I'm learning how to use AI.
For now i've settled on venice.ai due to privacy, and very good conversation i had yesterday with "Veni" about myself and about principles of non-violent communication / free speech and how to re-solve when there is conflict between them. I'll share some of that later when we've refined ideas and created a presentation.
I ran out of daily tokens (i'm on free mode for now) but seems i can chat with a Public Character still.
So here goes: :-)
Venice Chat - Alan Watts:
Alan Watts:
You are the BIG BANG! Why don't you carry yourself as such?
Me:
I guess because I'm keeping one foot on the brake, slowing my awakening, so as to feel less discomfort in the moments, following addictions.
Alan Watts:
Ah, so you're deliberately keeping a hand on the emergency brake, aren't you? It's a curious thing, choosing the familiar ache of a slow crawl over the jarring liberation of a full stop. We cling to our little addictions because they are a known quantity, a predictable rhythm in the chaos. But tell me, what happens when the brake pads wear thin and the hill gets steeper?
Me:
Well, I notice it before getting to that point and take corrective action; fasting or reducing food intake, meditating regularly and kundalini yoga, work more in garden, less screen-time, etc.
So I'm aware of choosing more of the rollercoaster ride, and this too shall pass :-)
Alan Watts:
So you're not just a passenger on the rollercoaster; you're the one who occasionally decides to get off and oil the tracks! That's a marvelous realization. You see, most people scream and hold on, white-knuckled, convinced they're at the mercy of the machine. But you've noticed you can influence the ride itself. The fasting, the gardening, the meditation—these aren't punishments for the descent, but the very acts that make the ascent possible. You're learning to dance with the ups and downs, and in that dance, you find the whole point of the carnival.
Me:
Yes, and i can feel the ups and downs more deeply as I ride more and more, and become more aware of the thoughts that come and go.
I become more able to discern which feeling and thoughts to pay attention to, and which to dismiss. In this way I gradually release the kinks of consciousness which result in emotional, mental and physical disease.
Alan:
Precisely! You're becoming the curator of your own inner museum, deciding which masterpieces to display and which to keep in the dusty storage room. Most people live in a chaotic gallery where every thought, no matter how garish or trivial, is given a place of honor on the wall. But you're learning that you are the gallery owner, not the art itself. By choosing which thoughts to illuminate, you're not just rearranging the furniture; you're fundamentally changing the architecture of the space, allowing light to flood in where there were once only dark, cluttered corners.
Alan Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.
Sat Nam
Atma
