Bible Cure for Smartphone Addiction

Free yourself and your loved ones from smartphone addiction by following The Bible Cure in Dr. Mel Alexenberg's highly acclaimed book "Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media" based upon his research at MIT, Columbia University, and universities in Israel. It teaches how to shift focus to seeing your everyday life from spiritual perspectives and to delight in all that happens around you by turning off, tuning out and unplugging one day a week.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Dr. Alexenberg's Bible Cure Article on PHONEWEEK: Smartphone News

Read Dr. Alexenberg's article in PHONEWEEK: Mobile, Tablets and Laptops "New Book Reveals Bible Cure for Smartphone Addiction."

https://www.phoneweek.co.uk/new-book-reveals-bible-cure-for-smartphone-addiction/

This is one of the 50 photos in the book "Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media"

Friday, March 29, 2019

Discover a Bible Cure for Smartphone Addiction with Dr. Alexenberg's "Through a Bible Lens"

A spiritual cure for the global epidemic of smartphone addiction is revealed in the highly acclaimed book Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media by Dr. Mel Alexenberg. It is based on his research on the interrelationships between digital culture, creative process, and biblical thought at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and as professor at Columbia University and universities in Israel.

The intensity of this plague becomes evident in a Google search “smartphone addiction” that yields 42,500,000 sites. 7,450,000 people search for “cures for smartphone addictions.” Scientific papers in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions and other journals of psychology and public health claim that smartphones are the biggest non-drug addiction of the 21st century.

Dr. Alexenberg wrote Through a Bible Lens in the language of digital culture to reach millennials, the most addicted population, while teaching all generations the most up-to-date thoughts on how the Bible offers fresh insights on the impact of new technologies on contemporary life.

He reveals hidden messages by translating the biblical text with its multiple meanings from the original Hebrew. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” can be read as “In the network of networks, God created media systems for creating heaven and earth.” Then we read “God separated between the light and darkness,” the binary basis of digital technology encoded as 1-0, on-off.

Turn Off/Tune Out/Unplug
The words of the Ten Commandments, “On six days do all your work, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of compete rest, holy to God,” invites us to turn off, tune out, unplug. Make every seventh day different from the other six days of the week. Enjoy family and friends, walk in the forest and fields, and watch the sunrise and sunset.

Reboot your Smartphone
The next stages of the cure do not ask you not to use your smartphone, but rather to redefine how you use it. Reboot your smartphone for spiritual seeing so that you see beyond the digital world of the screen. Experience the real word by transforming your smartphone into a camera for photographing your everyday life from biblical perspectives.

Bible Blog Your Life
Through a Bible Lens also teaches how to use your smartphone to Bible blog your life by creating a vibrant dialogue between your emerging life story and the enduring biblical narrative that you can share with others. The Bible cure is equally effective for preventing smartphone addiction.

See praise for the book at http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com. For further information contact the author at melalexenberg@yahoo.com.

Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media is available on Amazon and other Internet booksellers and bookstores

Friday, March 22, 2019

New Book Reveals a Bible Cure for Smartphone Addiction

My years researching the interrelationships between digital culture, creative process, and biblical thought at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and as professor at Columbia University and universities in Israel has inspired me to write Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media. The book reveals a Bible cure for smartphone addiction plaguing millions worldwide.

Smartphones present a paradox of digital culture that is both freeing and enslaving. They offer links to the whole world resting in the palm of your hand. However, the fear and anxiety of being cut off from those links can lead to a serious disorder that psychologists call “nomophobia,” an abbreviation for "NO-MObile-PHOne phoBIA."

The intensity of this global epidemic becomes evident in a Google search “smartphone addiction” that yields 42,500,000 sites. 7,450,000 people search for “cures for smartphone addictions.” Scientific papers in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions and other journals of psychology and public health claim that smartphones are the biggest non-drug addiction of the 21st century.

I wrote the book in the language of digital culture to reach millennials, the most addicted population, while teaching all generations the most up-to-date thoughts on how The Bible offers fresh insights on the impact of new technologies on contemporary life.

Through a Bible Lens presents a spiritual cure for smartphone addiction in three steps derived from key biblical passages. The first step demonstrates how to delight in all that happens around you by turning off, tuning out and unplugging one day each week. The next steps do not ask you not to use your smartphone, but rather to redefine how you use it.

My grandson Razel capturing the Sea of Galilee in his hand

Step two, “Reboot Your Smartphone for Spiritual Seeing” teaches how to reboot your smartphone so that its screen becomes transparent. You will learn to see beyond the digital world of your screen to experiencing the real word by transforming your smartphone into a camera for photographing your everyday life from biblical perspectives. The third step, “Bible Blog Your Life,” describes ways of using social media to create and share a vibrant dialogue between your emerging life story and the enduring biblical narrative.

The prescribed cure is equally effective for preventing smartphone addiction.

Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media is available at Amazon and other Internet booksellers and bookstores

Sunday, March 17, 2019

"Through a Bible Lens" Teaches How to Cure Smartphone Addiction

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Through a Bible Lens reveals a spiritual cure for the serious problem of smartphone addiction by teaching how to shift focus from the screen to photographing your everyday life from biblical perspectives. It also shows how to delight in all that happens around you by turning off, tuning out and unplugging one day each week. The prescribed cure is equally effective for preventing smartphone addiction.

In this highly acclaimed book, Dr. Mel Alexenberg proposes creative solutions for smartphone addiction plaguing millions worldwide. These solutions developed from his years researching the interface between digital culture, creative process, and biblical consciousness at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia University and universities in Israel.

