We only live in the moment. This often sounds like an accusation. "You shouldn't just live in the moment, think about the future, be aware of your responsibilities." Living in the moment is often seen in many modern societies as daydreaming, as unproductive and escapist. For those who have the time to think beyond mere survival in a [...]
I am in a sesshin, a 2.5-day short form of intensive Zen meditation. Thoughts and images about artificial general intelligence (AGI), which we are currently creating, keep coming to me. More and more people from the humanities, psychology, or team organization fields are expressing admiration, surprise, and anxiety regarding AGI's capabilities. It seems that [...]
I woke up from a nightmare at 4am. I was talking to Will in Apt about a strange irritation in my perception of time. I described how time was falling into fragments and some were simply missing. It was a matter of seconds or minutes, and while I tried to immerse myself in time to describe it better, [...]
Connection For the last two years, I've been quite deeply immersed in the Upanishads, practiced some yoga, and delved a little into the system of yoga. I've dived into my own body, my own senses, my own consciousness. I've seen that there are a large number of levels and that there is no reason whatsoever that [...]
During the Chola empire, the layout of Shiva temples became highly formalized. Based on the Agamas and Shastras, the temple was fully developed into a place in space, time, and consciousness where the microcosm and macrocosm mirror each other. The study of the Irumbai temple as a smaller temple that follows the strict rules of temple construction, and as [...]