now suddenly Sciences of the Artifical pops up as a prime candidate

and so does  (a)reading on intrinsic value, and munger's list of mental models  (both printouts)

the more we dig in and tease out the strands of curious wondering into  skein ..... , the more it seems somebody has already done that much more polishedly

religion - we are now doubling down on 

a) concentration - see tibetan elephant pictures 

b) body awareness (by tightening and loosening , and along with breath ) (asana. what else!)

c) exercising the body in all forms (mens sana corpore sano) like long walks,  treadmill hard, strength up etc

don't know where zazen fits into this, nor chanting, not eight silk, nor a devotion to universal bhagavan

might do to learn muscle-ology (anatomy? musculature ?) for b)

d) and also finally a daily metta practice. this is also for health

in retrospect, all this 'religion' just seems 'bompu zen'

reconciling advaita and anatman,  reading Vvknnda's Samkya, then incorporating daily recollection of the Brahman, this seems more like religion

also fasting, self-denial, prayer &cleansing routines , etc fall under operational religion

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