Robert Elias
@robertjanelias.bsky.social
Computer science teacher | Reader | Trekkie | Mystic with a mortgage
Ro Laren’s shuttle just left the Enterprise, but she forgot to close the hatches.
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ro Laren’s shuttle just left the Enterprise, but she forgot to close the hatches.
Look what Santa brought me! The LEGO Star Trek Enterprise— I wanted this set so badly, it's almost insane.
Now, I have to resist the temptation to open it before the holidays begin...
Now, I have to resist the temptation to open it before the holidays begin...
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Look what Santa brought me! The LEGO Star Trek Enterprise— I wanted this set so badly, it's almost insane.
Now, I have to resist the temptation to open it before the holidays begin...
Now, I have to resist the temptation to open it before the holidays begin...
"This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye"
- William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
Having the courage to see the evidence of direct experience, instead of blindly following one's conditioning.
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye"
- William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
Having the courage to see the evidence of direct experience, instead of blindly following one's conditioning.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"This life's dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye"
- William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
Having the courage to see the evidence of direct experience, instead of blindly following one's conditioning.
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye"
- William Blake, The Everlasting Gospel
Having the courage to see the evidence of direct experience, instead of blindly following one's conditioning.
Went to an exhibition in Amsterdam featuring the work of Dutch photographer Cor Rentmeester. This 1984 photo of Michael Jordan for Nike became truly iconic.
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Went to an exhibition in Amsterdam featuring the work of Dutch photographer Cor Rentmeester. This 1984 photo of Michael Jordan for Nike became truly iconic.
What can I say? Michael Ende’s Momo is so much more than a children’s book. And what a cover!
How to have a meaningful life, rather than exhaust oneself in a relentless rat race. And how to confront and transcend one's deepest fears.
My next read will be The Neverending Story by the same author!
How to have a meaningful life, rather than exhaust oneself in a relentless rat race. And how to confront and transcend one's deepest fears.
My next read will be The Neverending Story by the same author!
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What can I say? Michael Ende’s Momo is so much more than a children’s book. And what a cover!
How to have a meaningful life, rather than exhaust oneself in a relentless rat race. And how to confront and transcend one's deepest fears.
My next read will be The Neverending Story by the same author!
How to have a meaningful life, rather than exhaust oneself in a relentless rat race. And how to confront and transcend one's deepest fears.
My next read will be The Neverending Story by the same author!
From the Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding.
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From the Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth by Douglas Harding.
We watched Annie Hall probably for the 8th time, because of the passing of Diane Keaton.
In spite of all the controversy around Woody Allen, I just can’t unlove his movies.
In spite of all the controversy around Woody Allen, I just can’t unlove his movies.
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
We watched Annie Hall probably for the 8th time, because of the passing of Diane Keaton.
In spite of all the controversy around Woody Allen, I just can’t unlove his movies.
In spite of all the controversy around Woody Allen, I just can’t unlove his movies.
First contact, soul to soul. RIP Jane Goodall.
October 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
First contact, soul to soul. RIP Jane Goodall.
Being able to give my undivided attention to a book is such a richness, but cat Lizzie doesn’t always agree.
Currently enthralled by this fantasy classic (Mythago Wood), about mythical creatures emerging from a medieval forest in post-war England.
Currently enthralled by this fantasy classic (Mythago Wood), about mythical creatures emerging from a medieval forest in post-war England.
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Being able to give my undivided attention to a book is such a richness, but cat Lizzie doesn’t always agree.
Currently enthralled by this fantasy classic (Mythago Wood), about mythical creatures emerging from a medieval forest in post-war England.
Currently enthralled by this fantasy classic (Mythago Wood), about mythical creatures emerging from a medieval forest in post-war England.
One of my favourite Rumi poems, about being open to whatever shows up in your life. It needs courage.
August 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
One of my favourite Rumi poems, about being open to whatever shows up in your life. It needs courage.
End of the SAIL event, ships leaving Amsterdam under a typical Dutch sky.
August 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
End of the SAIL event, ships leaving Amsterdam under a typical Dutch sky.
Two friends with very different souls. One a monk dedicating his life to God, away from the world. The other an artist grasping all sensual pleasures. The warmth and love between them.
What a heartfelt masterpiece!
What a heartfelt masterpiece!
August 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Two friends with very different souls. One a monk dedicating his life to God, away from the world. The other an artist grasping all sensual pleasures. The warmth and love between them.
What a heartfelt masterpiece!
What a heartfelt masterpiece!
Today's figment of my imagination (with Google Gemini).
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today's figment of my imagination (with Google Gemini).
On our roadtrip to Austria we came too close to this beauty (Mad King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein) to ignore, so here you go:
August 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
On our roadtrip to Austria we came too close to this beauty (Mad King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein) to ignore, so here you go:
‘Courage is a love affair with the unknown’
- Osho -
- Osho -
August 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Courage is a love affair with the unknown’
- Osho -
- Osho -
You tricked me into this carrier and now you’re handing me over to the guy in the white coat ??
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You tricked me into this carrier and now you’re handing me over to the guy in the white coat ??
Watching Meat Loaf and Cher doing this to each other, you just gotta love life
youtube.com/watch?v=KSTI...
youtube.com/watch?v=KSTI...
Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer for Love (Video)
YouTube video by MeatLoafVEVO
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July 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Watching Meat Loaf and Cher doing this to each other, you just gotta love life
youtube.com/watch?v=KSTI...
youtube.com/watch?v=KSTI...
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek:
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
How far have we drifted away.
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
How far have we drifted away.
June 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek:
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
How far have we drifted away.
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.”
How far have we drifted away.
If I were sent to an uninhabited island and only allowed one item, it would be The Masnavi by Rumi.
Hope they also throw in a chamber music ensemble playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to get me to sleep.
Hope they also throw in a chamber music ensemble playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to get me to sleep.
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If I were sent to an uninhabited island and only allowed one item, it would be The Masnavi by Rumi.
Hope they also throw in a chamber music ensemble playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to get me to sleep.
Hope they also throw in a chamber music ensemble playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations to get me to sleep.
Go ahead, Lizzie. Rub it in that you don’t have to work today.
May 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Go ahead, Lizzie. Rub it in that you don’t have to work today.
Sometimes a painting just makes you happy.
April 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sometimes a painting just makes you happy.
Dark times ahead of us. What else to do than try to carry a small light for the suffering around us and hope for better times to come.
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Dark times ahead of us. What else to do than try to carry a small light for the suffering around us and hope for better times to come.
Revisited the abbey where I once was a temporary resident. Deeply touched by the stillness and peace surrounding this place, again.
February 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Revisited the abbey where I once was a temporary resident. Deeply touched by the stillness and peace surrounding this place, again.
From time to time dragons visit me and now it’s Escher’s ouroboros eating its own tail in a mind-bending geometry.
February 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From time to time dragons visit me and now it’s Escher’s ouroboros eating its own tail in a mind-bending geometry.