jimwdollar

August 14-A, 2022

Our life is always saying, “Here. See what you can do with this.” And it is our place to see what we can do with it. Our creativity and playfulness come into play, along with our intuition and instinct, our original nature and innate virtues, every time we get the “See what you can doContinue reading “August 14-A, 2022”

August 13-B, 2022

There is no Dark Side. There is no Evil Force. There are only foxes and rabbits. Lions and antelope. And human beings driven by ruthlessness, greed and fear, who want what they have no business having, and demand a profit at any price every day. Enlightenment, realization, awakening, illumination is the end of selfishness andContinue reading “August 13-B, 2022”

August 13-A, 2022

Do you think Jesus had something you don’t have? That would be different from Michael Jordan having something you don’t have? And different from your best friend having something you don’t have? I’ll give Jesus a tender heart, a godly bearing, and an orientation toward, and perception of, the numinous, the ineffable, the things thatContinue reading “August 13-A, 2022”

August 12-C, 2022

If Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbot, and their clan hold the slightest attraction, the barest fascination, for you, what are you doing reading this? You belong to the Anti-Woke segment of society, and should be chanting the chants and waving the flags of your kind. You should be lapping up theContinue reading “August 12-C, 2022”

August 12-B, 2022

If we don’t know whether something will work, we only have to give it a spin. Everything becomes clear with time, even to those seeped in denial. Start walking with awareness and the path will open before you— and if the path you think is the path turns out to not be the path, sitContinue reading “August 12-B, 2022”

August 12-A, 2022

Luck is dependent upon the way we see what is happening. Good luck is always aligned with our wants, wishes and desires. Bad luck is always contrary to what we would like to have. Change your mind about what is important, and you luck will always be good. And when something does not go yourContinue reading “August 12-A, 2022”

August 11-C, 2022

The path to the path is generally as close as we get to the path. The path to the path is everywhere. Anywhere. It is all a matter of keeping our eyes open and walking the path we are on, being alert to the choices we make as the path branches, forks and dead-ends. WhatContinue reading “August 11-C, 2022”

August 11-B, 2022

Here is a quote from my book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” on WordPress: “We can begin anywhere, any time, with anything because everything is equidistant from what is important, and everything will lead us there if we live with our eyes open.” Our eyes aren’t open if we cannot change our mind aboutContinue reading “August 11-B, 2022”

August 11-A, 2022

I have walked through American wonderlands with a camera. I can’t think of a better epitaph. And, since I’m not going to have a tombstone, or be buried, but drift on the wind like the spirit blowing where it will, you can do me the favor of carrying my epitaph with you in my memoryContinue reading “August 11-A, 2022”

August 10-B, 2022

My wife and I are treading boiling water between Scylla and Charybdis amid the heaving waves and clashing rocks of the wine-dark sea, awash as we are in the nightmare of selling/buying houses and moving 18 minutes closer to our children because age is limiting our ability to tend and care for two floors, threeContinue reading “August 10-B, 2022”

August 10-A, 2022

Emptiness, stillness, silence, integrity, sincerity, simplicity, original nature, innate virtues, no judgment, no expectation, no agenda, no plan, no opinion, just seeing, just hearing, just knowing what we know, just sensing what needs to be done, and doing it when it needs to be done, where it needs to be done, how it needs toContinue reading “August 10-A, 2022”

August 09-B, 2022

Wait for the door to open, then walk through. But this is not as passive as it sounds. The Colorado River waited for the Grand Canyon to open for thousands of years, and all that while, it was forcing its way through desert rock. Water waits in a strange way. Be like water in yourContinue reading “August 09-B, 2022”