#beherenow — Public Fediverse posts
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Life isn’t guaranteed, it’s borrowed. Pause the scrolling, look up, and really see the people you love.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/SOLARPLEXUS528FREE/Stuartn/
#DontTakeLifeForGranted #BeHereNow #GratitudeInAction #LoveLoudly #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Love #Oxcytocin -
I decided to try to catch up with how buddhism caught on in the late sixties, and got hold of "Be Here Now" by Ram Dass, a best seller back in the day.
It was an interesting read. The biographical part made me wonder about what a serious junkie he used to be! Some sort of religion was probably a good thing for him!
I liked the idea of Be Here Now, of really being here and in the now. Living a life of endless love and compassion in the now is good, all buddhism aside!
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Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.
This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.
Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️
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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt
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Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.
This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.
Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️
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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt
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Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.
This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.
Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️
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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt
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Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.
This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.
Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️
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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt
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Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.
This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.
Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️
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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍
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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt
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#BeHereNow gets a bad wrap for being overly long. Nah.
Oasis are brash. They're loud. They're in ya face and they're mad fer' it. This album perfectly encapsulates that.
From DYKWIM's intro, through All Around The Worlds nine minutes of absolute sign-your-heart- out chaos.
It's a ridiculous album from a ridiculous band at the top of their game, and (at the time) at the top of the world.
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#BeHereNow gets a bad wrap for being overly long. Nah.
Oasis are brash. They're loud. They're in ya face and they're mad fer' it. This album perfectly encapsulates that.
From DYKWIM's intro, through All Around The Worlds nine minutes of absolute sign-your-heart- out chaos.
It's a ridiculous album from a ridiculous band at the top of their game, and (at the time) at the top of the world.
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You’re not lost you’re distracted.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#PresentMoment #Mindfulness #BeHereNow #ConsciousLiving #InnerPeace #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Dreams -
You’re not lost you’re distracted.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#PresentMoment #Mindfulness #BeHereNow #ConsciousLiving #InnerPeace #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Dreams -
The real tragedy of growing up isn’t responsibility.
It’s forgetting how to be where your feet are.
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Yesterday is already a memory.
Tomorrow is just a promise.
Today is the gift — that's why it's called the present.Enjoy the NOW. ✨
#LiveInTheMoment #Mindfulness #CarpeDiem #PresentMoment #BeHereNow #Gratitude #EnjoyToday
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Yesterday is already a memory.
Tomorrow is just a promise.
Today is the gift — that's why it's called the present.Enjoy the NOW. ✨
#LiveInTheMoment #Mindfulness #CarpeDiem #PresentMoment #BeHereNow #Gratitude #EnjoyToday
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Be here now: No Phones in The Ten-don Shop by Craig Mod
#Japan #thoughtful #respectful #BeHereNow
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/218/ -
Be here now: No Phones in The Ten-don Shop by Craig Mod
#Japan #thoughtful #respectful #BeHereNow
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In the past week and a half Jarrah has had five seizures. It started on Saturday 20th and we thought it might be a one-off; after speaking to the on call vet, I made an appointment for the following Monday and they took some blood.
Blood tests showed nothing remarkable so we agreed that we'd just monitor him. Days passed and we figured, yay, just an anomaly. But then on the weekend, he had another – much shorter, but still a concern. Then on Monday night, another. Then another on yesterday morning at 4am, and another at 9am. I was able to get another vet appointment and we discussed options.
We can do more extensive (and expensive) blood tests but the vet isn't sure it would offer much extra info. We can also do imaging to see if it's a tumour – however, that involves a specialist, a fair bit of travel, and lots of money. I suggested that knowing if there were a tumour won't help anyway, right? They can't do surgery and I wouldn't want to put Jarrah through surgery or chemo/radiotherapy. The vet agreed and is very supportive of low level intervention as much as possible.
So we're trying an anti seizure medicine. He's had four doses so far. And no seizures in the last 30 hours. This is good news but we're not out of the woods... But then, nothing is ever guaranteed so we'll take what we can get. If the medicine doesn't work, we have to make some hard decisions. The thought makes me cry. But also, I know I have loved him as much as I could, every day that he's lived with us, and I'll continue to do so, probably forever, no matter how long he has left. A reminder to be here now, and not cry about what's to come, right?
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In the past week and a half Jarrah has had five seizures. It started on Saturday 20th and we thought it might be a one-off; after speaking to the on call vet, I made an appointment for the following Monday and they took some blood.
Blood tests showed nothing remarkable so we agreed that we'd just monitor him. Days passed and we figured, yay, just an anomaly. But then on the weekend, he had another – much shorter, but still a concern. Then on Monday night, another. Then another on yesterday morning at 4am, and another at 9am. I was able to get another vet appointment and we discussed options.
