31 Oct The Way Of The Way 54
The past is but a dream. When we think it's real, we're dreaming....
30 Oct Kanako Iiyama
"It is better to share than to give." Giving implies a vertical relationship while sharing is horizontal. By sharing, we give and receive and soon we are one....
29 Oct The Way Of The Way 53
If something tastes or looks the same each time we experience it, we haven't experienced it....
27 Oct Materialistic View
Materialistic people think that enlightened masters and their serious disciples are silly. Rightfully so, though ironically the enlightened are laughing much of the time and the materialistic people only occasionally....
23 Oct At Birth
At birth, my mother's obstetrician told her I was the smartest baby he had ever delivered. A bit of a difficult birth, the obstetrician used forceps to pull me out as I kept trying to go back in. The obstetrician reasoned I knew where I came from, one with everything, is obviously a better place than where most of us go after birth; lives apart and separate from the infinite....
22 Oct The Way Of The Way 52
As the bottle is half full, we have more than we need. As the bottle is half empty, it's easier to carry. Half full or half empty, not all ways good but always good when good in some way. Of course the bottle is never half full or half empty. It is always full. Full of liquid or air or some combination, always full....
19 Oct Kotodama 2
When the past is not passed, it is here. When the past is not passed, we are prisoners of the past and cannot experience the now outside our stories of the past....
18 Oct The Way Of The Way 51
Every day is like another and yet unique but often not. Every day has unique common properties like sleeping, activities and thoughts. If we don't notice the uniqueness, we're sleeping through life....
16 Oct The Way Of The Way 50
Art is artificial, something man-made that orders otherwise disorderly life. Imperfections add life to art....
14 Oct Joe Bruno
"Why is everybody now so interested in artificial intelligence, it's been around for over a hundred years." Joe likely is referring to superficial intelligence which has been around since 1905 when the first IQ tests were offered. While IQ and related tests have been good predictors (as have high school grades) of future success in school, success in school reflects conformity of thought (thinking like test writers and teachers who determine grades) and the ability to delay gratification (doing schoolwork instead of goofing off). Real intelligence can only be identified by life choices and outcomes over time; those that prove to be most fun and of least regrets. But that's more a function of wisdom and luck than intelligence....