No, AI doesn’t have human-like attention and I doubt it will ever have, but my life taught me never to say “never.” The point is to have an open and inquisitive mind about that subject and, more importantly, how the two types of attention may affect each other. Those who…

ChatGPT enables a posthumous interview with Francisco Varela — Just when we need them… Just when we need them more than ever, the wise ones of the past, who gifted us with their recorded legacy, are alive again and ready to advise us. …

Indeed, and I would add to it: How shall we experience the personal singularity accompanying (preceding?) the social singularity, whether with horror or liberation, will largely depend on the quality of our relationships in the self-organizing, free associations of free agents.

Seek guidance before chaos erupts Seek guidance before cluelessness prevail Seek guidance before despair sits in Seek guidance from the mothers, who want to raise their children in a peaceful and prosperous world Seek guidance from the plant beings, who want to grow in harmony with their siblings in the ecosystem Seek guidance from the Regenaissance believers, who act on their belief, with grace and gusto

Meditation for becoming an ally of Life This meditation helps me reconnect with the Whole when I feel disconnected. As part of my morning practice, it fills me with a special kind of awareness and enthused energies for the day. If you want to, you can try it on, as you read my notes of it. I’m…

Originally published in Reflections, at Future HOW Contemplation in the Morning It’s 4:30 AM and it’s becoming my normal time to let the dreams of the night slip away and the time to welcome the world between worlds. They are the world of the subconscious mind, centered on me, where I spent most of…

That is possible, and it will need to be a constellation of collective Buddhas that Thich Nhat Hahn was talking about. What questions will help guide our attention to discover and cultivate them?

We all are not only part of the web of Life; she is weaving her web through our collaboration-seeking action. “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” Stewart Brand wrote in ’68. To paraphrase him, we are Life’s web weavers and might as well get good at it. One more metaphor, then let’s dive into what all this may mean for how we live our…

That grandfather with the furrowed-face and the sleep-deprived eyes that speak of his long bouts of weeping, that grandfather dragging himself through the rubble left by the blown-up bridge, on his way to the railway station promising escape, could be me. It’s not me but his gaze won’t leave me. …