Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 Joseph Campbell had the right kind of parents. I’m envious. With the right kind of parents children have an immediate advantage that others their age can never overtake. Just try getting over having had the wrong kind of parents! And mine were no worse than 90% of the parents in their age group. GivesContinue reading “June 25, 2022”

01 Against Orthodoxy! In Praise of Heresy! G.K. Chesterson said, “When Jones follows his Inner Light, Jones follows Jones.” Of course. As with everybody who follows anything. Ask someone why they follow whom they follow. Let’s say their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And they will give you the spiel implanted by Orthodoxy, “Blah, Blah,Continue reading “June 23-B, 2022”

01 “Tat Tvam Asi” is Sanskrit for “Thou Art That,” meaning the individual is the Absolute, or, as the Buddhists say, “All is Buddha-mind.” It takes but a shift in perspective to see that it is so. That shift in perspective is known as “Enlightenment,” or, “Awakening.” As Jesus would say, “The Father and IContinue reading “June 22, 2022”

01 Without motives, drives, plans, agendas, expectations and opinions, we are free to just be where we are, seeing/hearing what’s what and what is called for, and doing what needs to be done with the gifts/daemon/shtick of our original nature and innate virtues, when, where and how it needs to be done, for the joyContinue reading “June 18, 2022”

01 Where is that “very present help in time of trouble”? “Though there be no cattle in the stalls, no sheep in the pasture, no grapes on the vines, no grain in the fields, yet even so, I will not forsake the way that is The Way, nor abandon my fealty, my loyalty, my devotionContinue reading “June 17-B, 2022”

01 I wish democracy worked as advertised. Majority rule and all that jazz. Money owns the government. The people don’t have a chance. And the people have to understand that and not give a damn. The attitude of the people cannot/must not be hopelessness and a loss of faith in government. The attitude of theContinue reading “June 17, 2022”