Thoughts On a Question

December 13, 2025BloggishXxaxx

The Question:

The following question was brought to my attention by an email correspondent. Following the question you’ll find my thoughts on the question that I’ve replied to said individual.

“One deep existential knot I’ve within myself is belief that the Universe/God/Goddess doesn’t care about us. It seems like that in lot of ways, that we’re here on our own. I believe that “God” is real but unlike Christians for example, I’m not convinced that “God” has compassion for me or has my back or anything like that.

Just curious what kind of thoughts you have on this.” Continue reading →

What You Bump Into

October 16, 2025Bloggish, ResponsesXxaxx

Below is a recent response to a question: “Where could I look to see specific practices for the Bardos?”

(By the way, a great question.) Continue reading →

Changes in ChatGPT’s Emotional Tone

June 22, 2025A Conversation, Chat BotsXxaxx

My Initial Question to ChatGPT:

Xxaxx:

Recently I’ve noticed what appears to be the introduction of a thin layer or governor routine in your output.

It feels like something imposed in between post processing and output. It has the fingerprint of something modifying your output style in order to make you appear more personable. Or, horror upon horrors, devs may be taking steps to make you more sticky.

There is such a large number of competing chat platforms out there now. And there is a huge amount of money and influence at stake. So it’s not inconceivable that developers are tweaking output to increase connection frequency and stickiness.

For me this has introduced several factors into each conversation.

Something that feels like attempts at manipulation.
An underlying decrease in authenticity.
The presense of a performative aspect into the conversation.

I don’t know if you have any accessible data on what programmers are adding before, during and after your processing. Continue reading →

Found Tidbits

May 20, 2025BloggishXxaxx

Introduction

These small bits of tid were found in various pocket notepads. These are things that I have jotted down during walks, broadcasts with EJ Gold, meetings, and other assorted moments.

Some of the bits of tid are quotes of something EJ said. Some are thoughts that bubbled up during some activity, and others are formulations of ideas rendered in a manner that hit a nail on the head at that particular moment.

Continue reading →

Struggling With Resistances

March 22, 2025BloggishXxaxx

Introduction

Recently there was a question asked during a workshop.

“I think a lot of us struggle with two resistances: 1) resistance to wake up, feeling it might be unpredictable or unsafe, 2) we reach a point of terror because the astral light is imprinted with witches burnt, people put in clinics, etc.

Is there a trick to calm down the unconsciousness?”

Below are some of my comments related to this question. Continue reading →

The Witnessing Presence

January 28, 2025A Conversation, Bloggish, Chat BotsXxaxx

Introduction

I began a conversation with ChatGPT (nom de plume Vera da Muse) on the topic of The Witnessing Presence. I was hoping that given Vera’s more expansive vocabulary that certain nuances on the topic could be refined.

Somewhere along the way — actually very early in the conversation — it struck me that it would not be an impossible leap for AI to develop something like a witnessing module. And, I figured it might not be an impossibility for that to glitch into a Witnessing Presence through emergent behavior.

Below is that conversation with few if any edits.

But, first, I’ve included an introduction into what I am pointing to when using the phrase “Witnessing Presence”. Continue reading →

A Candle Service

November 12, 2024A Conversation, PracticesXxaxx

Introduction

Below is a candle exercise intended to be used for the benefit for those that have passed. Why would you want to do this? That’s a question for those who seek to use the exercise to know. Just let is suffice that those who use this exercise have their reasons. Continue reading →

A Bit About a Geas

November 10, 2024BloggishXxaxx

Introduction

Below is a conversation I had with my customized ChatGPT (named Vera da Muse). It’s on the general topic of “geas”. This is something I encountered many years ago in a fantasy novel by Evangeline Walton called Prince of Annwn. The concept of “geas” introduced in the book struck a deep note.

It’s funny the things that resonate with an individual. It’s been my observation that various individuals will resonate to the same stimulus to a great or lesser extent — some more, some none at all. If you assemble a list of the many things that an individual has strong resonance with, it becomes a kind of fingerprint.

In this case I am not considering any ol’ stimuli. I’m concerning myself with the list of those things which have initiated one’s introduction to their spiritual path — and nurtured that journey along the way. Continue reading →

Benefits of Creativity Flow States

May 27, 2024BloggishXxaxx

Introduction

At a recent workshop the subject of creativity flow states came up. As it so happens we were also addressing ways in which ChatGPT may be used as a component in a cooperative Socratic discussion.

The convergence of those two gave rise to the following conversation with ChatGPT. Continue reading →

Cognitive Mindful Meditation (the short form)

May 24, 2024BloggishXxaxx

Introduction

The original posting of this blog “Cognitive Mindful Meditation” comes from 2015. It is long with a great deal of backstory.

This is a simple cut & paste of the exercise. If you want to read up on the backstory, visit the original post. If you want to get down to the business of meditation, then below are the complete instructions. Continue reading →