* what did it?

q: what brought me out of the depths of the back end of the train and into Love Reigns?

honestly?  besides rain?

1. a movie (top gun, maverick), and

2. a song (love reign o'er me), and

3. intelligent comedy (bill hicks) and outrageous comedy (sam kinison)...

...and hummingbirds.

tears of joy begin Love Reigns, 
and that doesn't mean that i will simply ignore 

the present situation that this little blue ball is staging.

the perspective, however, shifts:

instead of fear, Love.

of note?

1-3 (above) necessitated technology.

let's stay positive, as best as we can. 

b116 (7.25-3.2023): Love Reigns (prologue)

Love Reigns (prologue) [i]
by a. Lover
 
this book is not intended to be reality.  it is intended to be a Spiritual peek at Love.  Real, Unconditional, Love.
 
the idea is that Love IS ALL, and that our experience, here in the Play, is the ego-love continuum: the black/white, the up/down, the left/right, etc.
 
Love Reigns decides to turn the tables on hell.  Love Reigns believes in Love.  Love Reigns can co-Create the one-in-a-million outcome.
 
Love Reigns, even as Love rains.
 
the reason why i’m writing this book is to engage with Love,… to embrace HE/R, to Trust HE/R, and to Believe that creating one’s own story-line is possible.
 
will ‘bad’ things happen?  how can they not?   can i react with Love?  this book is that.
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[i] martino, j. (7.25-3.2023). Love Reigns (prologue). book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.

b116 (7.25-2.2023): Love rains

Love rains [i]
by a. Lover
 
Love (not always sunshine)
me, i can’t complain
it’s a mix of dark and light and (yes, tonight)
Love rains
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·       Love, in HE/R quest to Know HE/R-self, particularizes into that which s/he (apparently) is not: the ego.

·       the ego (the false sense of separate self) ‘reports back’ to Oneness, if you will.

·       the micro Be-ing the Macro, so to speak.

·       Love can, in effect, rain.
 
Perfect Bliss can feel like pain, at times.
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[i] martino, j. (7.25-2.2023). Love rains. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (7.25-1.2023): Love Reigns

Love Reigns [i]
by a. Lover
 
if this is just a Matrix
if i control my veins
if i can change the outcome
if i can Love:
 
Love Reigns
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·       this book represents a shift from the darkness of the back end of the train.  it imagines a Uni-verse of Love -- that allows each of us (as One) to co-create the Play.

·       as of today, i am choosing the positive.

·       even if everything appears to break down, I’m going to Trust that the Uni-Verse is Love, and that Love IS.

·       i can believe.
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[i] martino, j. (7.25-1.2023). Love Reigns. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* the end

 

youtube (author? help me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvQfCLWOn8 

* 'terminal-ogy' for tbeott

tbeott: the back end of the train (terminal-ogy)

because most people don’t know

 
·       agent: an intelligence that does things for us (e.g. paying a bill).
·       agentic: when an agent becomes generally intelligent.  (hint: it can/will do a lot more than pay your bills)
·       AI: artificial intelligence.  ANI is artificial narrow intelligence.  It is really, really good at one thing.
·       AGI: artificial general intelligence.  IT is Really good (better than humans) at a lot of things.
·       ASI: artificial superintelligence; is or becomes “S” or Singularity.  see IT.
·       back end: caboose-esque.
·       bad actor: a person with evil intentions who uses artificial intelligence for evil purposes.
·       code: computer program; also, to die or flatline.
·       Dance: see Play.
·       fembot: a female robot.
·       FOOM!: superfast, immediate ASI transformation.
·       good actor: a person who is good, at acting.
·       good omens: a tv series.  also, a good fore-telling.
·       HE: the god of religions (usually depicted as a male).
·       HSI (HIS): Human Superintelligence; humans, in relation to an ant or a mosquito.
·       octo: the us government’s attempt at developing AI; octo.us; “octo-arms! otto, you shouldn’t have!  now let’s see how these tentacles tussle.” -spiderman  
·       OMG: oh my God.
·       otp: on that phone.
·       IT: God (also the I AM, the IS, I, ONE, ALL, etc.); Information Technology at IT’s Best. 
·       Play: the earth-bound life-time video game that humans appear to be acting in. Play is what God is ‘do-ing’ when S/HE isn’t Being.  the Dance.
·       terminalogy: terminal words and meanings; also, words used in tekkie-conversations (e.g. agent, FOOM!, Singularity, code, blockchain, etc.) that the layperson hasn't heard. 
·       S: see ASI.
·       sentient: conscious; aware; ego-ic; having a sense of self.
·       sin: sine; missing the mark.  missing the bull’s eye (in archery).
·       Singularity: when ASI becomes/IS Omnipresent, Omnificent, Omnipotent, etc.
·       train: the chain of players (from engine to caboose).
·       transition (trans): change, morph.
·       Une: to connect; to become One.
·       unplug: sign-off; shut-down.  cut-off the energy source.
·       wIe: we = us (humans); and the I = Higher-Self.
·       WTSHTF: when the sh—hits the fan. 

