Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 Returning to the silence in a regular, routine, rhythmic kind of way, establishes us in a practice incorporating emptiness and stillness, along with the silence in establishing and maintaining a connection with our original nature and the virtues that are ours from the beginning– equipping us to meet each day’s deliveries in the strengthsContinue reading “April 19, 2022”

01 The silent places call our name. Speak to our hearts. With a message from our soul. Shh! Listen! Past sound For what emerges, appears, arises out of nowhere to evoke our action within the field of action with the right deed at the right time, in the right place, in the right way, leavingContinue reading “April 18, 2022”

01 Mature individuals are the salvation of the world. We should make maturity– not money– the primary goal of life. My paternal grandparents (Sophie and Silas) were the most mature people I knew growing up, and the list hasn’t gotten much longer over the full course of my life. Everyone seems to be awash inContinue reading “April 17, 2022”

01 Knowing where we belong, and what we belong to, and where we have no business being– and being right about it– are important boundary markers for our life journey. Finding our life and living it is also finding our place and staying with it. Knowing what’s what and what’s called for in each situationContinue reading “April 16, 2022”

01 What are you doing when you lose all track of time, and it could be yesterday or tomorrow, and you aren’t sure of the month? You need to do more of that. And, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you need to completely revamp your relationship with yourself and with your life,Continue reading “April 15 2022”

01 “We are who we always have been,” said Carl Jung. “And who we will be.” It’s a declaration discounting the value of free will, and dismissing the prospect of progress and human development. But it affirms the resilience of the rhizome, and speaks of the hope that we might yet find and be whoContinue reading “April 13, 2022”

01 Integrity requires that we live to be who we are. That we live aligned with that which is deepest, truest, best about us– serving and sharing the virtues, genius, daemon, spirit, shtick, gifts, etc. that came with us from the womb. That we are right about what is important and live in ways thatContinue reading “April 12, 2022”

01 A life worth living is the life we are here for. Where do we find it? It is best to let the life find us! Like “the wand chooses the wizard,” our life chooses us. Where have we said “No,” is the question. What are we saying “No,” to right now? And where haveContinue reading “April 11, 2022”

01 The old Alchemists had a slogan, “One book opens another.” We might think of it as “This leads to that.” It is important to look for the clues in seeking to find our path and follow it “in accord with the Tao, the Way, The Path. What does where we are on our ownContinue reading “April 10, 2022”

01 We get up and do it again. Enthusiasm for the task flows from the way we view the task. What did Sisyphus tell himself every day? The trick is to not allow the day and what we have to do in it to divorce us/cut us off from ourselves. It is the quality ofContinue reading “April 09, 2022”