Josh
@knucklemonk.bsky.social
Family nurse practitioner caring for an underserved population. Background in theoretical neuroscience, data science, and AI. Cyclist. #Zen Practitioner. #MedSky
The deciduous trees are beautiful in their summer emerald glory, in the resplendent autumn dying of their leaves as sunlight fades, but even in their woody, fractal branching whose barrenness implies the eventual return of the light.
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The deciduous trees are beautiful in their summer emerald glory, in the resplendent autumn dying of their leaves as sunlight fades, but even in their woody, fractal branching whose barrenness implies the eventual return of the light.
The wise one wears simple clothes, but carries a jewel in his heart.
—Lao Tzu
—Lao Tzu
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The wise one wears simple clothes, but carries a jewel in his heart.
—Lao Tzu
—Lao Tzu
Resting in the awareness of experiencing— of seeing, hearing, smelling, sensing, feeling, and thinking— can be one of life’s most sublime experiences.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Resting in the awareness of experiencing— of seeing, hearing, smelling, sensing, feeling, and thinking— can be one of life’s most sublime experiences.
I consider myself a child of the Enlightenment, which means that I am passionate and serious about ever improving my knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and ability to think clearly.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I consider myself a child of the Enlightenment, which means that I am passionate and serious about ever improving my knowledge, understanding, wisdom, and ability to think clearly.
May you be happy and at peace. 🙏
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
May you be happy and at peace. 🙏
Confidence is knowing that you can. Arrogance is thinking you’re more worthy because you can.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Confidence is knowing that you can. Arrogance is thinking you’re more worthy because you can.
No matter how fast the world appears to be going, it is always possible to slow the mind down, keep it steady, and respond rather than react. It is a far more serene, dignified, and effective way to live, I can assure you.
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
No matter how fast the world appears to be going, it is always possible to slow the mind down, keep it steady, and respond rather than react. It is a far more serene, dignified, and effective way to live, I can assure you.
What most people need is a good listening to.
I’m listening.
I’m listening.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
What most people need is a good listening to.
I’m listening.
I’m listening.
I have come to appreciate the value of struggle over the years. Too little, and character withers, too much, and we are destroyed, but there is a broad space between that offers the opportunity to become better versions of ourselves.
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I have come to appreciate the value of struggle over the years. Too little, and character withers, too much, and we are destroyed, but there is a broad space between that offers the opportunity to become better versions of ourselves.
Wisdom lies beyond hope and despair.
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Wisdom lies beyond hope and despair.
You’re never starting over; you’re always starting where you are.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You’re never starting over; you’re always starting where you are.
That we should take care of each other seems to have become a radical and subversive notion.
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That we should take care of each other seems to have become a radical and subversive notion.
Nothing reveals more about the nature of our universe than the existence and nature of life.
October 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nothing reveals more about the nature of our universe than the existence and nature of life.
Jane Goodall has long been someone with whom I resonate deeply. She was a scientist committed to understanding Nature on its own terms, and inseparable from her curiosity and intellectual integrity was a deep sense of love, awe, respect, and wonder for this mysterious, beautiful, terrible world.
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Jane Goodall has long been someone with whom I resonate deeply. She was a scientist committed to understanding Nature on its own terms, and inseparable from her curiosity and intellectual integrity was a deep sense of love, awe, respect, and wonder for this mysterious, beautiful, terrible world.
Whether any particular field, or particular line of research within a field is of practical value, however defined, is not as important as the general culture of curiosity, inquiry, learning, and debate that a vibrant academic and intellectual life creates. (1/2)
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Whether any particular field, or particular line of research within a field is of practical value, however defined, is not as important as the general culture of curiosity, inquiry, learning, and debate that a vibrant academic and intellectual life creates. (1/2)
Fresh haircut, new shades. Ready for the warmer weather.
April 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fresh haircut, new shades. Ready for the warmer weather.
If your definition of progress casts empathy as a weakness and a liability, it is no definition I would ever accept. It’s all will and good to gain more control over illness, hunger, and exposure to the elements, but human life, from my perspective, is less about comforts, pleasures, amusements,
April 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If your definition of progress casts empathy as a weakness and a liability, it is no definition I would ever accept. It’s all will and good to gain more control over illness, hunger, and exposure to the elements, but human life, from my perspective, is less about comforts, pleasures, amusements,
I seek the darkness to let it see that someone loves it, too.
April 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I seek the darkness to let it see that someone loves it, too.
I’m slow. I read slowly. I think slowly. I walk slowly. I cut vegetables slowly.
And you know what? I love being slow.
And you know what? I love being slow.
April 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m slow. I read slowly. I think slowly. I walk slowly. I cut vegetables slowly.
And you know what? I love being slow.
And you know what? I love being slow.
Arthur Schopenhauer, a 19th-century philosopher, was deeply fascinated by Eastern philosophy and spirituality. He has a beautiful quote that aptly captures what I myself have discovered in my 30 years of Zen practice: "that peace that is higher than all reason, that ocean-like calmness of spirit,
April 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Arthur Schopenhauer, a 19th-century philosopher, was deeply fascinated by Eastern philosophy and spirituality. He has a beautiful quote that aptly captures what I myself have discovered in my 30 years of Zen practice: "that peace that is higher than all reason, that ocean-like calmness of spirit,
“Let everything happen to you.
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
April 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“Let everything happen to you.
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke