Gautama Dhamma

Empathy as Capacity, Values as Identity Introduction Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and its cinematic adaptations, Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), revolve around a single enduring question: how can humanity be distinguished from its artificial replicas? The canonical answer offered by the narrative is empathy. In both the…

Part 2: Extending the Meadow to the Sea — Titanic’s Noble Human Altruism From Instinct to Deliberation In the natural world, altruism often appears sudden and instinctive. A squirrel’s warning cry erupts without reflection—an archetypal reflex embedded deep in the species’ survival code. It is fast, automatic, and costly, yet largely unchosen. Human altruism carries…

The 2001 film Impostor, adapted from Philip K. Dick’s short story, is set in a dystopian future where Earth is locked in a prolonged war with an unseen alien enemy. These enemies deploy organic replicas—biological copies of humans implanted with hidden explosive devices, programmed to destroy specific targets. At the center of the story is…

Introduction Welcome to the inaugural piece in our series, Layers of Self: Rediscovering Human Nature. In this exploration, we delve into the essence of who we are, challenging conventional notions that tie identity to fleeting elements like memory, physical form, or personality traits. Instead, we posit that our true self is forged in the crucible…

In the boundless weave of the Omniverse, where timelines branch like rivers from a single source, where matter flickers in and out of resolution, and where plasma rivers carry the pulse of cosmic consciousness, all prior revelations converge upon a single luminous principle: the soul. Not the fleeting personality, not the conditioned aggregate of memories…

In the boundless Omniverse, time unfolds not as a singular, unyielding line but as a multidimensional weave of potentials, divergences, and interconnected layers. This chapter examines Earth’s timeline through the dual lenses of empirical science and esoteric wisdom, the branching Timeline Tree that echoes quantum possibilities and ancient mythic structures, the intricate 15-Dimensional Time Matrix…

In the infinite expanse of the Omniverse, where consciousness weaves the fabric of reality across dimensions, the concept of Atman—often translated as the eternal soul—stands as the primordial essence of all being. This chapter delves into the profound nature of Atman, exploring it not merely as a spiritual abstraction but as a dynamic morphogenetic information…

In the vast tapestry of the Omniverse, where dimensions intersect and souls traverse infinite realms, the story of mankind is not one of isolated evolution but a cosmic saga intertwined with ancient stellar conflicts and deliberate acts of creation. This chapter explores the primordial roots of mankind, beginning with the cataclysmic Lyra War that shattered…

From the Bloodstream to the Structure of the Cosmos I. Plasma in the Blood — The Liquid of Life 1. The Biological Perspective In biology, plasma is often called the river of the body.Not metaphorically — functionally. Blood plasma makes up about 55% of total blood volume.It is the liquid medium in which all cellular…

1. A Persistent Intuition Across Civilizations Across philosophy, religion, and science, a striking intuition keeps returning:the world as we see it is not the ultimate reality. It may be: Despite cultural distance and historical separation, thinkers repeatedly arrive at the same unsettling insight:what appears solid, final, and self-evident may be only a surface-level display. 2.…