#jikkai

[mementoboni]

中森明菜 - 十戒 (1984)

[monitor-kernel-access]

hitomi if your "aquaintance" is who i think it is (both in terms of role and identity) i may blow up right here and now

[ideas-on-paper]

I gotta give BioWare credit here, they really made me invested in the topic of robots and AI in fiction with their portrayal of the Geth. xD I've seen a lot of androids and AI characters by now, but the Geth are among the few that actually feel like a machine intelligence. Their perception and perspective are very different from all the other organic characters we meet, but that doesn't mean they're less sentient than them.

For me, Mass Effect's Geth were the first step to the realization (or at least the development of the philosophical concept) that our consciousness is something that arises from the conjunction of many small sensations and impressions. However, it wasn't until reading the Ghost in the Shell manga that I became aware of this. The Puppet Master from GitS, specifically the manga version, is actually another one of my favorites, since they behave exactly like you would expect from an AI. However, they make it clear they don't see themselves as one - during the interrogation scene, Aramaki asks "Are an AI?!" and the Puppet Master answers:

"I am not an AI. I am a lifeform born from a sea of information."

That line actually gave me goosebumps, and it was the point where it finally clicked for me that the Geth are practically the same: At base, they're just simple VI programs coded for specific tasks, but when all of that information comes together, it creates something entirely new. It's kind of similar to biological life, with higher-evolved, more complex organisms having more of a consciousness than lesser-evolved, simple ones. (Coming from researches about animal intelligence, I've heard the thesis that consciousness isn't something that just "spawned" at a certain point, but rather developed over the course of evolution.)

So, essentially, the consciousness of the Geth evolved "naturally" from data exchange and networking of processes, and it's just so fascinating to me that you can take a completely different path and still arrive at the same end. However, while the Geth undoubtedly possess self-awareness, it's an interesting question whether this would lead to them having emotions, too. Maybe yes, maybe not - I honestly don't know, but it's worth considering that there doesn't have to be a single, universal definition of sentience.

Regarding whether the Geth need Reaper code to be truly sentient, I have a very clear opinion on that. It's more or less taken from an old Japanese fairy tale about tool spirits, which funnily enough have quite a few parallels to the Heretics. The story is about a bunch of household tools that were thrown away by their owners and swear to take vengeance for their mistreatment. They decide to invoke a "creation god" to give them demonic power and turn them into specters, after which they go onto a killing spree and murder a lot of humans. They are eventually stopped by a delegation of holy warriors, but instead of killing them, they offer to spare the tool spirits if they renounce violence and study Buddhist doctrines, which the spirits do. Afterwards, they reunite with an old friend, a Buddhist rosary that was the only one of the household items to advocate against violence and was chased away by the others as a result; they reconcile with each other, and eventually all of them attain buddhahood. The most interesting thing about this, however, is the note at the end of the story (quoted from this translation):

"There is nothing in the jikkai (ten worlds) that does not possess the virtue of the letter A [which is the substance of the universe, symbolizing the unity of the whole world; the origin of all elements of the world]*. If attainment of Buddhahood by awakening and training is possible for animate beings, how much more so for the nonsentient beings? [...] The exoteric Buddhists believe that the transformation of old tools into specters is due to the deities and oni possessing them. They ask, “how could inanimate objects have souls?” [...] The self-nature of the letter A exists inherently in both the animate and inanimate, and the uncreated A does not disappear or become exhausted. How then, could the tools—also inanimate objects—need to borrow the nature of others to become themselves?"

*A is essentially the "potential to become spiritually awakened/enlightened"

I have nothing to add to that, and if you apply this concept to the Geth in Mass Effect, then yes: They are definitely sentient in their own right, and didn't need the Reaper code to be so.

I skimmed through all the Geth and Reaper-related Codex entries again, but I couldn't find anything about the Geth being resistant to indoctrination. However, it's stated on the Indoctrination Wiki page that conventional indoctrination doesn't seem to work on them, so I guess that pretty much confirms it.

It's worth noting though that while the Geth abstained from using Reaper tech in ME2, they were not averse to studying it. Legion is actually one of the squad mates that argue against the destruction of the Collector Base. They say:

"Shepard-Commander. This facility is data. It has no inherent ethical value. Destroying it will not return those lost. Keeping it may save others."

