Digital mystics

[the undisputed truth]

Mystics do not see a different reality, but they see the wiring inside the wireless circuits. Mystics see structures of information and energy as it flows, a self-luminous tangle that can only be described using metaphors and symbols. Paradox is the language of the unconscious, which is why, like riddles or jokes, either we get what mystics say or we do not. Either mystical insights make all the difference in the world, enabling us to recontextualize everything, or they sound like snake oil.

Digital mystics are everywhere these days, searching for the words to give voice to their experience. Those who live life as nodes in a network cannot help but notice that they are enmeshed in a complex system of energy and information. The computer network becomes an image of the larger network, the planetary civilization, and even the galaxy, all the way out to the edges of the universe. We see that everything is part of one vast system of energy and information. Information is the form of energy. Information and energy, which look like two things, are aspects of a single thing, the way light is both particle and wave. The words “Let there be light!” give form to the potential of energy or perhaps make energy intelligible.

Entering Sacred Digital Space: Seeking to Distinguish the Dreamer and the Dream
By Richard Thieme

Defining the Challenge: The 'Study' of 'Sacred Texts' in the Digital Era

word sound power

 

[polystyle]

Thought lines

Dug that , truth

Mystics, shadows of mystics , space time , sand

 

[Grievous Angel]

Aaaah!

Takes me back to the late eighties / early nineties...

 

[MATT MAson]

The singularity is near...

 

[DJ PIMP]

What singularity is this? If its the one where we jack-in and become a giant trans-humanist hive-minded organism, I'm going to say bugger the lot of ya, and go live in a tree-hut.

 

[the undisputed truth]

yup that sounds like the one. Enter the matrix.

Moores law with its doubling of computing power while reducing the size of the hardware every 18 months coupled with advances in genetic engineering and nano technology should see us upload to a matrix like virtual world or transload data to another body if the intelligence potential is reached via artificial intelligence in the next generation according to the most optimistic of futurists. I still see a need for the mystical spirits to define the human experience though especially in terms of art.

 

[DJ PIMP]

Moores law with its doubling of computing power while reducing the size of the hardware every 18 months coupled with advances in genetic engineering and nano technology should see us upload to a matrix like virtual world or transload data to another body if the intelligence potential is reached via artificial intelligence in the next generation according to the most optimistic of futurists.

I'm familiar with the marketing hype

 

[the undisputed truth]

yeah, it's like if technology can't save us we're fucked. Reinterptreting sacred texts is like putting faith in the Kyoto accord. Paying lip service.