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This is Part 6 Christmas and New Year’s - Under The Tree, from the Book 'on the way to here', Reflections on Things that Matter by Phil Small, available at: https://www.philsmallbooks.com/buy-the-book.html Music intro/outro portion used from 'Life on Earth' with permission ('Best Day' album, 2012) by Dala. All rights reserved.

Nothing is so regrettable    Nothing is so harmful    How to anticipate misfortunes          Anticipating misfortunes    Is like carrying a big stone     Without putting it down         You think and rethink    That it will go wrong         Nothing is so regrettable    Nothing is so harmful    How to anticipate misfortunes          Anticipating misfortunes    Affects the mind     Affects health     Ruins good times          Nothing is so regrettable    Nothing is so harmful    How to anticipate

No Escape     Current Moment     Celebrate the victory    And be punctual          Cultivate the love    for punctuality     if you please     with maturity          It's nice     to arrive on time          It's nice     to arrive on time          No Escape     Current Moment     Celebrate the victory    And be punctual          Transform your life    with this pleasure    There are benefits    to being punctual          No Escape     Current Moment     Celebrate the victory    And be

Deal with injustice    Calmly     Opinion is submissive    Not a dilemma          Accept calmly     What you can't control    Is a priority     Guide your thinking         Deal with injustice    Calmly     Opinion is submissive    Not a dilemma          Maintain inner peace    Indifferent to the outside world     Perspective is fleeting    Like dust          Deal with injustice    Calmly     Opinion is submissive    Not a dilemma          Accept injustice     Don't be a slave to

14 The Chain of Vices     We     Human Beings     Are Chained     And Weakened     By Many Vices          Mired in Vices     For a Long Time     Purification Is Difficult         We     Human Beings     Are Chained     And Weakened     By Many Vices          We Are Not     Just Contaminated     We Are Dyed     By Vices          We     Human Beings     Are Chained     And Weakened     By Many Vices

I'm going to die     I don't need to cry         I'll be chained     But without lamenting    I'll be exiled     Nothing stops me     From walking calmly    From smiling          I'm sick and happy    In danger and happy    Dying and happy     In misfortune and happy

A negative thought    Is always distorted    Turn it into a positive    It's my fate          Seek contentment     At all times          Seek contentment     At all times          Contentment     Comes from gratitude    From living each moment    With internalization         A negative thought    Is always distorted    Turn it into a positive    It's my fate          Keep away complaining    It's a bad habit          Keep away complaining    It's a bad habit          All

Control what you can,         Accept everything else,    Breathe, think, reflect,     Perfect harmony.    Self-control is power,    A firm mind is a duty,    a mind without sermons,    subdues temptations.    Control what you can,    Accept everything else,    Breathe, think, reflect,    Perfect harmony.     Epithetus teaches,    To act with reason,    To avoid impulse,     In all evolution.     Control what you can,    Accept everything else,    Breathe, think, reflect,    Perfect harmony.     A

Take only one path    The path of good          What is true good?    Where does good come from?          Good comes from a good conscience     From disregarding the gifts of chance          Good comes from honorable purposes     From a balanced way of life          Good comes from right actions     From a peaceful way of life          Take only one path    The path of good          Good promotes     Harmony     Happiness          Good promotes     The realization of human potential          Take

When I wake up in the morning,     I say in a smiling tone,    I will find bad people,    with the present calm.         I will deal with the irritated,     Without losing my joy,    I will listen to the unloved,     Without falling into agony.          The soul is dyed,     with the color of thought,     Life is disgusting,    trapped in resentment,         We suffer more in our imagination,     than in reality,     and it is bad for the heart,     to fall into this childishness.          When I

One might think “actions screen off intent”: if Alice donates $1k to bed nets, it doesn’t matter if she does it because she cares about people or because she wants to show off to her friends or whyever; the bed nets are provided either way. I think this is in the main not true (although it can point people toward a helpful kind of “get over yourself and take an interest in the outside world,” and although it is more plausible in the case of donations-from-a-distance than in most cases). Human

This is a link post. Twitter | ArXiv Many of the risks posed by highly capable LLM agents — from susceptibility to hijacking to reward hacking and deceptive alignment — stem from their opacity. If we could reliably monitor the reasoning processes underlying AI decisions, many of those risks would become far more tractable. Compared to other approaches in AI, LLMs offer a unique advantage: they can ``think out loud'' using chain-of-thought (CoT) enabling oversight of their decision-making processes

In this episode of the Zen Retreat podcast, we explore practical mindfulness techniques and calming rituals to help you find peace in your daily life. Join us as we share guided meditations, soothing sounds, and insightful conversations designed to inspire relaxation and inner balance. Perfect for anyone seeking a moment of tranquility in a busy world.

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It doesn’t look good, on many fronts, especially taking a stake in Intel.We continue. Table of Contents America Extorts 10% of Intel. Nice company you got there. Who's next? The Quest For No Regulations Whatsoever. a16z is at it again, Brockman joins. The Quest for Sane Regulations. Dean Ball surveys the state legislative landscape. Chip City. Nvidia beats earnings, Huawei plans to triple chip production. Once Again The Counterargument On Chip City. Sriram Krishnan makes a case.

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