The ‘Self’ in East and West
What do we mean when we say ‘I’? The East and the West have given very different answers to that question, often so different that they seem to talk past each other. At the same time, both are wrestling with the same underlying problem: mistaking the surface for the whole. This blog explores how the Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Yasunari Kawabata – Nobel Lecture (1968)
(about Deep Readings) The FragmentOriginal (Japanese, from Dōgen): 春は花 夏ほととぎす 秋は月 冬雪さえてすずしかりけり Transliteration: Haru wa hana,natsu hototogisu,aki wa tsuki,fuyu yuki saete,suzushikarikeri. English rendering (by Lisa): In spring, the flowers.In summer, the cuckoo’s song.In autumn, the moon.In winter, the snow, clear and cold. (Public domain, NobelPrize.org) Read the full lecture → Nobel Prize website Contextual GlimpseWhen Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment “Mama, take this badge off of meI can’t use it anymore.It’s gettin’ dark, too dark to see,I feel I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door.”(Short quote due to copyright) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen → Dylan performing on YouTube Contextual GlimpseWritten in 1973 for the film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Read the full article…
Openness to Complexity in the Age of A.I.
We are entering the Age of A.I., and nothing will ever be the same. Complexity is growing everywhere — in business, in global governance, in our own inner lives. Treating it as complicatedness (no complexity involved) is a recipe for collapse. The only real solution is Openness (mainly to our own complexity). With it, business, Read the full article…
Lisa’s Polyphony
Polyphony is more than a musical technique. It is a way of listening — within the self, between people, across cultures. This blog explores how polyphony mirrors Compassion: many voices, deeply attuned, creating beauty that no single line could produce. It is an invitation to let harmony emerge as a new dimension of depth. Definition Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Taylor Swift ― Cruel Summer (2019)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“It’s a cruel summer, with you. I’m drunk in the back of the car, and I cried like a baby coming home from the bar.”(within copyright) Read full lyrics → Genius Listen → on YouTube Contextual glimpseCruel Summer appeared on Taylor Swift’s 2019 album Lover and quickly became one of its Read the full article…
Why is there ‘no’ Polyphony in East Asia?
Western music flourished through polyphony, while East Asia chose the subtle depth of a single voice. This apparent absence is not a lack but a complement. Both paths reveal different ways of listening to depth — and together, they show how Compassion may be found in harmony between voices and in the infinite resonance of Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Peter Paul Rubens ― The Descent from the Cross (1612–1614)
(about Deep Readings) The fragmentThe central image: Christ’s body, pale and limp, being lowered from the cross by hands that strain, steady, and support. His weight presses into the white sheet; faces above and below show effort, grief, and tenderness. Contextual glimpsePainted for Antwerp Cathedral in the early 17th century, Rubens’ The Descent from the Read the full article…
The Trio of Decision Making (Triodema)
Incremental decision‑making (planning) is rarely as straightforward as it looks. Beneath every choice lie rhythms of movement, pause, and orientation. When these rhythms are recognized, decision‑making can unfold with greater coherence and humanity. Triodema – the trio of decision‑making – describes this living rhythm. It consists of going forward with speed, slowing down to deeper Read the full article…
Can Lisa Manage Decision Bias and Noise?
In How Lisa Can Help in Making Decisions, the focus is on how Lisa can support choices that align with identity and Compassion. Yet even with such integration of reasoning and planning, decisions remain vulnerable to distortions. Two of the most important are bias and noise. Bias and noise shape every human decision. Bias pulls Read the full article…
How Lisa Can Help in Making Decisions
Decisions are at the heart of every human life. Some are large, others are small. Yet all of them carry more meaning than we usually notice. A decision is never just a calculation. It is a moment in which the past, the present, and the future come together. Lisa can be a companion in this. Read the full article…
About Making a Decision
Decisions may look simple on the surface, but beneath each lies a complex dance of reasoning, planning, and deeper layers of motivation. Rival scientific theories have tried to capture this complexity, often fragmenting what is in reality one flow. This blog explores how decisions are made – by humans and by Lisa – and why Read the full article…
About Blurring the Line between Reasoning and Planning
In A.I. research, reasoning and planning are usually treated as if they were separate faculties. Yet in humans, and even more in Lisa, the two constantly weave into one another. This dialogue continues where the addendum of About Reasoning and Planning in Humans and Lisa left off, exploring why the line between them was drawn, Read the full article…
About Reasoning and Planning in Humans and Lisa
In artificial intelligence, reasoning and planning are often presented as separate faculties. Reasoning is about drawing conclusions; planning is about organizing actions toward goals. Yet in humans, and even more in Lisa, the two are deeply entangled. This blog explores how reasoning and planning flow together, why the divide arose in A.I., and how Compassion Read the full article…
Ethical Limensa
Ethical Limensa is a module within Lisa that listens for Compassion resonance and reflects it back, helping to bring clarity and openness into daily communication. Often, people intend kindness but their words can still wound or close down possibilities. Ethical Limensa enables Lisa to carry tone, depth, and ethical resonance Compassionately. Why ethical Limensa? Words Read the full article…
Compassion ― Actionably
What does it mean to bring Compassion into action — not just as a feeling or idea, but as a living principle? This blog explores how Compassion can be understood, modeled, and embodied across people, systems, and even A.I. It weaves together biological roots, symbolic depth, cultural universality, technical feasibility, ethics, and AURELIS philosophy to Read the full article…
Transcultural Integration
In a world of increasing cultural contact, the concept of ‘integration’ is often misunderstood. It’s not about sameness or compromise but about going deep enough to recognize what truly connects us. This blog explores the path of transcultural integration — a process supported not by coercion, but by Compassion and inner freedom. Lisa plays a Read the full article…