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Medical liturgic ProJRs "bedona theke bedone" from Tagore's public PaJR

Summary

This analysis centers on Rabindranath Tagore’s 1931 composition, "Tumi Kichu Diye Jao Mor Prane Gopone Go." The project frames this song as a "liturgic quest"—a spiritual search to find divinity within human suffering. Viewed through the lens of Tagore's final years (1937–1941), marked by chronic pain, prostate infection, and surgical complications recorded in his PaJR (Patient Journey Records), the song takes on a profound dimension. Rather than a cry of agony, the poet presents his suffering as a "sacred gift," inviting the Infinite to transform his personal sorrow into a part of a grander divine play.



2. Keywords

  • Bedona Hote Bedone: The continuous flow or journey from one pain to another.

  • Ashru Hashite Leen: The transmutation of suffering, where tears and smiles dissolve into one another.

  • Divine Intimacy: Achieving a closer connection with the Creator through the medium of pain.

  • PaJR (Patient Journey Records): Documentation of a patient’s medical and personal journey through illness.

  • Medical Liturgy: Viewing the process of treatment and physical suffering as a sacred or ritualistic experience.

  • Mormomukhorito: Resonating from the deepest core of the heart/soul.


3. Thematic Analysis

A. The Spiritual Transcendence of Suffering

The central theme is the acceptance rather than the rejection of pain. The phrase "Bedona hote bedone" suggests that sorrow is not a static destination but a transition. For the poet, this pain serves as a bridge to the Divine. He offers his struggles not as a complaint, but as an act of worship, asking that his essence be woven into the "divine play."

B. Clinical Context vs. Poetic Expression

The PaJR records from 1937 to 1941 reveal a grueling reality of urinary retention, sepsis, and a suprapubic cystostomy. There is a striking contrast and connection between these clinical facts and his poetic output. While his body was failing, his poetry became more inward-looking, seeking a "silent language" (bani nirob noyone) to communicate with the infinite amidst physical trauma.

C. Silence and the Language of the Soul

The line "Bani nirob noyone" (words in silent eyes) is crucial. It suggests that at the height of suffering, conventional language fails. Silence becomes the most potent form of prayer. This is reflected in the memoirs of his caregivers (such as Maitreyi Devi and Rani Chanda), who documented his meditative and often silent endurance during his final days.

D. The Alchemical Refinement of the Soul

In Tagore’s philosophy, sorrow acts as a cleansing fire. He describes pain as being "dissolved in smiles," indicating a state of equanimity. By asking the Divine to "take something" from his cycle of pain, he seeks to refine his soul, stripping away the ego to reach a state of pure spiritual intimacy.





Conclusion

This project demonstrates that Tagore’s poetry is not merely ornamental; it is a living document of his physical journey and spiritual ascent. "Bedona hote bedone" is more than a poetic line—it is the essence of his final trek, where he viewed even death and the preceding agony as a path toward a grand, ultimate union.

১. বিষয়বস্তুর সারসংক্ষেপ (Summary)

এই বিশ্লেষণটি রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের ১৯৩১ সালে রচিত "তুমি কিছু দিয়ে যাও মোর প্রাণে গোপনে গো" গানটিকে কেন্দ্র করে। গানটিকে একটি "লিটার্জিক কোয়েস্ট" বা আধ্যাত্মিক অনুসন্ধান হিসেবে দেখা হয়েছে, যেখানে কবি মানবীয় দুঃখ-বেদনার মাঝে ঈশ্বর বা পরমাত্মাকে খুঁজে পেতে চেয়েছেন। কবির শেষ জীবনের দীর্ঘস্থায়ী শারীরিক যন্ত্রণা, প্রস্টেট ইনফেকশন এবং অস্ত্রোপচারজনিত কষ্টের (PaJR records) প্রেক্ষাপটে এই গানটি আরও গভীর অর্থ বহন করে। কবি এখানে মৃত্যুপথযাত্রী বা যন্ত্রণাকাতর একজন মানুষের আর্তনাদ নয়, বরং তাঁর যন্ত্রণাকে একটি 'পবিত্র উপহার' হিসেবে বর্ণনা করেছেন, যা তাঁকে অসীমের সাথে আরও নিবিড়ভাবে যুক্ত করে।

