Often I wonder if the digital, distracting, e-life is at all compatible with zazen and realization. Not that I am a Luddite; I have many electronic e-gadgets (computers, cell phone, ipod, camera, pager) at home and at work. But the fragmented existence they seem to draw me into (or I am drawing them into....?) feels terribly unfocused and counterproductive. On the one hand, zazen awakens us to the interconnectedness of all things. And yet, living the digital dharma so that any sentient being can reach you any time of day or night, and they often do, feels utterly antithetical to opening one's spiritual eye. Wide awake, attentive, and staring at an LCD monitor... Is there a Middle Way in the binary world?
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