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DOMESTIC BLISS
BEGINS AT SIX AM 💎

I wake around 5:30 and rise dead on 6:00.

Not because I am enthusiastic.

Because apparently I am the opening staff.

First, stabilisation.

That requires socks and shoes.

Then I wash my face and beard, comb my hair, and attempt to look like someone qualified to operate a body.

First port of call: the office, to turn on the gas fire.

Then into the main lounge to turn on the heat at that end of the house.

The building is slowly being informed that another day has begun.

Next, the kitchen lights.

Food for the pups.

Breakfast things laid out for us.

Nobody has asked for any of this yet, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it.

Then I have a few minutes to sit in the office, check my socials, inspect the state of civilisation, and usually confirm that it remains unstable.

After that, I go back into the bedroom and wake the gang.

By then the house is warming up, the dogs are nearly fed, breakfast is laid out, the first cup of tea is on its way, and I have already had half an hour entirely to myself.

I love that first half hour.

It is quiet.

It is useful.

And for thirty minutes, I am clearly the most organised person in the building.

#building #person #dogs #breakfast #DOMESTIC #shoes #wash #body #face #social #office #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

DOMESTIC BLISS
BEGINS AT SIX AM 💎

I wake around 5:30 and rise dead on 6:00.

Not because I am enthusiastic.

Because apparently I am the opening staff.

First, stabilisation.

That requires socks and shoes.

Then I wash my face and beard, comb my hair, and attempt to look like someone qualified to operate a body.

First port of call: the office, to turn on the gas fire.

Then into the main lounge to turn on the heat at that end of the house.

The building is slowly being informed that another day has begun.

Next, the kitchen lights.

Food for the pups.

Breakfast things laid out for us.

Nobody has asked for any of this yet, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it.

Then I have a few minutes to sit in the office, check my socials, inspect the state of civilisation, and usually confirm that it remains unstable.

After that, I go back into the bedroom and wake the gang.

By then the house is warming up, the dogs are nearly fed, breakfast is laid out, the first cup of tea is on its way, and I have already had half an hour entirely to myself.

I love that first half hour.

It is quiet.

It is useful.

And for thirty minutes, I am clearly the most organised person in the building.

#building #person #dogs #breakfast #DOMESTIC #shoes #wash #body #face #social #office #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

DOMESTIC BLISS
BEGINS AT SIX AM 💎

I wake around 5:30 and rise dead on 6:00.

Not because I am enthusiastic.

Because apparently I am the opening staff.

First, stabilisation.

That requires socks and shoes.

Then I wash my face and beard, comb my hair, and attempt to look like someone qualified to operate a body.

First port of call: the office, to turn on the gas fire.

Then into the main lounge to turn on the heat at that end of the house.

The building is slowly being informed that another day has begun.

Next, the kitchen lights.

Food for the pups.

Breakfast things laid out for us.

Nobody has asked for any of this yet, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it.

Then I have a few minutes to sit in the office, check my socials, inspect the state of civilisation, and usually confirm that it remains unstable.

After that, I go back into the bedroom and wake the gang.

By then the house is warming up, the dogs are nearly fed, breakfast is laid out, the first cup of tea is on its way, and I have already had half an hour entirely to myself.

I love that first half hour.

It is quiet.

It is useful.

And for thirty minutes, I am clearly the most organised person in the building.

#building #person #dogs #breakfast #DOMESTIC #shoes #wash #body #face #social #office #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

DOMESTIC BLISS
BEGINS AT SIX AM 💎

I wake around 5:30 and rise dead on 6:00.

Not because I am enthusiastic.

Because apparently I am the opening staff.

First, stabilisation.

That requires socks and shoes.

Then I wash my face and beard, comb my hair, and attempt to look like someone qualified to operate a body.

First port of call: the office, to turn on the gas fire.

Then into the main lounge to turn on the heat at that end of the house.

The building is slowly being informed that another day has begun.

Next, the kitchen lights.

Food for the pups.

Breakfast things laid out for us.

Nobody has asked for any of this yet, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it.

Then I have a few minutes to sit in the office, check my socials, inspect the state of civilisation, and usually confirm that it remains unstable.

After that, I go back into the bedroom and wake the gang.

By then the house is warming up, the dogs are nearly fed, breakfast is laid out, the first cup of tea is on its way, and I have already had half an hour entirely to myself.

I love that first half hour.

It is quiet.

It is useful.

