I have an iPhone.
They are everywhere. We talk on them, walk with them, search them, listen to them, laugh, cry, sleep, and die with them. The ubiquitous iPhone is a friend to all. If we forget it or lose it we feel pain. And today, I write my blog on one.
Studies are now showing that we should leave our phone aside more often. It distracts, interrupts, can cause ill health and certainly fatal accidents. “Don’t let the things we own, own us” we learned last week during the Sunday Open House. When there is too much “i” involved with our iPhone, there will be trouble.
There are other “i’s” that get us into trouble too. We carry them with us all the time and they truly cause problems and blockages in our spiritual life.
iKnow – when you think you know everything there is no room for learning. To keep this app from taking over your head; make it a practice to learn something new. To gain spiritual knowledge one must come to the point of knowing that you don’t know. It’s not a foolish kind of “not knowing.” It’s the kind that makes us humble and eager to inquire about spiritual truths.
iWant – we are full of desires and are unendingly entertained and enticed by the thoughts of fulfilling them. It is one of the two main functions of the mind – hankering and lamenting. Learning to live with less, working with needs instead of wants, and desiring to love and serve Krishna are good ways to balance out the iWants in our lives.
iDon’tCare – at the end of the day we don’t really care about a lot of things, even our self. This is a painful fact to face and why a healthy spiritual life is so important. Whenever I am lazy about recycling , I don’t care. Whenever I lie, cheat, or steal, I don’t care. We can make our own list. Not caring comes from laziness and ignorance. Lots of attentive chanting and hearing can transform this tendency.
iPhones are here to stay. As are the i’s in our life. Keep them small so that they are manageable. They, as well as life in general, are meant help us find the true I, the true spiritual ego beneath it all.
The above applies to Android phone owners as well!
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