Codex Vitae 2019.01

This Codex Vitae is a collection of the beliefs and concepts that inform both my decisions and my life.

This “Book of Life” is a living document; as my understanding changes, so will my beliefs.

This documents main purpose is to provide a place where I can:

1. bring my beliefs into the light so that I can reflect on and question them more effectively, and
2. share philosophies, concepts, tools, and inspiration that have been helpful to me.

My hopes for this document is that, through it I capture my beliefs about the universe, track how my thoughts change over time, and invite others to hold me accountable to my beliefs and commitments.

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Instructions

If you are not janzeteachesit:

1. Read this with the understanding that you are different than me — the way I live my life is not the way you should live yours.
2. Read the Glossary for a general intro to my favorite ideas, starting with What is this?, then come back and read through the Beliefs that seem interesting to you.
3. Check the Changelog for updates since you last visited.
4. Consider creating your own Codex (here’s a coachdotme template, or see how Buster Benson started his).

If your are janzeteachesit

As often as you can:

1. re-read your Type 3 beliefs (opinions).
2. As things happen in the world, revisit and edit this document to reflect your changing beliefs.
3. Archive the document annually. Around your birthday every year, write a new yearly report.

Glossary

What is this?

Beliefs

The universe is a random place; I am okay with that (no “higher” or “guiding” power). I am only halfway through life. I will live for another 50 years (til I am at least 100).
I will see a version of myself that is - a digital copy(?) -. The Internet “if it is on the internet, it must be partly untrue, and have some questionable component” Thinking … is difficult; remembering is even more so. Observances I recognize the privilege within which I live my life

Changelog Yearly Report Other attempts 2017-2018

“Of course if we make good things, it is not only to the credit of science; it is also to the credit of the moral choice which led us to good work. Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad — but it does not carry instructions on how to use it. Such power has evident value — even though the power may be negated by what one does with it. I learned a way of expressing this common human problem on a trip to Honolulu. In a Buddhist temple there, the man in charge explained a little bit about the Buddhist religion for tourists, and then ended his talk by telling them he had something to say to them that they would never forget — and I have never forgotten it. It was a proverb of the Buddhist religion: To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. What then, is the value of the key to heaven? It is true that if we lack clear instructions that enable us to determine which is the gate to heaven and which the gate to hell, the key may be a dangerous object to use. But the key obviously has value: how can we enter heaven without it?” - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

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