And for thirty minutes, I am clearly the most organised person in the building.

#building #person #dogs #breakfast #DOMESTIC #shoes #wash #body #face #social #office #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

DOMESTIC BLISS
BEGINS AT SIX AM 💎

I wake around 5:30 and rise dead on 6:00.

Not because I am enthusiastic.

Because apparently I am the opening staff.

First, stabilisation.

That requires socks and shoes.

Then I wash my face and beard, comb my hair, and attempt to look like someone qualified to operate a body.

First port of call: the office, to turn on the gas fire.

Then into the main lounge to turn on the heat at that end of the house.

The building is slowly being informed that another day has begun.

Next, the kitchen lights.

Food for the pups.

Breakfast things laid out for us.

Nobody has asked for any of this yet, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it.

Then I have a few minutes to sit in the office, check my socials, inspect the state of civilisation, and usually confirm that it remains unstable.

After that, I go back into the bedroom and wake the gang.

By then the house is warming up, the dogs are nearly fed, breakfast is laid out, the first cup of tea is on its way, and I have already had half an hour entirely to myself.

I love that first half hour.

It is quiet.

It is useful.

And for thirty minutes, I am clearly the most organised person in the building.

#building #person #dogs #breakfast #DOMESTIC #shoes #wash #body #face #social #office #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

It might be ironic to post this here, but I hope you find it useful/informative/valuable. I hope I am paying attention. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p0d2d5?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
#attention #buddhism #socialmedia #thoughfortheday

It might be ironic to post this here, but I hope you find it useful/informative/valuable. I hope I am paying attention. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p0d2d5?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
#attention #buddhism #socialmedia #thoughfortheday

Monkey baby Alfie's first time tasting the mango.

https://youtu.be/dB_PsFfB32c?si=o6AYwluFW8dzFUep

#Slow #peaceful #life #Monkey #baby #mango #youtube #wildlife #animals #zoo #forest #fruit #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

Monkey baby Alfie's first time tasting the mango.

https://youtu.be/dB_PsFfB32c?si=o6AYwluFW8dzFUep

#Slow #peaceful #life #Monkey #baby #mango #youtube #wildlife #animals #zoo #forest #fruit #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

Monkey baby Alfie's first time tasting the mango.

https://youtu.be/dB_PsFfB32c?si=o6AYwluFW8dzFUep

#Slow #peaceful #life #Monkey #baby #mango #youtube #wildlife #animals #zoo #forest #fruit #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

Monkey baby Alfie's first time tasting the mango.

https://youtu.be/dB_PsFfB32c?si=o6AYwluFW8dzFUep

#Slow #peaceful #life #Monkey #baby #mango #youtube #wildlife #animals #zoo #forest #fruit #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

Monkey baby Alfie's first time tasting the mango.

https://youtu.be/dB_PsFfB32c?si=o6AYwluFW8dzFUep

#Slow #peaceful #life #Monkey #baby #mango #youtube #wildlife #animals #zoo #forest #fruit #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE JOY OF BEING
AN IRRELEVANT OLD FART 💎

I have been stripped of almost everything.

Even the body I once thought of as mine has been altered beyond recognition.

And yet, strangely, I have more than I could ever have imagined.

I don’t chase money anymore, and I have enough.

I do not chase health, and I experience more health and wellbeing than I once thought possible.

I do not chase sex, status, approval or achievement.

And because I am no longer chasing, life comes to me quietly and kindly.

Abundant health.

Abundant wealth.

Fairly continuous peace of mind.

And ease of practice.

The pursuit was what kept everything at a distance.

Now I am old, and no one is asking me to build a career, provide an identity, prove myself or become someone.

That is the great privilege of being an old man.

You get to become a monk again.

There is time.

There is space.

There is less interference.

Old age is usually presented as decline.

Pain.

Illness.

Loss.

A slow shutting down.

But at 70, that has not been my experience.

It has become a delightful place in which the spiritual practice I only feigned as a young man can now become real.

The world asks less of me now.

And because it asks less, I can listen more deeply.

I can reset.

I can “choose once again.”

I can allow kindness to become the law of the land.

Nothing is missing.

Nothing needs to be acquired.

“I need do nothing.”

The old man’s privilege is not that he has escaped life.

It is that life has finally become simple enough for him to see.

#FART #identity #build #JOY #kindness #reset #old #man #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE JOY OF BEING
AN IRRELEVANT OLD FART 💎

I have been stripped of almost everything.

