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
Category: Zen
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
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
High-Hanging Fruit
Happy Bodhi Day 2021! The Eternal Fishnu and the Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet enjoying a Fall day at an organic farm. There is a very popular organic u-pick farm near where we live. It's mostly popular as a pumpkin patch in the Fall around Halloween. However, it is more apple orchard than pumpkin patch. … Continue reading High-Hanging Fruit
An Infinity of Boxes
My very decoupled outside rock collection where anarchy presides. Pick up any piece and the others are undisturbed. These are mostly sedimentary rocks. The Eternal Fishnu knew that tree that eventually became that petrified wood by his head. In the previous post, Kuzushi, I wrote of how the initial phase of a judo throw, where … Continue reading An Infinity of Boxes
Kuzushi – A Pre-Bodhi Season 2021 Message
Their Holinesses, The Eternal Fishnu and The Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet enjoying what is a sign of the coming of Bodhi Day - at least where I live. Bodhi Day is less than two weeks away (December 8, 2021). I'm sure many readers who found this blog this close to Bodhi Day are new … Continue reading Kuzushi – A Pre-Bodhi Season 2021 Message
Is This All There Is?
A sunflower is a sunflower and it isn't just a sunflower. My Periodic Wakey Wakey On a recent morning walk, deep in thought, after taking a left turn I faced the morning sun peeking out over a thunder cloud. Silvery and bold like I imagine the "light" that people with near-death experiences describe. The sight … Continue reading Is This All There Is?
Sapience and Creativity
You can't take a bad picture at Bryce Canyon. Every grain of sand in this snapshot is the result of an unimaginable number of state changes over an unimaginably long period of time. The hiker towards the right provides scale. My Uncle Willy's TLDR: No boddah wid dat! As breathtaking as the scene in the … Continue reading Sapience and Creativity
Bodhi Day 