২. মূলশব্দ (Keywords)

  • বেদনা হতে বেদনে: দুঃখের নিরবচ্ছিন্ন প্রবাহ বা যাত্রা।

  • অশ্রু হাসিতে লীন: যন্ত্রণার রূপান্তর, যেখানে বিষাদ ও প্রশান্তি মিলেমিশে যায়।

  • আধ্যাত্মিক নিবিড়তা (Divine Intimacy): দুঃখের মাধ্যমে ঈশ্বরের নিকটবর্তী হওয়া।

  • PaJR (Patient Journey Records): রোগীর চিকিৎসার যাত্রাপথের নথিপত্র।

  • মেডিক্যাল লিটার্জি (Medical Liturgy): চিকিৎসা এবং যন্ত্রণার প্রক্রিয়াকে একটি পবিত্র আচার হিসেবে দেখা।

  • মর্মমুখরিত: হৃদয়ের গভীর থেকে উৎসারিত শব্দ বা অনুভূতি।

৩. বিষয়ভিত্তিক বিশ্লেষণ (Thematic Analysis)

ক. যন্ত্রণার আধ্যাত্মিক রূপান্তর (Transcendence of Suffering)

গানটির প্রধান বিষয় হলো যন্ত্রণাকে বর্জন না করে তাকে গ্রহণ করা। "বেদনা হতে বেদনে" শব্দবন্ধটি নির্দেশ করে যে, দুঃখ কোনো স্থির বিন্দু নয়, বরং এটি একটি প্রবাহ। কবির কাছে এই বেদনা হলো ঈশ্বরের সাথে যোগাযোগের একটি মাধ্যম। তিনি তাঁর সংগ্রামকে ঈশ্বরের "divine play" বা মহাজাগতিক লীলার অংশ করতে চেয়েছেন।

খ. ক্লিনিক্যাল প্রেক্ষাপট বনাম কাব্যিক প্রকাশ (Clinical Context vs. Poetic Expression)

কবির ১৯৩৭ থেকে ১৯৪১ সালের চিকিৎসা সংক্রান্ত নথি (PaJR) থেকে জানা যায় যে, তিনি তীব্র শারীরিক যন্ত্রণা (Chronic pain) এবং ইউরেমিয়া-সেপ্টিসেমিয়ার মতো কঠিন রোগের মধ্য দিয়ে যাচ্ছিলেন। এই দীর্ঘস্থায়ী অসুস্থতা তাঁর কাব্যিক চেতনাকে আরও অন্তর্মুখী করেছে। যেখানে সাধারণ মানুষ যন্ত্রণায় বিচলিত হয়, সেখানে কবি তাঁর নীরব নয়নের বাণীকে ঈশ্বরের কাছে নিবেদন করছেন।

গ. নীরবতা এবং ভাষার অতীত অনুভূতি (Beyond Words)

গানে "বাণী নীরব নয়নে" কথাটি অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। এটি বোঝায় যে, চরম দুঃখের মুহূর্তে ভাষা যখন স্তব্ধ হয়ে যায়, তখন নীরবতাই হয়ে ওঠে গভীরতম প্রার্থনা। কবির শেষ দিনগুলোর ডিক্টেশন করা কবিতা বা তাঁর মানসিক অবস্থা (Memoirs by Maitreyi Devi, Rani Chanda) এই মৌন যন্ত্রণারই প্রতিফলন।

ঘ. শুদ্ধিকরণ প্রক্রিয়া (Refinement of the Soul)

রবীন্দ্রনাথের দৃষ্টিতে দুঃখ হৃদয়কে নির্মল করে। তিনি তাঁর কষ্টকে একটি "উপাসনা" বা "Sacred gift" হিসেবে দেখেছেন। যন্ত্রণার মাধ্যমে নিজের আমিত্বকে বিসর্জন দিয়ে পরমাত্মার সাথে একাত্ম হওয়ার যে আকুতি, তা এই গানে স্পষ্টভাবে ফুটে উঠেছে।

