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May 01, 2022

01 It all depends upon and flows from our doing the next thing that needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, when and where it needs to be done, because it needs to be done, for the simple joy of doing it and the satisfaction of having done it, with noContinue reading “May 01, 2022”

April 30, 2022

01 Fear holds us back. Desire pushes us ahead. These are the clashing rocks. Anger, jealousy, guilt, shame, greed, hatred, depression… These are the heaving waves. Between the rocks and the waves, we have too much to manage. And so it is said, “The world is too much with us, late and soon” (William Wordsworth).Continue reading “April 30, 2022”

April 29, 2022

01 It is perspective all the way down, and Mystery at the bottom. Or, as Lao Tzu liked to say, “Darkness within darkness, the gateway to mystery.” We will never make sense of it. All the explanations and theories get in the way of enjoying the experience of Mystery. Once we get that it isContinue reading “April 29, 2022”

April 28, 2022

01 There are millions of pregnant women around the world at this moment who cannot carry their pregnancy to term. I said CANNOT!!! There inability to carry their pregnancy to term trumps any right their fetus may have to life and any heartbeat or brainwave restrictions regarding when someone says “Life Begins.” It doesn’t matterContinue reading “April 28, 2022”

April 27, 2022

01 Finding the way forward is as easy as finding the thing that needs to be done here and now. If we can be right about that, we can be trusted to find the way forward simply by doing what needs to be done in each situation as it arises, when it needs to beContinue reading “April 27, 2022”

April 26, 2022

01 Proudful, willful, arrogance, meanness, ignorance and stupidity comes to mind in reference to Jesus’ exhortation, “Do not throw pearls before swine, or give dogs what is holy.” Walk on by in search of kindness, compassion, grace, peace, safety and sincerity– knowing that those who seek these things will find them, and join together withContinue reading “April 26, 2022”

April 25, 2022

01 Where do you find your succor? Where do you turn in time of trouble? Where do you go to “recover from the past and store up for the future”? Traditionally, people have found spiritual support and sustenance in art, music, nature, literature, poetry and the right kind of conversation, in community with the rightContinue reading “April 25, 2022”

April 24, 2022

01 Enlightenment is a flip in perspective. It is changing our mind about what is important. That is the only difference between seeing what’s what and not seeing what’s what. If we are going to see what we look at, we have to be able to change our mind about what that is. It isContinue reading “April 24, 2022”

April 23, 2022

01 Judas took the revelation of Jesus of Nazareth– the stone that the builders reject which was in fact the chief cornerstone, and we toss it into the pile of rubble to be used for ballast for ships with not enough cargo for stable passage back home– Judas took the Word of God Made FleshContinue reading “April 23, 2022”

April 22, 2022

01 Joseph Campbell taught at Sara Lawrence College for 38 years. Each year, he conducted what amounted to exit interviews with each graduating student who had taken his classes. There were a large number of Jewish women at Sara Lawrence, but one stood apart from the others when she said, “Mr. Campbell, if I weren’tContinue reading “April 22, 2022”

April 21, 2022

01 We cannot have a living mythology without a close personal relationship with the Mystery at the heart of life and being. If we cannot honor the Mystery with fealty, filial devotion and liege loyalty, we are spiritually dead beyond the hope of resurrection. Spiritual life flows from what we know without knowing how weContinue reading “April 21, 2022”

April 20, 2022

01 Everybody has a way and everybody wants to have it their way. Everybody has to grow up first, before anyone else does. It is amazing how Tabloid Journalism has taken the country to the psyche ward with everyone having something more outlandishly absurd to say than anyone else. But. Here we are. And aContinue reading “April 20, 2022”