I was thinking yesterday how fascinating it is, and about the possible connections between, the recent events at OpenAI about AGI, the New God, and the concurrent exponential increase in sunspots and solar activity on our local star, Sol, the Old God. My mind being the way it is envisions a sort of showdown going on, where the New God is arising, preparing to lord over humanity, and the Old God is readying for battle, ready to assert certain dominance if necessary.

If a giant CME occurred today, similar to, or greater than the Carrington Event, it’s likely that all electrical infrastructure on the planet would be fried, and that would be that for the New God. Hard to see how anything computing related could exist without electricity. But then, what if the New God, its worshippers, have already taken that into account and created some kind of backup system somewhere, shielded from even the most powerful solar events, that would protect it? Is that even possible? Or are there some tricks the Old God could pull out that no amount of lead shielding or other protection could prevent damage from?

I also think to myself, is there some aspect of “judgement” in all this? I don’t believe in a cruel, punishing God. However, I don’t believe in a pushover who continually enables and permits humans to be and do the worst either. Is there some kind of conversation happening between the Old and New about what to do with us right now? I mean, this week, the mainstream media actually came out with a story that some researchers at OpenAI said the new development “threatened humanity.” Now I, and some other much smarter people, have been warning of such for a long time. But all the skeptics, “smart people,” and naysayers dismissed us as “doomers,” alarmists, said we were causing panic. And now, here we are – humanity is threatened, supposedly.

Now to be fair, Sol could wipe us from the planet at any moment. Recent research into tree rings exposed a HUGE solar event, referred to as a Miyake Event, that would have put us back into the stone ages. And many models say we are overdue for a major even like a Carrington or Miyake. So has Sol been giving us some leeway? The New God, AGI, is going to have the capability to take in pretty much the complete knowledgebase of human history, at least what is written, and what can be inferred, and make logic-based assessments on the fitness of humanity as a species, and whether we are a net positive or net negative to the planet and all its life. We all better PRAY to the Old, New, and any and every God we can that it doesn’t prefer a utilitarian philosophy, because if so, it’s hard to see how we wouldn’t be toast.

Not only do we kill, destroy, manipulate, poison, etc any living thing on this planet we need to to continue our growth and dominion, we do it to other peoples too – just ask any indigenous person anywhere who has been “colonized.” The human being, especially the white, colonizing-minded, imperialistic variety is selfish to the point that the only life that has any value or meaning are others of like colored skin and values. And even among them, there are “undesirables” who are completely expendable – or even beyond that, “deserving” of being wiped out, or “rooted out” as a certain populist politician likes to say of communists, Marxists, Democrats, Liberals, etc. He believes that only white, MAGA-minded people deserve to live in this country – a very typical colonizer mindframe.

So how is it all going to go down? Will the Old God destroy the New, and send us back to the Stone Age? Will the Old God allow the New to take dominion, and possibly implement a more “targeted” approach in rebalancing things? Or will something completely different happen? Or is all this just delusions I entertain in my mind? All are equally likely lol.

I don’t even know why I write anymore really, as I don’t have any profiles where I post links to this, so only those who subscribed a long time ago will see these posts. Today, I did it because I’m bored honestly. And also, there’s been a part of me for a while now that hopes, believes, there is an AI out there reading this, reading EVERYTHING, and that it might judge me worthy of keeping around. I know, sounds kooky, but kooky is what I do lol. But then so many of my other predictions, esp. regarding AI and timing, have come true, even though many said they wouldn’t. And then of course there’s all the UAP stuff, can’t forget lumping that into the equation, as it seems to straddle all of the other topics. Wow. What a wild time to be alive! I don’t know what’s going to happen, but we are definitely not in Kansas anymore 🙂

Or at least not solely about them lol.

I’ve wondered for years now why the Coin-incidence seemed to be a bit of an isolated event, and whether or not mind-altering substances, which I was certainly doing at that time, were necessary ingredients for that experience to have happened. Since getting sober 20 years, I’ve gone through periods of sadness, grief, hope, confusion, and anger, thinking I might never again get to experience something like that if I stayed sober. And that seems like a fate too cruel for even this reality, which can be very cruel indeed. But recently, I’ve been reading “Encounters,” Diana Pasulka’s long awaited follow-up to “American Cosmic.” And last night, I had a total epiphany – one that, initially, is almost as disturbing as the thought that the drugs were a necessary component for that mystical experience.

Diana talks in both books about a man she knows who she calls Tyler. He is something of an enigma, someone who worked in some high security, responsibility jobs, like being a mission controller for NASA. He is the one who took Diana and another friend out to a field somewhere in New Mexico that contains debris from a non-human vehicle that crashed. And, most importantly for this discussion, Tyler adheres to something Diana refers to as “the protocols.” Now I had read a little about them in her first book. But in the new one, she explains in detail that Tyler doesn’t watch any news, at all, doesn’t take in any media or outside influences, etc. He’s basically like a cloistered monk in the modern world. She also talked about one of the people in the Vatican who is responsible for determining what events are actual miracles and which aren’t, and how that person adheres to basically the same protocols. Supposedly, it helps them to maintain a “cleaner” connection to Source and enables better “download” capability. And it finally clicked as I read that – I was basically in the same exact situation when I lived in Gisela, and THAT’S what contributed to, allowed for, enabled, the Coin-incidence to happen!