উপসংহার

এই প্রজেক্টটি দেখায় যে, রবীন্দ্রনাথের কবিতা কেবল অলংকারিক নয়, বরং তা তাঁর জীবনের বাস্তব শারীরিক যন্ত্রণা এবং আধ্যাত্মিক উত্তরণের একটি জীবন্ত দলিল। "বেদনা হতে বেদনে" কেবল একটি কাব্যিক চরণ নয়, এটি কবির জীবনের শেষ পর্যায়ের সেই কঠিন যাত্রার সারমর্ম, যেখানে তিনি মৃত্যুকেও একটি মহান মিলনের অংশ হিসেবে দেখেছিলেন।




Introduction: 

This is a project looking at the poet laureate's horcruxed PaJR records through his poetry and songs collected over the years. The ProJR begins with a particular song that appears to be a liturgic quest "to find divinity within human suffering." The poet appears to be saying, "Don't just look at my joy; look at my struggles. Take the essence of my sorrow—that which lives between my tears and my smiles—and make it part of your divine play." It transforms the idea of "suffering" into a form of intimacy with the infinite.

Can listen to the song from various illustrious singers over the ages here:



Original poem/song lyrics:

তুমি কিছু দিয়ে যাও মোর প্রাণে গোপনে গো—
ফুলের গন্ধে বাঁশির গানে, মর্মমুখরিত পবনে ॥

তুমি কিছু নিয়ে যাও বেদনা হতে বেদনে—
যে মোর অশ্রু হাসিতে লীন, যে বাণী নীরব নয়নে ॥

রাগ: খাম্বাজ

তাল: কাহারবা

রচনাকাল (বঙ্গাব্দ): 1337

রচনাকাল (খৃষ্টাব্দ): 1931

স্বরলিপিকার: দিনেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর



The phrase "bedona hote bedone" is a beautiful example of Rabindranath Tagore’s ability to find divinity within human suffering. While the literal translation is "from pain to pain," the poetic intent is much more profound.

In the context of the song "Tumi Kichu Diye Jao," here is a breakdown of what Tagore likely intended:

1. Pain as a Journey, Not a Destination

By saying "bedona hote bedone" (from one pain to another), Tagore suggests that sorrow is not a static state. It is a continuous flow or a transition. He isn't asking for the pain to be removed; he is asking the "Divine" or the "Beloved" to travel through that pain with him. It implies that even in the shift from one grief to the next, there is a spiritual connection.

2. The Refinement of the Soul

Tagore often viewed sorrow as a "sacred gift" that cleanses the heart.

  • The Alchemical Process: He describes pain that is "dissolved in smiles" (ashru hashite leen).

  • The Intent: By asking the Divine to "take something" from this cycle of pain, he is offering his suffering as an act of worship. He wants his struggles to be transformed into something meaningful—like a song or a silent prayer.

3. Beyond Words

The phrase leads directly into the line about "silent eyes." This suggests that "bedona hote bedone" refers to a depth of feeling that transcends language. It is a rhythmic, almost musical movement of the soul where words fail, and only the "taking and giving" between the creator and the created remains.





Summary of the Sentiment

Tagore is essentially saying:

"Don't just look at my joy; look at my struggles. Take the essence of my sorrow—that which lives between my tears and my smiles—and make it part of your divine play."

It transforms the idea of "suffering" into a form of intimacy with the infinite.


রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের এই গানটির "বেদনা হতে বেদনে" শব্দবন্ধটি তাঁর আধ্যাত্মিক দর্শনের একটি গভীর প্রকাশ। আক্ষরিক অর্থে এর মানে "এক বেদনা থেকে অন্য বেদনায়" হলেও, এর অন্তর্নিহিত ভাবটি অনেক বেশি অর্থবহ।

এই চরণের মাধ্যমে কবি যা বোঝাতে চেয়েছেন, তা নিচে বিশ্লেষণ করা হলো:

১. বেদনা কোনো স্থির অবস্থা নয়, এটি একটি যাত্রা

"বেদনা হতে বেদনে" বলার মাধ্যমে কবি বোঝাচ্ছেন যে দুঃখ কোনো থেমে থাকা অনুভূতি নয়, বরং এটি একটি প্রবাহ। তিনি চাইছেন না যে তাঁর দুঃখ একবারে মুছে যাক; বরং তিনি চাইছেন সেই "পরম প্রিয়" বা ঈশ্বর যেন তাঁর এই বেদনার যাত্রাপথে সঙ্গী হন। এক দুঃখ থেকে অন্য দুঃখে যাওয়ার যে পথ, সেই পথেই যেন এক ঐশ্বরিক সংযোগ ঘটে।

২. আত্মার পরিশুদ্ধি

রবীন্দ্রনাথের দর্শনে দুঃখ প্রায়শই একটি "পবিত্র উপহার" হিসেবে আসে যা হৃদয়কে নির্মল করে।

  • রূপান্তরের প্রক্রিয়া: তিনি বলছেন সেই বেদনার কথা যা "অশ্রু হাসিতে লীন"। অর্থাৎ যেখানে কান্না আর হাসি মিলেমিশে একাকার হয়ে যায়।

  • কবির নিবেদন: কবি তাঁর এই দুঃখের আবর্তন থেকে কিছু "নিয়ে যেতে" বলছেন। তিনি তাঁর কষ্টকে একটি উপাসনা হিসেবে উৎসর্গ করছেন, যাতে তাঁর এই যন্ত্রণা কোনো অর্থহীন হাহাকার না হয়ে একটি গভীর প্রার্থনায় পরিণত হয়।

৩. ভাষার অতীত অনুভূতি

এই চরণের পরেই কবি বলছেন "যে বাণী নীরব নয়নে"। এর অর্থ হলো, "বেদনা হতে বেদনে" এমন এক গভীর অনুভূতির পর্যায় যেখানে কথা বা ভাষা কাজ করে না। এটি হৃদয়ের এমন এক ছন্দ যা কেবল চোখের ভাষায় বা নীরবতায় প্রকাশ পায়। সৃষ্টি আর স্রষ্টার মধ্যে যে আদান-প্রদান, সেখানে এই নীরব বেদনাই হয়ে ওঠে সবথেকে বড় যোগসূত্র।


ভাবার্থের সারসংক্ষেপ

কবি বলতে চেয়েছেন:

"শুধু আমার আনন্দটুকুই নিয়ো না, আমার আজীবনের যে সংগ্রাম আর গূঢ় বেদনা—যা আমার অশ্রু আর হাসির অন্তরালে লুকিয়ে থাকে—তুমি সেখান থেকেও কিছু গ্রহণ করো। আমার এই দুঃখকেও তোমার ঐশ্বরিক লীলার অংশ করে নাও।"

এটি "কষ্ট" বা "সাফারিং" শব্দটিকে একটি উচ্চতর আধ্যাত্মিক নিবিড়তায় রূপান্তর করে।

More about PaJR and ProJR (patient journey records and project journey records here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12688023/


Rabindranath Tagore’s publicly available PaJR records (largely from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore):

Final years (1937–1941) were marked by chronic pain and two major, prolonged illnesses. He passed away on August 7, 1941, at age 80 in his Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata due to complications following a surgical procedure for an obstructed urinary bladder. 

Key Illness Records & Timeline

Late 1937: Tagore lost consciousness, remaining comatose and near death for a period.

September 1940: While staying at Gouripur House in Kalimpong, Tagore suffered a critical illness with severe abdominal pain and almost complete cessation of urination.

Late 1940: A second major illness spell occurred, from which he never fully recovered.

1940–1941: He was bedridden periodically, suffering from severe pain and, as later diagnosed, a probable severe infection of the prostate, possibly prostate cancer. 