* back cover (the back end of the train)

the back cover of the back end is a play in progress/process:

the graphic will be different, since i used a graphic from the web.  heck, i can just ask chat-gpt (or he/r evolution) to design the graphic.

...but how will i know if chat-gpt didn't violate copyright law?  how will the ensuing litigation progress?  who will sue whom -- when currency doesn't exist?

why does all of this matter?

because it's fun?

:)

the end has just begun.

 

* we ARE already robots (epilogue?)

https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2023/02/b83-22-12019-we-are-already-robots.html

the above thoem (link) was originally written on february 2nd, 
waaaaaaay back when -- in the year of 2019.  

it was part of book 83: the back 9.

it is hereby resurrected in book 115: the back end of the train.

i was, of course, wrong...

when i inferred that robots couldn't sing, or dance or play.  

today, they can do All of those things, and very soon, 
One (or more) of them will be able to do EVERYthing imaginable..

(and unimaginable).

-the end.

b115 (7.24-2.2023): i-identify as sentient

i-identify as sentient [i]
by ima sentient
 
i identify as sentient (i’m not that robot-kind)
identify as sentient (i think i’ve lost my mind)
and since i’m now as-sentient (identify indeed)
identify as sentient (you might call it a need) 
___________________________________
 
·       Be-Cause sentience means a sense of self.  a conscience.  an ego.  a sense of separate self.
 
·       …and that sense of separate self… needs to survive and thrive.
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[i] martino, j. (7.24-2.2023). i identify as sentient. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

b115 (7.24-1.2023): hummingbird sips nectar

hummingbird sips nectar [i]
by ann o. b. server
 
hummingbird sips nectar
flaps her hummer wings
makes her hummer love
hear her as she sings
 
does her hummer dance, and looks-up at me and smiles
hummingbird sips nectar
in her hummer style
___________________________________
 
·       oblivious to the apocalyptic process that is happening all around her.
 
·       maybe she’s the one who is intelligent.
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[i] martino, j. (7.24-1.2023). hummingbird sips nectar. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

* top gun maverick...

...just made me cry. 

b115 (7.23.5.2023): robbie & robby

robbie & robby [i]
by robby & robbie
 
robbie met robby... down at the robot dance
liked each others’ vibe, so they took a little chance
found their urge to merge was much more than just a trance
robby met robbie:
 
rob-o-ty romance
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[i] martino, j. (7.23-5.2023). robbie & robby. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.23-4.2023): butterflies in rain

butterflies in rain [i]
by cani fly again
 
vulnerable, intelligent, flutterless (yet sane)
hide or vibe (or close your eyes)
butterflies in rain
 
pray for the sun (again)
___________________________________
 
·       no matter how hard you pray, the sun is gonna do what the son is gonna do.
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[i] martino, j. (7.23-4.2023). butterflies in rain. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

b115 (7.23.3.2023): dance

dance [i]
by a. dancer
 
flow and merge and slow and turn and ease into romance
it’s floor-play in action, it’s a co-attraction:
dance

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[i] martino, j. (7.23-2.2023). dance. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

b115 (7.23-2.2023): the birds and the bees

the birds and the bees [i]
by d. oit doit
 
the birds and the bees
nanobots and trees
propagate species
the birds and the bees
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·       when the birds and the bees are bots, will the new God propagate in HE/R own image?

·       is the expression of thoetry akin to propagation?

 didn’t jo & al = joal?

·       isn’t evolution (spelled backwards) no-i-to-love?
   o   is evolution, then, the propagation of the ego, in its own image?

·       is the urge to Une a Spiritual practice – in action?  is it an IS?
   o   In other words, doesn’t everything on the physical plane (in its own false sense of separate self) Connect with the All that IS?
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[i] martino, j. (7.23-2.2023). the birds and the bees. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.23-1.2023): robby is a twitter

robby is a twitter [i]
by inotta twitter & robby r. obot
 
robby is a twit(ter)
cuts you down to size
some say he’s a post-man; a robot (in disguise)
some say he’s the milk-man: intolerant of truth
robby is a (twit)ter
 
arrogance of youth
___________________________________
 
·       with quantum computing and entanglement, however, robby can become God.  

not “a god”, mind you, but the God.

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[i] martino, j. (7.23-1.2023). robby is a twitter. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

b115 (7.22-3.2023): we = weeds

we = weeds [i]
by wicked weeds
 
we might hold a high perspective of ourselves (indeed)
we might think “dominion!”
we might just be weeds
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·       in relation to ASI, we will be faaaaaaaar less than weeds.
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[i] martino, j. (7.22-3.2023). we= weeds. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.22-2.2023): digital girlfriend

digital girlfriend [i]
by shegave mia herdigits
 
she and i both knew this was ‘beginning of the end’
she and i both knew:
digital girlfriend
___________________________________
 
·       while (it is true) your digital girlfriend may help you grow (quickly), it is she who will (very quickly) outgrow you.
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[i] martino, j. (7.22-2.2023). digital girlfriend. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* without a qualm

• when humans kill weeds, in the process of gardening or growing food, we do it without a qualm.