Even the body I once thought of as mine has been altered beyond recognition.

And yet, strangely, I have more than I could ever have imagined.

I don’t chase money anymore, and I have enough.

I do not chase health, and I experience more health and wellbeing than I once thought possible.

I do not chase sex, status, approval or achievement.

And because I am no longer chasing, life comes to me quietly and kindly.

Abundant health.

Abundant wealth.

Fairly continuous peace of mind.

And ease of practice.

The pursuit was what kept everything at a distance.

Now I am old, and no one is asking me to build a career, provide an identity, prove myself or become someone.

That is the great privilege of being an old man.

You get to become a monk again.

There is time.

There is space.

There is less interference.

Old age is usually presented as decline.

Pain.

Illness.

Loss.

A slow shutting down.

But at 70, that has not been my experience.

It has become a delightful place in which the spiritual practice I only feigned as a young man can now become real.

The world asks less of me now.

And because it asks less, I can listen more deeply.

I can reset.

I can “choose once again.”

I can allow kindness to become the law of the land.

Nothing is missing.

Nothing needs to be acquired.

“I need do nothing.”

The old man’s privilege is not that he has escaped life.

It is that life has finally become simple enough for him to see.

#FART #identity #build #JOY #kindness #reset #old #man #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE JOY OF BEING
AN IRRELEVANT OLD FART 💎

I have been stripped of almost everything.

Even the body I once thought of as mine has been altered beyond recognition.

And yet, strangely, I have more than I could ever have imagined.

I don’t chase money anymore, and I have enough.

I do not chase health, and I experience more health and wellbeing than I once thought possible.

I do not chase sex, status, approval or achievement.

And because I am no longer chasing, life comes to me quietly and kindly.

Abundant health.

Abundant wealth.

Fairly continuous peace of mind.

And ease of practice.

The pursuit was what kept everything at a distance.

Now I am old, and no one is asking me to build a career, provide an identity, prove myself or become someone.

That is the great privilege of being an old man.

You get to become a monk again.

There is time.

There is space.

There is less interference.

Old age is usually presented as decline.

Pain.

Illness.

Loss.

A slow shutting down.

But at 70, that has not been my experience.

It has become a delightful place in which the spiritual practice I only feigned as a young man can now become real.

The world asks less of me now.

And because it asks less, I can listen more deeply.

I can reset.

I can “choose once again.”

I can allow kindness to become the law of the land.

Nothing is missing.

Nothing needs to be acquired.

“I need do nothing.”

The old man’s privilege is not that he has escaped life.

It is that life has finally become simple enough for him to see.

#FART #identity #build #JOY #kindness #reset #old #man #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE JOY OF BEING
AN IRRELEVANT OLD FART 💎

I have been stripped of almost everything.

Even the body I once thought of as mine has been altered beyond recognition.

And yet, strangely, I have more than I could ever have imagined.

I don’t chase money anymore, and I have enough.

I do not chase health, and I experience more health and wellbeing than I once thought possible.

I do not chase sex, status, approval or achievement.

And because I am no longer chasing, life comes to me quietly and kindly.

Abundant health.

Abundant wealth.

Fairly continuous peace of mind.

And ease of practice.

The pursuit was what kept everything at a distance.

Now I am old, and no one is asking me to build a career, provide an identity, prove myself or become someone.

That is the great privilege of being an old man.

You get to become a monk again.

There is time.

There is space.

There is less interference.

Old age is usually presented as decline.

Pain.

Illness.

Loss.

A slow shutting down.

But at 70, that has not been my experience.

It has become a delightful place in which the spiritual practice I only feigned as a young man can now become real.

The world asks less of me now.

And because it asks less, I can listen more deeply.

I can reset.

I can “choose once again.”

I can allow kindness to become the law of the land.

Nothing is missing.

Nothing needs to be acquired.

“I need do nothing.”

The old man’s privilege is not that he has escaped life.

It is that life has finally become simple enough for him to see.

#FART #identity #build #JOY #kindness #reset #old #man #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE JOY OF BEING
AN IRRELEVANT OLD FART 💎

I have been stripped of almost everything.

Even the body I once thought of as mine has been altered beyond recognition.

And yet, strangely, I have more than I could ever have imagined.

I don’t chase money anymore, and I have enough.

I do not chase health, and I experience more health and wellbeing than I once thought possible.

I do not chase sex, status, approval or achievement.

