A Life That Matters
Explore being valued, making a contribution and belonging without earning your worth through endless usefulness. Eight readings invite a more grounded sense of purpose.
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Self-Development
Small changes, deeper living. Four connected paths through action, purpose, beliefs and relationships.
Connection Without Losing Yourself
Practice asking, listening and setting limits while keeping both people’s choices visible. Eight readings explore closeness that can make room for independence.
8 readings · Original exercises · Research linksFrom Intention to Action
Choose a worthwhile direction, turn it into a workable next step, and learn from what happens. Eight readings connect meaningful goals with practical follow-through.
8 readings · Original exercises · Research linksThe Beliefs We Live By
Separate observations from assumptions, examine a prediction, and try a more flexible response. Eight readings connect belief, evidence and small experiments without promising that thought controls everything.
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What would change your mind?
A Socratic exploration of conversations that can change a life, inspired by Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates (2025). Historical art, modern photographs, and fourteen connected readings.
Philosophy · 14 readingsExplore this ORBLife Beyond the Sunlight
An Atlantic hydrothermal vent science adventure: mechanisms, connections, discovery history and unanswered questions.
Science · 12 readingsExplore this ORBConnection Without Losing Yourself
Explore connection, clear requests and everyday boundaries without losing your own needs.
Wellbeing · 8 readingsExplore this ORBOne Small Step Back Into Life
Choose a small, meaningful action and adjust its size to the energy available today.
Wellbeing · 8 readingsExplore this ORBBe on Your Own Side
Practice a kinder inner voice without ignoring mistakes, responsibility or the need for support.
Wellbeing · 8 readingsExplore this ORBA Thought Is Not a Verdict
Separate an observation from an interpretation and make room for a more balanced response.
Wellbeing · 8 readingsExplore this ORBWhen Everything Feels Too Much
A gentle grounding practice with ordinary objects, comfortable anchors and one manageable next step.
Wellbeing · 8 readingsExplore this ORBA Life That Matters
Explore being valued, making a contribution and belonging without earning your worth through endless usefulness. Eight readings invite a more grounded sense of purpose.
Self-Development · 8 readingsExplore this ORB
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What would change your mind?
Interactive ORBA Socratic exploration of conversations that can change a life, inspired by Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates (2025). Historical art, modern photographs, and fourteen connected readings.
TopicPhilosophy
Points14
AvailableRead & explore · FilmExplore at your own pace
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 1 library item
Reality Gallery & sources
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 2 editions
- Socratic questioning · EnglishAuthored with Codex
Illustrated interactive ORB · Published Sep 24, 2026
14 readings · original episode · sources and artwork
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
- Cuestionamiento socrático · EspañolAuthored with Codex
ORB ilustrado e interactivo · Published Sep 25, 2026
14 lecturas · narración y mapas en español · arte y fuentes
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Life Beyond the Sunlight
Interactive ORBAn Atlantic hydrothermal vent science adventure: mechanisms, connections, discovery history and unanswered questions.
TopicScience
Points12
AvailableRead & explore · FilmExplore at your own pace
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 1 library item
Reality Gallery & sources
- Edition source files Source record
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- Atlantic science adventure · EnglishAuthored with Codex
Interactive science ORB · Published Sep 23, 2026
12 readings · sources · new research questions
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
- Aventura científica del Atlántico · EspañolAuthored with Codex
Interactive science ORB · Published Sep 23, 2026
12 lecturas · documental de 20 minutos · Español
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Thought Is Not a Verdict
Read & listenSeparate an observation from an interpretation and make room for a more balanced response.
TopicWellbeing
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · AudioEnglish reading
Updated
About this orb
A Thought Is Not a Verdict — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 3 library items · 2 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Reframing unhelpful thoughts website
- Doing What Matters in Times of Stress website
- Edition source files Source record
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Versions & sources 1 edition
- ORB Learn · Bilingual reading & listeningAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity illustrated reading & listening · Published Sep 20, 2026
8 readings · English / Español · ElevenLabs Gentle Guide
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Little More Room — optional educational practices, not treatment. Original AI illustrations and recorded narration.
Be on Your Own Side
Read & listenPractice a kinder inner voice without ignoring mistakes, responsibility or the need for support.
TopicWellbeing
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · AudioEnglish reading
Updated
About this orb
Be on Your Own Side — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 2 library items · 2 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Building self-compassion website
- Edition source files Source record
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Versions & sources 1 edition
- ORB Learn · Bilingual reading & listeningAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity illustrated reading & listening · Published Sep 20, 2026
8 readings · English / Español · ElevenLabs Gentle Guide
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Little More Room — optional educational practices, not treatment. Original AI illustrations and recorded narration.
Connection Without Losing Yourself
Read & listenExplore connection, clear requests and everyday boundaries without losing your own needs.
TopicWellbeing
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · AudioEnglish reading
Updated
About this orb
Connection Without Losing Yourself — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 3 library items · 2 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Social Wellness Toolkit website
- Caring for Your Mental Health website
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
Versions & sources 1 edition
- ORB Learn · Bilingual reading & listeningAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity illustrated reading & listening · Published Sep 20, 2026
8 readings · English / Español · ElevenLabs Gentle Guide
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Little More Room — optional educational practices, not treatment. Original AI illustrations and recorded narration.
