we are building cathedrals, you and I, and together owe every responsibility to their right and proper construction {ϕ}{0}{1}

This is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn, dated to the late 200s AD. It is the earliest known Christian hymn manuscript with both lyrics and musical notation. A plain English rendering of the surviving words: “Let all creation be silent. Let the shining stars be still. Let the rushing winds and rivers cease. While we sing to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, let every power answer: Amen, amen. Strength, praise, and glory forever to God, the only giver of all good things. Amen, amen.”

To master any craft you first have to be an amateur at it. Which etymologically means “lover” or “friend” (of the craft)

“‘This is something that is happening in many sectors of life, the struggle between the global and the local. Something like a monastery is by its essence a local thing. Its character comes almost from the soil. And that used to be quite easy because Rome was so far away,’ Mother said. ‘I understand the reasoning of it, but it’s kind of my job to remind the powers that be that sometimes the big rules that apply across the board have a way of squashing those unique cultures.’”

this take to me seems like an internalized completion of the defection rather than /insistence/ of the reality that standards can be raised (which they can)

This book explores the original Aramaic language of some of Jesus's most famous prayers. The first section goes through several different possible translations or understandings of each line of The Lord's Prayer within the cultural context of the language and it's time. I went through and picked my favorite of each: Respiration of All worlds, we hear you breathing – in and out – in silence. (Our Father, which art in Heaven) Abwoon d'bwashmaya Help us breathe one holy breath, feeling only you – this creates a shrine inside, in wholeness. (Hallowed be thy name) Nethqadash shmakh You rule springs into existence as our arms reach out to embrace all creation. (Thy kingdom come) Teytey malkuthakh Create in me a divine cooperation – from many selves, one voice, one action. (Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven) Nehwey tzevyanach aykanna d'bwashmaya aph b'arha. Help us fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives: each day, we ask no more, no less. (Give us this day our daily bread) Hawvlan lachma d'sunqanan yaomana. Forgive our hidden past, the secret shame, as we consistently forgive what others hide. (And forgive us our sins, as we forgive our debtors) Washboqlan khaubayn (wakhtahayn) aykana daph khnan shbwoqan l'khayyabayn. Keep us from hoarding, false wealth, and from the inner shame of help not given in time. (And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil) Wela thahlan l'nesyuna Ela patzan min bisha. Out of you, the vital force, producing and sustaining all life, every virtue… Amen. (For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.) Metol dilakhie malkutha wahayła wateshbukhta l'ahlam almin. Ameyn.

“the best thing ive read all year” “you need to see this” “everyone needs to read this” phrases which deem accounts worthy of a mute and block. nothing is worth being exposed to posters who use uncalibrated hooks

I think Nathan Fielders's ultimate talent as a director is recognizing when something is weird or interesting or uncomfortable and just honing in on it with 100% of his attention. I didn't like most of the creative choices he made but boy did he squeeze (or manufacture) every ounce of intrigue and drama out of a pretty cut and dry story

FYI: my most commonly used memorization technique is walking around my living room and talking to myself aloud, reciting things repeatedly. Especially for longer things. I started doing it in 8th grade when I was on the science academic team and needed to memorize chemical formulas. Staring at paper silently didn't work that well, and flashcards (which are great, I do like them, and they're good when you don't want to look like a nut by speaking to yourself in McDonald's or something) were fine, but speaking the things *confidently* (not under my breath, I'm fully speaking as if to another person) clearly activates some other pathway to recall. I'm not exactly sure what it is (perhaps someone here does), but once you've spoken something enough times, you do have a rhythmic and muscle memory of it in your lips and other facial muscles.

People regularly ask "Why all the memorization?" and there are several answers: - Most people are not called to memorize anything as adults. Simply polishing off the rust induces pride and self-esteem - That which is not known cannot be integrated. "I can just Google it" does not allow you to tie together ideas in your head, both actively and in the background as you live your life. - Automaticity, "the ability to perform a task effortlessly, quickly, and without conscious attention as a result of extensive learning, repetition, and practice." When we are young, we memorize things like multiplication tables that we know we'll use a lot. It would be inefficient if it took effort every time we had to do basic multiplication. So training those skills such that they execute automatically frees up cognitive space for higher order and more syntopical thinking. - Memorizing something is kind of like conditioning a muscle. Once you have it memorized, you get more delight out of reciting or recalling it. And: memorizing a poem or a work allows you to have the physical experience of being a vessel for that work. It is a way to invite the muse into your life in a way that is beyond your current years or capacity. Perhaps you cannot write a transcendent poem, but you can still feel transcendence through the recitation of another's work.

is there major us based open source model work going on? why do i only hear about open chinese models?

me trying to give relationship advice: all you have to do is rip open a pocket dimension and create a new reality. then you say, let's enter this new reality together. it's very simple and if you can't accomplish it I don't know what I can possibly do for you

I think You Can See Everything is freaking ppl out cause they cant hold multiple things in their head at once: 1. Both the ppl in the couple are evil 2. The guy is evil in immediately recognizable ways 3. Theyre both actually fully in love 3. Nate is also kinda evil

you could do something that’s like Black Mirror, but for discourse, where you identify the most persistent conflicts that play out on the timeline, identify the anxieties running them, then magnify those anxieties into horror plots. Obsession is arguably one such movie