Real Connections
I’ve been contemplating our connectivity and, also, our lack of connection. Many people say that we are suffering from loss of connections with real people; that we have given ourselves over to technology, thinking we are making connections when we're actually just passing time. I wonder if the face-to-face conversations we have are any more "real" than the computer relationships we sustain. So far, my conclusion is that any relationship can be shallow or deep, and how we connect makes no difference. Admittedly I don't sit on my front porch with neighbors, watching the sunset and chatting. It seems the great majority of one-on-one communications I do have consist mainly of mindless chatter. On the other hand, friendships I keep up with on the computer tend to be more substantial. No one emails me and tells me gossip about mutual friends or the details of their gallbladder operation. Although I have received no great insights about how changes in communications have affected friendship or global affairs, I do know that we have more opportunities to enjoy each other than ever before, and I want to take advantage of every moment of it!
“God is in everything I see. Behind every image I have made, the truth remains unchanged. Behind every veil I have drawn across the face of love, its light remains undimmed. Beyond all my insane wishes is my will, united with the Will of my Father. God is still everywhere and in everything forever. And we who are part of Him will yet look past all appearances, and recognize the truth beyond them all.”
A Course in Miracles W-56.4:1-6
“Here let a word be noticed which will be better understood hereafter,--chemicalization. By chemicalization I mean the process which mortal mind and body undergo in the change of belief from a material to a spiritual basis.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 168:30-2
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