I spent many hours over the past Holiday season talking to ChatGPT. After one session, I was so impressed with its ease of use and answers that it was clear A.I. did reach a new level. It's certainly not "THE SINGULARITY", but it's now good enough - even after the current over-hype eventually fades - … Continue reading My Dharma Talk with ChatGPT
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Spirit – Rev. Hanamoku’s Lunar Bodhi Day 2022 Message
Buddha Christmas and Bodhi Day Cookie. I was going for the look of a warrior's spirit. Happy Lunar Bodhi Day 2022 Today, December 30, 2022, is the Lunar Bodhi Day. This year, Bodhi Day happens between the titan holidays of Christmas and New Year. So I've noticed the view traffic for this site is very … Continue reading Spirit – Rev. Hanamoku’s Lunar Bodhi Day 2022 Message
Merry Christmas 2022
The Eternal Fishnu and the Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet wish all sentient beings a very Merry Christmas. I hope every sentient being is having a peaceful and contemplative holiday season. This blog is just a short, simple piece to wish every one of you sentient beings a Merry Christmas. So I've written just a … Continue reading Merry Christmas 2022
Rev. Hanamoku’s Bodhi Day 2022 Message
An oak seedling I encountered on Tuesday, November 15. It's meditating under it's own Bodhi Tree. My favorite Fall photo for 2022 isn't that of a grove of golden quaking aspen at the alpine altitudes of Utah. Nor is it any cluster of landscaped deciduous trees designed specifically for a Fall spectacle. It's the photo … Continue reading Rev. Hanamoku’s Bodhi Day 2022 Message
Bodhi Day Hack
The Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet and The Eternal Fishnu looking out at a vast chunk of space and time abstracted in about 10 million pixels. This Bodhi Hack is to fully assimilate of some form of this well-known quote that has reached cliché status: "The more you know, the more you realize you don't … Continue reading Bodhi Day Hack
Sentience without Sapience
The Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet blends in with the fleeting Autumn moment. If we’re alone in the woods hiking with only nature to capture our attention, our thoughts eventually fade into the background. It's like conversations people are having in the distance are just a blend of sounds. We can't stop that guy in … Continue reading Sentience without Sapience
Reality
Bodhi Day is about the realization that enlightenment is the omnipresent understanding that our human perception presents a highly-distorted reality. Our human perception distorts what is a continuous and eternal process into fragments of things and time. We see the Universe as a graph of symbols and relationships. This symbolic-based human perception isn't a flaw, … Continue reading Reality
Music Theory Bodhi Day
A Year and a Half into My Guitar Journey About a year and a half into my guitar journey, I feel I made honest progress through steady, dedicated practice. I continued well beyond that proverbial 90% who gives up after a year. So I rewarded myself the equivalent of a "blue belt" by purchasing my … Continue reading Music Theory Bodhi Day
Lunar Bodhi Day 2022
One of our cats, Bodhi. On December 27, 2021, the anniversary of the day he came to live with us. Happy Lunar Bodhi Day!! Monday, January 10, 2022 is the 8th Day of the 12th new moon of the Lunar New Year that began on February 12, 2021. In the Hanamoku household, the full Bodhi … Continue reading Lunar Bodhi Day 2022
The Man With the Bag
A very nice sunrise over one of my last walks before Christmas and the big snows hit. I read an article on the Guitar World site that states 90% of new guitarists abandon their effort within a year. I've been told figures in that ballpark regarding martial arts training. A month from now will mark … Continue reading The Man With the Bag
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