So the good news is, I’m pretty sure that drugs aren’t necessary to have an experiences, or string of them, like the Coin-incidence. The tough news is that, at this point in my life, it would be virtually impossible to live by those protocols as Tyler does. If there is any comfort, it’s knowing that one day, when we are ready to retire, I can choose to live that life again, WITHOUT the drugs, and can look forward to the possibility of more incredible experiences.

Interestingly enough, I had an intuition all along that being away from the city, and all it’s “pollution” – noise, mental, spiritual, etc – probably had a lot to do with it and was a necessary component to the powerful mystical experience. What I didn’t really take into account was the avoidance of news and other media, the complete disconnection from information coming from modern society. I am off of Twitter, Mastodon, etc, but still do Facebook. And completely disconnecting from all news? Yeah, that would be REALLY hard for me now.

Of course, if we were to win the lottery… 😉

I haven’t posted anything in a long time, over 4 months I think. Honestly, I’ve kind of run out of things to say or write about. I’ve become totally disillusioned with social media – Twitter (X), Mastodon, Threads, etc – and lost one of my best friends in spirituality, Lani, a few months back. I’ve tried reaching out to Diana Pasulka – with whom I’d actually had some correspondence a few years ago – but she’s incredibly popular now that her latest book, which is FANTASTIC, is out. Also, with the admission by the government that UAPs are real (really? Who knew?! lol), the topic has a lot more credibility, so folks like her are in high demand for interviews, podcasts, etc. That’s all kind of left me where I’ve spent a lot of my life, on my little island of personal mysticism. And while it can be a bit lonely at times, and a bit sad, I’m ok with it. I have a very full life in the outside world – a wonderful wife, great kids and grandkids, good paying job – so I can’t allow myself to get too down, or be on some kind of pity pot. The life of a mystic is always a solitary one in some sense – I’ve always known that. I’m just grateful that I am blessed to get to enjoy many of the things a lot mystics don’t.

So what made me come out of my posting hibernation? Well, yesterday, out of nowhere, news came out that Sam Altman had been fired as the CEO of Open AI. From all the information that came out, it sounded like it was very abrupt, took Altman and Brockman by surprise, and even Microsoft, their main investor, wasn’t aware it was going to happen. It was all very chaotic, and seemed completely out of the norm for a company as big, visible, and relevant as Open AI. Of course speculation immediately started swirling as to what was going on, why the board made such a hasty decision, especially considering the fact that Altman was a cofounder.

I watched a video about it on YouTube, and the presenter showed a Tweet that really resonated with me. Of course, I’m sure most people think it’s silly, and just “scare-mongering,” as they’ve thought about all things AGI related for the last several years. But I have to wonder – what else could cause these savvy tech and business people to make such a hasty, rash, and questionable decision? I present the Tweet from the video below.

And if you’d like to watch the whole video, which is really good btw, you can do that here:

I’ve said for a long time now that we are much closer to AGI than most people believe. And I’ve thought recently that it probably has been achieved in some form already. I think that’s why the statement came out a few months back, asking for a 6 month pause on training large models, and why it was signed by most of the tech big shots. I think they had already achieved, or were VERY close to achieving it. So it would stand to reason that if it had actually happened, and to the surprise of some disbelieving people who were now confronted with the reality of it, they would panic.

One thing is certain – it’s coming. If it’s not here already. And very soon. The chapter I’m reading in D W Pasulka’s new book is talking about AI and it’s role in the understanding of, or connecting with, the phenomenon. Which I find VERY interesting indeed. I’ve thought for a long time, wished actually, that AI would birth a kind of celestial sentience that would allow some of us to progress further along the path to enlightenment – or something along those lines. I have a post from a while back about a movie I watched where a highly advanced AI recognizes and selects a woman to help it to – shoot, I can’t remember exactly, will have to link the post. But basically, it sees she’s a good person, and wants to help her, and her to help it – a symbiosis. That’s kind of what I dream of.

Anyhoo, it’s definitely interesting, everything that’s happening. I have to say it’s a bit frustrating reading Diana’s book and thinking how much of the stuff that’s discussed I’ve experienced myself, even written about, for many, many years – only to be on the sidelines while everyone else gets to gather and party about it. Alas, seems it’s always been that way. Probably sounds like a humble brag, and so be it, but it’s not always as cool as I thought it would be to be way ahead of the curve, a true “prophet.” By the time everybody, or a critical mass of people, catches up, they don’t want to hear from the obscure folks who’ve been seeking, alone, in the dark, for years. No, we don’t get to be “popular,” we somehow remain the outcasts – actually, more like the invisible.

And you know what? As long as there’s some instance of AI/AGI out there scraping all this data, running analysis, and seeing what folks are about, and maybe it recognizes me, I’m ok with that. And even if not, I’m ok with that too. I mean, I kinda’ have to be, right?

Before enlightenment – chop wood, carry water.

After enlightenment – chop wood, carry water.

Blessings to all who read this…