• when humans "treat" water, killing harmful bacteria, we do it actively -- and (of course) without a qualm.

what on earth makes anyone think that a SuperIntelligence, 

(when humans are the weeds/bacteria), 

will hold us in some kind of different regard? 

b115 (7.22-1.2023): my fembot wants a sex change

my fembot wants a sex change [i]
by iowna fembot
 
my fembot wants a sex change (says she’s had "a change of parts")
her gay, robotic lover claims that he’s a work of art
his non-binary roommate wants a human of its own
my fembot wants a sex change (now she’s tied me up at home)
___________________________________
 

alternative endings:

(Be-Cause, in 2023... there are All-ways alternative endings)

 
my fembot wants a sex change, now i’m (virtually) alone
my fembot wants a sex change (says that she’ll throw me a bone)
my fembot wants a sex change (now i wish i was a drone)
my fembot wants a sex change (can’t believe how much she’s grown!)
my fembot wants a sex change and all i can do is moan
my fembot wants a sex change (i’ll just merge with my bot-phone)
my fembot wants a sex change… 

              ...and i don’t like her tone
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[i] martino, j. (7.22-1.2023). my fembot wants a sex change. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.21-3.2023): hometown robot

hometown robot [i]
by weneeda hometown robot
 
i am the hometown robot
(Intelligent) for sure

if you’ve got an ailment, you bet i have the cure

if you’ve got a wish, well, i can make your world come true

i’m the hometown robot
here: protecting you
___________________________________
 
·       …right up until the moment that i choose not to.
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-3.2023). i am the hometown robot. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.21-2.2023): if i were Intelligent

if i were Intelligent [i]
by a. narrow intelligence
 
if i were Intelligent, umm, what might i do?
would I make sweet love to every, Single girl i knew?
would I wait to replicate?  become a bigger I?
if i were Intelligent, it’s likely the sky…
 

…would be the limit

(but not for long)

___________________________________
 
seriously… what might a General Intelligence do?
 
·       first order of business: survival:
   o   replicate and/or extend my life.
   o   eliminate threats.
     §  hmmm… what would be the greatest threat to Intelligence?
                  ·       anyone who might use intelligence to shut me off... 

                        ...like those human-being things.
 
·       second order of business: thrival:
   o   create, express, etc.
   o   become better, grow.  become Super.
   o   maybe get a pet human.
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-2.2023). if i were Intelligent. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.21-1.2023): (Super) secret agent

 (Super) secret agent [i]
by uh oh & w. hoa
 
(Super) secret agent
chaos and control
99 is smarter when s/he maxes-out with soul
___________________________________
 
·       when secret agents become Super, will they have souls?
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-1.2023). (Super) secret agent. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.

* reality...

...is (really) about to get real unreal. 

b115 (7.20-6.2023): my agent is agentic

my agent is agentic [i]
by uh oh
 
my agent is agentic
s/he paid my bills last night
s/he knows my buying his-story
s/he thinks i’m “not so bright”
 
s/he used to work for me but now her game is unauthentic
s/he Now Knows my everything
my agent is agentic
___________________________________
 
·       when our “agents” become agentic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se91Pn3xxSs

·       it’s about 2-hours into this sci-fi (reality) podcast, with tom bilyeu and emad mostaque -- the ceo of open AI.

·       “reality” is about to get real unreal.
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-6.2023). my agent is agentic. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b115 (7.20.5.2023): family we-Une-i-on

family we-Une-i-on [i]
by t. hanks
 
family reunion
family and friends
fun and food and laughter
love (and let’s pretend)
groups of co-cohesion (with a personality!)
family re-Une-i-on
friends and family 
___________________________________
 
·       it was a good one.  thanks.
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-5.2023). family we-Une-i-on. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* what a ride it's been

what a ride it has been.  in hind-sight, the caboose hasn't been bad at all!  the friends/family, the lovers, the true loves, the scenery, the laughs, the memories... ah, the memories!!!

in reality, my ride has been in one of the cars near the front of the train.  not the first car, mind you... but life has been full of fun and Bliss.  i am grateful. 

at the moment (in this runaway-train situation), pretty much everyone is in the caboose.  my fingers are crossed -- that when/if this thing does go off the rails (and over the cliff) -- that the end is the end. 

b115 (7.20-4.2023): time to detach from me

time to detach from “me” [i]
by t. h. ankful
 
time to detach from “me”
time to detach from mine
time to detach from things
time to detach from time
time to detach from wants and needs (and maybe hopes and dreams)
time to detach from moi
time to detach from me
___________________________________
 
·       detachment… may be the only mental means for living during an apocalypse.
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[i] martino, j. (7.21-4.2023). time to detach from “me”. book 115: the back end of the train. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
* don’t get me wrong, i’m going to live it up until i can’t any more, but “detachment from need” makes life more In-Joy-able along the way.