October 30, 2025

Right seeing, right hearing, right knowing, right doing, right being is all there is to it--and it is increasingly out of the question, because we have been overtaken by the noise and dust of the world. Bullied, you might say, into the new Dark Age where up is down, right is wrong and no one knows what's what.

And so, the need for emptiness, stillness, silence in which to sit and wait for the mud to settle and the water to clear and for everyone to regain their balance and find their bearings.

Finding the center requires us to sit still and breathe, waiting for balance, harmony and sanity to be restored, remembering, in the words of Martin Palmer, "The path that can be discerned as a path is not a reliable path." And the people who proclaim they have found the path are not reliable guides. The wold is awash in unreliable guides. Let the seeker beware, and seek the inner light to what is called for and serve that with all our heart, and mind, and soul and strength, regardless of what is trending. In these times, following the crowd may well lead deeper into the wasteland of dismay and disarray. No?