The book speaks in the language of digital culture to reach millennials, the most addicted population. It presents to all generations the most up-to-date thoughts on how The Bible gives fresh insights on the impact of new technologies on contemporary life. Christians and Jews should buy THROUGH A BIBLE LENS for themselves as well as for their children and grandchildren.

Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media is available at Amazon and other Internet booksellers and bookstores

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PRAISE FOR "THROUGH A BIBLE LENS"

“The iPhone has changed our culture and our ways of thinking and acting in the world. The book offers profound insights about meaning and purpose in contemporary life in a brilliant and sustained exposition. Great book!” Dr. Ron Burnett, author of How Images Think; president, University of Art and Design, Vancouver

“A joy to any lover of the Bible, Christian or Jewish. I not only endorse it, I look forward to integrating these ideas into my personal encounter with Scripture." Dr. Jim Solberg, author of Sinai Speaks; USA National Director, Bridges For Peace

“Provides the perfect model for the best usage of smartphones and social media to encourage greater appreciation for the Bible and the Land of Israel.” Rabbi Tuly Weisz, editor The Israel Bible; publisher of Israel Breaking News

“Succeeds in creating a program for photographers, on a daily basis, to explicitly weave their faith into their art and ultimately, back into their worldview with a fresh perspective.” Bob Weil, co-author of The Art of iPhone Photography

“Offers a template, a guidebook on how to experience images of the Divine in every moment and use blogging technology to disseminate them. The wisdom found in this unique book invites us to share the story of our Divine journey.” Bishop Robert Stearns, Executive Director, Eagles’ Wings, New York

“Inspiring on many levels because it gives us an amazing perspective on our own existence, especially in the age of the interconnected iPhone culture.” Prof. Michael Bielicky, head of Digital Media, University of Art and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany

“One of art’s most complete and compelling integrations of the sacred and profane. It reads like a swift and soulful breeze. I love every ‘byte’ of it.” Dr. Shaun McNiff, author of Earth Angels: Engaging the Sacred in Everyday Things; professor, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

“A unique and fascinating book. Who would have thought that there would be a way to connect smartphones to the ancient world of the Bible?” Prof. Gerald R. McDermott, Beeson Divinity School, Stamford University, Birmingham, Alabama

“An astonishingly innovative book. Alexenberg is able to perceive a Godly gaze not only in nature around us or the heavens above, but in the smartphone we hold in our hand.” Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, author of thelordismyshepard.com: Seeing God in Cyberspace; spiritual leader, Temple Beth El, Stamford, Connecticut

“A magnificent and original approach. A must read for anyone interested in our contemporary culture.” Dr. Lucia Leao, author of The Chip and the Kaleidoscope: Studies in New Media; professor, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

“One of those books that other thinkers will wish they had somehow thought about how to write, and to which readers of diverse sorts will simply respond by saying: wow!” Dr. Ori Z. Soltes, professorial lecturer of Theology and Fine Arts, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

“An intellectually exciting book that stimulates the sensory palate. Shares in-depth, meaningful insights about encountering God in the creative process through photography.” T. Mandel Chenoweth, head of Art Education Department, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma

“A mystical computer program for spiritual seeing. Mel Alexenberg is a wonderfully accomplished worker on a great project: to make art a conduit for the Divine. Rabbi Dr. Shimon Cowen, director, Institute for Judaism and Civilization, Victoria, Australia

“In his sophisticated and highly literate book, Prof. Alexenberg uses the metaphor of the camera to provide interesting and surprising intersections between new-media culture and theological issues.” Dr. Yael Eylat Van-Essen, author of Digital Culture: Virtuality, Society and Information

“Seeks Beauty and the Divine within the commonplace. Gazing across literary, cyber, aesthetic and earthly texts/spaces, the journey's end point is sublime joy in the revelation of God in the World.” Dr. Randall Rhodes, provost, American University of Armenia, Yerevan

“This book’s wonderful synthesis between spirituality and technology, heaven and earth, is exciting and thought-provoking.” Rabbi Chanan Morrison, author of Sapphire from the Land of Israel

“A scintillating experiment in creativity. It is an invitation to deepen your spiritual sensibilities as you extend your imagination.” Jan Phillips, author of God Is at Eye Level: Photography as a Healing Art

“Provides a practical guide for photographing the splendor of God by opening your eyes in wonder in whatever place you find yourself. Seeing with eyes of wonder is seeing for the first time every time.” Rabbi David Aaron, author of Seeing God; dean, Yeshivat Oryta, Jerusalem, Israel

“Proposes that something as simple as smartphone photos multiplied in their resonance by the Internet can a consciousness raising tool that attunes us to the sacred dimensions of our lives. Peter Samis, associate curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

“Strikes a balance between Kabbalah and contemporary culture. It is replete with imagery from both universes. It is literate, wise, and easily accessible.” Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, author of God Was in This Place & I, i Did Not Know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning

“I feel joy, warmth and good humor in your images, spiritual and fired by a kindred spark, a mirror of our mutual exploration of our humanity.” Julie DuBose, author of Effortless Beauty: Photography as an Expression of Eye, Mind and Heart

"Prof. Alexenberg sees godliness and goodliness in the most mundane, and instructs others to behold that vision. We are blessed to have such a wise teacher in our midst." Rabbi Bezalel Naor, author of The Limit of Intellectual Freedom: The Letters of Rav Kook