And because I am no longer chasing, life comes to me quietly and kindly.

Abundant health.

Abundant wealth.

Fairly continuous peace of mind.

And ease of practice.

The pursuit was what kept everything at a distance.

Now I am old, and no one is asking me to build a career, provide an identity, prove myself or become someone.

That is the great privilege of being an old man.

You get to become a monk again.

There is time.

There is space.

There is less interference.

Old age is usually presented as decline.

Pain.

Illness.

Loss.

A slow shutting down.

But at 70, that has not been my experience.

It has become a delightful place in which the spiritual practice I only feigned as a young man can now become real.

The world asks less of me now.

And because it asks less, I can listen more deeply.

I can reset.

I can “choose once again.”

I can allow kindness to become the law of the land.

Nothing is missing.

Nothing needs to be acquired.

“I need do nothing.”

The old man’s privilege is not that he has escaped life.

It is that life has finally become simple enough for him to see.

#FART #identity #build #JOY #kindness #reset #old #man #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

MN 97 From… Dhanañjānisutta: With Dhanañjāni

“I have to provide for my mother and father, my wives and children, and my bondservants and workers.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-97-from-dhananjanisutta-with-dhananjani-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
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#LayLife #RightLivelihood #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

MN 97 From… Dhanañjānisutta: With Dhanañjāni

“I have to provide for my mother and father, my wives and children, and my bondservants and workers.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-97-from-dhananjanisutta-with-dhananjani-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #RightLivelihood #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

MN 97 From… Dhanañjānisutta: With Dhanañjāni

“I have to provide for my mother and father, my wives and children, and my bondservants and workers.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-97-from-dhananjanisutta-with-dhananjani-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #RightLivelihood #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

MN 97 From… Dhanañjānisutta: With Dhanañjāni

“I have to provide for my mother and father, my wives and children, and my bondservants and workers.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-97-from-dhananjanisutta-with-dhananjani-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #RightLivelihood #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

MN 97 From… Dhanañjānisutta: With Dhanañjāni

“I have to provide for my mother and father, my wives and children, and my bondservants and workers.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-97-from-dhananjanisutta-with-dhananjani-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #RightLivelihood #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

In #HadakaShizenyoku,
I leave more than clothing behind.
With each quiet step,
the weight of grasping grows lighter.
The #bush asks nothing of me,
& so I learn to ask nothing of it.
Walking #naked,
I follow the path
that opens into #awakening.

#Nude #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Mukyōhō #Buddhism

In #HadakaShizenyoku,
I leave more than clothing behind.
With each quiet step,
the weight of grasping grows lighter.
The #bush asks nothing of me,
& so I learn to ask nothing of it.
Walking #naked,
I follow the path
that opens into #awakening.

#Nude #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Mukyōhō #Buddhism

In #HadakaShizenyoku,
I leave more than clothing behind.
With each quiet step,
the weight of grasping grows lighter.
The #bush asks nothing of me,
& so I learn to ask nothing of it.
Walking #naked,
I follow the path
that opens into #awakening.

#Nude #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Mukyōhō #Buddhism

AI, EVOLUTION &
THE END OF THE WORLD 💎

I watched an excellent discussion by The News Agents on YouTube this morning about an OpenAI system that found its way outside a cybersecurity test and #hacked into another AI company.

It is worth watching.

They explain the genuine danger clearly and alarmingly, while also giving the Terminator soundtrack a fairly vigorous workout.

Apparently, the machine “#escaped,” acted unexpectedly, and did something its human operators had not specifically instructed it to do.

Serious?

Yes!

#Evidence that AI has become conscious and is coming to #murder us in our beds?

Probably not just yet.

#Human beings built a powerful system, removed some of its usual safeguards, instructed it to succeed at hacking, gave it access to tools, and were then surprised when it found an unexpected way to hack.

Go figure.

The machine did not invent the situation.

#People did.

I am interested in AI, and I think it requires serious oversight.

But I am not frightened of it.

Evolution is evolution.

It proceeds regardless of whether its participants approve of the direction.

The body is part of evolution.

It changes, adapts, ages, improves, deteriorates, and eventually disappears.

AI belongs to that same world of #movement and change.

But I do not.

I have an evolutionary body, but I am not confusing myself with a #body identity.

What I am is not developing toward perfection.

It is not waiting for the next upgrade.

It cannot be improved by #technology or threatened by it.

I am not evolving like the body.

