memorization(2/0)
Meditate day and night
Psalm 1 describes the ideal, flourishing human in this way: [H]is delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. I feel inadequate to the task whenever I read this song. The ancients had the entire Torah memorized and their culture infused with Yahweh’s instruction. My culture, even at home, is infused with much besides the words of Yahweh and my brain is not up to that monumental task (and I’m better equipped for mass memorization than most).…
Memorize the book of hebrews
Below is a ChatGPT prompt response to help with my memorization (with a little formatting). I was five prompts deep into training ChatGPT to help me scaffold my memorization of the book of Hebrews. It explained space repetition and mind palaces fairly accurately, but it wasn’t personally helpful until I started asking for examples. For creative exploration, it’s great. I needed the motivation to tackle this project, and applying ChatGPT is helping to keep me going.…