Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 The light comes on of its own volition, of its own accord. “The light shines in the darkness”–John “The darkness is the cradle of the light”–Rumi “In the darkest moment, the light comes on”–Campbell The darkness discloses, reveals, exposes the light. Sit in the right kind of emptiness, stillness, silence, (darkness), waiting, long enough,Continue reading “December 10, 2021”

01 Trust your luck, but do not push your luck, and when things don’t go your way, look on it as the luckiest thing that ever happened to you– and live as though it is so. Doing this will transform your life. And that will be the luckiest thing that ever happened to you. –0–Continue reading “December 08, 2021”

01 Seeing what needs to be done in a situation is the doorway to doing it. “Darkness is the cradle of the light.” — Rumi Before seeing is seeing not. And waiting in the darkness for the light to come on. The light comes on of itself. It is a property of light to beContinue reading “December 07, 2021”

01 There is what we do to pay the bills. And, there is what we pay the bills to do. It is never enough to just pay the bills. Even outrageous bills. Even bills for the sixth private jet, and the fifth private island, and the tenth yacht. If we aren’t doing the right thingContinue reading “December 06, 2021”

01 Everyone wants what they want. No one wants what they ought to want. No one knows what they ought to want. Everyone thinks that what they ought to want is what the Bible or their mothers or some substitute for the Bible or their mothers would tell them they ought to want. We haveContinue reading “December 05, 2021”

01 I hate vulnerability. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t. All of our problems arise from our opposition to vulnerability. We strive to make ourselves safe at all costs on every level. We over-react. And spin out of orbit, ricocheting off asteroids, crashing into the sun. All because we didn’t want to display/confront our vulnerabilityContinue reading “December 04, 2021”

01 Emptiness is the origin of all that is. The simplicity of emptiness is the primal step before what needs to happen. To neglect that step is to act within the noisy complexity of time and place, and to create out of wanting/willing/ demanding/insisting/ having to have– ignoring the matter of what needs to be,Continue reading “December 03, 2021”

01 We were born wanting, but not knowing what to want, and rarely wanting what we should want, but always, always, having to have whatever we want, everything we want, NOW! Particularly our way. We always, always, want our way NOW! What does wanting know? It doesn’t know how to stop wanting? It just knowsContinue reading “December 01, 2021”