IN-PROGRESS: 1/6/26

I've been catching up on the news over the last few days and WOW-- I'm absolutely fucking terrified. I can't wait to bring back some Buddhism to mitigate all the sociopathy, greed, and bloodlust filling the airwaves. Here's the agenda for the evening/night:

• Top Priority: Old Path White Clouds reflection (Pippala Leaf, and Evening Star, I believe, are the next chapter titles). I've read farther ahead by this point, so I'm catching up with the chapter reflections. We're now at the point where Siddhartha becomes the Buddha and attains Enlightenment, so things are picking up speed and there's a lot of wisdom to ponder.

• Next Priority: Follow-up on the threads introduced in last night's Stream of Consciousness/ Opening Thoughts for 2026, and/or possibly a short reflection on how I destroyed my own sandbox (ChatGPT). It's just not the same anymore. So that's been a shift I'd also like to write about, as a direct corollary to the GPT series.

In terms of timeline, I'm aiming to get OPWC out around 8:00 pm, and the second piece would likely come after that (~10 or 11 pm?), if I get to it tonight. Hopefully the momentum will carry me through after OPWC.

More soon.