November 23, 2023 – A

Jesus was killed for 
calling out the establishment.
So was John the Baptist.
And the Gnostics.

The Taoists and the Buddhists
didn't call anyone out
and lived their life to its natural end
in the company of poverty and AUMMMmmmm... 

How things are is not how they ought to be.

What are we going to do about that?
Money gets to say what ought to be but.
There is in-fighting even there,
and wars are fought over who gets to say
what ought to be
with the winner taking all for a while.

Leaving us to fall into the Is/Ought To Be fracas 
as well as we can
given the nature of our circumstances.
Carving out our own sense of the Ought To Be,
within the options available to us
and letting that be that
because it is.

It would be different if it could be,
but "this" is always the best we can do 
with what we have to work with
within the times at hand.

It is called "Making our peace
with the way things are,"
in the sense of,
"This is the way things are,
and this is what we can do about it,
and that is the way things are,"
kind of way.

How are you coming along with that?
What would be helpful?
I think all I need is a sounding board,
which is a role you provide.

I get to talk things out with you,
but who do you get to talk things out with?

Talking things out is essential.
We have to articulate how things are with us
in order to hear what we are saying
and adjust our perspective and our perception
as necessary to take the allness of our situation
into account.

How do we see what we look at?
How do we look at what we see?
How does what we believe
impact what things mean?
How does what things mean 
serve/transform what we believe?

We have to talk things out to know.
We have to SAY where meaning comes from,
where our beliefs originate,
what our perceptions are
how our perspective fits into all of this
and who says so.

A sounding board is a vital aspect
of seeing/hearing/knowing/understanding/doing/being.

Who are you talking to?
Who is listening to what you have to say?
Make sure that you are!
And see where it leads, where it goes.

That's all we have to work with
in coming to terms with how things are,
and doing what can be done about it,
and letting that be what it is
because it is,
which changes our relationship with it,
and transforms our world,
just by talking things out.

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