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?
Swan Lake 05 — 07/11/2019 — Swan Lake, Iris Gardens, Sumter, South Carolina
Knowing what's what, what's happening, and what's called for, and doing it when, where, and how it is called for, in each situation as it arises, is all Jesus and the Buddha ever did.
No one can do more than that!
And the path to doing that is the path of emptiness, stillness, silence, and waiting for clarity, or enlightenment, realization, awareness, and allowing our intuitive impulse to action to spontaneously respond appropriately to the situation at hand, seeing, hearing, knowing, doing as it always does in fitting with kindness and common courtesy throughout social situations worldwide.
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, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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