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Tag: conscious awareness

Religion, Scientism, and the War on Sense-Making

We’re constantly told what to believe, where to look, and how to interpret the world around us — by religions, by science, by systems posing as saviors. But if you pause long enough to truly observe the sun, the sky, the flow of life itself, you might start to remember something deeper. Something real. Beyond texts, temples, or technocrats, there’s a rhythm — and it’s always been there.

A Century of “Progress”

I had a short “chat” with ChatGPT while walking through the woods on a cold, sunny winter day. GPT is fairly agreeable, as you’ll read, but we explored some thought-provoking ideas and philosophical insights that may be of interest to you, the reader, so I thought it worth sharing here in the journal. It required some minor editing for grammar and mistranslations from my voice-to-text efforts. Otherwise, this is the essence of it.

Real Time: Ending the Grand Cycle

Is it possible for us — the human factor — this massively creative yet perpetually faltering, failing-forward, and easily controlled species, to finally halt the endless cycle of fantastic creation and brutal, violent destruction? Is it all beyond our grasp, or is there some aspect of this earthbound existence that we can truly and permanently change for the benefit of all — forever?