The Digital Upanishad: A Literary Inquiry into Digital Consciousness
Digital Upanishad; Digital Humanities; Artificial Intelligence; Consciousness Studies; Digital Philosophy; Contemporary English Poetry; Upanishadic Philosophy; Philosophy of Technology; Spiritual Humanism; Digital Modernity; Algorithmic Consciousness; Media Ecology; Philosophical Poetry; Literary Modernity.
The Digital Upanishad by Dr. Santosh Kumar Nayak represents an innovative contribution to contemporary philosophical poetry by integrating the metaphysical insights of the Upanishads with the technological realities of the twenty-first century. Through one hundred and one interconnected poems, the collection investigates the complex relationship between artificial intelligence, algorithmic culture, digital identity, technological mediation, consciousness, and spiritual awakening. Employing a remarkably original symbolic vocabulary comprising clouds, algorithms, screens, notifications, passwords, profiles, servers, pixels, and digital archives, Nayak transforms everyday technological objects into profound metaphysical metaphors. This article argues that the collection inaugurates a new mode of literary discourse that may appropriately be described as Digital Vedantic Poetics, wherein ancient Indian philosophical traditions enter into sustained dialogue with contemporary digital civilization. The study further demonstrates that The Digital Upanishad distinguishes intelligence from consciousness, information from wisdom, connectivity from communion, and technological illumination from spiritual awakening. Drawing upon comparative literary criticism, philosophy of technology, media studies, phenomenology, and consciousness studies, the article situates Nayak's work within broader intellectual traditions extending from the Upanishads to Martin Heidegger, Marshall McLuhan, Jacques Ellul, Neil Postman, and contemporary debates on artificial intelligence. It concludes that The Digital Upanishad should be recognized as a landmark contribution to twenty-first-century English philosophical poetry because it redefines the relationship between literature and technology while reaffirming the primacy of human consciousness in an increasingly algorithmic civilization. By recovering contemplative wisdom within the digital age, the collection offers an enduring literary and philosophical framework for understanding humanity's future in the age of artificial intelligence.
"The Digital Upanishad: A Literary Inquiry into Digital Consciousness", JNRID - JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT (www.JNRID.org), ISSN:2984-8687, Vol.4, Issue 7, page no.a845-a882, July-2026, Available :https://tijer.org/JNRID/papers/JNRIDTHE2012.pdf
Volume 4
Issue 7,
July-2026
Pages : a845-a882
Paper Reg. ID: JNRID_702821
Published Paper Id: JNRIDTHE2012
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Country: Balasore, Odisha, India
ISSN: 2984-8687 | IMPACT FACTOR: 9.57 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2023
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