There is a fundamental vibratory hum or pulse to reality that we notice when we look very closely. The universe appears to flicker in and out of existence like the wings of a rainbow colored butterfly. The Buddhists call this Udayabbaya - the unceasing arising and passing away of phenomena. We train our concentration and perceptual sensitivity in part to perceive it more clearly. In Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra they call it spanda: the dynamic throbbing of consciousness. The tantrikas use the metaphor of God’s eyes opening and closing in each moment to manifest and withdraw the universe. Their language calls to mind the image of God’s REM conjuring the dream we call reality. Recently, scientific papers like the one QTd below are finding correlations to this phenomena in brain activity. The brain seeming to flicker between processing conscious and unconscious content at a rate of ~15 Hz (15 times per second). Like a fractal microcosm of the universe, we call forth our own dream of reality in this vibratory trance. This is why seeing this process more clearly is so important to the process of waking up from the dream. In some Buddhist systems we seek to become so sensitive to these arisings and passings aways that we start to see between their cracks. In doing so, we experience “bhanga” - the dissolution of our mind’s dream of a stable, continuous reality. But in the gaps between consciousness, we find not a blank nothingness but a reality beyond words. Something we might call luminous, empty and deeply blissful but of course is really none of these things because these are all words. Likewise, the tantric Shaivites seek to see in between the gaps between moments of perception in order - in their more theological language - to experience the everpresent luminosity of God (Shiva). Whether you are a Buddhist, a Shaivite, an atheist or something else entirely, learning to sensitize to the fundamentally vibratory nature of reality is one of the most powerful spiritual skills you can learn in this life. To peer between the cracks of existence. To find the numinous, luminous truths that wait for us there. To wake up from this flickering trance of a dream that we call reality.

So important!

Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that make him sick. - Hippocrates

“The world is a museum of passion projects”

You can use em dashes you just have to say no robo afterwards.

Two things to remember if you don't like your life right now... 1. "Tolerating" always becomes resentment, and resentment kills joy. 2. Overcoming hard things is actually correlated to happiness. Pursuing what you really want may seem hard, but doing it will make you happier.

"If—" is a poem by English poet Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings ⁠And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you ⁠Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, ⁠And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!

I’m so excited to share this update on @Conception – We’ve generated the first early human eggs derived from stem cells. This is a big deal -- the potential to redefine fertility is real.

We fill our days mostly on things that are trivial next to what we ultimately care about. We know, deep down, however, that in the noise of it all, health is easily forgotten until it’s the only thing that matters. We spend a fraction of our lives truly sober to the preciousness of life. We feel it when someone we love dies, when a child is born, when we come close to death ourselves, or when a diagnosis marks our limit. In those moments, we are sobered, and the rarity of it all becomes self evident. Imagine the existence we’d build together if that clarity didn’t fade. I wish all of you the very best. Care for yourself, care for others, care for the planet and care for our animal friends. Care for life as it’s the most precious gift there is.

A technical dive inside our new "Midjourney Scanner"

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear: “It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

Gosto de conversar com quem sabe que isso não é um chapéu.

Getting in shape is 10% exercise, 50% nutrition & 40% managing your emotions.

A reminder to feel optimistic about the future of tech!

“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.” — Bhagavad Gita

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i hope people realize that NEO is the Motorola Dynatac of humanoid robots they will get much better, smarter, faster, and cheaper. it will also happen much faster the sci-fi future is here and it’s going to be glorious

adhd folks about to ascend

आलयविज्ञान - Ālayavijñāna the storehouse consciousness What we don’t feel doesn’t disappear, it just gets stored somewhere

Incredible!!! ❤️‍🔥