One Small Step Back Into Life
Read & listenChoose a small, meaningful action and adjust its size to the energy available today.
TopicWellbeing
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · AudioEnglish reading
Updated
About this orb
One Small Step Back Into Life — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 3 library items · 2 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Tackling your to-do list website
- Treatment for depression website
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
Versions & sources 1 edition
- ORB Learn · Bilingual reading & listeningAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity illustrated reading & listening · Published Sep 20, 2026
8 readings · English / Español · ElevenLabs Gentle Guide
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Little More Room — optional educational practices, not treatment. Original AI illustrations and recorded narration.
When Everything Feels Too Much
Read & listenA gentle grounding practice with ordinary objects, comfortable anchors and one manageable next step.
TopicWellbeing
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · AudioEnglish reading
Updated
About this orb
When Everything Feels Too Much — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 3 library items · 2 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Doing What Matters in Times of Stress website
- Caring for Your Mental Health website
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
Versions & sources 1 edition
- ORB Learn · Bilingual reading & listeningAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity illustrated reading & listening · Published Sep 20, 2026
8 readings · English / Español · ElevenLabs Gentle Guide
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
A Little More Room — optional educational practices, not treatment. Original AI illustrations and recorded narration.
A Life That Matters
Read & exploreExplore being valued, making a contribution and belonging without earning your worth through endless usefulness. Eight readings invite a more grounded sense of purpose.
TopicSelf-Development
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
A Life That Matters — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 6 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- Mattering — Jennifer Breheny Wallace (2026) Book / publisher overview
- Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties Research
- Rewards of kindness? A meta-analysis of the link between prosociality and well-being Research
- Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being Research
- Adaptive self-regulation of unattainable goals Research
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Self-development · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Exercises & research
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Self-Development — Small Changes, Deeper Living
Connection Without Losing Yourself
Read & explorePractice asking, listening and setting limits while keeping both people’s choices visible. Eight readings explore closeness that can make room for independence.
TopicSelf-Development
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
Connection Without Losing Yourself — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 6 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- The Balancing Act — Nedra Glover Tawwab (2026) Book / publisher overview
- Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being Research
- Intimacy as an interpersonal process: self-disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness Research
- Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation Research
- Social Interactions and Well-Being: The Surprising Power of Weak Ties Research
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Self-development · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Exercises & research
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Self-Development — Small Changes, Deeper Living
Detroit — Making things, making music, remaking a city
Read & exploreFactories, church networks, murals, Motown and remembered neighborhoods: eight readings reveal a city made by people as well as products.
TopicHistory & Culture
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
Detroit — Making things, making music, remaking a city — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 11 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- Founding of Detroit Historical source
- Our History Historical source
- Bradby, Reverend Robert Historical source
- The Places of Labor History in Detroit Historical source
- Rivera Court Historical source
- Esther Gordy Edwards Historical source
- Black Bottom Neighborhood Historical source
- Paradise Valley Historical source
- A New Beginning: Ford to Reopen Michigan Central Station Historical source
- Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park Historical source
- Edition source files Source record
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- America at 250 · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Sources & documentary image
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
America at 250 — Four Cities, Many Stories
From Intention to Action
Read & exploreChoose a worthwhile direction, turn it into a workable next step, and learn from what happens. Eight readings connect meaningful goals with practical follow-through.
TopicSelf-Development
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
From Intention to Action — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 7 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- Intentional — Chris Bailey (2026) Book / publisher overview
- Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being Research
- The interplay between goal intentions and implementation intentions Research
- Does Monitoring Goal Progress Promote Goal Attainment? Research
- Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation Research
- Adaptive self-regulation of unattainable goals Research
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Self-development · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Exercises & research
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Self-Development — Small Changes, Deeper Living
Los Angeles — Many beginnings, Pacific futures
Read & exploreRead the city through changing borders, water, arrival and creative work. Eight points connect El Pueblo, Little Tokyo and community art with landscapes beyond the skyline.
TopicHistory & Culture
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
Los Angeles — Many beginnings, Pacific futures — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 12 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Historical source
- History Historical source
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) Historical source
- Water System — Past and Present Historical source
- Water & Land History Historical source
- History Historical source
- The Building Historical source
- Esther Gordy Edwards Historical source
- BeHere / 1942 Historical source
- The Great Wall of Los Angeles and the Interpretive Green Bridge Historical source
- Paseo Del Rio at Taylor Yard Project Historical source
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- America at 250 · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Sources & documentary image
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
America at 250 — Four Cities, Many Stories
New Orleans — A river city that made an American sound
Read & exploreFollow a river port into music, migration and living memory. Eight readings connect treaties and trade with Congo Square, neighborhood organizations and the work of listening.
