Daily (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Lord,

I have seen how lies, repeated and enforced,
   can build invisible prisons
     more enduring than concrete walls.

In this age of networks and notifications,
   guard me from becoming
      either jailer or captive
         in systems of deceit.

Teach me the discipline of “living not by lies”
even online:
   to refuse to share what I know is false,
   to resist the quiet pressure
      to repeat slogans I do not believe,
   to let my silence speak
      when speech would betray the truth.

Protect my digital traces
   from regimes—large or small—
      that would use them
        to coerce conscience,
        to punish dissent,
        to turn neighbor against neighbor
            with weaponized information.

Give me courage to usethese same tools—
   encrypted messages,
   careful sharing,
   small circles of trust—
      to encourage those who suffer,
      to document injustice,
      to keep memory alive
        where it is under assault.

And when fear tempts me
   to retreat into safe falsehoods,
remind me that the line
   between good and evil
       runs through every human heart,
   including mine—

and that my stewardship of this digital life
is one place
   where I may choose
      which side I strengthen.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn], and should not be taken as his real views or words.

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