I cannot tell you anything you don’t already know. I can only remind you of things you know and have forgotten, or have been pushed aside by concerns for the affairs of life, which are quite legitimate, and must be tended. For instance, there is the supreme importance of knowing/realizing/honoring/reflecting/incarnating what is deepest, best andContinue reading “September 09-A, 2022”
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September 08-C, 2022
It comes down to seeing what’s happening, knowing what’s what and doing what is called for in response to it in each situation as it arises all our life long. This is true of landscape photography and of life as a whole. Seeing-Knowing-Doing-Seeing-Knowing-Doing… Forever. There is no place here for thinking or believing. It isContinue reading “September 08-C, 2022”
September 08-B, 2022
Our life moves at its own pace. We cannot hurry it along to some better place to be, or slow it down to stay where we are for a while. Our role is to be sensitive to the movement and ride with the current saying “Yes,” and “No,” at the proper times and places, attunedContinue reading “September 08-B, 2022”
September 08-A, 2022
The Blue Heron stalks food every day. As does every living thing. How long could you make it without resupplying your pantry? It is less than a week for us, and that is much higher than the Third World average, and it is a daily chore for the rest of the world. Life lives closeContinue reading “September 08-A, 2022”
September 07-C, 2022
We can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring– and we have no idea of what we are doing. We have to know that we can trust ourselves to that which knows within, and step into the completely unknown. This is stepping into the Mystery, trusting ourselves to the completely unknown “Knower” within, andContinue reading “September 07-C, 2022”
September 07-B, 2022
We all trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring. No one has to tell us that. If we can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring, we can trust ourselves to know all we need to know to know what needs to be done in each situation as it arises, and to knowContinue reading “September 07-B, 2022”
September 07-A, 2022
What do you do with all your heart? The quality of the remainder of your life, and its value to you and everyone else, hinges on how much time you devote to the things you do with all your heart. We are not here to just pass the time. We are here to invest ourselvesContinue reading “September 07-A, 2022”
September 06-C, 2022
It is all in how we react/respond to what happens that tells the tale– the tale we are here to tell by the way we live our life, which comes down to what we do about each situation as it arises all our life long. We do not know what to do. We do notContinue reading “September 06-C, 2022”
September 06-B, 2022
Balance and harmony flow from mindful awareness of absolutely everything. Fatigue, for instance. Hydration. Nutrition. We have to take care of the basics. What are we taking for granted? Assuming? Ignoring? Overlooking? Awareness requires us to be aware of absolutely everything. That means emptiness. Silence. Stillness. Routinely. Regularly. How many times do you call timeContinue reading “September 06-B, 2022”
September 06-A, 2022
The world as we know it is on a shoddy foundation. It is based on getting/having/amassing/ owning/possessing/controlling/forcing/ compelling/and on and on like that. It is based on having the power to make happen what we want to happen, and to keep someone else from having power equal to ours. This is the basis of capitalismContinue reading “September 06-A, 2022”
September 05-D, 2022
The history of the world– the complete history of the world– is little more than the history of war. I am disgusted that we put so much into having our way and pushing it onto all others– across the board, around the table, throughout history, from the first day we killed somebody because they pissedContinue reading “September 05-D, 2022”
September 05-C, 2022
What are the forces of destabilization in your life? How do you counteract them? When we are able to deal with what faces us in our life like a gyroscope turning out of its own center, we are grounded upon our original nature and the innate virtues that are ours from birth, and living withContinue reading “September 05-C, 2022”
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