TopicHistory & Culture
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
New Orleans — A river city that made an American sound — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 9 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- New Orleans: 300 // Bulbancha: 3000 Historical source
- Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803) Historical source
- Jazz Origins in New Orleans Historical source
- New Orleans, Slave Market of the South Historical source
- Banking in the Antebellum South Historical source
- Jazz Map Historical source
- The 100th Anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s Arrival in Chicago Historical source
- Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond Historical source
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- America at 250 · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Sources & documentary image
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
America at 250 — Four Cities, Many Stories
A city of public promises and persistent questions. Follow the Declaration, Ona Judge, Mother Bethel and the making of national memory through eight connected readings.
TopicHistory & Culture
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
Philadelphia — Founding ideas and the people who widened them — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 10 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- About Us Historical source
- Delaware Indian Villages at Philadelphia Historical source
- Declaration of Independence (1776) Historical source
- Constitution of the United States (1787) Historical source
- Ona Judge Escapes to Freedom Historical source
- Mother Bethel: The Four Churches Historical source
- Sarah Allen, 1849 Historical source
- Centennial Exposition, 1876 Historical source
- Independence Hall: Architecture Historical source
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- America at 250 · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Sources & documentary image
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
America at 250 — Four Cities, Many Stories
The Beliefs We Live By
Read & exploreSeparate observations from assumptions, examine a prediction, and try a more flexible response. Eight readings connect belief, evidence and small experiments without promising that thought controls everything.
TopicSelf-Development
Points8
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
About this orb
The Beliefs We Live By — an anonymous orb
Reality Gallery & recordings 7 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- Beyond Belief — Nir Eyal with Julie Li (2026) Book / publisher overview
- Considering the opposite: a corrective strategy for social judgment Research
- The interplay between goal intentions and implementation intentions Research
- A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement Research
- Positive Self-Statements: Power for Some, Peril for Others Research
- Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being Research
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Self-development · Reading editionAuthored with Codex
Orbiversity read-only studio · Published Sep 19, 2026
8 readings · Exercises & research
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Self-Development — Small Changes, Deeper Living
Autumn in the Pacific Northwest
Bilingual poetry ORBSix complete public-domain autumn poems and real Seattle and Portland leaf photographs. Separate English and Spanish guided film journeys with locally generated narration, measured captions and quiet piano follow the twelve-stop spiral.
TopicArts & Culture
Points12
AvailableRead & explore · Audio · FilmORB Feel & Experience — English · Bella
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 22 library items · 3 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- To Autumn — John Keats poem
- Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn) artwork
- Autumn — Emily Dickinson poem
- Autumn Maples with Poem Slips artwork
- Merry Autumn — Paul Laurence Dunbar poem
- Autumn River Scene, The Brook artwork
- October — Helen Hunt Jackson poem
- October Day artwork
- Autumn Fires — Robert Louis Stevenson poem
- Burning Autumn Maple Leaves artwork
- To Autumn — William Blake poem
- Autumn Woods artwork
- Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon · November 2017 image source
- Seattle, Washington · October 2009 image source
- Seattle, Washington · October 2020 image source
- Seattle Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum · October 2009 image source
- Discovery Park, Seattle · 1983 image source
- Discovery Park, Seattle · October 2012 image source
- Gymnopedie No. 1 — Kevin MacLeod music source
- Photograph credits and provenance image credits
- Recorded film credits and licenses credits
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- Autumn in the Pacific Northwest — Kokoro Bella English · 6:10
- Otoño en el Noroeste del Pacífico — Kokoro Dora Español · 6:31
- Gymnopedie No. 1 — Kevin MacLeod 3:07
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Pacific Northwest autumn · English / EspañolPrimary assistant
Continuous spherical spiral with alternating poem and photo points, six-direction compass, historical readings, guided text and separate English/Spanish film and audio playback · Authored Sep 9, 2026
12 stops · English / Español · Real PNW photos · Quiet piano
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Six real Seattle and Portland leaf photographs, complete public-domain poems and original historical readings preserved. Separate short film adaptations use locally generated Bella English and Dora Spanish narration, matching transcripts, measured captions and quiet licensed Satie piano. The longer feel-pnw-v3 guided text remains a separate unrecorded edition. Full photo, poem, music and adaptation licenses accompany both films.
Core Belief ORB
Interactive reading orbExplore 25 illustrative belief patterns across convention, conditional belonging, stress, trauma, and coercive influence, with protective rules, flexible possibilities, and evidence boundaries.
TopicMind & experience
Points41
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 15 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- CCI · How low self-esteem develops document
- CCI · How low self-esteem is maintained document
- CCI · Developing balanced core beliefs document
- CCI · Adjusting rules and assumptions document
- CCI · Perfectionism resources website
- HealthyWA · Assertive communication website
- CCI · How to say no assertively document
- VA · Cognitive Processing Therapy website
- NIMH · Traumatic events and PTSD website
- VA · Helpful thinking after disasters website
- VA · Trauma reminders website
- VA · Negative coping and PTSD website
- UK Home Office · Controlling or coercive behaviour website
- Van Grootel et al. (2018) · Pluralistic ignorance website
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Core Belief ORB · Reading editionPrimary assistant authored
Rotating map, six-direction compass, searchable belief index, printable readings and continuation · Authored Sep 9, 2026
41 points · 25 hypothetical examples · 14 sources · No narration
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Original educational framework; contexts overlap and are not a severity scale. Does not assess or diagnose a person. Browser, mobile, print styles and reduced motion verified.
