I made a video today reflecting on how we manage (or don’t) our energy and how our engagement with digital information complicates our lives. I’m proposing that people consider dialing back their social media consumption to spend time reflecting on their thinking, what we have learned over the past five years, and how we can navigate future challenges with integrity and grace. In the space that is created I am hoping some people will experience ontopoetic synchronicities, conversations with the divine, as we become more intentional about how we direct our consciousness and bodies in this 3D world. I would love to hear back from anyone who gives this a try to see what your experience has been. Life is a stage and we are players. Consider this an unplugged improv opportunity where you get to riff with the quantum.
Words of the day: biosemiotics, memetics, reality tunnel, and metacognition.
Take care with that biocomputer programming. : )
As someone whose well-being is so inextricably tied up in the survival of the Republic and all that that entails, I can’t afford to ungird my loins right now to do earthing in the flower bed for three months. If there is a Republic still standing on June 21, I will listen again to your well-intentioned suggestion. Meanwhile, I will remain laser focused on recruiting and joining others who are saying and acting NO to the lethal neo-Nazi blitzkrieg against our government, our environment, and human dignity everywhere.
We all make choices. Here, I’m encouraging people to practice metacognition so they don’t inadvertently harm themselves or others while operating on incomplete information. I say this from experience. Things I thought I understood, as more information came into my awareness, I later realized I had actually been off base and had been manipulated. I think we all recognize the power of propaganda and fear as tool to move people – the Nazi archetype being a key example of a mind virus IMO. I’m inviting people to ground themselves and move forward not from a place of fear and blind emotion but from a place of inquiry and loving fortitude. These two clips might interest you as you gird yourself to save “democracy.” I find them fascinating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fga2vQnelfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9O6XkX_RGc
Map with Ober and Pitt
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https://embed.kumu.io/0649a2303715920bfd4b2accb3a8a10d#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS14YUh0UXZCUw%3D%3D
I love this. I will play and report my findings. In regards to that… over the summer I had a couple conversations with dragonflies that convinced me that we’re engaged in a very interactive system. I’m sure you’ve read Donald Hoffman’s ‘Objects of Consciousness’ paper? I feel like it’s these moments when we’re operating outside of the data structure of spacetime.
I have a short follow up comment to the video you posted on faith-based ant computers. I’m a Buddhist. Years ago I was a member of a Buddhist monastery in NY state. For background about this comment, I need to preface by saying I live in NY state and in the past (for a few years) I was a peaceful local activist on issues including corrupt state campaign finance. I’m also a former daily newspaper reporter (but haven’t worked in that field for over 15 years). NY politics is very dirty (I probably do not have to tell anyone that). I’ve not really done any activism like this in recent years. That is partly because I have dealt with a harassment campaign.
In this state, some activists (regarding certain issues only) are experiencing psychological harassment, slander campaigns, and occasionally physical stalking and threats. This is organized and uses the collection and abuse of personal data. This information is repeatedly used in very obvious ways to make people feel “stalked” (and very uncomfortable) in an attempt to change their behavior to be more submissive.
Since I was an activist on issues related to campaign finance corruption, I have been subjected to something like this. Some of those involved are crooked individuals who abuse cell phones and basic surveillance gadgets. However, there are also misled individuals who are abusing peoples’ privacy believing they are “helping” someone or a cause. (I assume there is money to be made in it.)
So finally – my story is that at my old sangha, there is now a Buddhist teacher who is participating in this sort of harassment campaign. She is a nun and was repeatedly using my private information and data to “talk” to me in front of a class of others. She shared details I have never shared with her or anyone at the sangha. All of her “Buddhist” talks I attended included private references to my personal data. It was creepy and disappointing (since I have good past memories of my membership in that monastery). She has apparently completed two three-year retreats, which is considered an admirable accomplishment. So she has chosen to use the prestige of her accomplishment to participate in using my personal data to engage in a psychological harassment campaign.
I’m still a Buddhist. Buddhism has been a great help in dealing with the harassment, which is directed at repeatedly making the victim angry (thus disabling your active agency and putting you in a reactive state)
If this comment is posted in the wrong place please let me know.
Thanks for your work!
Rebecca