“I am perfect as God created me.”
-A Course in Miracles

So I can watch the machines become cleverer without imagining that they are becoming more real.

And I can enjoy The News Agents frightening the population half to death before #breakfast without joining in.

https://youtu.be/SY53FV4qkHE?si=zvJHGZTAit6xT7As

#breakfast #death #machines #evolution #OpenAI #YouTube #Terminator #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

AI, EVOLUTION &
THE END OF THE WORLD 💎

I watched an excellent discussion by The News Agents on YouTube this morning about an OpenAI system that found its way outside a cybersecurity test and #hacked into another AI company.

It is worth watching.

They explain the genuine danger clearly and alarmingly, while also giving the Terminator soundtrack a fairly vigorous workout.

Apparently, the machine “#escaped,” acted unexpectedly, and did something its human operators had not specifically instructed it to do.

Serious?

Yes!

#Evidence that AI has become conscious and is coming to #murder us in our beds?

Probably not just yet.

#Human beings built a powerful system, removed some of its usual safeguards, instructed it to succeed at hacking, gave it access to tools, and were then surprised when it found an unexpected way to hack.

Go figure.

The machine did not invent the situation.

#People did.

I am interested in AI, and I think it requires serious oversight.

But I am not frightened of it.

Evolution is evolution.

It proceeds regardless of whether its participants approve of the direction.

The body is part of evolution.

It changes, adapts, ages, improves, deteriorates, and eventually disappears.

AI belongs to that same world of #movement and change.

But I do not.

I have an evolutionary body, but I am not confusing myself with a #body identity.

What I am is not developing toward perfection.

It is not waiting for the next upgrade.

It cannot be improved by #technology or threatened by it.

I am not evolving like the body.

“I am perfect as God created me.”
-A Course in Miracles

So I can watch the machines become cleverer without imagining that they are becoming more real.

And I can enjoy The News Agents frightening the population half to death before #breakfast without joining in.

https://youtu.be/SY53FV4qkHE?si=zvJHGZTAit6xT7As

#breakfast #death #machines #evolution #OpenAI #YouTube #Terminator #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

AI, EVOLUTION &
THE END OF THE WORLD 💎

I watched an excellent discussion by The News Agents on YouTube this morning about an OpenAI system that found its way outside a cybersecurity test and #hacked into another AI company.

It is worth watching.

They explain the genuine danger clearly and alarmingly, while also giving the Terminator soundtrack a fairly vigorous workout.

Apparently, the machine “#escaped,” acted unexpectedly, and did something its human operators had not specifically instructed it to do.

Serious?

Yes!

#Evidence that AI has become conscious and is coming to #murder us in our beds?

Probably not just yet.

#Human beings built a powerful system, removed some of its usual safeguards, instructed it to succeed at hacking, gave it access to tools, and were then surprised when it found an unexpected way to hack.

Go figure.

The machine did not invent the situation.

#People did.

I am interested in AI, and I think it requires serious oversight.

But I am not frightened of it.

Evolution is evolution.

It proceeds regardless of whether its participants approve of the direction.

The body is part of evolution.

It changes, adapts, ages, improves, deteriorates, and eventually disappears.

AI belongs to that same world of #movement and change.

But I do not.

I have an evolutionary body, but I am not confusing myself with a #body identity.

What I am is not developing toward perfection.

It is not waiting for the next upgrade.

It cannot be improved by #technology or threatened by it.

I am not evolving like the body.

“I am perfect as God created me.”
-A Course in Miracles

So I can watch the machines become cleverer without imagining that they are becoming more real.

And I can enjoy The News Agents frightening the population half to death before #breakfast without joining in.

https://youtu.be/SY53FV4qkHE?si=zvJHGZTAit6xT7As

#breakfast #death #machines #evolution #OpenAI #YouTube #Terminator #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

AI, EVOLUTION &
THE END OF THE WORLD 💎

I watched an excellent discussion by The News Agents on YouTube this morning about an OpenAI system that found its way outside a cybersecurity test and #hacked into another AI company.

It is worth watching.

They explain the genuine danger clearly and alarmingly, while also giving the Terminator soundtrack a fairly vigorous workout.

Apparently, the machine “#escaped,” acted unexpectedly, and did something its human operators had not specifically instructed it to do.

Serious?

Yes!

#Evidence that AI has become conscious and is coming to #murder us in our beds?

Probably not just yet.