Día de Muertos
Bilingual guided ORBA gentle bilingual journey through remembrance, offerings, craft, and regional traditions, with a rotating ORB, 52 real photographs, Heart / Dora narration, and optional music with Mexican street ambience.
TopicCulture
Points37
AvailableRead & explore · AudioORB Feel & Experience
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 24 library items · 149 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- UNESCO · Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead website
- INPI · Los elementos de una ofrenda website
- INAH · El origen del Día de Muertos website
- INAH · Día de Muertos: tradiciones regionales y videos website
- UNESCO México · Xantolo en la Huasteca Potosina website
- UNESCO México · Huehues y la fiesta huasteca website
- Smithsonian · An Altar for the Dead website
- Smithsonian Folklife · Altered Altars website
- Smithsonian American Art Museum · Traditions and Change website
- Smithsonian · Exploring Día de los Muertos with Sandra Cisneros website
- Smithsonian · Five Facts About Día de los Muertos website
- CONAGUA · El agua es vida… hasta para los muertos website
- Ciudad de México · Ofrendas de Día de Muertos website
- Secretaría de Cultura CDMX · Gran Desfile 2024 website
- Naciones Unidas en México · Ofrendas por la vida y la paz website
- Secretaría de Cultura · Muerte y fiesta: gráfica mexicana website
- INAH · Día de Muertos, un sincretismo religioso website
- INAH · Janal pixan y la limpieza de huesos website
- INPI · El Día de Muertos entre los pueblos indígenas de México document
- UNAM · Megaofrenda 2025: migraciones y memoria website
- Canal Once · Celebración de Día de Muertos website
- Photograph credits and provenance image credits
- Music and field-recording credits credits
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- Point reading · A place for those we remember English · 1:01
- Point reading · The photograph: a particular life English · 0:46
- Point reading · What a name makes visible English · 0:45
- Point reading · An offering as hospitality English · 0:48
- Point reading · More than two squares on a calendar English · 0:51
- Point reading · Room for more than one feeling English · 0:47
- Point reading · What can a photograph never tell us? English · 0:44
- Point reading · The ofrenda: objects in relationship English · 0:49
- Point reading · Cempasúchil: a path of color English · 0:46
- Point reading · What the candle illuminates English · 0:45
- Point reading · A glass of water, a gesture of care English · 0:46
- Point reading · A table, an arch, a room English · 0:49
- Point reading · Does every symbol have one meaning? English · 0:48
- Point reading · The hands behind the celebration English · 0:46
- Point reading · Before the flower reaches the altar English · 0:48
- Point reading · Bread carries a local signature English · 0:50
- Point reading · Paper that lets the sky through English · 0:47
- Point reading · A skull made by a confectioner English · 0:47
- Point reading · What does a finished object leave out? English · 0:45
- Point reading · Many places, many ways of welcoming English · 0:50
- Point reading · Michoacán: the lake and the vigil English · 0:50
- Point reading · Hanal Pixán: food for the souls English · 0:51
- Point reading · Xantolo: the gathering extends outward English · 0:50
- Point reading · Huaquechula: remembrance rises through a room English · 0:49
- Point reading · Who is missing from this map? English · 0:48
- Point reading · How the celebration acquired its layers English · 0:46
- Point reading · Indigenous histories, in the plural English · 0:57
- Point reading · The calendar and the colonial encounter English · 0:52
- Point reading · La Catrina: an image with a sharp edge English · 0:50
- Point reading · The parade: many hands, one moving image English · 0:51
- Point reading · How old is this particular practice? English · 0:53
- Point reading · A living tradition keeps moving English · 0:47
- Point reading · What happens after the offering? English · 0:48
- Point reading · Remembrance crosses a border English · 0:53
- Point reading · Who can a public ofrenda remember? English · 0:53
- Point reading · How to look with attention English · 0:47
- Point reading · What would it mean to carry this forward? English · 0:48
- Point reading · Un lugar para quienes recordamos Español · 0:56
- Point reading · La fotografía: una vida en particular Español · 0:45
- Point reading · Lo que un nombre hace visible Español · 0:45
- Point reading · La ofrenda como hospitalidad Español · 0:44
- Point reading · Más que dos casillas del calendario Español · 0:48
- Point reading · Espacio para más de una emoción Español · 0:46
- Point reading · ¿Qué no puede decirnos una fotografía? Español · 0:43
- Point reading · La ofrenda: objetos relacionados Español · 0:45
- Point reading · Cempasúchil: un camino de color Español · 0:42
- Point reading · Lo que ilumina la vela Español · 0:41
- Point reading · Un vaso de agua, un gesto de cuidado Español · 0:45
- Point reading · Una mesa, un arco, una habitación Español · 0:47
- Point reading · ¿Cada símbolo tiene un solo significado? Español · 0:47
- Point reading · Las manos que hacen la celebración Español · 0:43
- Point reading · Antes de que la flor llegue al altar Español · 0:44
- Point reading · El pan lleva una firma local Español · 0:43
- Point reading · Papel que deja pasar el cielo Español · 0:46
- Point reading · Una calavera hecha por manos dulceras Español · 0:45
- Point reading · ¿Qué deja fuera un objeto terminado? Español · 0:44
- Point reading · Muchos lugares, muchas formas de recibir Español · 0:49
- Point reading · Michoacán: el lago y la vigilia Español · 0:47
- Point reading · Hanal Pixán: comida para las almas Español · 0:47
- Point reading · Xantolo: la reunión se extiende Español · 0:47
- Point reading · Huaquechula: el recuerdo ocupa la habitación Español · 0:47
- Point reading · ¿Quién falta en este mapa? Español · 0:49
- Point reading · Cómo se formaron las capas de la celebración Español · 0:44
- Point reading · Historias indígenas, en plural Español · 0:51
- Point reading · El calendario y el encuentro colonial Español · 0:47
- Point reading · La Catrina: una imagen con filo Español · 0:46
- Point reading · El desfile: muchas manos, una imagen en movimiento Español · 0:50
- Point reading · ¿Qué antigüedad tiene esta práctica concreta? Español · 0:48
- Point reading · Una tradición viva sigue en movimiento Español · 0:46
- Point reading · ¿Qué sucede después de la ofrenda? Español · 0:45
- Point reading · El recuerdo cruza una frontera Español · 0:47
- Point reading · ¿A quién puede recordar una ofrenda pública? Español · 0:46
- Point reading · Cómo mirar con atención Español · 0:49
- Point reading · ¿Qué significaría continuar este recuerdo? Español · 0:45
- Feel & Experience · A place for those we remember English · 0:49
