27 Apr 09:00
--oh nom yes. between her and morgan freeman.
Shout Box archive
27 Apr 08:55
--nah its my philosphical stage of being tipsy, before i get to the hugging stage and talking about how weird human awkwardness is, then my infant needing cuddles and being put to bed phase. watching the trailer now monkey, the ai sounds kinda smexy
27 Apr 08:54
--he only plays a tiny part in the movie...but it was a cool little reference
27 Apr 08:51
--and yes its got to the point i can quote almost any lecture in its entirity.... his voice is like marshmallows covered in honey.
27 Apr 08:50
--'if you get with yourself, and realise you are are all of yourself, a strange thing happens. you realise you are at one with the universe. that your body and mind are one part of the total energy system of the universe. and its all you, you all know you are 'I' and wherever beings exist in all the universe, you are all of them'
27 Apr 08:50
--I do love the idea of tao and buddhist philosophy in a technologically advanced context
27 Apr 08:50
--Yep, he's good. have you seen "Her" yet? He shows up as a Super Intelligent AI lol
27 Apr 08:49
--mm alan watts is a great philospher by the way, he has a lot of lectures online (and a lot of amazing songs with samples from them).
27 Apr 08:48
--basically it explains the bible to some extent in a way that actually makes sense (to me). such as how jesus was a prophet who was spreading the word of 'heaven' (the bliss of presence/enlightenment) and God (difficult to explain. essentially all energy in the world, and hte experience of being totally at one with the universe) he applies buddhist logic to some mis read verses essentially
27 Apr 08:45
--Hmmm in the synopsis of Tolles book it says quasi-Christian framework, but it sounds like a lot of stuff from buddhist thought
27 Apr 08:45
--yeah... if i become a buddhist monk in the mountains with my family of bears, i'll invite you out some time and we'll chill and paint.
27 Apr 08:44
--Not saying it's all bad or shit....but it is definitely less "real" and we give it more credence than it deserves
27 Apr 08:42
--its funny how we have an entire forum all geared towards securing one job. which is helping build other peoples dreams through scribblings made of pixels. just like its funny how people are holed up all day (myself included) watching pixels and light dance on a screen, twiddling some joysticks because it gives some sense of achievement.
27 Apr 08:40
--i really reccomedn the first one, its a free pdf online. one of the few books i can say that will permanently change your outlook for the better, though i tend to get worse and worse in time.
27 Apr 08:40
--i read a bit of the Tao te ching, but its very poetic and hard to grasp sometimes
27 Apr 08:39
--Yeah totally man, experience is great to refresh yourself and give you new insights (and design language :P)