Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. Below are some excepts from an interesting article he wrote, entitled "Being and Seeming: the Technology of Representation"
The Madawaska Institute for Culture and Religion
Where Spirit & Life Meet
The Practice of Spirit-ful Mindfulness
May 1 to May 3, 2012
A workshop for anyone who hungers for a simple spiritual practise that offers
an oasis in the overwhelming and relentless `busyness’ and noise of daily life,
and an antidote to the persistent anxiety of the economic and ecological decline of a post 9/11 world.
Life persistently tests us and calls us to hold our hearts open to each other,
Recently, here in Manitoba, the city of Brandon released a proposed budget that indicated taxes would increase by as much as 20%. And, as you can well imagine, there has been A LOT of response and most of it, well at least all that I have heard through traditional media, has transmitted voices of discontent, disagreement and, in some cases, anger.