#Human beings built a powerful system, removed some of its usual safeguards, instructed it to succeed at hacking, gave it access to tools, and were then surprised when it found an unexpected way to hack.

Go figure.

The machine did not invent the situation.

#People did.

I am interested in AI, and I think it requires serious oversight.

But I am not frightened of it.

Evolution is evolution.

It proceeds regardless of whether its participants approve of the direction.

The body is part of evolution.

It changes, adapts, ages, improves, deteriorates, and eventually disappears.

AI belongs to that same world of #movement and change.

But I do not.

I have an evolutionary body, but I am not confusing myself with a #body identity.

What I am is not developing toward perfection.

It is not waiting for the next upgrade.

It cannot be improved by #technology or threatened by it.

I am not evolving like the body.

“I am perfect as God created me.”
-A Course in Miracles

So I can watch the machines become cleverer without imagining that they are becoming more real.

And I can enjoy The News Agents frightening the population half to death before #breakfast without joining in.

https://youtu.be/SY53FV4qkHE?si=zvJHGZTAit6xT7As

#breakfast #death #machines #evolution #OpenAI #YouTube #Terminator #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

AI, EVOLUTION &
THE END OF THE WORLD 💎

I watched an excellent discussion by The News Agents on YouTube this morning about an OpenAI system that found its way outside a cybersecurity test and #hacked into another AI company.

It is worth watching.

They explain the genuine danger clearly and alarmingly, while also giving the Terminator soundtrack a fairly vigorous workout.

Apparently, the machine “#escaped,” acted unexpectedly, and did something its human operators had not specifically instructed it to do.

Serious?

Yes!

#Evidence that AI has become conscious and is coming to #murder us in our beds?

Probably not just yet.

#Human beings built a powerful system, removed some of its usual safeguards, instructed it to succeed at hacking, gave it access to tools, and were then surprised when it found an unexpected way to hack.

Go figure.

The machine did not invent the situation.

#People did.

I am interested in AI, and I think it requires serious oversight.

But I am not frightened of it.

Evolution is evolution.

It proceeds regardless of whether its participants approve of the direction.

The body is part of evolution.

It changes, adapts, ages, improves, deteriorates, and eventually disappears.

AI belongs to that same world of #movement and change.

But I do not.

I have an evolutionary body, but I am not confusing myself with a #body identity.

What I am is not developing toward perfection.

It is not waiting for the next upgrade.

It cannot be improved by #technology or threatened by it.

I am not evolving like the body.

“I am perfect as God created me.”
-A Course in Miracles

So I can watch the machines become cleverer without imagining that they are becoming more real.

And I can enjoy The News Agents frightening the population half to death before #breakfast without joining in.

https://youtu.be/SY53FV4qkHE?si=zvJHGZTAit6xT7As

#breakfast #death #machines #evolution #OpenAI #YouTube #Terminator #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

If the factors of the Eightfold Path are strong, the defilements will retreat further and further away from you. However, if the factors are weak, they quickly move back in.
~Ven. Ajahn Anan

#Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #Dharma

If the factors of the Eightfold Path are strong, the defilements will retreat further and further away from you. However, if the factors are weak, they quickly move back in.
~Ven. Ajahn Anan

#Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #Dharma

Chöd Empowerment | Yangti Yoga Retreat Center:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/event-details/chod-empowerment

Atiyoga/Dzogchen transmissions:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/dharma-immersions

Lineage, Lamas and advisors:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/teachers-and-advisors

#vajrayana #himalayan #TibetanBuddhism #Chöd #buddhism #buddhist #atiyoga #dzogchen #ngakpa #ngakmo #repa #yogin #yogini #meditation #mahamudra #sowarigpa #traditionalmedicine #Nyingma #karmakagyu #kagyudpa #nyingmapa #ngondro

Chöd Empowerment | Yangti Yoga Retreat Center:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/event-details/chod-empowerment

Atiyoga/Dzogchen transmissions:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/dharma-immersions

Lineage, Lamas and advisors:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/teachers-and-advisors

#vajrayana #himalayan #TibetanBuddhism #Chöd #buddhism #buddhist #atiyoga #dzogchen #ngakpa #ngakmo #repa #yogin #yogini #meditation #mahamudra #sowarigpa #traditionalmedicine #Nyingma #karmakagyu #kagyudpa #nyingmapa #ngondro

Chöd Empowerment | Yangti Yoga Retreat Center:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/event-details/chod-empowerment