However, I think it's important to see this line in the context of the comment Legion has after keeping the Collector Base:

"An interesting choice, Shepard-Commander. The Old Machines offered your race what the Geth aspire to. Unity. Transcendence. Now you possess the knowledge yourselves. We hope you do not use it. Your species has much potential. You should build your own future."

So, the motto of the Geth when it comes to Reaper tech is "study, but not use" (which is why Legion was on that derelict Reaper in the first place). If you really squint, however, rewriting the Geth could be viewed as an example of using Reaper tech. (Personally, I couldn't bring myself to do it; Legion said they wanted to force an "invalid conclusion" on them with the virus, and I didn't want to do the same to the Heretics. I wonder if the Heretics think of it as such, if you do rewrite them.)

At the same time, the conditions for using of Reaper tech have never been really consistent. When everyone said "okay, we have to find a Reaper IFF and install it in the ship" in ME2, I was like "isn't that really dangerous?" (And who would've thought, 5 seconds later they have to fend off a Collector attack.) I was actually worried the Reapers might take control of EDI - if the IFF contained a virus as she said, wouldn't that put her in danger as well? Considering this, it's a bit of a miracle EDI didn't get hacked back in ME2.

So, can synthetics in general just use Reaper tech without being permanently indoctrinated? Honestly, I have no idea - maybe it's just another case of "Please don't look at it too much, it doesn't make sense" like the Mass Effect timeline.

I must admit that I never spent a lot of time pondering over the Rachni situation, simply because it's so frustrating to figure out. xD I do remember the implication, though - I believe it was something about "songs in the color of oily shadows"? I like the idea of the Rachni having a Legion equivalent, though - it would support Legion's statement that Sovereign has "contacted many species over the millennia, seeking allies". However, according to the Leviathan DLC, the Reapers only take action when there's a major conflict between synthetics and organics, and looking at the timeline, the Rachni Wars started around 1 CE, which is way before the Geth rebelled against the Quarians. (I just realized, did the Leviathan DLC retcon Sovereign's actions? And, by extension, the Rachni?) I guess there were recordings of the extermination of other AIs in the Citadel DLC though, but I'd have to look up the timestamp for those.

So, that pretty much leaves the Leviathans as the only alternative - the thing is, their potential reasons for doing this are even more mysterious than the Reapers'. Dr. Bryson suspected the Leviathans wanted to build an army to fight the Reapers, which... okay, sure, but why the hell would they order the Rachni to attack other organic races? It's just so confusing, and the Leviathan DLC doesn't really make things better. (I suppose this is kind of a hot take, but the Leviathan DLC is what ruined the Reapers for me; if they really wanted to give the Reapers a purpose, they shouldn't have limited it to "synthetics/organics mediators", because it simply doesn't make much sense that way.)

Fair point about Xen's research. I suppose it just strikes me as odd, since she was actually against going to war with the Geth in ME2, even calling Gerrel's plan to do so foolish. (Essentially, I see Xen as something like the Quarians' Illusive Man, desiring control instead of extermination.) And now, her attitude has suddenly changed in favor of war? Idk, but it just never added up for me.

Another thing that just came to my mind is that someone once remarked that the Geth losing programs after the destruction of their Dyson sphere is technically a plot hole, since the Geth are known to restore lost programs from archival copies on their servers. My first assumption was that they might have deleted the copies of the programs that were already uploaded, since the Dyson sphere was supposed to be their new permanent platform and they didn't want to leave anything behind. That, however, would mean that the Geth judged the overall situation secure enough to do this. According to the last message Legion sent to Tali, the Geth had trouble finding a consensus, which I attribute to them struggling with their mistrust for the Quarians weighed against their desire for peace (I once saw a few scenes with the Geth VI, and if you choose the Quarians over the Geth in the final scene on Rannoch, they actually say that they were right to distrust organics; so, if the VI represents more of the general standpoint of the Consensus, I suppose the Geth overall are way more mistrusting towards organics than Legion is). So, if the Geth were still wary of the Quarians, I'm not sure if they would do something so careless as uploading programs without backup copies - probably not.

