Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@CarlMcColman 1/ Moving social media engagement to the forefront of spiritual practice amounts to one of the more profound blessings of our era, I find. It's particularly fruitful given the occasion for contemplative reflection and alchemy the medium makes possible prior to posting, isn't it?

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Of course. And, as in meatspace, treat each moment as an occasion for deliberate, conscious, inner refinement, and everyday, multi-hour smartphone use becomes a pillar fundamental to shaping us and the world in the image of a divine hierophany. Social media holy, not godforsaken.
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Copy of tweet here: Of course. And, as in meatspace, treat each moment as an occasion for deliberate, conscious, inner refinement, and everyday, multi-hour smartphone use becomes a pillar fundamental to shaping us and the world in the image of a divine hierophany. Social media holy, not godforsaken.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 20 Sept 2023

@lukeburgis The attention span, holy. Have you considered relating to cyberspace as an occasion for deliberate, unceasing, conscious inner work? We live here, after all. I teach it to 20-somethings but there's also room for great nuance with regard to, say, different platforms. Thread, here:

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Quoted by@HaddenTurner @JonDSchaff Doesn't have to be.