jimwdollar

August 05-B, 2022

The following is an excerpt from my book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” on WordPress: “Less than 45% of registered voters turn out to vote in most elections. 50% of 45% is only 25% of the voters registered to vote. If you cannot scare 25% of the registered voters into voting for you, youContinue reading “August 05-B, 2022”

August 05-A, 2022

Carl Jung’s idea of synchronicity, with the right thing happening at the right time, in the right way is a here/now description of the Tao from 5000 BCE. What is in charge of arraigning synchronicity? That is what is in charge of the Tao. Jung would call it “the unconscious,” which is a catch phraseContinue reading “August 05-A, 2022”

August 04-B, 2022

Whatever the next thing is that gets you down, tell yourself that Helen Keller had it much worse, and stand up and do what needs to be done. Helen Keller–and Anne Sullivan– are my Go To women of courage and valor. And they are way ahead of any men I can think of. Helen KellerContinue reading “August 04-B, 2022”

August 04-A, 2022

Carl Jung said that none of the really important problems can be solved– they can only be outgrown. All it takes is growing up some more again. All our life long. Growing up is the solution to all of our problems today. Any day. Every day. Why don’t we just grow up? Save ourselves aContinue reading “August 04-A, 2022”

August 03-B, 2022

What to do is never a problem for those firmly established upon the Anchor Stone of their original nature and the innate virtues that come with them from the womb. When we live out of who we are instead of out of trying to get what we want, what to do is always right there,Continue reading “August 03-B, 2022”

August 03-A 2022

I did not live out my life in Peggy’s Cove, or in Itta Bena, Mississippi. I’m just a glad to be a wayfaring stranger quite at home wandering from place to place with a camera and a notebook in hand seeking a different take on things, a shifting point of view, a never-changing perspective. IfContinue reading “August 03-A 2022”

August 02-C, 2022

We find our way, not by serving/doing/seeking what we want, but opening ourselves to what needs us to do it– to what needs us in particular to do it. And discover, thereby, that what needs our peculiar blend of gifts/shtick/knacks/interests/loves/daemon/etc. is precisely what we need most to bring forth, exhibit/express/incarnate/make known. We discover who weContinue reading “August 02-C, 2022”

August 02-B, 2022

This is the way things are, and this is what we can do about it, and that’s that– and THAT’S the way things are. This is the agreement we make with life upon conception. Some of us don’t seem to understand the terms, and mope about sighing, “But The Suffering! The Pain!” Suffering and painContinue reading “August 02-B, 2022”

August 02-A, 2022

Too many people have no life, enjoy nothing about their life, have nothing to look forward to upon getting out of bed. Drag through the day without purpose or zeal. Just going through the motions, seeing nothing they look at, hearing nothing that is being said, and saying nothing in return. Angry as hell, andContinue reading “August 02-A, 2022”

August 01-B, 2022

The trick is knowing/understanding/comprehending/realizing what it means to say, “Thy will, not mine, be done,” with the “Thy” being an absolute Mystery beyond all thought of inquiry and investigation. A thing apart, about which nothing can be known or said, hunched, intuited, grasped, thought or considered. The Source, Ground and Goal of Life is LifeContinue reading “August 01-B, 2022”

August 01-A, 2022

We are here to be who we are, to find and live the life that is ours to live, and to make the best of all that comes our way, while being a good, safe, place for other people to be. That’s all our life asks of us. How can we screw up something asContinue reading “August 01-A, 2022”

August, 2022

The trouble with trouble is that it creates noise and complexity, disrupts our life, destabilizes our balance and harmony and zip-lines us into the far corner of the wasteland. We deal best with trouble by making an assessment of the impact zone and determining what needs to happen to begin reordering our world. When weContinue reading “August, 2022”