This comes from a group chat. well we’re all 13.8 billion just have illusions of being different ages like, think about it if the egyptians make a pyramid if they make a pyramid and you read about it in a textbook aren’t they still alive? aren’t they still affecting your life? they’re affecting how you … [Read more…]
If you’re always caught up in “I should do this” or “I should do that”, you are never right here, able to actually enjoy what you’ve set up. If you never enjoy the present, what’s the point of all the shoulds?
It comes down to this: does believing there is a “you” that exists, rather than just “you”-ness patterns, lead to less suffering or more suffering? I think the idea of the ego as an emergent phenomena is perfectly apt, and it’s an indication of there being “you”-ness, because there is no external soul “causing” things … [Read more…]
Why does life matter? Such a question may bug the soul, but perhaps careful reflection will give us peace. First, a truly honest person must begin by clarifying in the mind what the different words in “why does life matter” actually mean. Preceding the question with “why” implies that life does matter, so if it … [Read more…]
This is rapid-fire 7 minute rant. Enjoy episode 3 of Azalea Round Table, where I (Jesse) rant about how privacy erases you. Azalea Round Table Episode 3 September 7th, 2014 with Jesse Cummins [click to download] Topic how privacy erases you
I am proud to present episode 1 of Azalea Round Table, where Tj and I have a freewheeling discussion of interesting topics, from overpopulation and infinite resources to robots taking over our jobs and human evolution. I’m sure you will be engaged! Azalea Round Table Episode 1 August 23rd, 2014 with Jesse Cummins and … [Read more…]
The topic of this post was turned into a rapid-fire rant. My studies have indicated that we live in a mathematical object and body and mind are nondual: they are one. Given the mind is in the body, and the body is expressed by nature, then nature is mind. For the temporal bodies we find … [Read more…]
“I think, therefore I am.” Awareness exists. Awareness must exist in order to question whether it exists, thus awareness exists. This is also what creates the necessity of the sensation of time; in order for awareness to perceive itself, there must be change. That change is time. Everything exists in a pure, mathematical, timeless state, … [Read more…]
Breaking Down the Standard Model Atoms are made of protons, electrons, and sometimes neutrons. Quarks make protons and neutrons. Quarks have electric charge. The Up has +2/3, the Down has -1/3. A proton is made of 2 Up and 1 Down. A neutron is made of 2 Down and 1 Up. A proton has a … [Read more…]
Thoughts on Tesla after reading Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla. He wasn’t one that cared to understand human nature. He would do things that would hurt his overall progress because he didn’t want to do the mundane work of getting people excited and producing inventions FOR them, rather than just unprofitable discoveries AT … [Read more…]