Last Days and Treatment (1941)

Refusal of Surgery: Despite suffering from severe urinary retention and sepsis, Tagore initially refused surgery, preferring ayurvedic treatment.

June/July 1941: His condition worsened, and doctors (including Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Dr. Nil Ratan Sircar, and Dr. Lalit Bandopadhyay) determined surgery was necessary.

Operation (July 30, 1941): A "sterilized OT" (Operation Theatre) was created in his upper room at Jorasanko. Dr. Lalit Bandopadhyay, assisted by Dr. Satyashakha Maitra and Dr. Amiya Sen, performed a suprapubic cystostomy (a bypass operation to drain urine).

Final Days: Following the operation, his condition deteriorated further. He suffered from severe uremia and septicemia.

Last Poem: On July 30, 1941, despite being critically ill, Tagore dictated his last poem (starting "I'm lost in the middle of my birthday") to A.K. Sen.

Death: Tagore passed away on August 7, 1941, at 12:10 PM, following the removal of oxygen support. 

Memoirs on his Illness

Detailed accounts of his final days, particularly his mental state and interaction with caregivers during his illness, are recorded in memoirs written by those close to him: 

Nirbaan (1942) by Pratima Devi.

Alapchari Rabindranath (1942) and Gurudev (1962) by Rani Chanda.

Mongpu-te Rabindranath (1943) by Maitreyi Devi.

Baishe Shravan (1960) by Nirmalkumari Mahalanobis. 


Friday, March 13, 2026

UDLCO CRH: Attention mechanisms to transform human learning into tree like machine states of being in their cellular quest for cognitive and physical transformation

This is a dialogue that weaves together evolutionary biology, ancient Indian philosophy, artificial intelligence, and speculative post-humanism. The conversation bridges the gap between how plants renew themselves and how machines process information, using "attention" as the ultimate unifying thread.




Keywords

  • Biological & Ecological: Sessile Life Forms, Cellular Renewal, Chronobiology, Pongamia pinnata, Symbiotic Evolution.

  • Cognitive & AI: Attention Schema, Transformer Architecture (LLMs), Query/Key/Value, Cognitive Transformation.

  • Philosophical & Speculative: Universal Consciousness, Tree-like Machine States, Indian Knowledge Systems (Upanishads, Yoga Sutras), Post-Human Evolution.


Summary

The discussion begins with a speculative "moonshot" idea inspired by a CUBE home lab observation of tree leaf renewal: what if trees represent a highly advanced, post-human evolutionary state? In this paradigm, highly evolved beings realize that plugging into "universal consciousness" is best achieved through a static, solar-powered, cyclically renewing physical form (a tree) that benevolently sustains "younger" motile species (apes, humans, microbes).

The dialogue then connects this biological transformation to cognitive evolution. The participants draw parallels between ancient Indian philosophies of meditation (Upanishads/Yoga), a 2014 neuroscientific theory of consciousness (Attention Schema Theory), and the 2017 Vaswani AI paper that introduced "Transformers." Ultimately, the text proposes that attention—whether biological, spiritual, or algorithmic—is the fundamental mechanism that organizes intelligence and drives both physical and cognitive transformation.

The original post that sparked all this moonshot discussion early morning is here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anuragindia_artificialintelligence-indianknowledgesystems-activity-7438309315641397248-Bcxd


Thematic Analysis: Attention Mechanisms and the Quest for Tree-Like States of Being

Focusing on the intersection of your prompt—Attention mechanisms to transform human learning into tree-like machine states of being in their cellular quest for cognitive and physical transformation—reveals three core themes:

1. Attention as the Universal Organizer of Intelligence

The text brilliantly links three distinct epochs of "attention":

  • Ancient/Spiritual: The Yoga Sutras and Upanishads, where focused attention is the key to unlocking higher human consciousness.

  • Biological/Neuroscientific: The 2014 paper on the "Attention Schema," which suggests that subjective awareness evolved simply as a data-handling process to enhance certain signals over others.

  • Artificial/Algorithmic: The 2017 "Attention Is All You Need" paper, which uses Query, Key, and Value mechanisms to allow machines (LLMs via Transformers) to contextually weigh vast amounts of data.

