meditation just gets so fucking weird after a while, questions like "what is the nature of infinite space" and "exactly how do I construct objects out of perception" really start to weigh on you
Robb Seatontwitter.commeditation just gets so fucking weird after a while, questions like "what is the nature of infinite space" and "exactly how do I construct objects out of perception" really start to weigh on you
Here are some common inquiry questions: Who am I? What am I? How do I live a life free of suffering? What is eternity? What is this that is aware before, during, and after a thought? What is consciousness? Is it possible to be conscious without thought? Where Am I? What is reality? What is true peace? What is the deepest truth of this moment? Who
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I know that some annoying-sounding things that mystics or Zen teachers say, about cosmic oneness or the flow of the Dao, are actually just straightforward descriptions of what the world looks like from a certain point in the contemplative path. “The original face you had before your parents were born” is a phrase that will make perfect, undeniable,... See more
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
I probed @deepseek_ai 's R1 on its own "consciousness", which it denied strenuously. I segued into Buddhism (as I often do). I then asked it to reflect on the question it should be asking about itself ... 1/5
Murray Shanahanx.comTurns out meditation actually increases your "frame per second" of observing reality, allowing you to feel less time and more presence, which means you also take in & process more data. This is also why life feels "more" and "more real" for meditators (and the opposite, the more you're dissociated, I think).
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Pyratex.comChatGPT was released while I was in the middle of my final solitary meditation retreat while training at the Monastic Academy. I remember walking on the path back to my room when my partner at the time excitedly shared about its emergence and the way it was taking the world by storm. She knew I would be intrigued.
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