Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Here is a TED talk whose theme is “Habitual Intuition All The Way!” And, Alan Watts’ observation that “People who are habitually intuitive are thought of as being lucky by everyone who knows them or hears about them.”
It would be wrong of you to not watch it.
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters and five granddaughters within about twenty minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything. View more posts
Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Great presentation! I need to think about how to apply it to my life!
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The trick is to “be free to do what our gut tells us to do”!
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Great talk… he has this cool relaxed attitude about his life, coming from knowing that he was always right, whenever he followed his natural instincts. He is certainly likely to motivate a lot of people who may only have a hunch about what they really want to do in life, but are too afraid to trust their gut feelings!
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It takes courage to follow your own inner guide/light, and the culture is against it. We are to do what we are told with no questions asked. Which makes the Buddha’s stand under the Bodhi Tree, and Jesus’ experience in the wilderness all the more courageous and important. They were going against what they had always been taught.
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Very true. I think most people are afraid to rebel against the established social norms, the expected patterns by family, society etc. rather than trusting what they really want. Everyone may not be lucky enough to encounter ‘convenient’ breaks either, a road less travelled could have its own difficulties, so it is really an act of courage, trust and confidence, which most do not manage to find.
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.”A case can be made for courage generating its own luck, in a “The path opens before those who start walking” kind of way. Luck comes to meet those who “start walking.” As though the muses say, “Show us that you mean it,” before blessing us with their intercessions.
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