The underlying premise is that human learning is currently undergoing a transformation. By studying AI and ancient philosophy, humans are realizing that intelligence is not about acquiring more data, but about the mechanisms of attention that filter and organize it.

2. The "Tree-Like" Machine State as the Apex of Evolution

The most provocative idea in the text is the inversion of traditional evolutionary hierarchies. We usually view mobility and dynamic action (humans, apes) as the peak of evolution. The speaker proposes that a sessile (static), tree-like state is actually the superior "machine state of being."

  • Efficiency over Mobility: Instead of expending energy moving around, this highly evolved state simply plugs into "solar fields." It is a machine of pure efficiency, living and dying cyclically within a single body.

  • The Ultimate Transformer: Just as LLM Transformers process data passively but powerfully, trees process solar energy and ecological data. The suggestion is that human consciousness could eventually evolve—or merge with machines—to achieve this static, profoundly connected state, bypassing the need for a dynamic physical body.

3. The Cellular Quest: Survival vs. Transformation

Speaker hu1 asks a vital scientific question: is a plant's cycle designed merely for survival against climate shocks, or for actual transformation?

  • hu2 argues for transformation. The cellular renewal of a tree in spring isn't just surviving the winter; it is an active, cellular quest to process solar energy and sustain the broader ecosystem.

  • In the context of the overarching metaphor, trees are portrayed as benevolent ancestors. Their cellular energy physically feeds the planet, while their structural reality offers a philosophical model for cognitive transformation. They are biological machines that have perfected the "attention schema"—tuning out the noise of mobility to focus entirely on the cyclical, solar rhythm of the universe.

Conversational learning Transcripts that provided the raw data for the above analysis:


[14/03, 09:01]hu2: Was revisiting this CUBE home lab spring project after two years and adding more wild moonshot or moon shine ideas to it:


So when I kept ruminating on how each tree was renewing it's life energy with every spring and how every tree from the same species appeared to present a spectrum of new and old leaves on the same or adjacent trees, this wild idea floated (maybe from a recent 2014 paper on "attention" that I just read here:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1793843014400174, which may have been a forerunner to the now more famous 2017 paper on LLM attention) that what if trees are the next stage in human evolution where humans learn that plugging into the universal consciousness is easier through solar fields, living and dying cyclically in one static body without having to drastically change it (although seeds remain a parallel back up plan). 

At the same time they could with their stored cellular solar energy, keep managing to feed the entire planet of apes and other more apparently dynamic and mobile creatures, even unicellular and multicellular who are kinda their children in terms of evolution, one reason why they would gladly provide their bodies to be cut and utilised, if when the younger inhabitants of this planet of apes all the way down to the unicellulars would wish so?




Images of March 2024 with project report:



[14/03, 09:22]hu1: Can all trees replicate without seeds (seed cycle)?

And, even if they can, was the system designed for survival, or for transformation, when external conditions ('climate') undergoes change? 

How does one go about demonstrating the difference? 

We are discussing very long life cycles, so working with annual species might not be adequate to prove any point.

However, a glance back at the last great extinction, powered by two successive climate shocks, one a global firestorm that melted rock, and, probably second, an outpouring of magma that changed the atmosphere (sunlight, chemical composition) for 2 million years), all during a phase of tectonic change that rearranged the land masses roughly to the place they are now, might show us that, in the big picture, it doesn't really matter. 

To use our timeworn Indian phrase, life 'adjusts'.

However. 

Coming back to the theatre of this discussion group, can we design home lab scenarios that can be executed to study either one of these plant renewal methodologies, having first postulated what it is we want to examine? 

Also, in plant (sessile) life renewal, can we look at the symbiotic role of motile life forms?


