There are more than six billion mobile phones (cell phones) in the world.

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More than 90 per cent of adults, including teenagers in the prosperous world, have a mobile phone.

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Average time spent per day on the phone can come to five hours or more. That's around two years on the phone in every 10 years or about one year for 2.5 hours per day.

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Switch phone off for periods. Leave at home. Use phone briefly once or twice a day. Dissolve the addiction.

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Daily absence from the real world makes the world harder to handle. We may feel we are not living. Fear of death increases because we feel we didn't live. Such perceptions can contain some hard truths.

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Don't let a handheld object obstruct your connection with life, with others and the natural world. Addiction to a mobile phone is a form of being a slave. 

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Change. Be the master of your daily life with the aliveness and challenges that comes with it. Share you experiences with others.

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What is the impact of the mobile phone?

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1. Children and teenagers using mobile phones remain vulnerable to harmful influences because their cells and brain have not fully formed. The cells are softer and more easily subjected to harmful influences from their mobile phone.

2. Phone time reduces our time to give love and support to others in need, near and far.

3. There are more road accidents through use of mobile phones than drink driving.

4. Holding the phone frequently daily next to the ear and for longer conversations contributes to stress, headaches, sleep disorder and back ache. 

5. A disconnect from the real world.

6. Constant use of mobile phones for calls, sending and receiving text messages/images, reduces power of attention.

7. Reduction in ability to sustain focus and interest on creative endeavours and important tasks.

8. Calls interrupt meaningful conversations in the real world with another person..

9. Persistent use of mobile phones affect the nervous system.

10. Regular use of mobile phone games contributes to impatience, irritability and agitation

11. Reading texts/messages in poor light contribute to eye strain.

12. Let phone manufacturers and political representatives know of your concerns of the risk to health.

 

Do not risk your peace of mind, your health and well-being due to addiction to the mobile phone.

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