Author Archives: jimwdollar

There is doing what we have to do to pay the bills and make a living. Beyond that, there is being who we are, doing what is ours to do. In addition to that, there is doing what is called for, when, where and how it is called for, in each situation as it arises.Continue reading “July 23, 2025”

The Buddha died from eating poorly cooked pork.How enlightened was that?Enlightenment is not a steady state of being.False assumptions never announce themselves in advance.We can’t take anything for granted.What are we overlooking here, now?What is interfering with our being awake, aware, aliveto what’s happening now, moment to moment, day to day?If you said, “Ten thousandContinue reading “July 22, 2025”

Allowing things to play out according to their own drift and flow, while applying a light touch to influence direction and reduce impact, is the age-old secret of parenthood, as demonstrated in the black-and-white television classic, “Father Knows Best,” and suggested in the first edition of the Tao Te Ching, on page after page.Taking aContinue reading “July 20, 2025”

Integrity is the solid ground of being.Every natural thing is just what it is.The Buddha is celebrated as “one thus come.”Like a new-born baby.Popeye the Sailor Man’s theme was “I yam what I yam!”It is the most important thing to be.Integrity, Sincerity, Authenticity.The Holy Trinity of human behavior.And the goal is to be that spontaneously,Continue reading “July 19, 2025”

We are not individuals born to have what we want and do as we please. We are Psychic wonders living to express and enjoy the amazing experience of being one with all living things in a universe where life is a miracle able to reflect on and realize the awe of being self-reflective forms ofContinue reading “July 17, 2025”

Our psyche (Unconscious) is a “very present help in time of trouble.” Carl Jung thought that we participate in a Personal Unconscious and in a Collective Unconscious, across the species, and that dreams can be sourced from either the personal Unconscious or the Collective Unconscious.The Psyche is a mystery at the edge of physical reality.Continue reading “July 16, 2025”

The contents of the Bible were not closed until late in the fourth century. That gave the Church of Rome 397 years to get the script right in having the Bible say what the Church needed it to say, namely, “You all are sinners and are going straight to hell if you don’t do whatContinue reading “July 15, 2025”

According to Martin Palmer’s translation of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, “The path that can be discerned as a path is not a reliable path.” We can find the path that is a reliable path only in hindsight. No guides are helpful along the way that is the way, or they are helpful if weContinue reading “July 14, 2025”

Doing what is called for here, now, in each situation as it arises, all our life long, is all there is to it. No? Why is that hard?