Echoes of Harmony
In the whispers of silken wings, She speaks of virtue, and softly sings. Bathed in the sunlight, reflected amidst silvery beams of moonlight, there soars a creature of transcendent dreams. The Fenghuang, radiant as the hush of twilight, merges ancient tales with the digital world's modern insight. Within the records of Chinese mythology, the Fenghuang stands unparalleled, exalted as the most magnificent and fortuitous bird [1]. Its ancient roots reach back to the third millennium B.C.E.,...
Echoes of Harmony
In the whispers of silken wings, She speaks of virtue, and softly sings. Bathed in the sunlight, reflected amidst silvery beams of moonlight, there soars a creature of transcendent dreams. The Fenghuang, radiant as the hush of twilight, merges ancient tales with the digital world's modern insight. Within the records of Chinese mythology, the Fenghuang stands unparalleled, exalted as the most magnificent and fortuitous bird [1]. Its ancient roots reach back to the third millennium B.C.E.,...
A Dance of Sun and Moon
“He made the moon for the seasons, the sun knows the place of its setting.”The midrashic sages identified a critical component lacking in a faith authoritatively governed by the boundaried Talmud, something beyond the dimensions of fact and written word. Emotion driven storytelling. When the former becomes unpalatable or unacceptable to the public, the latter steps in to weave a new etiological myth into existence.Unsettled by the lack of lore regarding the difference in illuminance between t...
A Dance of Sun and Moon
“He made the moon for the seasons, the sun knows the place of its setting.”The midrashic sages identified a critical component lacking in a faith authoritatively governed by the boundaried Talmud, something beyond the dimensions of fact and written word. Emotion driven storytelling. When the former becomes unpalatable or unacceptable to the public, the latter steps in to weave a new etiological myth into existence.Unsettled by the lack of lore regarding the difference in illuminance between t...
Memeworks
Within networks, timing determines priority and privileged access. First movers (pioneers, early adopters, or processes which immediately follow stimuli such as triggers) benefit the most from network effects. In hierarchies, positioning is spatial, not temporal; one’s slot in the pyramid determines one’s outcomes. This picture is completely reversed when we consider interactions with the environment. The spatial scope and structure of the network (e.g., the number of nodes, the geographic an...
Memeworks
Within networks, timing determines priority and privileged access. First movers (pioneers, early adopters, or processes which immediately follow stimuli such as triggers) benefit the most from network effects. In hierarchies, positioning is spatial, not temporal; one’s slot in the pyramid determines one’s outcomes. This picture is completely reversed when we consider interactions with the environment. The spatial scope and structure of the network (e.g., the number of nodes, the geographic an...
Disenchanting Dilemmas
“We live inside a trichotomy: what was, what is, and what shall be. The pain in our skulls is due to trying to mesh the three”A cognitive dissonance is when you hold in your mind two opposing paradoxical beliefs that contradict each other. They are mutually exclusive, yet somehow inhabit the mind at the same time. A dilemma is a form of cognitive dissonance where the actor is faced with contradictory horns; they are at the fork of the road, and each side, paradoxically it seems, is the valid ...
Disenchanting Dilemmas
“We live inside a trichotomy: what was, what is, and what shall be. The pain in our skulls is due to trying to mesh the three”A cognitive dissonance is when you hold in your mind two opposing paradoxical beliefs that contradict each other. They are mutually exclusive, yet somehow inhabit the mind at the same time. A dilemma is a form of cognitive dissonance where the actor is faced with contradictory horns; they are at the fork of the road, and each side, paradoxically it seems, is the valid ...
Soil, Soul, and Society: Glimmers of Presence
When you come to pray, it is not so much the words that matter, it is your loving attention to the presence you pray to that consoles the heart. You give it your attention, and it will work wonders on your soul. When praying, hold yourself forward. Abide in the presence gently without forcing yourself to produce thoughts, feelings, or sensations. None of these things are necessary to a prayer and it allows for freedom to take root in the soul. All that is necessary is faith, and with faith ho...
Soil, Soul, and Society: Glimmers of Presence
When you come to pray, it is not so much the words that matter, it is your loving attention to the presence you pray to that consoles the heart. You give it your attention, and it will work wonders on your soul. When praying, hold yourself forward. Abide in the presence gently without forcing yourself to produce thoughts, feelings, or sensations. None of these things are necessary to a prayer and it allows for freedom to take root in the soul. All that is necessary is faith, and with faith ho...
