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January 04-B, 2023

The conditions and circumstances of our life impose themselves upon us against our will and require us to make concessions and accommodations appropriate to the occasion from birth to death. The water that falls in my backyard flows roughly from south to north. The water that falls in my front yard flows roughly from northContinue reading “January 04-B, 2023”

January 04-A, 2023

There is no consensus regarding what is called for, what needs to happen in each situation as it arises. We are on our own. We hear different things from the emptiness, stillness and silence regarding what needs to be done, what is ours to do. Our place is to heed the call we hear. ToContinue reading “January 04-A, 2023”

January 03-B, 2023

Everyone wants to be “happy.” No one knows what that means. It means engaging consciously/mindfully in the process of maturation, seeing what’s what, rising to the occasion and doing what needs to be done about it, day-in-and-day-out, for no reason other than because it needs to be done. And doing that with the proper frameContinue reading “January 03-B, 2023”

January 03-A, 2023

The universe is a random collection of events and circumstances. Cosmic order amounts to nothing more than settling dust after a lot of chaotic collisions among things seeking equilibrium and homeostasis, like water seeking its own level. We are all like that, seeking our own level, searching for our place, for where we belong, forContinue reading “January 03-A, 2023”

January 02-C, 2023

We don’t seem to have what it takes, consistently, dependably, reliably, to do what needs to be done, when, and where, and how it needs to be done. When it happens, it is a marvel. It is a pity that it doesn’t happen all of the time. We could transform the world just by doingContinue reading “January 02-C, 2023”

January 02-B, 2023

Everything is grist for the mill– and we are milling ourselves on the way which is the Way, and the only way, from Eden to Gethsemane. Everything is food for the journey, leading us– if we let it– to the truth of who we are and how things are with us– and what’s what, andContinue reading “January 02-B, 2023”

January 02-A, 2023

We live for those brushes with transcendence that are scattered about in each day– the wake-me-ups that point us beyond the moment to something moving us through our life, calling us to “be still and know” what’s what, to look into each encounter with mystery, wonder, the unknown just beyond the threshold of consciousness likeContinue reading “January 02-A, 2023”

January 01-B, 2023

We bring God to life in our lives by the way we live in seeing and doing what needs to be done, when, and where, and how it needs to be done, in each situation as it arises, all our life long. Serving God means serving what is called for moment-to-moment all day every day.Continue reading “January 01-B, 2023”

January 01-A, 2023

There are no reasons for things being the way they are. “The interplay of circumstances” is the best we can do. Change anything and we change everything. It is all so intricately balanced, like a house of cards, with nothing having to be the way it is and everything being the result of a seriesContinue reading “January 01-A, 2023”

January, 2023

We live our life in and through and with things that make no sense. It is an utterly senseless world as far as I can see. And we make it work. We bring balance and harmony to bear on the absurdity of existence. We make loose ends meet. We square circles of confusion time afterContinue reading “January, 2023”

December 31-B, 2022

Denial trumps everything. Speaking of Trump, Donald is a wonderful example of denial at work in the world, living proof that you can fool some of the people all of the time. And there is no convincing the true believers that they have been duped and are wrong to their core. No evidence can beContinue reading “December 31-B, 2022”

December 31-A, 2022

We are lazy and easily bored. That’s a mix for trouble. The only way out of the morass is to schedule long Come To Truth talks with ourselves on a regular basis. “You say you want something to do, but you don’t want to do anything, is that it?” What to do is always rightContinue reading “December 31-A, 2022”