There’s a Ralph Stanley song called “What a price” that yodels on about “how great is my debt to thee, my Savior who suffered for me”. It’s a beautiful song. You can tell Ralph feels so small in the presence of the divine. But where I get kinda lost is how he’s bleeding with gratitude,Continue reading “Meditation on gratitude, cont’d”
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Meditation on form
When you see a child struggling, you raise awareness by pointing out the various violations in proper form. A little less of this over here, extra accent on that over there. To be clear, the thing we’re pointing out is very important. Sometimes it’s as trifling as “do not speak to me that way” orContinue reading “Meditation on form”
Parable of Love
In a distant land not unlike our own, in a past not unlike our present, there was a wise elder who lived on the outskirts of a village. This village was nestled on the banks of a mighty river between the mountains and the sea. The elder was known for his profound wisdom, and villagersContinue reading “Parable of Love”
Meditation on 1 & 2 Peter
Every week, I walk down the stairs to the basement underneath the sanctuary of Saint Bridget’s Catholic Church to talk about the holy Bible with a group of local men. This is a big step for me and squaring up to the Christian teachings of my youth, which, as a young man, I was neverContinue reading “Meditation on 1 & 2 Peter”
Meditation on Becoming
Life is a trip. We produce so much noise internally and take so many inputs that cause friction in the form of self judgement. Go slower, go faster, start, stop, say this, don’t say that. The mind puts on quite the shit show. At this point, hanging out in the cage feels cozy. Sure, youContinue reading “Meditation on Becoming”
Meditation on AI and nature
In my day job, I build AI systems. Today I had to read about tensors which are “algebraic objects that describes a multilinear relationship between sets of algebraic objects related to a vector space.” That’s a mouthful. I was curious how a stable diffusion model such as DALL-e might represent such jargon in art, soContinue reading “Meditation on AI and nature”
“María Sabina, mujer espíritu” de Nicolás Echevarría (1979) [FULL TRANSCRIPT]
Maria Sabina was an indigenous woman born in the 1800’s in the town of Huatla de Jiminez, Mexico. She lived a very difficult life of extreme poverty but over time embraced her role as a curandera, or healer. Her primary methodology was holding a ritual ceremony in which she served psychoactive mushrooms and channeled theContinue reading ““María Sabina, mujer espíritu” de Nicolás Echevarría (1979) [FULL TRANSCRIPT]”
Costa Rica, según ChatGPT
Lo siguinte es un discuto que tuve con ChatGPT sobre el país de Costa Rica. Yo: “Explícame ChatGPT como si seria un muchacho de 5 años” ChatGPT: ¡Por supuesto! Imagina que ChatGPT es como un robot muy inteligente que vive dentro de la computadora o del teléfono. Este robot sabe muchas cosas porque ha leídoContinue reading “Costa Rica, según ChatGPT”
A Prayer for Felix
The following is a vision that I had during a meditation on brotherhood. Set The vision was set to a series of Shipibo Icaros. They are sung by a female and male voice at Arkana Spiritual Center in Peru, presumably in ceremony. They are some of the few Shipibo Icaros available (Link to track onContinue reading “A Prayer for Felix”
Meditation on Shiva
Shout out to Shiva. My kid has a book called “Heroes & Gods” which tells cartoon stories of characters like Jesus, Zeus, and Shiva. I was raised Presbyterian and public school covered Greek mythology, but I knew almost nothing about Shiva. According to the book, Shiva is most famous for destroying things that need toContinue reading “Meditation on Shiva”
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