Meditation in the Age of Facebook & Twitter

This is a thought provoking book. As Ajit Jaokar sets out to understand how we might augment the ancient tradition and technology of meditation with modern social and neural networks, the author takes us on a challenging ride to the edges of the future.

He takes us with him from the shamanic sources of meditation and the Guru disciple relation to 60es counter culture to the globally networked world we live in today. And he asks whether it might be possible and even more suitable to witness not only the constant flow of ideas and impressions, as the meditators of the past tried to accomplish, but the vast flow of linked information and knowledge imposed on us by Facebook and Twitter.

Don't look for another "how to" book on meditation here, but to a fascinating reflection of what meditation could mean and provide for a society based on modern technology and ancient knowledge.

A must read!