f(x) = x is the identity function

It is the opposite of the tat tvam asi

f(x) = U 

Is the tat tvam asi of functions. 

Confusing and potentially useless at this level

 the universe be like one soul pulsating in and out of existence

lesser individual souls dot its surface like pimples on a golf ball

grating against the universe

tathagathagarba

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you're shallow because you don't talk about anything but only deal in what is present, manifest, expedient. no planning no discussing ideas concepts etc

i'm less because i deal only in thought-forms, ideas, ... and am less worried about the real world

 steven pressfields novel writing guidelines from derek sivers' book notes

1. every story must have a concept

2.  every story must follow a theme

3.  every story must have a hero

4.  every story must have a villain

5. every story is in 3 parts - hook, buildup, payoff. also known as inciting incident, escalation, climax

6. every story follows the hero's journey

 - hero lives in ordinary world

- hero receives call , rejects call, finds mentor, mentor gives courage, hero accepts call

- hero crosses threshold, enters special world

- hero meets allies, enemies, undergoes ordeals which serve as initiation 

- hero confronts villain, acquires treasure

- hero takes the road back

- villain(s) pursue hero, more fight

- hero returns home with treasure, rejoins ordinary world

additional rules

- only hero's mental workings are visible

- the physical world and events is the plot

- show-don't-tell  

references : 

https://sive.rs/book/NobodyWants

https://sive.rs/book/ArtistsJourney

My name is Roger

I used to live in <county>. Once I got myself a police scanner.

After listening in for no more than ten minutes, I quickly understood that the police were interested in me too much for my own good.  I had better move towns.

 

 narrative causality

if a thing is mentioned as normal or no worrry it becomes abnormal or worry

like normal distribution, seeing heads implies non-heads will show up

heads and tails showing up implies non-heads-tails will show up, giving rise to the whole infinite galaxy between 2-6 sigma

went on a trip wrote a story received email from caretaker about child ghost

 how is it that we are living in the best of times but a country like venezuela with so much oil still has poor people ? ditto for any other resource rich country ...

looks like it may be the best of times but the best is not very good...

".. There are no longer natural famines in the world; there are only political famines....." Yuval Noah Harari

the human race has proved itself incapable of governing itself or providing a decent minimum living conditions for all. the writing is on the wall

it's time to let the robots take over

autofac

 forever, not even touching the real business of my life

i charade, waiting for ...

 An electron is not a thing

But more a poke that 

Tightens a spring

And voltage be the hand that pokes

Unlike typical force

Electron like marbles flows

Down the wire and we call it current

We tilt at windmills

Because we can

i bet that at one time,  yeast was like the 'bleeding edge product' of the fungi family, able to do what they did and move about

 the week is a fractal of the year. 

this is the garden of the mind. seeds of interest, passion, ambition, joy are already placed

 the idea is to do every week, in principle, in spirit, in miniature, in symbol, or even in effigy, what one wants to have done a lot of at the end of the year. 

thus one waters and nourishes the blooms, keeps the tender shoots green

these form the actions which become habits which eventually become the self

you are what you practice

Vipassana, Anapanasati, Zazen, Shine/Lhagthong etc are like programming languages

when combined with systems knowledge, and a huge volume of programs written , varying in complexity and application,  it adds up to something like skill/ virtue,  and accomplishment

   ** sooner you pick one, sooner you can ride it out the gate, and the ride is long  **

 i am but an inn, a lodge

a traveller with me stays

when he passes on where he goes, 

i wonder 

are these his hands or mine typing this 

is he, or but a sliver of light

part of infinite starlight ?

who will answer us these

while we wait for the joy, the music 

amidst concrete, ideas, and promises

 the beauty of India is it is crowded enough that self selection happens, but large enough that there is much variation, which self-selects and takes over a center or two, but bounded enough that no one can leave, so the various variegated self-selected groups have to develop tolerance and protocol to interact, hence both profiting. the mountains and sea ensure homogenity (indian) and the vast space ensures variety (castes languages crops diets, weather, culture, seafaring traders, on-camel traders ...etc)

that is why india is a rich melting pot , and the diet usually follows

 the most dangerous villains or enemies are not terribly different beasts, but they are almost the same as you, with just one wrong minus sign somewhere in the calculations..