How the internet changed our spiritual perception of the world

(C) Barrett Lyon

Who knew that when many switched on dial-up and engaged with the WWW in early 1990s would they realize the effects it would have on communities around the world. Many governments did quickly realize and so the censorship and filtration of content started by government actors. For most of us this new tool opened up a new world of opportunity not just in a persons material life but also self realization and spiritual and cultural awareness.

I remember the fist time a dialed up the connection to the internet and joined an online forum and was amazed to be able to talk to people from all over the world and exchange views.

For many religious communities the internet was seen as evil in the beginning to mid 1990's and many religious movements still do. You may at first glance at the picture above think this was a representation of the neural networks of the brain but instead it is an early representation by Barrett Lyon / The Opte Project Visualization of the routing paths of the Internet.