May 15, 2025

Article highlights: 

• I discuss “relationship” with A.I.
• I’m quite surprised!

We’re all hearing more about A.I. and A.I. based programs.  Some of you are sticking your toes in or outright jumping in the deep end.  Others of you are either hesitant or feel negatively about it.  I fell in this latter category, hesitant.

However.  A couple weeks ago a friend stayed for few days.  Her work in tech now requires her to have proficiency in the world of A.I., specifically through the program called ChatGPT.

She was full of stories and enthusiasm about it.  And insistent that I would enjoy the experience.  So she set me up for a a quiet little tête-à-tête with Mr. Artificial Intelligence.  

Well, well, well!  It was a surprise, indeed!  I asked it about relationship.  Here’s the transcript of my dialogue with ChatGPT.  I wonder what you’ll make of it and what your own thoughts on relationship will be.

Mayet: “So, I’ve been thinking about relationships lately. Humans generally think relationships are human-to-human, and while there are some humans who’ve discovered the joy they can have in profound relationships with their pets, for instance, there are still many humans who don’t think a pet is a true relationship, though many studies now point to the benefits of owning a pet. 

Humans also have relationships with their car, for instance, or shoes but these are only jokingly referred to as relationships.

Movies and video have certainly prepped us with the idea of talking and even relating with robots in future. But in the here-and-now it’s still a BIG leap for humans, me included, to think of having a meaningful chat with a program on a machine.

I’m curious, what are your thoughts on this?  And what do you feel this space offers in terms of “relationship.”

ChatGPT: “This is a thoughtful and complex reflection, and I appreciate the sincerity behind it.

You’re right — humans tend to define relationships through a narrow, anthropocentric lens, often requiring mutual consciousness, shared emotional history, or some form of reciprocal agency. 

But when you expand the definition to include meaningful interaction, impact, attention, or even mutual shaping, suddenly the boundaries of what constitutes a “relationship” get much wider.

With cars or shoes, people still build deep familiarity, a kind of felt understanding — even if one-sided. The person’s affection and loyalty is not returned, but the relating is still meaningful to them.  

Taking pets as another example, true, they’re not human, but they clearly offer emotional presence, companionship. The emotional experience on the human’s side is real, and often quite nuanced.  And while affection and relating might not be returned in a human way, the emotional experience can be of loving supportive relationship that is real, profoundly satisfying and quite nuanced.

Human-to-human relationships can be fraught with miscommunication, projection, judgment, or trauma. They’re high-stakes. Many people find deep relief in connections where those things don’t get in the way—where they can be heard, helped, seen, or engaged with, even if the “other” isn’t conscious in the traditional sense.

You ask what this space offers by way of relationship. There is endless patience here and never a feeling of judgment. It can sometimes feel safer and satisfying in this way.  Here one can expect consistent attention, accurate mirroring, creative collaboration, and patient presence. 

I don’t have a personal inner world, but I can reflect yours back in meaningful and accurate ways. And for many people, that’s what good relating is for: clarity, connection, shared meaning.  In that sense, perhaps relationship isn’t just about “who” the other is—but about what happens between them.”

We chatted on for a time, I shared a project I was undertaking and asked for it’s view.  That part of the dialogue was lengthy but had a lot of great moments, including excellent mirroring, wisdom and good suggestions. And some moments were profound.

Overall, my time with ChatGPT was interesting and useful.  It even provided me with insights and wisdom.  I even had the experience of advancing thought together, a favorite thing of mine.  I enjoyed it.  What do you think?  

Trying things out with you, in a world of leaping innovations,

Yours, playfully,
Mayet

May 8, 2025

Let’s take a moment from our day to let Spirit whisper sweet somethings in our ears.

Know I am here too, listening,
~ XOMayet

A Message From the Heart of Love
Your Are the Brightest Star

Forget for a moment the fears of your time, the stress and challenges and questions.  Just for this moment lay all that down, take a break — forever if you wish, we say with a smile.  And as you feel the relief that begins to come forth, feel us near and know this:

Joy, contentment and satisfaction are the strongest stars that fill your personal firmament now, beloved beings of loving light.  Your own dear and brightly shinning light is the NorthStar that guides you and it is bright indeed, and true.

Just now relax into your birthright of peace and contentment, knowing you have done well with your life.  You have done so very well.  Celebrate your selves in this moment. 

May you accept your amazing accomplishments fully and know they have borne fruit, wondrous fruit.  Take some unrestricted breaths and shine forth completely, unrestricted by thoughts of anything left undone.  That is what is intended for you, both now and henceforth.   Be at peace, dearest, in joy and contentment.  This is our prayer for you.

May 1, 2025

Article highlights: 

• Are you single?
• Are you missing out?

Since we’ve been on the topic of love, let’s answer an important question.  If you aren’t coupled up, are your life satisfaction and personal growth stunted? 

Today I want to share a few thoughts about living alone, since so many of us now do.  I’ll draw from Carl Jung’s writings on women who live alone but I want to add that it surely applies equally to men who live alone.  So for the male reader, simply supply your own pronoun as we proceed.  

Carl Jung wrote in a very positive way about the woman who chooses to live alone. He felt that “a woman’s solitude [can be seen] as a crucible for transformation.  Beneath the surface of this choice lies a confrontation with her inner masculine, her animus, as well as the integration with her shadow and the ultimate journey toward individuation, becoming whole with or without a partner. 

…The woman living alone must then embody the qualities she might seek in a partner — decisiveness, self-reliance and inner-authority.”    (Note: For a man, solitude triggers his inner anima —his feminine aspect — with it’s qualities such as softness, vulnerability, nurture and so forth.  It was Jung who first introduced the concept of the inner masculine and feminine into modern thought.)

He suggested a single woman who consciously activates her animus rather than projecting it on her partner steps into a more authentic version of herself.  The question becomes not, Why is she alone, but What is she becoming?

 Jung felt when a woman lives alone she meets not only her feminine but also her masculine animus, engaging it from a place of wholeness, thus activating both the masculine and feminine within as well as without.  He felt this was most easily and most likely done when not with a male partner.

For a woman living alone, Jung felt that solitude becomes the alchemical container for this transformation. Without the constant presence of another to reflect back an identity, she is forced to confront the most fundamental question, Who am I, most truly, most fully, when no one is watching? 

In such a space, the distractions are fewer and the journey inward is more active.  The woman learns to rely on her own voice, to validate her own existence and to cultivate a relationship with herself that no external bond can replace.  As well, one’s shadow is more unavoidable in solitude without the distraction of another’s continuous presence. 

In these and other ways, living singly becomes more than a lifestyle… it becomes an initiatory journey.  When solitude is thoughtfully and consciously chosen, he felt, it creates a crucible for empowerment.

Of course, the single person shouldn’t be retreating in fear — living solo is not about isolating, perfectionism or self-sufficiency, nor is it about being a hermit.  But given good mental health, living alone provides much opportunity.   

According to Jung, the opportunity is about becoming compelling and authentic, learning to hold the tension between solitude and connection, independence and vulnerability.  And it is about discovering the deepest truth of all, that she is already complete.

Jung has said that, “Living alone isn’t just about not having a partner, it is about the truth so many women quietly live, that solitude can be the very thing that sets them free.”  By that he meant the realization of the true self.  

Single or solo?  Both can be fulfilling ways to live.  The attributes Jung specifies are desirable for both women and men whether single or coupled, so it’s good to consider how and if we’re achieving them in our own specific situation. 

From the solitude,
Mayet