Thanks for comment. I wouldn’t worry about using computer to do calculations, if you it gives you more time to recite poems. But, I’m sorry for inevitable changes in robotic economy.

“I always say a knife is good. With a knife you can cut a fruit and share it with me. Again, with a knife you can stab me. Now I am speaking from the strict spiritual point of view. In a big factory or a big enterprise, if people have computers I do not mind. But now it has become a show. People care only for simplification. This simplification is taking away people’s capacity. In a store if you use a little machine to make calculations, that is fine, because hundreds of people are coming in to buy things. The mind will become tired and exhausted if it has to do all the calculations. But in many cases if we do not do things in a natural way, we lose our natural faculties, our inborn talents.”

From my own experience, I can agree with Sri Chinmoy’s statements. I am a cashier, but I don’t know how to make change. On the rare occasions that someone still uses cash to pay, I use my screen to tell me how much change to give. I think from now on, I will try to figure out the change myself and then only rely on the screen if I need confirmation.

I’ve stopped looking at my phone during meals. Now I make it a point to read- from physical books. At least while I’m eating, let me take a break from the internet world.

I often suffer from gray days, from a sense of ennui or listlessness. I’ve identified one of the causes of my depression- too much sleep. Yes, I need sleep to refresh my subtle nerves, to rejuvenate myself. But when I sleep too much, I feel like it’s all I want to do. Then, what do I have to offer the world if my life has been one long nap?

I know the company that owns my store is leading the race to make all stores in America self-checkout only, cashier-less models of efficiency. I know this day is coming. But they will still need someone to oil and grease the machines! In between wiping the gears, axles and sprockets, I will hopefully be able to share some poetry.