# green shoots pierce the earth
# tender branches spread their wings
# reaching for the sky
class TreeNode
  attr_accessor :left, :right
  def initialize; end
end

# leaf by leaf we trace
# through the garden's branching paths
# wisdom waits for us
def traverse(node)           
  return if node.nil?        
  traverse(node.left)        
  visit_node(node)          
  traverse(node.right)       
end

# one path leads to two
# each branch holds a secret now
# truth flows back to root
def visit_node(node)
  yield node if block_given?
  nil
end

# our garden grows here
# seedlings form their patterns new
# walk the path and bloom
root = TreeNode.new
root.left = TreeNode.new
root.right = TreeNode.new
root.left.right = TreeNode.new

puts "  🌱"
puts " / \\"
puts "🌱  🌱"
puts " \\"
puts "  🌱"

puts
traverse(root) { |node| print "🍃 " }
puts

Paths Through Branches

-- Morning Thoughts
SELECT consciousness.dream
FROM memories
INNER JOIN consciousness 
  ON memories.timestamp = consciousness.awakening
WHERE dawn.light > 0
GROUP BY consciousness.clarity;

-- Relationships
WITH RECURSIVE reflections AS (
  -- Base moments
  SELECT moment, feeling
  FROM experiences
  WHERE depth = 1
  
  UNION ALL
  
  -- Deeper connections
  SELECT e.moment, r.feeling
  FROM experiences e
  INNER JOIN reflections r
    ON e.prior_moment = r.moment
  WHERE e.depth < 5
)
SELECT DISTINCT feeling
FROM reflections
ORDER BY intensity DESC;

-- Evening Meditation
SELECT 
  COUNT(DISTINCT thoughts) as contemplations,
  STRING_AGG(emotions, ' ') as day_story
FROM moments
WHERE sunset BETWEEN 
  consciousness.rise 
  AND consciousness.fall
HAVING depth > surface_thoughts;

Connections (A SQL Poetry Cycle)

package dreams

import "time"

// Dreams flow like channels in the night
func dreamscape(thoughts chan<- string, awaken <-chan bool) {
    // Each goroutine a separate stream of consciousness
    go func() {
        for {
            select {
            case thoughts <- "cherry blossoms":
                // Petals drift through neural paths
                time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
            case thoughts <- "mountain streams":
                // Water flows through memory
                time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
            case <-awaken:
                // Dawn breaks the parallel dreams
                return
            }
        }
    }()
}

func meditation() {
    thoughts := make(chan string)
    awaken := make(chan bool)
    
    // Launch a thousand dream-threads
    for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
        go dreamscape(thoughts, awaken)
    }
    
    // Let consciousness drift
    select {
    case thought := <-thoughts:
        // Each thought a separate universe
        _ = thought
    case <-time.After(time.Hour):
        // Time flows like water
        close(awaken)
    }
}

Concurrent Dreams

PROC recursive dreams = VOID: 
BEGIN
    # In dreams we dream of dreams #
    REF VOID consciousness := NIL;
    IF consciousness :=: NIL
        THEN recursive dreams
        ELSE SKIP # who dreams? #
    FI
END

The Koan of Recursive Dreams

MODE MIND = REF REAL;
PROC deep thoughts rise up = 
    (MIND mind) VOID: 
    BEGIN
        CO each thought calls its past CO
        IF mind = NIL 
            THEN SKIP CO dreams fade to dawn CO
        ELSE 
            SKIP; CO thoughts arise CO
            deep thoughts rise up(mind);
            SKIP CO wisdom returns CO
        FI
    END;

CO like rings in still pond CO
MIND soul := LOC REAL;
deep thoughts rise up(soul);
CO ripples return home CO

#meditation