PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On the Spiritual and Human Fruit of Removing Television from the Home There is a particular kind of silence that returns to a home when a television is removed. It is not merely the absence of sound. It is the reappearance of space. Something long occupied steps aside, and the heart becomes aware of itself again. Television does not simply provide entertainment. It forms the inner atmosphere of a household. Even when it is not turned on, it stands ready to speak, to fill paus