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July 15-A, 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh said that Jesus was the western Buddha. He could have said the Buddha was the eastern Jesus. Everybody who knows the truth knows the same thing. Everybody who does the truth, does the same things. Truth is the great connector. If there is disagreement, someone is not being truthful. Jesus and theContinue reading “July 15-A, 2022”

July 14-C, 2022

Looking up “caduceus” on Wikipedia, you will read: “The caduceus is the traditional symbol of Hermes… It is often used as a symbol of medicine, especially in the United States, despite its ancient and consistent associations with trade, liars, thieves, eloquence, negotiation, alchemy, and wisdom.” Which makes it a perfect symbol for me. If youContinue reading “July 14-C, 2022”

July 14-B, 2022

“Om mani padme hum” translates as “The jewel is in the lotus.” This phrase simultaneously implies its completion: “The lotus is in the slime at the bottom of the pond.” “The jewel is in the lotus, and the lotus is in the slime at the bottom of the pond.” Where does the slime stop andContinue reading “July 14-B, 2022”

July 14-A, 2022

The concept of “God’s will” comes to grief upon the realization that if this is the best God can do, God should be fired. And if this is not the best God can do, God should also be fired. A God who wills being incapable of doing better than this is a disgrace to theContinue reading “July 14-A, 2022”

July 13-C, 2022

I know two things about That Which Has Always Been Called God across all time and place, which I call The Source: The Source has no favorites, and has nothing at stake in any outcome– has nothing riding on anything. It is all just fine exactly as it is, and it all is on theContinue reading “July 13-C, 2022”

July 13-B, 2022

We live to be true to ourselves and aligned with what is asked of us in each situation as it arises. We bring forth what is called for from the stores of our original nature and the innate virtues that are ours from birth to meet the needs of the moment, moment after moment, overContinue reading “July 13-B, 2022”

July 13-A, 2022

What does thinking about what you think about keep you from thinking about? Make your peace with that and you have it made– as much as you can have it made in a culture grounded upon diversion, distraction and denial. Entertainment, noise, complexity and confusion are the orders of the day every day. If weContinue reading “July 13-A, 2022”

July 12-C, 2022

It would be easier to be a sand dune, or a mountain range. Nothing to do but sit there and take it. Let the wind blow you where it will. Nothing to strive for, fear, desire, dread… Life presents a completely different set of problems. We wonder when is the best time to do what?Continue reading “July 12-C, 2022”

July 12-B, 2022

It is all in what we make of it, do with it, do about it. It is nothing without us. We make it what it is. It is what it becomes through us and our interaction with it, our interplay with it, our impact upon it, which is also its impact upon us. And “it”Continue reading “July 12-B, 2022”

July 12-A, 2022

We wait to see where it’s going, what to make of it, what to do. Everything shakes out by and by, clarifies, comes into focus. In the meantime, we wait. And watch, and listen, taking it all in without judgment or opinion. There is this, and that, and those things over there, but what needsContinue reading “July 12-A, 2022”

July 11-C, 2022

All growth is growing up, is maturation, is changing the way we see things, is transforming what is important, is expanding, enlarging, the scope of our vision and our comprehension of the inner-relatedness of things. Grown-up human beings are identical twins. Or close enough. They are able to “get along” despite their differences. Can seeContinue reading “July 11-C, 2022”

July 11-B, 2022

We surprise ourselves from time to time, with the right action done in the right way at the right time in the right place, even when nobody notices and life clicks right along. Clicking right along is the point. The wrong thing– particularly the really wrong thing- would have made an impact, rocked that portionContinue reading “July 11-B, 2022”