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🌀🐇 #115 groundbreaking AI, freefall into future, cosmic lottery
Plus How Rilke Can Change Your Life
⚡️ Enlightening Bolts
🤖 ChatGPT: This year has been groundbreaking for Artificial Intelligence. OpenAI's latest release continue's that trend. This chatbot can tell stories, brainstorm ideas, and even write code. Try it here.
💋 Lust and Freedom: How a disconnected society has created a mutant sexuality. Read it here.
🤔 Can Rilke Change Your Life? “Letters to a Young Poet” has spoken to artists for almost a century. The other half of the famous correspondence reveals the treacherous work of becoming who you want to be. Read it here.
🎇 Image of The Week
A brilliant green meteor lights up the sky over Southern India. Photo taken by Prasenjeet Yadav. Learn more here.
☕️ Alan and Terrance In A Cafe
Alan Watts and Terrance McKenna were sitting in a cozy cafe, sipping their steaming cups of coffee and discussing the mysteries of the universe. As they talked, they marveled at the vastness and complexity of the cosmos, and the endless possibilities that it held.
"Can you imagine," said Alan, "the endless expanse of space, with its countless stars and galaxies, all spinning and swirling in a never-ending dance of creation and destruction?"
Terrance nodded thoughtfully. "Yes," he said, "and can you imagine the countless beings that must exist out there, each with their own unique experiences and perspectives on the universe?"
Alan smiled. "Exactly," he said. "And that's what makes the universe so fascinating to me - the fact that there is always more to discover, more to learn, and more to experience."
"Absolutely," agreed Terrance. "And that's why I believe that we should never stop asking questions, and never stop seeking out new knowledge and understanding. For in doing so, we can uncover the hidden mysteries of the universe and unlock its secrets."
The two men sat in silence for a moment, lost in thought, before Alan spoke again. "And yet, despite all of our discoveries and advancements, there will always be some things that remain beyond our comprehension," he said.
Terrance nodded. "Yes," he said, "there will always be some mysteries that are simply beyond our understanding. But that's okay - for in the end, it is the mystery itself that is the most fascinating and compelling thing about the universe."
And so, as the conversation continued, Alan Watts and Terrance McKenna sat in the cozy cafe, lost in their own thoughts and musings, marveling at the endless mysteries of the universe and the endless possibilities that it held.
(You might find it fascinating to know that this was entirely written by ChatGPT. The first link shared above).
👁 The Wonder and Mystery of Life
Absorb this insight from the mind of Joseph Campbell:
"The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm as well as its glory, the realization that this is just how it is and that it cannot and will not be changed. Those who think they know how the universe could have been had they created it, without pain, without sorrow, without time, without death, are unfit for illumination."
"We’re in a freefall into future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective and that’s all it is… joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes."
🤓 Learn This Word
Sigil: A sigil is a type of symbol used in magic. The term has usually referred to a type of pictorial signature of a deity or spirit. In modern usage, especially in the context of chaos magic, sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the practitioner's desired outcome.
⏳ From The Archives
A hand-picked classic HighExistence article.
Damn. We’re absolutely blessed to be here.
My old roommate told me this awesome story about witnessing something on a New York City subway:
She was sitting next to a couple young guys who were loudly bragging to each other about how successful they were going to be selling drugs together. They talked about how they’d make tons of money and be the coolest kids ever. They were doing it loudly, swearing a lot, and basically just trying to make a scene.
All of a sudden, an old man sitting across from them dropped some knowledge.
“Are you guys kidding me? You’ve won the cosmic lottery!“
He went on to explain how infinitely unlikely it is that they are alive.
The way my roommate described it, his explanation was strikingly similar to this great quote from This Book Will Change Your Life: 365 Daily Instructions for Hysterical Living:
“There is 1 chance in 140 trillion that the Earth should exist. There is 1 chance in 795 billion that life should have evolved on earth. There is 1 chance in 89 billion that life should have evolved into mankind. There is 1 chance in 12 billion that mankind should have created the alphabet and thus civilization. There is 1 chance in 6 billion that your parents should ever have met and got together. There is 1 chance in 90 million that you should have been the lucky sperm that fertilized your mother’s egg…”
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