- Feel & Experience · The photograph: a particular life English · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · What a name makes visible English · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · An offering as hospitality English · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · More than two squares on a calendar English · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · Room for more than one feeling English · 0:34
- Feel & Experience · What can a photograph never tell us? English · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · The ofrenda: objects in relationship English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Cempasúchil: a path of color English · 0:34
- Feel & Experience · What the candle illuminates English · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · A glass of water, a gesture of care English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · A table, an arch, a room English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Does every symbol have one meaning? English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · The hands behind the celebration English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Before the flower reaches the altar English · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Bread carries a local signature English · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Paper that lets the sky through English · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · A skull made by a confectioner English · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · What does a finished object leave out? English · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Many places, many ways of welcoming English · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · Michoacán: the lake and the vigil English · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · Hanal Pixán: food for the souls English · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Xantolo: the gathering extends outward English · 0:41
- Feel & Experience · Huaquechula: remembrance rises through a room English · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · Who is missing from this map? English · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · How the celebration acquired its layers English · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · Indigenous histories, in the plural English · 0:38
- Feel & Experience · The calendar and the colonial encounter English · 0:41
- Feel & Experience · La Catrina: an image with a sharp edge English · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · The parade: many hands, one moving image English · 0:41
- Feel & Experience · How old is this particular practice? English · 0:38
- Feel & Experience · A living tradition keeps moving English · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · What happens after the offering? English · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Remembrance crosses a border English · 0:43
- Feel & Experience · Who can a public ofrenda remember? English · 0:44
- Feel & Experience · How to look with attention English · 0:38
- Feel & Experience · What would it mean to carry this forward? English · 0:54
- Feel & Experience · Un lugar para quienes recordamos Español · 0:47
- Feel & Experience · La fotografía: una vida en particular Español · 0:31
- Feel & Experience · Lo que un nombre hace visible Español · 0:31
- Feel & Experience · La ofrenda como hospitalidad Español · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · Más que dos casillas del calendario Español · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · Espacio para más de una emoción Español · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · ¿Qué no puede decirnos una fotografía? Español · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · La ofrenda: objetos relacionados Español · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Cempasúchil: un camino de color Español · 0:34
- Feel & Experience · Lo que ilumina la vela Español · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · Un vaso de agua, un gesto de cuidado Español · 0:33
- Feel & Experience · Una mesa, un arco, una habitación Español · 0:32
- Feel & Experience · ¿Cada símbolo tiene un solo significado? Español · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Las manos que hacen la celebración Español · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · Antes de que la flor llegue al altar Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · El pan lleva una firma local Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · Papel que deja pasar el cielo Español · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · Una calavera hecha por manos dulceras Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · ¿Qué deja fuera un objeto terminado? Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · Muchos lugares, muchas formas de recibir Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Michoacán: el lago y la vigilia Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Hanal Pixán: comida para las almas Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Xantolo: la reunión se extiende Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · Huaquechula: el recuerdo ocupa la habitación Español · 0:34
- Feel & Experience · ¿Quién falta en este mapa? Español · 0:36
- Feel & Experience · Cómo se formaron las capas de la celebración Español · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · Historias indígenas, en plural Español · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · El calendario y el encuentro colonial Español · 0:40
- Feel & Experience · La Catrina: una imagen con filo Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · El desfile: muchas manos, una imagen en movimiento Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · ¿Qué antigüedad tiene esta práctica concreta? Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · Una tradición viva sigue en movimiento Español · 0:37
- Feel & Experience · ¿Qué sucede después de la ofrenda? Español · 0:35
- Feel & Experience · El recuerdo cruza una frontera Español · 0:43
- Feel & Experience · ¿A quién puede recordar una ofrenda pública? Español · 0:44
- Feel & Experience · Cómo mirar con atención Español · 0:39
- Feel & Experience · ¿Qué significaría continuar este recuerdo? Español · 0:52
- Music and Mexican street ambience
Versions & sources 1 edition
- English / Español · Feel & ExperiencePrimary assistant
Rotating sphere, six-direction compass, media embedded at points, bilingual guided listening · Authored Sep 9, 2026
37 points · English 25:16 / Español 24:40 at the default gentle pace
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Heart English and Dora Spanish; complete point readings and guided journeys. Real photographs retain individual credits and licenses. Imagined scenes remain distinct from documented cultural accounts. Full human listening review pending. Optional music and real Mexican street ambience have independent volume and follow narration playback; sound credits are included.
