Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to spell doomsday…it could conjure up utopia! Now, I grew up reading science fiction, and my first reaction to AI was ominous. My own imagination easily went way beyond Hal from 2001, and even beyond all the current YouTube prognosticators worrying about evil characters gettingContinue Reading

I feel that the closest thing we have to a personal god is ecosystems…and they are right here on earth! And always revealing the qualia that will lead us to whatever we need to survive if we will only pay attention.

A ritual becomes routine when it works, and then we must consciously turn it into a ritual again. Ritual can be as brief as a single breath or long as it takes to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. 

Regard all dharmas as dreams – C. Trungpa All landmarks and pathways are memories inherited from evolution, culture and experience. They are creations of the mind and, like all thoughts of meaningfulness, they are just dreams. As we let go of our own dreams, and we move into other beings’Continue Reading