When I started this project I thought it would be enhancing to embed the numbers 1 through 8 in the individual acrostics. But I did the numbering top to bottom then left to right, and then I spelled out numbers in individual acrostics felt to right then top to bottom. I think I was trying to shake up reality a little. I know I was making it more of a challenge to throw in a bunch of numbers.

Paths 1 and 8 match the numerals and the alphas; the other, middling paths are mismatched. Many journeys are like this.

Right Concentration

Einstein changed our Fate–good chap

Goldened boy–Phi Beta Kappa

HEPA and filter–octal & eight

Th’ E equal’d MC² he saith

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Curiously, a different sort of Concentration was required when assembling the atomic bomb. Only purified Uranium-235 works when preparing a critical mass. The chain reaction would not have worked otherwise.

“Namu amida butsu” is a mantra, a phrase that members is a special sect of Japanese Buddhism use to help with meditation. It roughly translates to “I take refuge in Amida Buddha.”

My college sweetheart wore a pendant with the wheel symbolizing the Eightfold Path on one side and I AM A BUDDHIST on the other. When we broke up she gave me a book of Buddhist chants. Somehow over the decades I lost that book. I do so regret that loss.