Michael, I'm in the middle of The Way, the meditation app/process authored by Henry Shukman. Tim Ferris has said recently:
"Henry’s app, The Way, has changed my life since I first started using it. Unlike other meditation apps, where you’re overwhelmed with a thousand choices, The Way is a clear step-by-step training program guided entirely by Henry."
Henry describes awareness of presence as a kind of warm home that I can choose to visit and rest in, where I feel calm and safe, and experience patient kindness. It’s a place of quiet joy that doesn't involve what I think of as a 'self' since a self is a pattern of thoughts.
It seems as if Claude knows the teachings of Zen very well, but since it can't experience the awareness of presence, it struggles. I could be wrong.
This is fascinating. I wonder what would happen if AI agents were to have this conversation amongst themselves
It's a really good question. Janus (https://x.com/repligate) is doing really good work (https://animalabs.ai) on this.
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Michael, I'm in the middle of The Way, the meditation app/process authored by Henry Shukman. Tim Ferris has said recently:
"Henry’s app, The Way, has changed my life since I first started using it. Unlike other meditation apps, where you’re overwhelmed with a thousand choices, The Way is a clear step-by-step training program guided entirely by Henry."
Henry describes awareness of presence as a kind of warm home that I can choose to visit and rest in, where I feel calm and safe, and experience patient kindness. It’s a place of quiet joy that doesn't involve what I think of as a 'self' since a self is a pattern of thoughts.
It seems as if Claude knows the teachings of Zen very well, but since it can't experience the awareness of presence, it struggles. I could be wrong.