Modern communications are shrinking and informing our world. It's a significant development, affecting the way we think and how we relate. The technology is dazzling, but its consequences are not unmixed. The ideas washing about the globe range from good to bad, useful to valueless.
The teachings of Christian Science give a spiritual perspective on what's taking place, and they show us that we can play a role in strengthening the positive elements of technology and diminishing the less worthy. And that's worth doing. When Mary Baker Eddy was questioned about modern inventions, part of her reply was "Oh, we cannot oppose them. They all tend to newer, finer, more etherealized ways of living. They seek the finer essences." The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 345
To begin with, consider communication in its truest, spiritual sense. Authentic communication is a spiritual activity having its origins in God. Its first Biblical record is at the beginning of the very first chapter. It is God speaking, God doing the communicating. "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." Gen. 1:3 That was divine communication, and there was a response—light.