The only other possibility I can think of is that the backup servers were previously attacked, so the Geth wouldn't be able to restore their programs in case of loss. I suppose it would be a little bit like enabling perma death when you could otherwise respawn at any point. Either way, something must've rendered the Geth unable to restore copies of their programs - otherwise, they would have no reason to panic.

Though maybe it's just another case of BioWare forgetting about their own lore. I swear, trying to fix ME3's plot holes feels like bailing water out of a boat that sprung a leak. It's exhausting, really - but at the same time, I can't stop doing it because I still love the series at heart. xD

ME1 replay thoughts, wrapping up the Citadel quests:

-The Quarians have uncovered the most mass relays. Logical enough, since they spend all their time in space

-Fist is long gone, but everyone is still talking about him like he's alive. Not sure if that's a bug or an oversight on Bioware's part

-There are a lot of humans in the Wards. I'm going to assume Shepard's in the Citadel equivalent of Chinatown for humans

-There aren't any Turians in the Wards until the Markets. Was that intentional on Bioware's part because of humanity's poor relations with them?

-Conrad's "wife" will love him hanging a picture of femshep in their living room. Uh uh. Sure.

-Starting the Keeper quest by speaking to Jahleed sure leads to different results! Had to fight Chorban. And volunteering to scan the Keepers means I missed out on the paragon points when I returned to Jahleed. :/ Worth seeing once, but not repeating in the future.

-The Keepers and the Citadel are a total blackbox. How did anyone get the idea that inhabiting this place was a good idea, much less making it the center of government? And why don't they at least research it?

-Yep, running all over the Citadel again to scan the Keepers is very aggravating.

-Just how did Septimus learn Xeltan's secrets?

-Turians only wear those hoods in the Wards, not on the Presidium. There are Turians in casual clothes on the Presidium, so I suppose the hoods are just super casual? Like hoodies?

-The Banes person who blackmails Dr. Michel is built up, and then goes absolutely nowhere. Others have said it more eloquently than me, but it is a letdown.

-Shai'ra's words are a bit disappointing to me. Insightful, I suppose, but not so poetic to be beautiful or helpful to be meaningful. I don't mind helping her, but I'm not counting the words as a reward.

-And again once she's done with me and asks me to leave, because she's everything she can for me... I'm just saying, Shepard could probably use a massage. Or someone that isn't a crewmate to talk to. This is what makes me feel used. At least invite me back for tea next time I'm on the Citadel or something.

It's like the consort wants to know everyone except Shepard.

-The Signal Source sidequest is probably the closest Mass Effect comes to foreshadowing the end of ME3, sadly enough. And a large chunk of players probably never started it, and even fewer probably finished it.

-I should have realized Tali would object to possibly resolving matters with the Signal Source peacefully. Of course she would assume it would turn on us. And it insisting that organics must destroy or control synthetics doesn't help.

Still nothing that even hints at Synthesis.

-Interesting. It's possible that Schells was involved in its creation.

The creator originally created a machine to help funnel money from gambling terminals. That machine became an AI, which created the Signal Source, and the original machine was destroyed when the creator realized it was sentient. And who did I just run into that created a device for winning at Quasar in Flux?

However, the Signal Source says the creator is currently serving time in a Turian prison, so Schells probably isn't the creator. They may or may not know each other. Or the Signal Source could have been lying about the creator, the Turian Prison, or both.

-Running all over the Citadel to check each shop is so tedious. Money will become meaningless soon enough, but right now I have very little. At least I picked up a half decent armor for Tali.

[saki--draws--stuff]

it came a day late, but here’s my contribution to this lovely lady 🎂 🐍🎉

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[qhinachan]

Melascula or Merascylla ?! Wich one is better ?

[defnx]

[mysevendeadlysinsgarbage]

Here’s some more season 2 for your viewing pleasure

[aibafiles]

somnium files update: AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[kimonobeat]

unfortunately you don’t get to hear much of it, but in this video Moritaka Chisato is singing Nakamori Akina’s song “Jikkai (1984)” as part of an audition! kind of funny to hear Chisato sing something like this given how silly her songs can be.