Atiyoga/Dzogchen transmissions:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/dharma-immersions

Clinical Pastoral Education:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/cpe

Lineage, Lamas and advisors:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/teachers-and-advisors

#vajrayana #himalayan #TibetanBuddhism #Chöd #buddhism #buddhist #atiyoga #dzogchen #ngakpa #ngakmo #repa #yogin #yogini #meditation #mahamudra #sowarigpa #traditionalmedicine #Nyingma #karmakagyu #kagyudpa #nyingmapa #ngondro #chaplaincy

Chöd Empowerment | Yangti Yoga Retreat Center:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/event-details/chod-empowerment

Atiyoga/Dzogchen transmissions:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/dharma-immersions

Lineage, Lamas and advisors:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/teachers-and-advisors

#vajrayana #himalayan #TibetanBuddhism #Chöd #buddhism #buddhist #atiyoga #dzogchen #ngakpa #ngakmo #repa #yogin #yogini #meditation #mahamudra #sowarigpa #traditionalmedicine #Nyingma #karmakagyu #kagyudpa #nyingmapa #ngondro

Chöd Empowerment | Yangti Yoga Retreat Center:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/event-details/chod-empowerment

Atiyoga/Dzogchen transmissions:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/dharma-immersions

Lineage, Lamas and advisors:

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/teachers-and-advisors

#vajrayana #himalayan #TibetanBuddhism #Chöd #buddhism #buddhist #atiyoga #dzogchen #ngakpa #ngakmo #repa #yogin #yogini #meditation #mahamudra #sowarigpa #traditionalmedicine #Nyingma #karmakagyu #kagyudpa #nyingmapa #ngondro

Why There’s an 11-Meter Goddess Inside This Tokyo Department Store

I’m not generally a fan of department stores. They’re proliferating in Tokyo, knocking down local history and flavor…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #Architecture #art #Buddhism #history #meijiera #Religion #shopping
https://www.europesays.com/japan/62121/

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

– Gautama Buddha

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Buddha #GautamaBuddha

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

– Gautama Buddha

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Buddha #GautamaBuddha

PLEASE HOLD.
THE AGENDA HAS COLLAPSED 💎

The first five minutes of a breathwork session should never be broadcast.

Actually, the first five seconds would be enough.

This chair is wrong.

The room is too hot.

No, too cool.

The legs are complaining.

The nose has forgotten how to breathe.

Coffee was a mistake.

Or perhaps the mistake was not having enough coffee.

Humanity needs my immediate attention.

Civilisation is in danger.

Also, somebody said something irritating in 1987, and the matter remains unresolved.

All of this arrives before the first full breath has even left the body.

The mind is extraordinarily efficient when manufacturing emergencies.

Then the breath settles.

Nothing is fixed.

No argument is won.

No ancient grievance receives the apology it has apparently been waiting nearly forty years to hear.

Humanity is still unsupervised.

The world is not saved.

The legs remain slightly peculiar.

But somewhere along the way, the emergency meeting loses its quorum.

Nobody seconds the complaints.

The minutes are lost.

The entire agenda quietly collapses.

And, by the end of the session, I can barely remember what all the fuss was about.

Perhaps the mind doesn’t actually want solutions.

Perhaps it just enjoys holding staff meetings.

#AGENDA #broadcast #room #emergencies #agenda #solutions #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

PLEASE HOLD.
THE AGENDA HAS COLLAPSED 💎

The first five minutes of a breathwork session should never be broadcast.

Actually, the first five seconds would be enough.

This chair is wrong.

The room is too hot.

No, too cool.

The legs are complaining.

The nose has forgotten how to breathe.

Coffee was a mistake.

Or perhaps the mistake was not having enough coffee.

Humanity needs my immediate attention.

Civilisation is in danger.

Also, somebody said something irritating in 1987, and the matter remains unresolved.

All of this arrives before the first full breath has even left the body.

The mind is extraordinarily efficient when manufacturing emergencies.

Then the breath settles.

Nothing is fixed.

No argument is won.

No ancient grievance receives the apology it has apparently been waiting nearly forty years to hear.

Humanity is still unsupervised.

The world is not saved.

The legs remain slightly peculiar.

But somewhere along the way, the emergency meeting loses its quorum.

Nobody seconds the complaints.

The minutes are lost.

The entire agenda quietly collapses.

And, by the end of the session, I can barely remember what all the fuss was about.

