The Ground
Beneath This

Pause Between Prompts is a contemplative practice.

When I say contemplative, I mean centered on slowing down enough to notice what feels true at your core, and letting that guide your actions.

We need contemplation now, maybe more than ever.

AI is everywhere. People are using it. Institutions are building with it. And mostly we're moving fast. At the pace of the tools, not our own. Letting the loudest voices, often the ones who profit most, define what will be replaced and what's inevitable.

I believe the only thing that makes their predictions inevitable is if we keep going without pausing long enough to collectively ask: How do we want to meet this moment?

There's important work happening around this question — like the DELTA framework naming essential ethics we should hold, research on how people experience AI, and explorations of AI's spiritual dimensions. This work matters. It names what's at stake.

It can also feel overwhelming. All the thoughts, the concerns, the things to think about. And at the end, still not being clear on what to actually do.

Pause Between Prompts is my way of offering something practical. Something you can do when you open the tool on a Tuesday afternoon and need to decide how to meet it. The pauses are here to help you stay connected to yourself, to your ground, so AI becomes a battery, not a brain. A support, not a substitute for who you are.

My ground is ease and love. When I pause, I'm checking: Am I following what feels good? Am I creating from inspiration, not obligation? Does this reflect my love of self, others, the divine? I believe those values matter. I want to live from them. I want other people to discover what living from them might feel like. And, I know your values might be different. That's the point.

The pauses don't tell you what to be grounded in. They simply ask that you have a ground. That you're conscious about it. That you choose it.

This isn't about letting corporations off the hook. We need tools designed to help people thrive. We need guardrails that actually keep these tools safe and accessible. We need accountability. A lot of that has to happen at the systemic level, and we should be pushing for it.

And still — even the best-designed system is a mirror.

How you arrive matters. Who you're around matters. What you're building toward matters.

So my wish is that Pause Between Prompts helps you stay a little more present, create in ways that feel a little more life-giving, and remember that you still have so much choice here.

If this resonates, I'd love to hear from you.