Instant Wisdom in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
1. The Calm Voice of the Machine The other day, a calm, detached, and composed male voice spoke to me: “Just follow your breath. Don’t judge it, don’t try to control it. Remember that this is an impersonal, deeply intimate experience. . .” It sounded almost like a Zen master. But that voice belonged to no one. […]
bodhi baby
Exuberant, irreverent, and self-mocking humor is a timeless tool used by spiritual teachers from multiple traditions. In a short text akin to rap lyrics, Adrian Symonds wryly improvises on the famous mantra from the Heart Sutra, “Gate gate paragate parasam gate bodhi swaha.” The mantra can be roughly translated from the Sanskrit as “Gone, gone, […]
Birth Dharma
The female body holds sacred mysteries. She offers up teachings on cycles, pleasure, nourishment, release, gestation, blood, emergence, involution and dare I say she holds secrets about the great beyond; she can take us to the precipice of wild no-mind and spit out new life. These observations rest on the good fortune of finding myself […]