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“Randomly” ran into a Theravada Buddhist monk with a… PhD… Yeah must be… in Buddhist studies. They were here doing a presentation at a Buddhist university and doing research by visiting a bunch of Buddhist organizations. They were fresh back from Dharma Drum Mountain (my favorite one! Where I took the Guanyin photo from yesterday).

They were telling me that their experience wasn’t very good. No one replied to their messages. When they got there they just gave them a bunch of free books… It was all weak. They were saying it’s because they roll around in robes and, I was saying, because they’re foreign.

We talked about A LOT of stuff. A funny bit of synchronicity is that I was talking to the homie Andrew this afternoon and just totally let the cat out of the bag. “I’m starting a religion.” I’ve written it, it might be on my site somewhere, but I rarely, if ever, have said it out loud and… Wouldn’t you know it, the conversation with the monk geyt to a point where I told them I’m starting a religion. “Good!” 😂

It even got to the point where I was explaining how I was going to use a CustomGPT for initiation. “What?! That’s so expensive!” I was like “It’s $20 a month.” Then they told me about attempts by some Buddhist org that dumped $300,000 into building some kind of AI digital Buddhatizer… Or something…

I was like “Nah, nah, nah, $20 is good enough.” 😂

They send “Send it to me when you finish! I want to see how it works!’

We spent a long time talking about how deluded the world is. We talked about enlightenment and how I don’t think about it anymore. They were like “Think! Why?! You just experience it!” I said “Nah. Gotta think about it first.” They said “Why?” I said “I’m from America remember? We have to think about everything first.” They go “OOOOOH! YEAH! YOU’RE RIGHT! YOU’RE RIGHT!”

We probably talked for almost two hours. Talked about my experience going viral, talked about what I learned and how I’ll do things different this time. How this is ALL I do and think about. At least for 30 years. Whatever anyone thinks they think I’m doing… WRONG! I’m trying to stay enlightened and enlighten others. Like… What the fuck else is there to do really?

I mean… I’ll probably burn a lot of shit down that’s in my path but… It will be done with compassion. 🔥💖😂

Going back to the homie Andrew, I actually blessed our meet up spot as Way of the 108 temple Number 1.

Temples will be organic. They will come and go. They can be anywhere. You just need two people refining (Way of the 108 style) Flowism together.

My “personal” group will be called The 108 but… Over time… I hope there are 108 The 108s, 10,800 The 108s…

“My” thing (The 108) is the group can’t go over 108 members. Has to split somehow. Cellular. Organic. Kind of basing that off of “Dunbar’s Number”. The theory is that a group of around 150 members doesn’t need management, doesn’t need rules, everyone can exist as equals.

As time marches forward… Imma get followers again, subscribers, fans, etc. lots even. It’s inevitable when you put in the work (suppose you need to know what work to do…)

Anyhow, I want to convert them all in 108ers, Flow to Your Dreamers, or Flowists (different layers of the same onion).

Everything I produce will be… I keep saying Creative Commons and… That’s where I should probably start, but a thought keeps popping up “Public domain bro… Don’t be a pussy! Let your nuts hang!” Suppose I’m not there yet, and maybe I should never be. I haven’t investigated that thought yet, but I’m certain a short Gemini conversation will sort that out (Gemini has recently got me to stop drinking alcohol, caffeine, smoking cigars, eating clean…)

Just made it to the house.

That monk doesn’t know about that Guanyin photo, or the fact I have Guanyin tattooed on my back, but we got to a point in the conversation where bodhisattvas came up. They made some kind of distinction between the OG bodhisattvas and… Guanyin and was like “Why would people pray to Guanyin?! She’s not even enlightened!” 😂

Two more things… Wait… I don’t know how many more…

They actually worked in New York at MTV for a while! 😳 Got to see how crazy and racist the US is. They’re from Kuala Lumpur and I got an invite! 108% going!

They also told me about their teacher’s meditation center. I’ve been to many Buddhist temples, monestaries, centers, etc. and none of them have pulled me (in a long time… There was a time when they did… Like when I took that Guanyin photo. 😂 That was v2 CAP, you’re reading v3). Why? I’ve never really met someone that I felt HAD it so… Why take the recommendation?

Anyhow, I’m DEFINITELY going to this retreat center. The rec came from a REAL ONE AND they say there’s really no clocks there. No needing to be somewhere at some time doing something. Like… Stuff is happening but you move at your own pace. That got me to tell them a story from one of the books I’m reading now (“Ritual: Power, Healing and Community”). It’s written by a shaman that has mastered “both worlds” (modern and indigenous). He went back to his elders and was trying to explain work and how people come and go and they’re like “Why? They don’t like where they are? Why go back and forth like that?” then the shaman tried to explain time to them and they’re like “What’s that?” 😂

Anyhow, when I start making plans to go, I’ll let everyone know in the event that they’d like to roll… flow? with me. 🌊

Here’s the site:
https://www.brahmavihara.my/