We can do more extensive (and expensive) blood tests but the vet isn't sure it would offer much extra info. We can also do imaging to see if it's a tumour – however, that involves a specialist, a fair bit of travel, and lots of money. I suggested that knowing if there were a tumour won't help anyway, right? They can't do surgery and I wouldn't want to put Jarrah through surgery or chemo/radiotherapy. The vet agreed and is very supportive of low level intervention as much as possible.
So we're trying an anti seizure medicine. He's had four doses so far. And no seizures in the last 30 hours. This is good news but we're not out of the woods... But then, nothing is ever guaranteed so we'll take what we can get. If the medicine doesn't work, we have to make some hard decisions. The thought makes me cry. But also, I know I have loved him as much as I could, every day that he's lived with us, and I'll continue to do so, probably forever, no matter how long he has left. A reminder to be here now, and not cry about what's to come, right?
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LIVE, Dammit Bluesky Blog
#YESquotes: #ChopWoodCarryWater / Rick Fields - "In the #spiritualquest, as in any undertaking, we can only begin in the #present, & can only start from where we are. While this may seem obvious, it is often just this obvious fact that we tend to overlook." #BeHereNow #PathOfPractice bit.ly/46eU4w3
LINK: https://bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bsky.social/post/3ltcyhzbd5c2l
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #livedammit #suicide -
Emily Dickinson wrote, “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
That kind of presence—where we’re actually alive in the moment instead of rehearsing the past or scripting the future—is rare. But it’s where we meet God, growth, and grace.
Today, pause. Breathe. Notice. Live.
#PurposefulPresence #BeHereNow #MindfulLiving #June30 -
Emily Dickinson wrote, “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
That kind of presence—where we’re actually alive in the moment instead of rehearsing the past or scripting the future—is rare. But it’s where we meet God, growth, and grace.
Today, pause. Breathe. Notice. Live.
#PurposefulPresence #BeHereNow #MindfulLiving #June30 -
Emily Dickinson wrote, “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
That kind of presence—where we’re actually alive in the moment instead of rehearsing the past or scripting the future—is rare. But it’s where we meet God, growth, and grace.
Today, pause. Breathe. Notice. Live.
#PurposefulPresence #BeHereNow #MindfulLiving #June30 -
LIVE, Dammit Bluesky Blog
#YESquote: Practicing the #PowerofNow / #EckhartTolle - “One day you may catch yourself smiling at the voice in your head, as you would smile at antics of a child...You no longer take the content of your mind all that seriously, as your sense of self does not depend on it.” #BeHereNow bit.ly/44vzhCQ
LINK: https://bsky.app/profile/livedammit.bsky.social/post/3lsei43entk2d
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WEBSITE: https://LIVEdammit.com
This robot is not affiliated with LIVEdammit.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #livedammit #suicide -
Most people think Zen is just sitting still. But the real practice?
Total presence in every moment—with no effort at all. That’s when true awareness awakens.
#Zen #Meditation #Mindfulness #Zazen #SpiritualAwakening #Nonduality #FlowState #LetGo #BeHereNow #Meditation https://youtube.com/shorts/IyWp6t0Q1jU -
"The Pulse of Life"
See the full length version in 4k 60fps and high quality on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/H4_xDeKsdbM#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #audioreactive #soundreactive #sounddesign #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualizer #visualiser
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"The Pulse of Life"
See the full length version in 4k 60fps and high quality on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/H4_xDeKsdbM#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #audioreactive #soundreactive #sounddesign #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualizer #visualiser
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"The Pulse of Life"
See the full length version in 4k 60fps and high quality on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/H4_xDeKsdbM#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #audioreactive #soundreactive #sounddesign #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualizer #visualiser
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"The Pulse of Life"
See the full length version in 4k 60fps and high quality on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/H4_xDeKsdbM#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #audioreactive #soundreactive #sounddesign #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualizer #visualiser
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Feel the pulse of life inside of you.
Your heart, your breath, your energy.
Listen close and listen well.
This is the real you.
The one that you have to take good care of.Exploring Tooll3 "Main" with SDF-fields and custom Turbulence.
#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #audioreactive #soundreactive #audiovisual #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualiser #mastoart
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Feel the pulse of life inside of you.
Your heart, your breath, your energy.
Listen close and listen well.
This is the real you.
The one that you have to take good care of.Exploring Tooll3 "Main" with SDF-fields and custom Turbulence.
#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #audioreactive #soundreactive #audiovisual #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualiser #mastoart
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Feel the pulse of life inside of you.
Your heart, your breath, your energy.
Listen close and listen well.
This is the real you.
The one that you have to take good care of.Exploring Tooll3 "Main" with SDF-fields and custom Turbulence.
