Worshipping A.I.

If we think A.I. (artificial intelligence) is nothing to do with us, then we’re already in its domain. “Don’t be daft! I know the difference between what’s real and what’s not real.” Books have done the same thing for generations – making us think we know the truth – but now the internet is doing it faster and vaster, and can out-think us.

A.I. can mimic words, sounds, images, ideas … and spiritual teachings. It can take all the information from the internet and create a resemblance of it, simulating anything and anyone. We do the same – when we gossip or repeat something we’ve heard, we put a little twist on the story. Heard anything original lately?

How do we recognise the difference between reality and that which isn’t reality? We don’t, because we can’t recognise it now. Even the Buddha’s teaching is A.I. – it’s a simulation of the truth, as truth cannot be found outside our reality. It’s only within silent awareness where there are no words. 

Non-verbal awareness.

Do you get it?
Non-verbal awareness.

A. I. cannot do this!

As long as we react to or worship whatever or whomever is out there, we will totally miss the point. That is Mara’s little trick. People can sound authentic, but their words are merely information to be acquired and stored in our memory bank. We draw on these reserves to place an image of ourselves before others, making us feel that we’re clever.

In worshipping and praising ourselves, we will never realise the silent pure cognisance that we are. That is the ultimate truth. If we merely repeat clichés, we are digging a darker, deeper cave to live in, where we watch the shadow images projected on the wall/screen/in person for us to worship.

The realised know they have been fooled.