What does wanting know? We know what we want, but we don’t know/care what we ought to want, and we know know how to want what we ought to want, even if we know what that is. We cannot control our wanting. We cannot control what we think is important, and we cannot force ourselvesContinue reading “September, 2022”
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August 31-B, 2022
We live to find out what we can do and what we have no business doing. We live to know what our limits are. We can’t just be afraid of what they might be. And we can’t be thinking we can do anything we want. We are limited by our interests, capabilities/abilities… I thought IContinue reading “August 31-B, 2022”
August 31-A 2022
The New Dark Ages are at the gates. Jesus was helpless against those who would not see. Helplessness remains remains the case with willful blindness and self-righteous stupidity. There is nothing denial cannot deny. Idiocy has to play itself out, sometimes, over generations. It is not going to disappear just because it would be convenientContinue reading “August 31-A 2022”
August 30-C, 2022
Our life is where we bring ourselves forth, exhibiting, displaying, expressing, reflecting, incarnating, unveiling, disclosing who we are for all to see acknowledge, behold and duplicate by living their own life in ways that are unique to them. We are all the Christ in our own way, “the anointed one” come to exhibit and makeContinue reading “August 30-C, 2022”
August 30-B, 2022
Joseph Campbell talked about the difference between the Ego and the Tao in terms of finding our way through our life. He said the Ego is the critical function, and the Tao is the intuitive function. The Ego assesses a situation in terms of pros and cons, likes and don’t likes, and figuring the odds,Continue reading “August 30-B, 2022”
August 30-A, 2022
We have to find our peace and live from there. It begins with making our peace with our life just as it is. With coming to terms with things just as they are. Most people I know never do this. They live hopelessly, or with resentment and bitterness, or depression, or with a combination ofContinue reading “August 30-A, 2022”
August 29-B, 2022
Take refuge in your original nature and in your innate virtues. These are our superpowers, and our ever-present help in time of trouble. We sink into who we are and do what is ours to do, becoming who we are uniquely suited to be in each situation as it arises, like Clark Kent becoming Superman.Continue reading “August 29-B, 2022”
August 29-A, 2022
Doing things that matter to us, that are important to us, and doing them well, is good training/practice for doing things that matter to others, that are important to the way the world works, and doing them well makes all the difference. Find the things that matter to you and do them. Do the thingsContinue reading “August 29-A, 2022”
August 28-B, 2022
“Om Mani Padme Hum” Is a Buddhist chant, containing all of the sutras and the Dharma in six syllables– and which can be further reduced to a single “Om,” or “Aum.” Joseph Campbell said, “AUM” is a symbolic sound that puts you in touch with that resounding being that is the universe. If you heardContinue reading “August 28-B, 2022”
August 28-A, 2022
These are not peaceful times. How do you find your peace when there is no peace? Just breathing helps me. “Just breathing” means just breathing. No thinking. No worrying. No anxiety. No drama. No what-if’s. No… Just breathing. Breathe in. Breathe out. Count to five in sync with your heart beat. Breathe in. Breathe out.Continue reading “August 28-A, 2022”
August 27-B, 2022
All of my women heroes are actual, all of my men heroes are fictional. I don’t know what to make of that. Helen Keller and Ann Sullivan head the list. Princes Diana, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dolly Parton… the list is really long Tevya, Chauncey Gardner, Atticus Finch. That’s about it. There are men I admire, JosephContinue reading “August 27-B, 2022”
August 27-A, 2022
We make our way through the world, generally following “the course of least resistance,” like water on its journey to the sea. In similar situations, we do similar things– things that have worked before, and we assume will work again– and over time we create patterns, or ruts, and fall into habits of mindlessly repeatingContinue reading “August 27-A, 2022”
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