satisfies over mere distraction and shallow entertainment.  

 

Based in Montreal, Eric Le Reste has been with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC/Radio-Canada, for more than 35 years. As Journalist and producer, he has worked for the main television news and current affairs programs within the French services. Alongside his career, Eric has always maintained a special interest in spirituality, and for the past 40 years he has taught the meditation and philosophy offered by the Brahma Kumaris, an international organization for which he acts as the Canadian Coordinator.