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Does Technology Simplify our Lives?

By Rod Harvey · On November 2, 2013

Isn’t it great that we have modern technology to simplify our lives. Or is it?

I’m self-employed and spend much of my time at the computer. Modern technology is fantastic in the way it has helped me save time and effort on many tasks, such as banking, finding information on any subject online, paying accounts, quickly correcting typing mistakes and instantly connecting with people around the world. Technology has helped me to simplify my life.

On the other hand, technology has complicated my life. While at my computer I found I was often distracted with emails, Facebook, news and sports bulletins, on-line articles and blogs. It’s insidious.

A while back I read about an author who does not use email and has no phone in his office, so there are no distractions. I thought, :how great that would be, I’d love to be able to do that”.

Then the penny dropped. Of course I could, it was simply a matter of turning off my phone and not opening the internet or emails until it suited me.

This led me to critically analyse my online habits. I realised that by scanning most news and sports headlines, without reading the full article, I could still be informed about what was going on in the world and save a hellava lot of time.

Similarly I recognised that the majority of online articles I read were of little value to me and I was really indulging in distraction. And is the sky going to fall in if I don’t instantly respond to emails? Probably not… and if it does, then it doesn’t really matter. So, I turned off the indicator that signals when an email arrives and now check emails twice a day, which is plenty.

Then there is Facebook… the ultimate timewaster. Rather than drop Facebook, I decided to scroll rapidly and speed read, without getting caught up in it. This alone saved a huge amount of time. In turn, I slashed what I posted to Facebook, thus doing my buddies a favour by reducing the amount of distraction in their lives.

Yet more importantly, why had I been distracting myself? What was I distracting myself from?

Through the presentations by Serge Benhayon from Universal Medicine I realised that I was using distractions to numb myself to hide from and not accept the absolute love that I hold within. By doing so I held back from being open and willing to share and receive love.

It was as if I felt I was not worthy, hence I used distractions as a means to bury and keep me further removed from love. Crazy?!

The technology was not the problem. I was.

So now I’m choosing to use technology as a tool, rather than be numbed by the endless distraction technology can offer. It’s simply a matter getting on with life.

I’m making progress… which is my cue to stop typing right now.

By Rod Harvey, Gold Coast, Australia

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Rod Harvey

Loving and living life in a rural area, 5km from Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast and sharing the fun with chooks, wallabies, koalas, Ralph the dog and heaps of cheerful birds (including my lovely wife Sue). Writing, photography, food tasting and looking after a couple of acres keeps me joyfully occupied.

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319 Comments

  • Mary says: November 27, 2019 at 4:19 pm

    This is a brilliant blog as you have come to the realisation that it is not the technology that’s the problem but you not accepting the beautiful you in full. And how many of us cannot accept or maybe believe we are in fact worthy of the divine love that is on offer to everyone every Nano second of the day.

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  • Greg Barnes says: October 16, 2019 at 4:56 am

    Anything that keeps us from Love is crazy, because, we are simply choosing an ill energy, as we have on offer our divine connection to our essences (Soul) and thus living in the appreciation of what God is offering in every moment?

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  • Greg Barnes says: October 16, 2019 at 4:49 am

    Anything that keeps us from Love is crazy, because, we are simply choosing an ill energy, as we have on offer our divine connection to our essences (Soul) and thus living in the appreciation of what God is offering in every moment?

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  • Leigh Matson says: October 11, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    Technology does have uses and does have it’s place. However it is also being horribly misused and used to abuse. It’s not the computers fault, it’s how we use it.

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  • Mary Adler says: July 9, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    With the technology of the motor car it depends who is driving the car whether it is a useful tool or a hazard to the driver and everyone else.

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    • Greg Barnes says: October 16, 2019 at 4:55 am

      Absolutely Mary, and it can be said it is the same with a gun it is the person and the energy they are connected to that pulls the trigger, as a Soul-fully connected being would never be involved in these mass murders!

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  • Annoymous says: April 15, 2019 at 5:11 am

    When I think of social media I can see how technology has played a massive part in dropping standards, lowering the bar and allowing abuse to be the norm.

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  • Julie says: December 18, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    It’s crazy how we can spend hours on social media and not accomplish anything. Sometimes I go on Facebook and I give myself 15- 30 minutes to catch up with my relatives (thankfully a small family). It’s all designed to hook us in and then spend hours reading things that have no true value.

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  • Helen Elliott says: November 6, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Technology has huge potential to support us in our everyday lives but we are the ones who have the choice whether we use it responsibly or use it to check out. We can justify as much as we like but the reality is that we know when we are being productive and when we are checking out.

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  • Lorraine Wellman says: October 11, 2018 at 5:11 pm

    A great realisation and understanding, yes, its how we are with ourselves and then with technology, ‘The technology was not the problem. I was.’

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