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September 10-C, 2022

Freedom is not the freedom to do as we please, but the freedom to do what needs to be done, moment to moment in each situation as it arises. Will we be in bondage to our desires, bound to do what pleases us? Or, will we be in bondage to what needs to be done?Continue reading “September 10-C, 2022”

September 10-B, 2022

Changing our mind is about being aware of our mind. Seeing our mind. Knowing our mind. Being mindful of our mind. Having our way has to go. We have to change our mind about the importance of having our way. We cannot change our mind without being aware of our mind, of our way, ofContinue reading “September 10-B, 2022”

September 10-A, 2022

It is crazy to have a will that is at cross-purposes with the way things are. Willing what cannot be willed, and being pissed about it not coming to fruition, is crazy. We walk amid crazy people every day. Blaming someone else for their difficulties. Getting drunk at night because things are the way theyContinue reading “September 10-A, 2022”

September 09-C, 2022

Numen, Numinous, Ineffable, Sublime, Mana, Brahman, Atman, Kami, Wonder, Awe… These are words for more than words can say. Heinrich Zimmer said, “The best things cannot be said, the second-best things are misunderstood (Because they are attempts to explain/say what cannot be said), and the third-best things are what we are left to talk aboutContinue reading “September 09-C, 2022”

September 09-B, 2022

“Thin Places” is Parker Palmer’s term for “Listening Rooms,” physical locations that have always been recognized as sacred areas by people throughout the ages. Muir Woods, Yosemite, Boulder Beach, Big Creek, False Kiva, … the list is long, standout for me as holy beyond words, places where the Numen is “right here, right now” forContinue reading “September 09-B, 2022”

September 09-A, 2022

I cannot tell you anything you don’t already know. I can only remind you of things you know and have forgotten, or have been pushed aside by concerns for the affairs of life, which are quite legitimate, and must be tended. For instance, there is the supreme importance of knowing/realizing/honoring/reflecting/incarnating what is deepest, best andContinue reading “September 09-A, 2022”

September 08-C, 2022

It comes down to seeing what’s happening, knowing what’s what and doing what is called for in response to it in each situation as it arises all our life long. This is true of landscape photography and of life as a whole. Seeing-Knowing-Doing-Seeing-Knowing-Doing… Forever. There is no place here for thinking or believing. It isContinue reading “September 08-C, 2022”

September 08-B, 2022

Our life moves at its own pace. We cannot hurry it along to some better place to be, or slow it down to stay where we are for a while. Our role is to be sensitive to the movement and ride with the current saying “Yes,” and “No,” at the proper times and places, attunedContinue reading “September 08-B, 2022”

September 08-A, 2022

The Blue Heron stalks food every day. As does every living thing. How long could you make it without resupplying your pantry? It is less than a week for us, and that is much higher than the Third World average, and it is a daily chore for the rest of the world. Life lives closeContinue reading “September 08-A, 2022”

September 07-C, 2022

We can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring– and we have no idea of what we are doing. We have to know that we can trust ourselves to that which knows within, and step into the completely unknown. This is stepping into the Mystery, trusting ourselves to the completely unknown “Knower” within, andContinue reading “September 07-C, 2022”

September 07-B, 2022

We all trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring. No one has to tell us that. If we can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring, we can trust ourselves to know all we need to know to know what needs to be done in each situation as it arises, and to knowContinue reading “September 07-B, 2022”

September 07-A, 2022

What do you do with all your heart? The quality of the remainder of your life, and its value to you and everyone else, hinges on how much time you devote to the things you do with all your heart. We are not here to just pass the time. We are here to invest ourselvesContinue reading “September 07-A, 2022”