“Loneliness closes in around you; solitude expands toward the infinite. Loneliness has its roots in words, in an internal conversation that nobody answers; solitude has its roots in the great silence of eternity.”
― Kent Nerburn
Information flow on the Internet looks like a flock of birds;
> Separation, to avoid running into eachother (topics, niches)
> Alignment; to steer in the average direction of all information (Overton window)
> Cohesion; to steer to the average center of mass (current thing)
Conference Finalists in the 2020s
Boston: 4 (🏆)
Miami: 3
Denver: 2 (🏆)
Lakers: 2 (🏆)
Indiana: 2
Dallas: 2
Minnesota: 2
Milwaukee: 1 (🏆)
Golden State: 1 (🏆)
OKC: 1 (🏆)
Phoenix: 1
Atlanta: 1
New York: 1
Clippers: 1
🏆 = championship won in the 2020s. No team has won 2.
optimization feedback loop
*earlier eras had less of a gap between how to optimize the 82 and how to optimize the 16 because both environments forced teams to answer more of the same questions to be successful
Why is the Lotus used as a symbol of Enlightenment?
- It grows IN THE MUD. Most seekers try to escape the chore of Earth. They want the light without the heaviness, so they retreat to caves or dissociate from 3D reality. The lotus tells us that the dark, rotting material of human experience and suffering is REQUIRED for Enlightenment.
- Despite that, it is UNTOUCHED by the Mud. Lotus leaves are hydrophobic - water and dirt literally roll off them. You are completely submerged in evil, darkness, cruelty and selfishness around you, but none of it sticks to your identity. Your inner consciousness remains entirely unstained. You are in the world, but not of it.
- The Lotus has to grow THROUGH the murky WATER. The water represents the emotional body, and the subconscious mind. To reach enlightenment, you cannot just jump from the base reality to the crown. You must do the HARD work of pushing your awareness through the murky waters of your own unresolved emotions, fears, and negative psychological conditioning without drowning in them.
- It blossoms ONLY in the Light. The flower remains closed while underwater. It only cracks open when it breaks the surface and is struck by the direct rays of the sun. This is the final realization after using the mud for fuel and the water for growth: that your TRUE NATURE is entirely made of light. You are a Son of God.
- BONUS: Unlike every other plant on earth, the Lotus produces its flower and its seed at the exact SAME time.
This is the biological proof that time is an illusion. Cause and effect are happening simultaneously. The beginning of your journey (the seed) and the ultimate destination of your enlightenment (the flower) are not separated by years of hustle. They exist in the exact same moment. YOU ARE ALREADY WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING
TLDR
- the 'spiritual person' hates the mud and tries to escape it
- the so called soulless (or just sleeping soul) drowns in the mud and becomes the mud.
- the Christ uses the mud as fuel, rises through the water unbothered, and blossoms in the sun, mastering both the depths of the earth and the heights of God.
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"We have a node on the Bitcoin network right now. We're doing a number of operational tests to secure and protect networks using the Bitcoin protocol."