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”
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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”
December 30-C, 2022
There is no uniformity, no consistency, no homogeneity, no regimentation, no orthodoxy, no systematic theology, no systematization, no orchestration, no choreography, no imposed, inorganic, ordering of life upon the living. Only death is static, unchanging, unmoving, rigid, frozen, the same forever. Jesus was inconsistent. So was the Buddha. And don’t even think about their disciples!Continue reading “December 30-C, 2022”
December 30-B, 2022
What guides our boat on its path through the sea? Where do we turn when we have nowhere to turn? What do we have to do regardless of the cost, no matter what the price? What feeds our soul? What causes our little heart to sing and our little toes to dance? Our eyes toContinue reading “December 30-B, 2022”
December 30-A, 2022
The catch with living aligned with the Tao is that you have to be sincerely okay with things being as they are. Every here/now is just right exactly as it is. You can’t have opinion or will in the matter. Your way is one with The Way, or it’s a no-go. The Way is howContinue reading “December 30-A, 2022”
December 29-C, 2022
The way that is the way is like snow melt finding its path to the sea. Like a baby knowing what to do with a nipple. Like a duckling taking to water. Like people naturally being who they are, liking what they like, laughing at what pleases them. It is not like following a recipeContinue reading “December 29-C, 2022”
December 29-B, 2022
Circumstances initiate consequences, begetting responses to circumstances, producing new circumstances, creating complexity, noise and drama– all brought on by things just being what they are, which leads to conflict, confusion and chaos, with intermittent periods of peace and tranquility while circumstances gather themselves for another round of disarray. It is all quite ordinary and predictableContinue reading “December 29-B, 2022”
December 29-A, 2022
Trying to know who is saved and who is not, who is enlightened and who is not, who is in and who is out, who has it and who doesn’t… is contrary to the spirit of “just being, just seeing, just knowing what is called for, just doing what is needed, when, where and howContinue reading “December 29-A, 2022”
December 28-B, 2022
An antiphon/antiphony is “a short chant in Christian ritual” based on the “call and response” alternation” between singers. It doesn’t have to be set to music. It doesn’t have to be sung. It is a fundamental structure, not only in Christianity, but in all religions. It is grounded upon an unspoken reply, or completion, toContinue reading “December 28-B, 2022”
December 28-A, 2022
If it is not helping you, be done with it. If it is not helping you, it belongs to the category of noise/complexity/drama. If it is not helping you, it is hurting you. Take an inventory. Divide your life into the things that are helping you and the things that are not helping you. AllContinue reading “December 28-A, 2022”
December 27-B, 2022
By 600-or-so BCE, the Old Taoists had it figured out. When Yoga and Buddhism came to China, between 200 BCE and 250 CE, Taoism folded in the best of both, and settled into “practice, practice, practice,” while the rest of the world stumbled around in the Waste Land of 10,000 mutually wasteful opinions– with thingsContinue reading “December 27-B, 2022”
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