Jim Christensen
@jhchristensen.bsky.social
Retired software architect, great-grandpa, Bodhisattva wannabe
https://www.lamrimsundayschool.org/
https://www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-rOgqUpi16-spiritual-elder
https://groups.google.com/g/lam-rim-sunday-school
https://www.lamrimsundayschool.org/
https://www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-rOgqUpi16-spiritual-elder
https://groups.google.com/g/lam-rim-sunday-school
“This is like a yak quickly eating as much grass as it can while keeping its eye on more distant pastures. One may not be able to act or have the same realization as great masters or the Buddha, but one can aspire to follow them and pray to be able to do so."
tricycle.org/magazine/the...
tricycle.org/magazine/the...
The Four Limitless Thoughts
How to open your heart for the benefit of all beings
tricycle.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“This is like a yak quickly eating as much grass as it can while keeping its eye on more distant pastures. One may not be able to act or have the same realization as great masters or the Buddha, but one can aspire to follow them and pray to be able to do so."
tricycle.org/magazine/the...
tricycle.org/magazine/the...
All alike (young, old, men, women, non‑binary) need to find a meaningful role of service, connection, and awakening — not just rescuing men, but helping all humans to awaken beyond the narrow confines of class, work, gender, and status.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
All alike (young, old, men, women, non‑binary) need to find a meaningful role of service, connection, and awakening — not just rescuing men, but helping all humans to awaken beyond the narrow confines of class, work, gender, and status.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
This vandalism symbolizes a house of service being turned into a stage of self‑aggrandizement. Similarly, our spiritual houses (the body, the mind, community) must be preserved with care if they are to serve awakening, not collapse into vanity.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Why Trump Tore Down the East Wing
The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat.
www.newyorker.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This vandalism symbolizes a house of service being turned into a stage of self‑aggrandizement. Similarly, our spiritual houses (the body, the mind, community) must be preserved with care if they are to serve awakening, not collapse into vanity.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Utah Valley University faced a choice after Charlie Kirk’s killing
The school’s president sought to care for her community after the shocking assassination.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The cutting of Federally funded education programs and services would disproportionately affect lower-income and minority individuals and families. Surprise, surprise.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department
The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The cutting of Federally funded education programs and services would disproportionately affect lower-income and minority individuals and families. Surprise, surprise.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
So I was listening to this #Bach #fugue that the YouTube algorithm popped up for me, and I realized...
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Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major BWV 541 - Winsemius | Netherlands Bach Society
YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So I was listening to this #Bach #fugue that the YouTube algorithm popped up for me, and I realized...
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youtu.be/CUvasybre88?...
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Crystal clear: "...the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Crystal clear: "...the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Just curious - is there any organization that is keeping track of the mess that will need to be cleaned up in 2027 and 2029? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE kept most offices open in shutdown — but not the one inspecting detention centers
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s entire Office of Detention Oversight has been placed on furlough, despite surging numbers of detainees.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just curious - is there any organization that is keeping track of the mess that will need to be cleaned up in 2027 and 2029? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Commentary on this week's Lectionary reading: "Faith purified of self-interest becomes indestructible." - www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Commentary on this week's Lectionary reading: "Faith purified of self-interest becomes indestructible." - www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
Re: Today's farcical meeting in Quantico:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,..."
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"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,..."
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September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Re: Today's farcical meeting in Quantico:
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,..."
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"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,..."
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A deep reading of the Parable of the Unjust Steward:
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CPent15a...
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CPent15a...
Pentecost 15(a)
www.lamrimsundayschool.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A deep reading of the Parable of the Unjust Steward:
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CPent15a...
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CPent15a...
The American Dream ca. 1976.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqRv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqRv...
The Pretender
YouTube video by Jackson Browne - Topic
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September 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The American Dream ca. 1976.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqRv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqRv...
Next stop: Kent State
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
National Guard now carrying weapons in D.C.
Guard members will carry their service-issued weapons, which may include pistols or rifles, and “detentions may occur leading to arrests,” a spokesperson said.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Next stop: Kent State
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
"The present time is always ripe for awakening, yet we delay, hoping for better conditions."
- www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
- www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
BCL - A Buddho-Christian Lectionary
www.lamrimsundayschool.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The present time is always ripe for awakening, yet we delay, hoping for better conditions."
