Circumstances are always coming along, crashing into circumstances already in place, creating new circumstances on the spot. Circumstances have been here from the start. There never was a time before circumstances. Circumstances generate circumstances as a perpetual motion machine, never stopping, always going, spinning out more circumstances at days end than there were at theContinue reading “May 01, 2023 – A”
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May, 2023
The way we see things has implications for the life we live and for the lives being lived about us. I recommend seeing the way we see things and reflecting on that in emptiness, stillness and silence, and seeing how our seeing impacts our seeing. Bringing intentional reflection to bear on anything changes our relationshipContinue reading “May, 2023”
April 30-B, 2023
The fascists among us hate us because we are not fascists. The fascists feel safe only among other fascists. Everybody else exists to serve them. If they can be of no service, they are fit for nothing other than death. That is how fascists think. The fascists are arranging things politically so that they winContinue reading “April 30-B, 2023”
April 30-A, 2023
Balance and harmony, peace and tranquility are the grounding qualities enabling the kind of reflection that leads to realization and right-action. They are countered by noise and complexity drama and trauma– the destabilizing aspects of our environment our life too often encounters. Thus requiring regular recurring retreats to emptiness, stillness and silence in order toContinue reading “April 30-A, 2023”
April 29-B, 2023
Grace is the foundation of the universe. Grace is the Tao in action. Grace is Transcendent beauty/wonder coming to life in our lives. Grace is another term for Synchronicity, for the spontaneous– of-the-moment–arising of need meeting need met. What we need, when we need it, where and how we need it to be. Arising ofContinue reading “April 29-B, 2023”
April 29-A, 2023
Each situation carries within it the seeds of its own solution, to be planted by those with eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart that understands/comprehends/ realizes what’s what and what is to be done about it, and does it, with its own original nature and innate virtues/specialties/what it is best at– inContinue reading “April 29-A, 2023”
April 28-C, 2023
It is said that the Buddha held up a Lotus flower before a crowd and said, “You can look at this flower, and either see it, or see it not.” Only Mahākāśyapa smiled. Seeing is smiling. Is laughing. Is rolling on the floor, or the ground, howling with delight and wonder, amazement and joy. AndContinue reading “April 28-C, 2023”
April 28-B, 2023
Vitality, integrity, sincerity, heart. Foundational principles for guiding our way through life. Original nature. Innate virtues. How we do what we do best. Aligned with the center/source, balanced, in harmony, inner and outer, yin and yang. The way to The Way is The Way. Wanting more, with eyes on other things, distraction, disruption, disharmony, destabilization.Continue reading “April 28-B, 2023”
April 28-A, 2023
Our response to the circumstances/situation can interfere with/prevent the solution to the circumstances/situation. Our influence is the uncertain element in the work to balance the equation that is every situation as it arises. In light of Shel Silverstein’s observation, “Some kind of help is the kind of help that help is all about, and someContinue reading “April 28-A, 2023”
April 27-B, 2023
Vitality leads the way. Go where there is life, where life resides, living from your heart all the way, and all will be well, and you will be just fine. It is when we begin to contrive and connive, plan and scheme, devise agendas and think ahead so that if we do this and thisContinue reading “April 27-B, 2023”
April 27-A, 2023
This image makes me want to sit on the big log on the left and wait until tomorrow so I can do it again. Scenes like this do “it” for me. Going to heavy weight fights, or attending the Super Bowl don’t. This “me/not-me” sense of who we are is but one of the expressionsContinue reading “April 27-A, 2023”
April 26-B, 2023
In my opinion, all theology consists of collections of opinion about opinions (Hearsay). Roman Catholic opinion is different from Protestant opinion. Reformed opinion is a form of Protestant opinion that can be sub-divided into a myriad of somewhat related opinions. The same goes for Methodist and Baptist opinion, Pentecostal and Etc. opinion. Philosophy also consistsContinue reading “April 26-B, 2023”
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