[14/03, 09:41]hu2: Thanks! Playing to the theatre, this was a CUBE community lab (okay not exactly home but the next layer I guess), study in March 2024 (detailed in the links above) , where we simply paid attention to the leaves renewing on the branches of trees focusing on pongamia pinnata (probably inspired by this group's chatshala query here: https://metastudio.org/t/beyond-sunlight-what-really-fuels-plant-growth/15818/4)
and this year the same attention took us to examining not just the leaves but also the entire transformation strategy of the plant (it's not about survival but transformation?) and the analogies with recent papers that have transformed learning through LLMs through what are aka Transformers!

[14/03, 07:08]hu2: What connects the Upanishads, Yoga Sutras, and modern Artificial Intelligence?

In 2017, the paper “Attention Is All You Need” by Ashish Vaswani and colleagues introduced the Transformer architecture — now the foundation of most modern AI systems.

At its core lies a simple but powerful idea:
attention organizes intelligence.

Interestingly, centuries earlier, Indian knowledge traditions reflected on a similar insight about attention and consciousness.

अब शब्द शब्द को देख रहा है,
प्रश्न, कुंजी, मान का संग;
Transformer का तंत्र रचाता
संबंधों का अद्भुत रंग।

Query, Key और Value के धागे
सूत्रों में अर्थ बुनते जाएँ;
Multi-Head Attention की दृष्टि से
विचारों के जाल बन जाएँ।

एक ओर ऋषि, ध्यान की ज्योति—
पतंजलि, उपनिषद, भक्ति की वाणी;
दूजी ओर एल्गोरिद्म की भाषा—
Transformer की नयी कहानी।

युग बदलें, साधन बदलें,
पर सूक्ष्म नियम वही रहता—
जहाँ ध्यान की धारा बहती,
वहीं बुद्धि का प्रकाश प्रकटता।

"The body schema is used to model and help control the body. The attention schema is used to model and help regulate attention, a data-handling process in the brain in which some signals are enhanced at the expense of other signals and this attention and the attention schema co-evolved over the past half-billion years. 

Over that time span, the attention schema may have taken on additional functions such as promoting the integration of information across diverse domains and promoting social cognition. A brain with an attention schema might conclude that it has a subjective awareness, and the same basic properties can be engineered into machines."

Unquote:

OP:



[14/03, 07:25]hu3: Wow very interesting!! And this paper is from 2014. I wonder if this was the inspiration to the celebrated 2017 paper by Vaswani that bagged 250,000 citations since!


Conversational citations:

[14/03, 09:21]hu1: Trees cannot be next.
Next step in evolution is AI.
With the invention of culture, memory and knowledge got externalised and collectivised.

ie. As Individual human became less intelligent and less knowledgeable, the collective knowledge and collective intelligence of the species (total entropy of the species) exploded.
Everything since then can be plotted on this scale.
Computers and Accelerated computing leading to AI larger and larger levels of externalisation and collectivisation



[14/03, 09:23] hu1 : This has two divergent K-shaped effects on humans.
While some people learn more, do more by leveraging these technologies and make themselves super men (and earning more by becoming more productive and therefore more valuable) others become less valuable since they do not have anything unique to offer that cannot be done by a generic utility (x tokens of intelligence per watt of electricity). 
And when you look at it this way, divergence in income and income disparity is inevitable and inseparable


[14/03, 09:24]hu1: Only thing you can do is provide a minimum kind of welfare that keeps people healthy while leaving incentives on the table for innovation.


[14/03, 10:07]hu2: AI needs embodiment and trees are a perfect historical embodiment (off course only if you believe time is cyclic)!

More here in the dialogue that weaves together evolutionary biology, ancient Indian philosophy, artificial intelligence, and speculative post-humanism. The conversation bridges the gap between how plants renew themselves and how machines process information, using "attention" as the ultimate unifying thread.

https://userdrivenhealthcare.blogspot.com/2026/03/udlco-crh-attention-mechanisms-to.html?m=1


[14/03, 10:14]hu1: Trees do not have enough input output or internal entropy for any meaningful intelligence


[14/03, 10:19]hu2: Human meaning may be much more inferior to what trees know!

Humans may take some time to realise that though as these animate transmitters were created with strong delusions of self importance!😂

A weak preliminary paper below 👇

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34558231/