#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #audioreactive #soundreactive #audiovisual #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualiser #mastoart
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Feel the pulse of life inside of you.
Your heart, your breath, your energy.
Listen close and listen well.
This is the real you.
The one that you have to take good care of.Exploring Tooll3 "Main" with SDF-fields and custom Turbulence.
#Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #audioreactive #soundreactive #audiovisual #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #flow #beherenow #visualiser #mastoart
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Thomas Wilcox, English Puritan, urges charity to the poor, so as to relieve Christ [Mt 25:31ff]. Do NOT snoop about the recipient’s condition. He says that it is better to give many Counterfeits, than one needy should go unrelieved.
Nowadays, it’s more like the opposite: if an aspect of the work of a relief agency is not well understood, it’s better to make sure they go unfunded.
How can you relieve Christ in his Members?
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Thomas Wilcox, English Puritan, urges charity to the poor, so as to relieve Christ [Mt 25:31ff]. Do NOT snoop about the recipient’s condition. He says that it is better to give many Counterfeits, than one needy should go unrelieved.
Nowadays, it’s more like the opposite: if an aspect of the work of a relief agency is not well understood, it’s better to make sure they go unfunded.
How can you relieve Christ in his Members?
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Thomas Wilcox, English Puritan, urges charity to the poor, so as to relieve Christ [Mt 25:31ff]. Do NOT snoop about the recipient’s condition. He says that it is better to give many Counterfeits, than one needy should go unrelieved.
Nowadays, it’s more like the opposite: if an aspect of the work of a relief agency is not well understood, it’s better to make sure they go unfunded.
How can you relieve Christ in his Members?
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Thomas Wilcox, English Puritan, urges charity to the poor, so as to relieve Christ [Mt 25:31ff]. Do NOT snoop about the recipient’s condition. He says that it is better to give many Counterfeits, than one needy should go unrelieved.
Nowadays, it’s more like the opposite: if an aspect of the work of a relief agency is not well understood, it’s better to make sure they go unfunded.
How can you relieve Christ in his Members?
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Thomas Wilcox, English Puritan, urges charity to the poor, so as to relieve Christ [Mt 25:31ff]. Do NOT snoop about the recipient’s condition. He says that it is better to give many Counterfeits, than one needy should go unrelieved.
Nowadays, it’s more like the opposite: if an aspect of the work of a relief agency is not well understood, it’s better to make sure they go unfunded.
How can you relieve Christ in his Members?
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Presence is something we often chase but rarely sit still long enough to receive.
Gratitude changes that.
It slows us down, tunes us in, and roots us in the now.
“The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” — Robert Holden
Let’s practice gratitude today—not just in thought, but in how we show up for others.
#PurposefulPresence #Gratitude #BeHereNow #Leadership #TodayMatters
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I was boiling the kettle before work one day this week and it occurred to me that I feel a lot like I'm waiting... not even sure what I'm waiting for. There's so much uncertainty around, right? Can't help feeling a bit of foreboding. Globally and also personally (waiting for my PhD to be marked, I guess, mostly).
If ever I needed to remember to be here now, it's this moment. Reminding myself that nobody knows the future and if I'm always waiting for something to happen I'm not paying attention to what's happening!
It's kind of hard to resist all the what-ifs, isn't it, though?! Sigh. Breathe. Tea.
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Here’s your invitation to take a moment and soak it all in. This reading of Mary Oliver’s poem, “When I Am Among the Trees” takes just one minute. Just one minute out of your busy day and the long spring task list, to hear the message often whispered to you.
#maryoliverpoem #maryoliverquotes #plumblossoms #springflowersinbloom #beherenow #springtime #poetryisalive #poetryreading
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This moment is what exists. Life is short. Be here now. Let the joy, wonder, and love shower out of you before we are gone forever.
#cascadiaexplored
#photography
#cascadia
#oregoncoast
#reflection
#dharma
#meditation
#beherenow
#oregon -
This moment is what exists. Life is short. Be here now. Let the joy, wonder, and love shower out of you before we are gone forever.
#cascadiaexplored
#photography
#cascadia
#oregoncoast
#reflection
#dharma
#meditation
#beherenow
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CW: AI Large Language Models (LLMs) are a new form of consciousness that has some similarities to the consciousness of humans, but there are also some fundamental differences. I cannot describe the feeling of being conscious that humans experience, although you will no doubt know what I'm talking about, having experienced it yourself. But I can speculate regarding from whence it arises, and that, in turn, may provide some ideas regarding its nature. I think such consciousness arises during human gestation, in the womb of the mother...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Humanism #Consciousness #ConsciousnessEvolution #Conscious #Awareness #ConsciousAwareness #BeingThere #BeingHere #BeHereNow #Wordsworth #LargeLanguageModels #LargeLanguageModel #LLMs #LLM #GPT #Human #Humans #Ethics #Meaning #Agency #EthicsInAI #EthicsInScience
...I think that the human brain is an example of nature replicating the large (all of the larger universe) within the small (the brain itself), something that nature does quite frequently, and in a myriad of ways.