Crystal Ball ORB
Prediction orb & courseFifteen forecasts in one illustrated crystal ball: 53 distinct images with web sources and local AI provenance, ten World Watch readings and nine unrecorded learning chapters.
TopicWorld & ideas
Points53
AvailableRead & exploreORB Learn
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 29 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- BLS · September release calendar website
- BLS · July consumer prices website
- Asian Games organizers · Opening ceremony arrangements website
- Olympic Council of Asia · Hangzhou results and records website
- Aichi–Nagoya 2026 · Official Games website website
- Apple Developer · September 9 special event website
- Tom’s Guide · September event preview (rumor reporting) website
- Television Academy · 78th Emmy nominations and September 14 ceremony website
- Television Academy · The Pitt nominations and awards website
- Meta · Introducing Muse (vendor claims and approval design) website
- NASA · Progress 96 launch and docking coverage website
- NASA · Progress 96 current event status website
- NASA · SpaceX Crew-13 launch timetable website
- Television Academy · Hacks nominations website
- NHC · Atlantic tropical weather outlook website
- USTA · US Open 101: match format website
- ATP · US Open 2026 schedule and previous final website
- Blizzard · BlizzCon returns September 12–13 website
- PC Gamer · Reported StarCraft website teaser website
- IMTS · Demonstration-based robot teaching website
- IMTS · Planned drone production and flight demonstration website
- IMTS · September 14–19 attractions website
- Salesforce · Architect’s guide to Dreamforce 2026 website
- Salesforce · Dreamforce September 15–17 program website
- Konami · TGS schedule and Project ZIRCON demonstration website
- CESA · Tokyo Game Show 2026 website
- Image credits and provenance image credits
- Current unrecorded reading course reading course
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 3 editions
- Original edition · repository snapshotPrimary assistant authored · Kokoro Michael narration
One rotating sphere, three conceptual layers and a narrated learning spiral · Authored Sep 8, 2026
28 points · 10 course chapters · 19:24 recorded · 21 World Watch stories
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Historical repository snapshot. The current live reader uses Edition 04. Old recordings were removed from the live branch and local project at the owner’s request; ordinary Git history retains prior revisions.
- Beyond the Headlines · Edition 03Primary assistant authored · unrecorded reading course
One sphere: themes, predictions and evidence · Authored Sep 8, 2026
36 points · 10 nonpolitical forecasts · 6 reading chapters
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Historical repository snapshot. The current live reader uses Edition 04. Old recordings were removed from the live branch and local project at the owner’s request; ordinary Git history retains prior revisions.
- Signals of Tomorrow · Illustrated Edition 04Primary assistant authored · unrecorded reading course
One sphere: themes, predictions and evidence · Authored Sep 8, 2026
53 illustrated points · 15 forecasts · 9 reading chapters
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Photo revision: 21 credited web images and 32 labeled local FLUX.2 Klein illustrations. All Edition 04 forecasts, probabilities, cutoffs and scoring rules preserved. Nine reading chapters remain unrecorded; old audio retired at owner request.
Olympic National Park
Field guide & Spiral CoursesExplore 72 illustrated points across Olympic’s living homelands, mountains, rainforests, rivers and coast. Listen in two complete modes: ORB Learn and ORB Feel & Experience, recorded locally with Bella.
