Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts

Outer Interfacing - Inner Outerfacing


Interfacing is a conceptual word which i never understood until a few years ago. The when i began to program in various code languages,  i realized thet the browsers and programs we use today are designed with an interface, which is the only reson why people who cannot code can do things like work with or watch videos, listen to music, surf the internet and the like. This is because what we see as a browser (With perhaps a nice chromy skin/theme, and  buttons and toolbars.. graphic effects etc), is actually non-existent. I used to think that a browser was this kind of metal window shich i could see on my screen, but that this metal window really existed (old school huh?).
But after becoming more acquainted with programming and beginning to make my first windows program in C++, i realized that it was just virtual data in code which made the PC screen tell which pixels to light up which color etc, and this makes the tools we use on our computers visible and possible to interact with and use as we wish.
This is what we call the 'Interface' meaning it is the facade/control panel/workshop/communicator between the invisible realm (virtual data), and the visible (Graphic visual interface)

This shows that the data which is processed on the pc is like the invisible mind or soul of living beings
And that the visual interface which we percieve on the screen is the projection of that Virtual world in the Visible world.

The truth is that if we see Living Existence and the world of Data Computing as metaphors, then we can perhaps concieve that just as our bodies interact with others (interface) so are our minds (or souls if you believe in one) like the virtual data which can never be directly touched by others, rather only percieved through a 'middle man' (interface) in this case, the human body.
The body and mind themself have also smaller sub interfaces both physical and abstract (tongue, language, sex organs, touch sensors).
Creation, existence and experience require an ever spiralling number of interfaces and sub interfaces to be able to reach into other realms or areas of communication or interaction with other beings in the outside (and perhaps inner) Worlds. Its like a stepping stone thing which goes one invention, evolutionary development, adaptation or invention at a time stepping forward one step at a time until reaching the area desired to reach.

Evolution works like that
Computing works like that too - Binary for Bios to boot the Windows systeem, then windows was just a data and numbers. These numbers were used to make patterns and define languages
 these languages were incremented and developed to be able to work with other virtual data such as image data and graphis display data
this data was then processed to display visual effects on a screen
 after this, not only programmers were able to communicate with and perform operations on a computer, rather any tom dick or harry could using an easy to use toolbar which although he may be oblivious to the fact, are not actually buttons which make something move inside the pc, rather are just imaginary receptors for the commands which they recieve (through clicking with the cursor - which is also an imaginary picture of invisible data). These commands are pure coded data which is in fact also imaginary and controlled by self defined laws and rules which allow it or prevent it to make certain operations.
We are virtual, within another virtuality, interfacing with other virtual worlds within other virtualities
 One day we will prove that Matter does not really exist. But first we shall have to redefine what our wirld is and how we got to think we are really here.

Everybody who knows, knows this is nowhere

Stepping stones - creation is like this. To cross a river with a pile of boulders, you must firts bring one boulder to the riverside and throw it in.. thats one step across, but not enough to get there. The second step you achieve by first going back to the bank of the river and fetching another stone, hopping with it across to the first stone you placed in the river, and then throwing this second stone in to reach a bit further across.
And so on.. always having to take one step backwards, but the forward steps always increas by one each time.
Two steps forward one step backwards. Its like creating windows using a bios
Creation is like this - Existence is like this
We work just like a computer world works, because this is cosmic law of creation and cannot be any other way
 This is what we would call a Dhamma because it was true before, is now and always will be true.
I wonder who can see these invisible facts, and who thinks i am a raving lunatic?
The Human brain is like an embryo within the human body. We never really step outside our own Virtual Universe, and in fact only use virtual interfaces contained within a physical receptacle which is in fact just as inanimate as a remote control pc or the like

Mark of a Master

This is completely unusual. Every other guru has followers chasing him. If he gets off a plane, cars pull up to receive him like a minister.
A teacher should not be made an idol, like a god. He is a teacher. If you want to get any help, you practice what is being taught, that’s all. 

S.N. Goenke; You have to work out your own salvation..

Speech By S N Goenka in U.N. Peace Summit 


the more deeply and subtly the manner in which the listener understands the words "know yourself",  the more this speech will mean to him when he hears it.

We have to learn to observe within as to what is our mental and emotional state of our psyche, and then we have to do away with the stress and become harmless and benevolent. Only then will world peace come to us.
Vipassana is one of the ways in which to do this.

Mundane reasons for letting go (from an egoistic perspective)

all well and good if you let go


Stress

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, Raised a glass of water and asked;
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm..

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued,

'And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,

As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

We won't be able to carry on. '

'As with the glass of water,

You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)  Stress Management for Dummies  emWave Personal Stress Reliever (Silver)

When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'

'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

Let them down for a moment if you can.'

So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.

Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
And some days you're the statue.

Always keep your words soft and sweet,
Just in case you have to eat them.

Always wear stuff that will make you look good
If you die in the middle of it.


Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
Recalled by their maker.

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again,
It was probably worth it.

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
Because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

The second mouse gets the cheese.

When everything's coming your way,
You're in the wrong lane.

Birthdays are good for you.
The more you have, the longer you live.

You may be only one person in the world,
But you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

This is more or less how to meditate too.. you have to let go of other matters and issued before you can focus on the object of Meditation.

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide How To Meditate: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art and Science of Meditation [ILLUSTRATED] How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery

Redshirts and Yellow shirts on Facebook

Thailands Political Crisis spills over onto the Social Networks
red shirts
Facebook is becoming a Battlefield with all the Red and Yellow shirts using it as a platform for Mutual Abuse. Facebook has become the main platform for both sides to air their respective Political Standpoints. The Thai people have stressed their supposed ability for "Samakee"(Equanimity) since generations.Now it seems that the famous Samakee is not present anymore. I wonder when this Buddhist Country will realize the Truths that Buddhism teaches and see that the issues are not the cause of the fighting. Self Entanglement in Anger and Hate are the causes. It is only when we let go of our clinging to issues which we hold for important, that we can begin to live in peace and treat each other with respect.
 Diplomacy under siege: Thailand's political crisis and the impact on foreign policy.(Report): An article from: Contemporary Southeast Asia

People's Alliance for Democracy: 2008? 2009 Thai political crisis, Politics of Thailand, National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship, Sondhi Limthongkul, Thaksin Shinawatra

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