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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”

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”