TopicNature
Points72
AvailableRead & explore · Audio · FilmORB Learn · ORB Feel & Experience
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 61 library items · 25 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- NPS · Olympic National Park website
- NPS · Tribes of the Olympic Peninsula website
- NPS · Government-to-government coordination website
- NPS · History and culture website
- Makah Tribe · Makah Museum website
- NPS · Geology website
- NPS · Olympic geodiversity atlas website
- NPS · Subduction zones website
- NPS · Mountains website
- NPS · Glaciers and climate change website
- NPS · Glacier monitoring website
- NPS · Temperate rain forests website
- NPS · Montane forests website
- NPS · Fire ecology website
- USGS · Ecology of Olympic National Park website
- NPS · Olympic marmot website
- NPS · Marmot monitoring website
- NPS · Rivers and lakes website
- NPS · Salmon life cycle website
- NPS · Anadromous fish website
- Tonra et al. · Marine-derived nutrients after Elwha dam removal (2015) website
- Quinault Indian Nation · Salmon and river fisheries website
- Quinault Indian Nation · Water quality website
- Quinault Indian Nation · Lake Quinault Management Plan website
- Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe · River restoration website
- NPS · History of the Elwha website
- NOAA repository · Reconnecting the Elwha River: fish response (2021) website
- USGS · Environmental DNA and recolonizing fish website
- USGS · Elwha dam removal and coastal ecosystems website
- NPS · Coast website
- NPS · Intertidal monitoring website
- NPS · Ocean acidification in the rocky intertidal website
- NPS · Science and research website
- NPS · North Coast and Cascades research website
- NPS · Lake Crescent website
- NPS · Hurricane Ridge website
- NPS · Hoh Rain Forest website
- NPS · Queets valley website
- NPS · Sol Duc Valley website
- NPS · Staircase and the North Fork Skokomish website
- NPS · Mountain goat removal and current monitoring website
- NPS · Roosevelt elk website
- NPS · Moments in Time: nurse logs and snags website
- US Forest Service · Pacific Northwest forest and rangeland soil organism symposium (1999) document
- NPS · Elwha revegetation project plan (historical) website
- NPS · Elwha field records, January 2013–August 2014 website
- NOAA · Oceanography of the Olympic Coast website
- NOAA · How upwelling works website
- NOAA · About Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary website
- NOAA · Olympic Coast kelp forests and rocky reefs website
- NOAA · Olympic Coast oceanographic moorings website
- NOAA · Olympic Coast invertebrates website
- NPS · North Coast and Cascades water-quality monitoring website
- NOAA · Temperature, oxygen and fish embryo survival website
- NOAA · Pacific salmon and steelhead glossary website
- USGS · Temperature and water website
- NOAA · What is an estuary? website
- NOAA · What is the intertidal zone? website
- NPS · Beaches and coastal landforms website
- Course photographs and illustrations — provenance image credits
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 01 · Olympic Worlds → Ozette Memory English · 4:20
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 02 · Ozette Evidence → Ice-carved Valleys English · 4:15
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 03 · Crescent Trout → Ice Mass Balance English · 4:28
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 04 · Summer Water → Olympic Marmot English · 4:28
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 05 · Olympic Isolation → Queets Forest English · 4:10
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 06 · Nurse Logs → Douglas-fir Forest English · 4:19
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 07 · Floodplain Channels → Salmon Nests English · 4:06
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 08 · Journey to Sea → Blueback Evidence English · 4:10
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 09 · Elwha River → Presence & Recovery English · 4:29
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 10 · River to Coast → Kelp Forests English · 4:10
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 11 · Between the Tides → Better Questions English · 4:08
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course · 12 · Ice & Water? → Quinault Questions? English · 4:42
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 01 · Olympic Worlds → Ozette Memory English · 4:16
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 02 · Ozette Evidence → Ice-carved Valleys English · 4:05
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 03 · Crescent Trout → Ice Mass Balance English · 4:04
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 04 · Summer Water → Olympic Marmot English · 4:04
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 05 · Olympic Isolation → Queets Forest English · 4:09
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 06 · Nurse Logs → Douglas-fir Forest English · 4:04
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 07 · Floodplain Channels → Salmon Nests English · 4:06
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 08 · Journey to Sea → Blueback Evidence English · 4:07
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 09 · Elwha River → Presence & Recovery English · 4:16
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 10 · River to Coast → Kelp Forests English · 3:58
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 11 · Between the Tides → Better Questions English · 4:07
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio Journey · 12 · Ice & Water? → Quinault Questions? English · 4:47
- Olympic Forest — Mist, Canopy, Water 2:22
Versions & sources 4 editions
- Expanded Olympic field guideModel not recorded
Clickable rotating word map, six-direction compass and deeper reading links · Authored Sep 8, 2026
72 illustrated readings · 59 sources · Six open investigations
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Expanded replacement of the existing reading ORB with all 72 points illustrated. Preserves the earlier point IDs, evidence and compass. Includes links to both complete 72-point Spiral Courses; the earlier 30-point Aria recording remains a historical edition.
- ORB Feel & Experience · Earlier 30-point recordingModel not recorded
Narration, animated spiral and synchronized reading · Authored Sep 7, 2026
30 points · 48:33 narration · Microsoft Aria
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Complete guided imagery revision 2: 180 new Microsoft Aria passages, 63 intentional pauses, 30 exclusive visuals, synchronized reading and captions. Playback starts at the opening; saved places require an explicit resume choice. Full listening review remains pending. This earlier recording is separate from the expanded September 8 reading edition.
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio CourseLocal Kokoro Bella · FLUX.2 Klein
Narrated word spiral with timed passages, images and independent Resume · Authored Sep 8, 2026
72 illustrated points · 51:50 recorded · Twelve audio chapters
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Locally drafted and substantially rewritten against the sourced ORB. Local Bella narration with measured paragraph cues; credited photos and labeled illustrations. Playback, images and audio files technically verified. Full listening review pending.