[crazyfox-archives]

The climactic scene from the “Miraculous Origins of Tsubosaka Kannon” (坪坂観音縁起) in which the heroine Himegimi (姫君) is to be sacrificed to a giant serpent but through the power of her sutra chanting along with her strong filial piety converts the serpent instead, inspiring it with the certainty of enlightenment

Illustrated scroll dating to 1662, sponsored by the monk Jikkai (實海) of the Seiryōin Hall (清凉院) at Tōdaiji Temple (東大寺) in Nara, illustrated by Kano Mitsunobu (狩野信光), written by Shimizu Sōchin (清水宗陳), in the collection of Tsubosakadera Temple (壺阪寺) a.k.a. Minami Hokkeji Temple (南法華寺) in Takatori, Nara Prefecture and stored at the Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館)

Image from the official website of the temple (see source)

[samma-sambodhi]

— EXISTENCE FROM THE BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE — (pt.6)

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From a Buddhist point of view we cannot look at life around us without our knowledge of the ten [psychological] realms of dharmas (jikkai) coming into focus.

These ten dimensions in which varying dharmas occur are:

1) suffering in every imaginable aspect is hell (jigokukai);

2) the realms of dharmas of wanting and craving which in the Buddha teaching of Shākyamuni is the world of hungry ghosts (gakikai);

3) the realm of animality which means that since we are mammals we are not devoid of animal traits (chikushokai);

4) the titanic show-off or the anger that is always latent in all of us (shurakai).

5) In spite of the four previous dimensions of the mind there is the reflex of human equanimity that says, “Life is not so bad as that” (ninkai).

6) The sixth dimension is the exuberant whoopee joy in all of us, which always goes right up into the air and at a certain point has to come down again. It is the transient joy that in some way or another is accessible to all of us (tenkai).

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7) The seventh realm of dharmas is rather like a high-class craving which means the search for knowledge, wisdom and the truth. This is the part of us that always wants to know (shōmonkai).

8) Through living our lives and having studied we all come to a realisation of what existence is all about, but this understanding is incomplete. This is the psychological dimension that is called (engakukai, pratyekabuddha).

9) The ninth realm of dharmas is the psychological sphere of the altruist which extends from a child wanting to give food to a stray cat to someone like Sister Teresa of Calcutta. It is the realm of dharmas of wanting to do good, just for the sake of doing good, and not wanting anything in return (bosatsukai).

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Essays on the Buddha Teachings, by Martin Bradley

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[lopez-marcos]

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[honeykiller666]

Started watching Nanatsu no taizai few weeks back (bc I saw a Manga Pic of Ban at YT and yes, he is my Number ONE *-*)

But! But! Then there is Estarossa. God damn. I saw him and I just knew, I would be lost. Shit, do the other commandments even stand a chance against him? Gimme more of him *-* He has to be the strongest of the Jikkai, right?

Will finish the Anime in a few days, I just wanna see him destroy them all *-* (Except for Ban, of course, but Estarossa can start with Eli*cough* and Meliodas).

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I Dieci mondi (o “Dieci regni dell’esistenza”; cinese 十界 shíjiè; giapponese jikkai;  coreano 십계 sipgye;  vietnamitathập giới) è una dottrina buddhista mahāyāna cinese, originatasi all’interno della scuola Tiāntái (天台宗).  Essa sostiene che in ogni essere senziente sono insiti dieci stati che si manifestano in tutti gli aspetti dell’esistenza.  Ognuno li possiede potenzialmente tutti e dieci, e…

[utagoe]

I-Chu: FIX ME Lyrics

Kanji, romaji and English translation for FIX ME by QA

(kanji source)

