"Christ the Eternal Tao" has been on my radar for a while. I really need to check it out. On the distraction front, I feel you. I can be very nearly a physical thing that drives me to escape the moment in some frivolous entertainment. And with the advent of the smart phone, that escape is readily available at a moments notice. Of course,…
"Christ the Eternal Tao" has been on my radar for a while. I really need to check it out. On the distraction front, I feel you. I can be very nearly a physical thing that drives me to escape the moment in some frivolous entertainment. And with the advent of the smart phone, that escape is readily available at a moments notice. Of course, the phone isn't the problem but something in me. Lord have mercy.
F_S- If you are in the States, Christ the Eternal Tao is currently out of print and going for ridiculous prices on Amazon etc. I contacted St. Herman Press and was told there should be a new printing either this month or early next year. It is well worth getting. It is one of most valued books and my copy is getting a little beaten up after so many years. I will probably get a spare copy myself on the next run.
I think it is fairly clear that the arrival of the smartphone in 2008 or thereabouts changed us in ways we never could have predicted. I don't have one because the technology I already have is hard enough to keep proportionate. Also, I don't like the idea of being tracked, but then if "they" want to track me, I don't think a lack of a phone will matter. For the same reason I refuse to even try out VR goggles. I don't want to like them and have to fight another addiction.
"Christ the Eternal Tao" has been on my radar for a while. I really need to check it out. On the distraction front, I feel you. I can be very nearly a physical thing that drives me to escape the moment in some frivolous entertainment. And with the advent of the smart phone, that escape is readily available at a moments notice. Of course, the phone isn't the problem but something in me. Lord have mercy.
F_S- If you are in the States, Christ the Eternal Tao is currently out of print and going for ridiculous prices on Amazon etc. I contacted St. Herman Press and was told there should be a new printing either this month or early next year. It is well worth getting. It is one of most valued books and my copy is getting a little beaten up after so many years. I will probably get a spare copy myself on the next run.
I think it is fairly clear that the arrival of the smartphone in 2008 or thereabouts changed us in ways we never could have predicted. I don't have one because the technology I already have is hard enough to keep proportionate. Also, I don't like the idea of being tracked, but then if "they" want to track me, I don't think a lack of a phone will matter. For the same reason I refuse to even try out VR goggles. I don't want to like them and have to fight another addiction.
Lord have mercy, indeed. -Jack