November 21, 2013 Astrobriefing

As the Sun goes into Sagittarius at 7:48pm PST, it is time to play it cool. Yesterday’s issues no longer exist. Go with the flow. Positive aspects lunar aspects with Jupiter and Mars can keep tempers at bay. But be careful after 11, best just to go to sleep as early as possible. When you […]

November 18, 2013 Astrobriefing

Tuesday morning at 6:49am PST, Mars in Virgo sextiles retrograde Jupiter in Cancer. This should be a good aspect for actions related to business or income. Or you might find it a good day to fix things around the house. There can also be a desire for adventure, but the Moon goes void of course […]

November 12, 2013 Astrobriefing

This morning retrograde Jupiter trines the Sun. A cautious optimism is in order. Tomorrow morning, Neptune goes direct. That’s the bigger deal. Neptune has been retrograde since June 7. There may be some bigger issues we’ve been unable to make headway on. It’s hard to fulfill dreams when Neptune is retrograde. But right now we […]

November 10, 2013 Astrobriefing

So, Mercury went direct at 1:12pm PST. But it’s deeper than that. Because Mercury is essentially stationary, it’s also in a 3+ day trine with Neptune. Our minds have gotten in touch with our spiritual depths. We now know what we should have done back at the beginning of October. If we’re honest, we have […]

Perched

I find myself perfectly perched at the edge of an abyss stepping out into a formless mist of morning fog, I find myself in love with Portland, though she leaves me in a veritable quandary wondering which of her many bridges leads to her heart. I seem to have two hearts, one from the future, […]

November 4, 2013 Astrobriefing

“Because you have been down there Neo, you know that road, you know exactly where it ends. And I know that’s not where you want to be.” Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity in The Matrix. Venus enters Capricorn 43 after midnight (Pacific time). The party that was Venus in Sagittarius is over. Reality sets in. Are […]

Sparse Distributed Memory

This chapter describes one basic model of associative memory, called the sparse distributed memory, and relates it to other models and circuits: to ordinary computer memory, to correlation-matrix memories, to feed-forward artificial neural nets, to neural circuits in the brain, and to associative-memory models of the cerebellum. Presenting the various designs within one framework will […]

ཚིག་གསུམ་གནད་བརྡེགས

Hitting the Essence in Three Words “The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King” The Root Text Herein is contained The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King, together with its commentary. Homage to the master! The view is Longchen Rabjam: infinite, vast expanse. Meditation is Khyentse Özer: rays of wisdom and love. Action […]

Thunder: Perfect Mind

During the 1984-85 school year, I had the opportunity to study the Coptic language and to read some of the Nag Hammadi texts. I first translated Thunder: Perfect Mind in 1985. It sat unpublished in my notebooks until I finally typed it up in 2003, making minor revisions as I entered it. I made a few more […]

Dhalgren

to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with wind. All you know I know: careening astronauts and bank clerks glancing at the clock before lunch; actresses cowling at light-ringed mirrors and freight elevator operators grinding a thumbful of grease on a steel handle; […]