We know what the truth is. And hide from it, pretending we don’t know. And here we are. We know what we know, and what we think we know, and opt for what we think we know because what we know asks hard things of us. “We can’t handle the truth” (Col Nathan R. Jessup),Continue reading “August 18-B, 2022”
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August 18-A, 2022
We step off the beam when we begin to calculate our advantage, think about what we stand to gain, and plot our strategy with our best interests in mind. As though we know what our best interests are. We step back on the beam, when we catch ourselves in the act of being crafty andContinue reading “August 18-A, 2022”
August 17-B, 2022
We are throwing away Democracy because it interferes with our ability to make money any way we can, and we desperately need all the money we can get any way we can get it. Why? Because we say so. That’s why. No one needs more money than they can spend, even buying luxury yachts andContinue reading “August 17-B, 2022”
August 17-A, 2022
Perspective is how we look at things. Perception is what we see when we look. Our perception can be skewed by how we look, which can be skewed by what we expect to see, and what we have seen before that what we think we see reminds us of. The Buddhists have a saying: “Emptiness,Continue reading “August 17-A, 2022”
August 16-B, 2022
Free to sound like everyone, wearing the same tone of red, chanting the same chants, thinking the same thoughts, bound to the same hates and fears, free to vote in unison, and to spit on the flag by standing for the flag by refusing to stand for what the flag stands for… how free isContinue reading “August 16-B, 2022”
August 16-A, 2022
It is hard to beat the right kind of company for maintaining our balance and harmony, keeping our feet under us, oriented in the right direction, with fealty, devotion and loyalty to the right things, and a healthy sense of humor to lead us along the way. And the right kind of company is idealContinue reading “August 16-A, 2022”
August 15-C, 2022
Joseph Campbell said that when Alan Watts asked him, “Joe, what form does your yoga take?” Campbell replied, “I underline passages.” Our yoga connects us with the truth at the heart of our existence, upholding us, calling us more fully into our life– the life that is truly ours to live, though we might haveContinue reading “August 15-C, 2022”
August 15-B, 2022
Balance and harmony position us to respond appropriately to each situation as it arises. Finding the center, being grounded firmly to the Anchor Stone, seeing what’s what and what needs to be done in response, serve the cause of balance and harmony, and make for peace. We have to live out of our own heart,Continue reading “August 15-B, 2022”
August 15-A, 2022
When you are fragile and fragmented I recommend being fragile and fragmented. That’s one less thing you have to worry about. Then do the breathe in, breathe out, count to five (If you can time the counting with your heart beat, so much the better!), for five rounds five times a day. It won’t usherContinue reading “August 15-A, 2022”
August 14-B, 2022
The way I imagine it is to say that our DNA is equivalent to a seed’s epicotyl. Whether or not that is accurate, both terms “DNA” and “epicotyl” are words denoting mysteries no one comprehends. How does the stuff that comes encoded in our DNA, in a plant’s epicotyl, get there? I have not conductedContinue reading “August 14-B, 2022”
August 14-A, 2022
Our life is always saying, “Here. See what you can do with this.” And it is our place to see what we can do with it. Our creativity and playfulness come into play, along with our intuition and instinct, our original nature and innate virtues, every time we get the “See what you can doContinue reading “August 14-A, 2022”
August 13-B, 2022
There is no Dark Side. There is no Evil Force. There are only foxes and rabbits. Lions and antelope. And human beings driven by ruthlessness, greed and fear, who want what they have no business having, and demand a profit at any price every day. Enlightenment, realization, awakening, illumination is the end of selfishness andContinue reading “August 13-B, 2022”