- www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
- www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/
Sickeningly ignorant and destructive. www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/c...
The perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry | CNN
NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and outside o...
www.cnn.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sickeningly ignorant and destructive. www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/c...
Interesting interview just now with @jamestalarico.bsky.social on CNN. He identifies the Democrats' "wandering in the wilderness" as a time to find a new vision to build a new majority. Maybe something like this: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Proposed Resolution: A Manifesto for a New American Majority
docs.google.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Interesting interview just now with @jamestalarico.bsky.social on CNN. He identifies the Democrats' "wandering in the wilderness" as a time to find a new vision to build a new majority. Maybe something like this: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Weakening U.S. intelligence capacity has created room for ideological decision-making, not reality-based policy. That leaves Ukraine—and ultimately U.S. and European security—at the mercy of impulsive, uninformed choices.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The U.S. Is Switching Sides
Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
www.theatlantic.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Weakening U.S. intelligence capacity has created room for ideological decision-making, not reality-based policy. That leaves Ukraine—and ultimately U.S. and European security—at the mercy of impulsive, uninformed choices.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Just because you can doesn't mean that you must or should. Doing anonymously the maximum violence you can makes a federal agent an instrument of intimidation (which of course is the intended purpose).
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
What is and isn’t legal when ICE officers make an immigration arrest
Videos showing masked officers whisking people into unmarked cars have sparked outcry. A look at ICE’s powers as Congress prepares to give the agency a giant infusion of cash.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just because you can doesn't mean that you must or should. Doing anonymously the maximum violence you can makes a federal agent an instrument of intimidation (which of course is the intended purpose).
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
An AI-assisted manifesto for a new American majority:
“We stand for an America that does not flinch from her past, and does not fear her future. An America where freedom is not the right to dominate, but the sacred duty to uplift...
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“We stand for an America that does not flinch from her past, and does not fear her future. An America where freedom is not the right to dominate, but the sacred duty to uplift...
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June 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
An AI-assisted manifesto for a new American majority:
“We stand for an America that does not flinch from her past, and does not fear her future. An America where freedom is not the right to dominate, but the sacred duty to uplift...
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“We stand for an America that does not flinch from her past, and does not fear her future. An America where freedom is not the right to dominate, but the sacred duty to uplift...
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“…the gift of the Spirit is not merely to speak, but to be heard in the heart’s language."
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/index.ht...
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/index.ht...
BCL - A Buddho-Christian Lectionary
www.lamrimsundayschool.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“…the gift of the Spirit is not merely to speak, but to be heard in the heart’s language."
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/index.ht...
www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/index.ht...
People get ready.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITx...
Bruce Springsteen - Selections From the Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour - Manchester 5.14.25
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
www.youtube.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
People get ready.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITx...
The Democratic Party's soul-searching could be deepened and purified by drawing on the spiritual tools of humility, compassion, selflessness, and steadfast service. If they undertake reform not just to win but to serve, they walk the path of both the Bodhisattva and the disciple of Christ.
Inside the Democrats' Reboot
After the 2024 fiasco, the party is rethinking everything
time.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Democratic Party's soul-searching could be deepened and purified by drawing on the spiritual tools of humility, compassion, selflessness, and steadfast service. If they undertake reform not just to win but to serve, they walk the path of both the Bodhisattva and the disciple of Christ.
"No sutra, no gospel, no teaching can fully express the depth of liberation. The life of the Bodhisattva overflows the page." www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CEaster3...
Easter 3
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May 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"No sutra, no gospel, no teaching can fully express the depth of liberation. The life of the Bodhisattva overflows the page." www.lamrimsundayschool.org/BCL/CEaster3...
Wisdom from the programming world:
“Most people would rather fight than think.”
thenewstack.io/tla-creator-...
“Most people would rather fight than think.”
thenewstack.io/tla-creator-...
TLA+ Creator Leslie Lamport: Programmers Need Abstractions
Why it's crucial to think at a higher level than code before writing it.
thenewstack.io
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wisdom from the programming world:
“Most people would rather fight than think.”
thenewstack.io/tla-creator-...
“Most people would rather fight than think.”
thenewstack.io/tla-creator-...