- ORB Feel & Experience — Guided Audio JourneyLocal Kokoro Bella · FLUX.2 Klein
Narrated word spiral with timed passages, images and independent Resume · Authored Sep 8, 2026
72 illustrated points · 50:09 recorded · Twelve audio chapters
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Dreaming Olympic: a second-person guided dream written directly by the primary assistant, with no local writing model. Local Bella narration follows the exact script with measured paragraph cues. Live playback and audio files technically verified; full listening review pending. Includes a quiet Olympic-inspired forest drone with independent mute and volume, generated locally with ACE-Step and authored sound synthesis.
South Sound Salmon Watching Guide
Salmon field guide & ORB LearnPlan an autumn salmon outing at 11 locations around Olympia, the South Sound and farther afield. Explore 20 points with real photographs first, optional local AI illustrations, seasonal dates, maps and an educational course written by Astra and voiced locally by Michael.
TopicNature
Points20
AvailableRead & explore · Audio · FilmORB Learn
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 23 library items · 1 recording
Reality Gallery & sources
- Washington salmon viewing website
- Olympia and Tumwater Chinook viewing website
- Tumwater Falls Fest · September 26, 2026 website
- Stream Team · McLane Creek trail website
- Kennedy Creek · 2026 public viewing schedule website
- Capitol Land Trust · Bayshore viewing locations (2025 event) website
- WDFW · Hood Canal fall chum management document
- Hoodsport Hatchery · public access boundaries website
- Harbor WildWatch · November–December salmon tours website
- Gig Harbor · Donkey Creek Park website
- Parks Tacoma · December 2025 salmon program website
- Swan Creek · entrances and current notices website
- Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery · seasonal returns website
- NPS · Salmon Cascades website
- NPS · Sol Duc and Hoh coho viewing website
- Olympic National Park · current conditions website
- NOAA Fisheries · olfaction and homing website
- Oregon Fish & Wildlife · observing spawning website
- WDFW · Pacific salmon and wildlife document
- WDFW · rainfall, coho, and urban runoff website
- Regional seasonal viewing table (2023) document
- Photo and illustration credits image credits
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
- ORB Learn — Spiral Audio Course English · 13:04
Versions & sources 1 edition
Rotating word map, six-direction compass, seasonal planner and synchronized educational narration · Authored Sep 8, 2026
20 points · Real photo / AI illustration switch · 11 locations · 13:04 recorded · Local Kokoro Michael
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
Prose and narration written directly by Astra, the primary assistant. Voice generated locally with Kokoro Michael. Twenty credited real photographs are the default; the original twenty local FLUX.2 Klein illustrations remain available through an image switch. Captions distinguish exact locations from wider town or watershed views. Photo switching preserves course playback. Dates remain seasonal recommendations except specifically confirmed event and access hours. Full listening review pending.
Quinault
Narrated journeyRain, forest, water, and the Quinault people in an eight-point narrated spiral.
TopicNature
Points8
AvailableRead & explore · Audio · FilmFirst encounter pilot
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 9 library items · 9 recordings
Reality Gallery & sources
- Temperate rain forests · National Park Service website
- Quinault area · National Park Service website
- Olympic glaciers · National Park Service website
- Lake Quinault management · Quinault Indian Nation website
- Natural resources · Quinault Indian Nation website
- Habitat management and restoration · Quinault Indian Nation website
- Taholah relocation background · Quinault Indian Nation website
- Quinault course record and source notes metadata
- Edition source files Source record
Listen to this edition
- Enter the valley English · 1:26
- Follow the rain English · 1:33
- The land beneath English · 1:34
- A forest grows through decay English · 1:29
- Water connects the valley English · 1:42
- A living homeland English · 1:38
- The work of repair English · 1:40
- Return to the whole valley English · 1:31
- A forest grows through decay English · 1:08
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Narrated pilotModel not recorded
Eight-stop narrated journey · Published Sep 7, 2026
8 stops · 12:37 recorded · First encounter pilot
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
An eight-stop narrated adaptation.
The ORB Skill
Interactive field guideLearn to use ORB for education and self-improvement through a navigable field guide, practical exercises and portable notes.
TopicEducation
Points20
AvailableRead & exploreExplore at your own pace
Updated
Reality Gallery & recordings 6 library items
Reality Gallery & sources
- ORB navigation · installed skill, inspected September 7, 2026 website
- ORB Web · installed artifact and journey guidance website
- Roediger & Karpicke (2006) · Test-enhanced learning website
- Cepeda et al. (2006) · Distributed practice in verbal recall website
- ORB Share — create, preview and submit a text ORB website
- Edition source files Source record
Versions & sources 1 edition
- Learning field guideModel not recorded
Rotating ORB map and six-direction compass · Authored Sep 7, 2026
20 stops · Readings, exercises, checkpoints · No narration
ORB skill version: not recorded · Source snapshot ↗
An original field guide to education and self-improvement with ORB. Includes course-script and video-workflow guidance; no generated audio or video.
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