210421 What I learned in my studies this morning

Cats are Zen. 

Sits in my lap, purr

Petually now. 

From The Daily Stoic: 

The problem is you think you have time. ~ Internet inspiration

Epictetus is talking about time. He's talking about losing it: once it's gone, you can never get it back. And because you can never get it back, its loss affects all that follows. 

I must be present, finding now and not wanting to escape it. 

EDIT: Serendipity . . .

Today's Meditation:

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki

I don't get it. Boy, do I have a lot of work to do..... My wheel has no hub. 

From Six Easy Pieces, by Richard Feynman:

Chapter 3. The Relation of Physics to the Other Sciences: Geology and Psychology 

We cannot predict (yet, possibly ever) the weather because no matter the extent of our knowledge of current state, turbulence is introduced as the system progresses and disrupts what we would try to predict.

We cannot (yet, possibly ever) understand the movement of matter within the Earth, the forces and properties of the molten rock and how they interact to produce geologic activity.

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Psychoanalysis is not science. Physiological understanding of the brain, however, is yielding somewhat to scientific exploration. We're beginning to understand the nature of the physical processes which cause mental and physical events.

When something happens, when we learn something, we now behave differently. Why? The atoms are the same atoms, but the multifarious connections between them have changed and we don't understand what difference this makes.