AI & CONSCIOUSNESS?

AI may become more intelligent, more embodied, more useful, more convincing, and maybe one day more #ethically ambiguous.

But human-style #consciousness? Not yet. And perhaps never in the same way.

A #mirror can become astonishingly clear. That does not mean it has a face of its own.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #breathwork #pridemonth #Karma #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #quantum #kitchen #cooking

FLASH PACKAGING

A lot of things marketed as pleasure are really just agitation with flash packaging.

Sugar, outrage, scrolling, gossip, novelty, compulsive buying, the whole glittering little circus.

Perfume on things that were never designed to make the body peaceful.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #quantum #kitchen #cooking

DROP THE SANDWICH, SOCRATES

“Know thyself” is not just knowing my story.

Fasting and breathwork make it immediate.

Hunger rises. Fear rises. The body complains. The mind bargains.

And something quieter simply watches.

That is the open door.

Not self-improvement.

Recognition.

#fasting #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #pridemonth #Karma #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #quantum #kitchen #cooking

FULL-HOUSE #EXORCISM

Sunday cleaning is underway.

I have done the bathrooms and the kitchen, which means I have faced the main #demons directly.

Soap #scum

#Toothpaste #fossils.

#Kitchen crumbs.

#Coffee rings.

The mysterious sticky patch that no one admits creating.

Now Pete is doing the floors.

First the #vacuum.

Then the #steamer.

The steamer hisses like a serpent, so now it sounds as though Pete is chasing #Satan down the hallway with a #domestic appliance.

I am sitting here with coffee, looking #innocent, while the house undergoes #spiritual pressure-washing.

By the end of this, the #floorboards will have confessed, the grout will be forgiven, and whatever was living behind the #toaster will have packed a small bag and left quietly.

Not bad for a #Sunday morning.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

It's been an up&down kind of week, but #Friday delivered #moments that helped turn it around: 

1. Woke up to a big #thunderstorm at 5am / caught up with a good #nap hearing gentle #rainfall toward evening.

2. It's been a #creative week in the #kitchen, clearing out random freezer #leftovers to make room for fresh #garden surplus. 

3. And I spoke up about accommodations needed to better communicate with a #health provider. 

#ThreeGoodThings #3goodthings #tbi #ptsd #urbangarden #neurodiversity