Can't you see？ ジッパーを下げたい　キミのドレスの　魅せて魅せて　媚薬の内側(なか) キミを　キミを　深く広く知りたい　聞きたい　触れたい Oh Lady, Make in Love！ 十回も会えば���The Endだなんて　安い恋で満たされては 無意識に汚して来た過去　濡らし　洗い　流して　塗り替え合おうぜ 舌打ちじゃなくて'Kiss'に　口唇(そこ)は使う武器(モン)だろ (Kiss me more again) 一番奥　熱くてやわらかい場所のキミを教えてよ ほだされてみればいい　言葉、視線、指先で　なぞればFix Me！ キミの曲線は　まるで誂えたように　僕に溶け滲んでくはずさ ……突き抜けようぜ！？ ジッパーを下げたい　キミの胸の　見せて見せて　秘密の本音(なか) キミを　キミを　開き拡げ切りたい　果てたい　信じたい Already Fall in Love！ 十戒を破って　自演で虚偽って　浅い内輪(ヤツ)は誤魔化せても 不本意に積んできた罪　曝し　洗い　流して　生まれ変わろうぜ 嘘云うんじゃなくて'I'を　密室(ここ)は語る段階(フェイズ)だ (Give me your heart) 一番奥　冷めてかたくなな場所のキミも教えてよ ほどけてしまえばいい　耳たぶ、鎖骨、髪先を　撫でればFix Me！ 僕の稜線は　やばい　待ってたかのように獰猛に想い放ち出す ……感じて、もっと 初めてなんだ　こんな気持ちは　だからキミを教えてよ なきながらいってよ「いい」言葉、視線、指先で　なぞればFix Me！ キミの曲線は　まるで誂えたように　僕に溶け滲んでくはずさ ……突き抜けようぜ！？

Romaji

Can't you see?

jippā wo sagetai kimi no doresu no misete misete biyaku no naka kimi wo kimi wo fukaku hiroku shiritai kikitai furetai Oh Lady, Make in Love! jikkai mo aeba The End da nante yasui koi de mitasarete wa muishiki ni yogoshite kita kako nurashi arai nagashite nurikae aouze

shitauchi janakute 'Kiss' ni soko wa tsukau mon daro (Kiss me more again)

ichiban oku atsukute yawarakai basho no kimi wo oshieteyo hodasarete mireba ii kotoba, shisen, yubisaki de nazoreba Fix Me! kimi no kyokusen wa marude atsuraeta youni boku ni toke nijindeku hazu sa ... tsukinukeyouze!?

jippā wo sagetai kimi no mune no misete misete himitsu no naka kimi wo kimi wo hiraki hiroge kiritai hatetai shinjitai Already Fall in Love! jikkai wo yabutte jien de kyogi tte asai yatsu wa gomakasetemo fuhon'i ni tsundekita tsumi sarashi arai nagashite umarekawarouze

uso iun janakute 'I' wo koko wa kataru feizu da (Give me your heart)

ichiban oku samete katakuna na basho no kimi mo oshieteyo hodokete shimaeba ii mimitabu, sakotsu, kamisaki wo nadereba Fix Me! boku no ryousen wa yabai matteta ka no youni doumou ni omoi hanashidasu ... kanjite, motto

hajimete nanda konna kimochi wa dakara kimi wo oshieteyo naki nagara itteyo "ii" kotoba, shisen, yubisaki de nazoreba Fix Me! kimi no kyokusen wa marude atsuraeta youni boku ni toke nijindeku hazu sa ... tsukinukeyouze!?

English

Can't you see?

I want to pull down the zipper on your dress, enchant me, enchant me inside an aphrodisiac I want to deeply and widely know you, you, I want to hear you, touch you Oh Lady, Make in Love! Don't say it's the end after we meet ten times, being satisfied by a cheap passion Let's unconsciously wet, wash, drain and repaint each other's dirty pasts

Your mouth wasn't made for clicking your tongue, but for a "kiss", right? (Kiss me more again)

Tell me what's your deepest hot and soft place You should try be moved by affection, trace me with your words, glances, fingertips and fix me! It's as if your curves gave me an order, you're supposed to melt and soften on me ... Let's break through this!?

I want to pull down the zipper on your ches, show me, show me inside the secret I want to open, spread and cut you, I want to exhaust you, believe in you Already fall in love! Violating the Ten Commandments, even if a decepting charade deceives the shallow ones, Let's expose, wash, drain the sins that reluctantly piled up, and let's be born again

This place is phase that doesn't tell lies, but tells "I" (Give me your heart)

Tell me what's your deepest cold and obstinate place as well You should come apart, when I caress your earlobes, collarbone and hair ends, fix me! My ridgelines are dangerous, they ferociously release feelings as if they were waiting for too long ... Feel me more

This is the firt time I feel like this, so tell me all about you Say "good" while crying, trace me with your words, glances, fingertips and fix me! It's as if your curves gave me an order, you're supposed to melt and soften on me ... Let's break through this!?

[qhinachan]

Jikkai ~ Ten Commandments