Author Archives: jimwdollar

I’ve been hobbled by a complete lack of sophistication all my life–a spinoff of the Puer Aeternus syndrome of never growing up and always being surprised that life turns out to be this way. (Of course, I don’t see how any of us could have ever seen THIS present state of affairs coming.) And needingContinue reading “February 21, 2026”

What do you have to say that needs to be said? Write it out. Saying what needs to be said will open the door to what else needs to be said, and that will open you to all that needs to be said all of the time. Say it by writing it out.

Jesus did not worry about believing anything in order to get to heaven when he died. His only interest was to do what was called for in each situation as it arose, where and how it was called for. With Jesus, it came down to doing the right thing, in the right way, in theContinue reading “February 19, 2026”

169. From 200 Zen Thoughts #3 on my WordPress Blog Curiosity and no ulterior motives are the two character requirements for the exploration of spiritual reality. We aren’t in it for anything we can get out of it. We are simply wondering what’s what and what’s called for and what might happen in an if,Continue reading “February 19, 2026”

I don’t want you–any of you, all of you–to lose heart. I want you to believe in you. To not give up on you. You are precious beyond words. When we run out of words and there are no words for what we have to say–as in the experience of this photograph, for example, orContinue reading “February 18, 2026”

We need more help than we get. We can nod in agreement and then go back to doing the best we can. Here’s to you! Good luck with what you’re facing today! And tomorrow! Etc. A moment of silence for us all! And may we find there solace and direction, comfort and peace with theContinue reading “February 17, 2026”

There are people who think the Garden of Eden had latitude and longitude and evolution is a preposterous lie. I don’ t know how we all can hope to get together in more than a superficial and insignificant way and do anything in the service of a deeper good for human kind and the planetContinue reading “February 16, 2026”

Where would you go to be alive? Fully alive? Completely removed from the things that keep you from being alive? Completely immersed in the things that bring you to life? What brings you to life? What prevents you from being fully alive? Our work is to be fully alive. When we are fully alive, weContinue reading “February 15, 2026”

Projection is a psychological process of seeing “out there” what is actually “in here.” It is easily recognized by its “footprint.” The script, “X is Y.” Expresses a projection in action. “You are beautiful.” “You are stupid.” “She/He/It/Them/They are (Fill in the blank) are all projections. Projections are about us and our perceptions. They areContinue reading “February 14, 2026”

We cooperate with the time and place of our living by the way we respond to our environment, in tipping table servers say, or thanking the bus driver, or exhibiting a smoothly soothing attitude in the way we deal with the everyday affairs of life. Our attitude makes a difference. Transforming the world starts withContinue reading “February 13, 2026”

This is from 200 Zen Thoughts #3 On My Word Press Site: 106. Our intuition knows. We need to know how to know what our intuition knows–and how to apply it in the right way. We are back to the days of the Tao and knowing what the Tao know. They who knew in thoseContinue reading “February 12, 2026”

Frasier Snowden said, “The only true philosophical question is Where do you draw the line?” Human beings invented line drawing, apparently without knowing what they were doing, raising questions the natural world had never considered. Establishing boundaries, creating borders. One of the Old Testament’s commandments that did not make the top ten is my personalContinue reading “February 11, 2026”