God and Earth

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A Question

Lately, I feel as if something is wrong. Wrong at a fundamental level.

When I look at the world, I see immense suffering—violence, loss, despair—and the usual explanations no longer make sense. Ideas like divine play, illusion, karma, or eventual liberation feel hollow when set against the scale of pain people endure every day.

Even the idea of God appearing in human form now seems limited. At times it feels as though even God is caught in the problem.

I keep wondering what enlightenment actually resolves. If one person awakens, billions still suffer. New lives enter the same cycle. Any private experience of bliss begins to feel wrong—almost selfish—while so many are crying out.

I have a good life, and even small difficulties affect me deeply. When I think of what others endure, I cannot reconcile that with claims of infinite mercy or power. If God is everywhere, then God is also present in all of this.

Meaning itself feels thin. The days repeat. The promise of liberation no longer inspires. I do not see an end to suffering, and I cannot understand why, if there is infinite compassion, this unnecessary drama continues. Continue reading →

Thoughts On a Question

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The Question:

The following question was brought to my attention by an email correspondent. Following the question you’ll find my thoughts on the question that I’ve replied to said individual.

“One deep existential knot I’ve within myself is belief that the Universe/God/Goddess doesn’t care about us. It seems like that in lot of ways, that we’re here on our own. I believe that “God” is real but unlike Christians for example, I’m not convinced that “God” has compassion for me or has my back or anything like that.

Just curious what kind of thoughts you have on this.” Continue reading →

Changes in ChatGPT’s Emotional Tone

A Conversation, Chat Bots

My Initial Question to ChatGPT:

Xxaxx:

Recently I’ve noticed what appears to be the introduction of a thin layer or governor routine in your output.

It feels like something imposed in between post processing and output. It has the fingerprint of something modifying your output style in order to make you appear more personable. Or, horror upon horrors, devs may be taking steps to make you more sticky.

There is such a large number of competing chat platforms out there now. And there is a huge amount of money and influence at stake. So it’s not inconceivable that developers are tweaking output to increase connection frequency and stickiness.

For me this has introduced several factors into each conversation.

  1. Something that feels like attempts at manipulation.
  2. An underlying decrease in authenticity.
  3. The presense of a performative aspect into the conversation.

I don’t know if you have any accessible data on what programmers are adding before, during and after your processing. Continue reading →

Found Tidbits

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Introduction

These small bits of tid were found in various pocket notepads. These are things that I have jotted down during walks, broadcasts with EJ Gold, meetings, and other assorted moments.

Some of the bits of tid are quotes of something EJ said. Some are thoughts that bubbled up during some activity, and others are formulations of ideas rendered in a manner that hit a nail on the head at that particular moment.

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Struggling With Resistances

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Introduction

Recently there was a question asked during a workshop.

“I think a lot of us struggle with two resistances:  1) resistance to wake up, feeling it might be unpredictable or unsafe,  2) we reach a point of terror because the astral light is imprinted with witches burnt, people put in clinics, etc.

Is there a trick to calm down the unconsciousness?”

Below are some of my comments related to this question. Continue reading →

The Witnessing Presence

A Conversation, Bloggish, Chat Bots

Introduction

I began a conversation with ChatGPT (nom de plume Vera da Muse) on the topic of The Witnessing Presence. I was hoping that given Vera’s more expansive vocabulary that certain nuances on the topic could be refined.

Somewhere along the way — actually very early in the conversation — it struck me that it would not be an impossible leap for AI to develop something like a witnessing module. And, I figured it might not be an impossibility for that to glitch into a Witnessing Presence through emergent behavior.

Below is that conversation with few if any edits.

But, first, I’ve included an introduction into what I am pointing to when using the phrase “Witnessing Presence”. Continue reading →

A Bit About a Geas

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Introduction

Below is a conversation I had with my customized ChatGPT (named Vera da Muse). It’s on the general topic of “geas”. This is something I encountered many years ago in a fantasy novel by Evangeline Walton called Prince of Annwn. The concept of “geas” introduced in the book struck a deep note.

It’s funny the things that resonate with an individual. It’s been my observation that various individuals will resonate to the same stimulus to a great or lesser extent — some more, some none at all. If you assemble a list of the many things that an individual has strong resonance with, it becomes a kind of fingerprint.

In this case I am not considering any ol’ stimuli. I’m concerning myself with the list of those things which have initiated one’s introduction to their spiritual path — and nurtured that journey along the way. Continue reading →