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I recently caught Before the Flood randomly on Nat Geo TV. I saw DiCaprio’s interview with Pope Francis, which then led me to Pope Leo‘s Wiki entry, and I found that this book was a great influence on him, so I read it over the weekend (available for free here).
In this blog post, I’ll share a few paragraphs that I found touching or resonating.
Continue reading “The Practice of the Presence of God”At Automattic, each quarter we run HACK week: a week where we step away from our usual work and spend time exploring something new.
For this HACK week, I decided to focus on something that’s been circling in my mind and that I’ve also noticed among my coworkers:
What happens to my understanding and mental energy when I run multiple AI agents?
In this blog post, I’ll share what I found.
Continue reading “Attention, not agents: What actually drains us”A song
from simpler times,
when many were running toward the same thing
the thing that mattered most.
And today?
Today, many don’t really know
what they’re running after.
Confusion and pride
seem to rule the day.
I recently completed The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology, compiled by Igumen Chariton of Valamo.
The book follows the movement from outward prayer to inner prayer. Prayer begins with words, grows through attention, and may eventually become rooted in the Heart through Grace.
At the center is the Jesus Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me.
This post is a short overview of its main teachings.
Continue reading “The Art of Prayer: An Orthodox Anthology overview”I recently bought and read The Heart: An Orthodox Christian Spiritual Guide by Archimandrite Spyridon Logothetis (2001).
This post will be a quick summary/overview of the book.
Continue reading “The Heart: An Orthodox Christian Spiritual Guide overview”