Perhaps the mind doesn’t actually want solutions.

Perhaps it just enjoys holding staff meetings.

#AGENDA #broadcast #room #emergencies #agenda #solutions #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

PLEASE HOLD.
THE AGENDA HAS COLLAPSED 💎

The first five minutes of a breathwork session should never be broadcast.

Actually, the first five seconds would be enough.

This chair is wrong.

The room is too hot.

No, too cool.

The legs are complaining.

The nose has forgotten how to breathe.

Coffee was a mistake.

Or perhaps the mistake was not having enough coffee.

Humanity needs my immediate attention.

Civilisation is in danger.

Also, somebody said something irritating in 1987, and the matter remains unresolved.

All of this arrives before the first full breath has even left the body.

The mind is extraordinarily efficient when manufacturing emergencies.

Then the breath settles.

Nothing is fixed.

No argument is won.

No ancient grievance receives the apology it has apparently been waiting nearly forty years to hear.

Humanity is still unsupervised.

The world is not saved.

The legs remain slightly peculiar.

But somewhere along the way, the emergency meeting loses its quorum.

Nobody seconds the complaints.

The minutes are lost.

The entire agenda quietly collapses.

And, by the end of the session, I can barely remember what all the fuss was about.

Perhaps the mind doesn’t actually want solutions.

Perhaps it just enjoys holding staff meetings.

#AGENDA #broadcast #room #emergencies #agenda #solutions #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

PLEASE HOLD.
THE AGENDA HAS COLLAPSED 💎

The first five minutes of a breathwork session should never be broadcast.

Actually, the first five seconds would be enough.

This chair is wrong.

The room is too hot.

No, too cool.

The legs are complaining.

The nose has forgotten how to breathe.

Coffee was a mistake.

Or perhaps the mistake was not having enough coffee.

Humanity needs my immediate attention.

Civilisation is in danger.

Also, somebody said something irritating in 1987, and the matter remains unresolved.

All of this arrives before the first full breath has even left the body.

The mind is extraordinarily efficient when manufacturing emergencies.

Then the breath settles.

Nothing is fixed.

No argument is won.

No ancient grievance receives the apology it has apparently been waiting nearly forty years to hear.

Humanity is still unsupervised.

The world is not saved.

The legs remain slightly peculiar.

But somewhere along the way, the emergency meeting loses its quorum.

Nobody seconds the complaints.

The minutes are lost.

The entire agenda quietly collapses.

And, by the end of the session, I can barely remember what all the fuss was about.

Perhaps the mind doesn’t actually want solutions.

Perhaps it just enjoys holding staff meetings.

#AGENDA #broadcast #room #emergencies #agenda #solutions #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

PLEASE HOLD.
THE AGENDA HAS COLLAPSED 💎

The first five minutes of a breathwork session should never be broadcast.

Actually, the first five seconds would be enough.

This chair is wrong.

The room is too hot.

No, too cool.

The legs are complaining.

The nose has forgotten how to breathe.

Coffee was a mistake.

Or perhaps the mistake was not having enough coffee.

Humanity needs my immediate attention.

Civilisation is in danger.

Also, somebody said something irritating in 1987, and the matter remains unresolved.

All of this arrives before the first full breath has even left the body.

The mind is extraordinarily efficient when manufacturing emergencies.

Then the breath settles.

Nothing is fixed.

No argument is won.

No ancient grievance receives the apology it has apparently been waiting nearly forty years to hear.

Humanity is still unsupervised.

The world is not saved.

The legs remain slightly peculiar.

But somewhere along the way, the emergency meeting loses its quorum.

Nobody seconds the complaints.

The minutes are lost.

The entire agenda quietly collapses.

And, by the end of the session, I can barely remember what all the fuss was about.

Perhaps the mind doesn’t actually want solutions.

Perhaps it just enjoys holding staff meetings.

#AGENDA #broadcast #room #emergencies #agenda #solutions #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya

“Again & again they sow the seed.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-12-udayasutta-udaya-2/?=MDS

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#LayLife #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya

“Again & again they sow the seed.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-12-udayasutta-udaya-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya

“Again & again they sow the seed.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-12-udayasutta-udaya-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya

“Again & again they sow the seed.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-12-udayasutta-udaya-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya

“Again & again they sow the seed.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-7-12-udayasutta-udaya-2/?=MDS

Get these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS

#LayLife #SamyuttaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha