Might the Loss of Privacy Eventually Lead Us to Peace on Earth?

Karin proposes a different way of looking at privacy issues. Using teachings about the transparency of our thoughts in the spiritual world Karin suggests that maybe lack of privacy is a good thing and not something to be concerned about. She offers several ideas about the ways loss of privacy could help us all to become better, more honest and connected people. -Editor

Many people worry about privacy. The most recent news story to touch on those worries has to do with our federal government gathering phone records. This has apparently been going on for many years, through several different administrations. I notice other waves of worry when Facebook makes changes, and there are more ways for us to see each other’s data. And we have to know by now that every time we do anything online, as well as on e-mail or the phone, there are multitudes of private businesses, charitable organizations, and political groups tracking our words and actions in order to decide who to market to, and how.

Do we panic and lament the “end of privacy”? Or is there maybe another way to look at it? Should efforts to protect privacy be enacted, or would it make more sense to concentrate on efforts to learn to live in a privacy-free world?

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Sharing and Spreading the New Church with Mutual Support

Karin observes the New Church as a movement much larger than its organized chapters. In a magnanimous voice she explores how negative attitudes towards diversity that exist within the church limit its growth and diminish its success. She walks the reader through another way of responding to difference. -Editor.

The New Church is so much more than organizations. The New Church is a mentality—a state of mind, and a way of acting. There is much “New Church” thought being mulled over in the world, both among people who read the works of Emanuel Swedenborg and among those who have never heard of him.

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