A Contemplative Mind In a Computer Age: The Nexus Between Spirituality and Technology

by Michael F. Conrad

THE NEXUS BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY Do you suffer from "ComputerThink?" This is the excessive reliance on computers and information to the exclusion of your human thought processes? Are your children addicted to the computer, computer games, television, or surfing the web? On the surface, it doesn't seem like a big deal. Be careful! Too much reliance on machines, instead of values, may lead to a low-grade anesthetizing of your spirituality. These series of gentle, meditative thoughts will help you gain a perspective between technology and spirituality through contemplation. Learn to develop your own system of contemplative thinking, a spiritual buffer to guard against the spiritual virus, "ComputerThink." You will discover what is important in your spiritual life, and what may be a waste of time. What you store in your mind, you can take with you to Heaven. Do you know how? Did you know that you already own the greatest computer on earth? It is a self-contained power-pack of unlimited storage and power. The only resource on earth which is inexhaustible is the human mind. Matter decays, the body will die, but the mind, gateway to spirituality, will endure...Forever. Contemplation provides balance and perspective to "ComputerThink." Your future depends upon keeping yourself centered on what it authentic.

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2008