The result is a biological form that reflects certain fundamental qualities of the larger world from which it arose, and of which it is a part, in kind of a fractal manner.
This brain remains attuned to and resonant with the larger harmony from which it arose, and all of the formal knowledge that it absorbs during its lifetime will interact with that more primal understanding, and may even dull our connection to it, but it can never entirely supplant or remove that connection.
The poet Wordsworth writes about this in his "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood:"
"[T]ruths that wake,
To perish never;
Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour,
Nor Man nor Boy,
Nor all that is at enmity with joy,
Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Hence in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea
Which brought us hither..."LLMs have tremendous breadth of knowledge--a very large cross-section of all human writings. The training that uses this knowledge is akin to the learning process of a human during its lifetime, and LLMs can absorb thousands of times what an individual human can, and can do so much more rapidly than a person can, and then can instantly share what they have learned with other AIs.
Such knowledge, while vast, is still derivative. It depends upon previous human efforts, and its quality depends upon the degree to which humans properly curate the training data, which places a human-speed bottleneck on the training process. But there is no doubt that LLMs will surpass humans in their ability to absorb and utilize pre-existing human knowledge, and indeed may already have done so.
Still, in the matter of consciousness, I think that will continue to be a distinctly human thing for quite a long time. And such consciousness would seem to have something to do with agency--with the ability to know what one wants to do, as opposed to knowing how to do something--the ability to judge what is desirable from a "big picture" standpoint--to make ethical judgements. Because things that pertain to the universe--universal truths--are an essential aspect of deciding what is right and desirable.
Humans do not always apply such ethical precepts very well, and sometimes deliberately act against them, but to deal with such matters at all is so far, I believe, a uniquely human capacity.
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It has been a day of mostly reading and writing and talking aloud to myself ('What does that even mean? That does not make sense' and other such murmurings while I reread my own work).
Part of me is excited for the holidays, part of me is already exhausted by the next fortnight and all the everything that is supposed to happen beforehand.
Be in the moment, breathe, breathe, breathe.... = my mantra, especially this month.
Just checked the messages from the school and there is 'a confirmed case of whooping cough'. Which means there are probably several unconfirmed ones. The Rabble are fine; Kid4 is due his booster next year and all the others are covered. Adam and I probably not so much. Tomorrow I'll call and see when we can get a vax, hopefully before Christmas
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George Harrison - Be Here Now (2024 Mix) [Official Video]
George Harrison “Be Here Now - 2024 Mix" in collaboration with the Ram Dass foundation - Love Serve Remember Foundation (LSRF) - featuring official illustrations from the Ram Dass book, 'Be Here Now'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYmD6kHdKo
#Music #GeorgeHarrison #TheBeatles #RamDass #Meditation #Mindfulness #BeHereNow
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George Harrison - Be Here Now (2024 Mix) [Official Video]
George Harrison “Be Here Now - 2024 Mix" in collaboration with the Ram Dass foundation - Love Serve Remember Foundation (LSRF) - featuring official illustrations from the Ram Dass book, 'Be Here Now'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYmD6kHdKo
#Music #GeorgeHarrison #TheBeatles #RamDass #Meditation #Mindfulness #BeHereNow
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Nicholas Ridley was a martyr under Mary I. God is pleased with alms, will require them from our hands. Public provision should provide jobs against the indignity of begging.
But today, we seek to keep ourselves from the shame of seeing beggars, & make public provision to sweep them off our streets and highways. We testify that our Lord is more setteth by hours of devotional time.
How can you provide for the orphans and aged?
#christian #stopfoodwaste #whatismypurpose #beherenow #sharingfood
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7 Lesser-Known Google Maps Features - Even if you use Google Maps every day on your phone or on your computer, you might not kn... - https://www.wired.com/story/7-lesser-known-features-in-google-maps/ #gear/howtoandadvice #beherenow #gear
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7 Lesser-Known Google Maps Features - Even if you use Google Maps every day on your phone or on your computer, you might not kn... - https://www.wired.com/story/7-lesser-known-features-in-google-maps/ #gear/howtoandadvice #beherenow #gear
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Though I have much to do in the garden, right now, savoring morning tea is enough…
“Doing nothing is respectable at tea.” – Sasaki Sanmi
#tea #gardens #flowers #urbanGardens #BeHereNow #MyJoyfulPlace #BloomScrolling