"Given the recent and continuing developments in artificial intelligence, it may bear some revisitation soon enough." I've been thinking this too, that AI may be a blessing in disguise to allow we humans some distance from our identification with our intellects, realizing it is just machinery, and step back far enough to catch the sublimity of pure "being" out of the corner of our eye.
“In the end though, I think I will have more questions than answers, and that’s okay.” -- and the number of questions increases as we age. Isn’t that funny? Maybe we’re here to ask ourselves why we’re here. Maybe that’s precisely the point. To let our minds wander in the realm of infinite possibility. Loved this, Tai.
Thanks for reading, Silvio! While on the one hand questions seem to proliferate without end like some sort of curiosity hydra, I'm also drawn to the post-narrative and mystical where we have words like 'ineffable' that don't really convey much at all but point towards an unspeakable mystery.
As Ramana Maharshi says:
"The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner."
“If nothing else, at the very least we are here to grow and contribute while discovering and expressing who and what we are.” Ah such a powerful and beautiful ending! I really enjoy reading how you are processing the big questions of life. I learn so much just from observing and reading your pieces.
"Given the recent and continuing developments in artificial intelligence, it may bear some revisitation soon enough." I've been thinking this too, that AI may be a blessing in disguise to allow we humans some distance from our identification with our intellects, realizing it is just machinery, and step back far enough to catch the sublimity of pure "being" out of the corner of our eye.
“In the end though, I think I will have more questions than answers, and that’s okay.” -- and the number of questions increases as we age. Isn’t that funny? Maybe we’re here to ask ourselves why we’re here. Maybe that’s precisely the point. To let our minds wander in the realm of infinite possibility. Loved this, Tai.
Thanks for reading, Silvio! While on the one hand questions seem to proliferate without end like some sort of curiosity hydra, I'm also drawn to the post-narrative and mystical where we have words like 'ineffable' that don't really convey much at all but point towards an unspeakable mystery.
As Ramana Maharshi says:
"The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner."
“If nothing else, at the very least we are here to grow and contribute while discovering and expressing who and what we are.” Ah such a powerful and beautiful ending! I really enjoy reading how you are processing the big questions of life. I learn so much just from observing and reading your pieces.