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November 08, 2021

01 We all draw water from the same well. The water I’m talking about is the creative source of life and being. And ideas, realizations, imagination, connections, inspiration, zeal, enthusiasm, insight, know-how, awareness. instinct, intuition, premonitions and all the rest of That Which Truly Matters. The source is the origin of all things. Where everythingContinue reading “November 08, 2021”

November 07, 2021

01 “No Agenda! No Opinion!” is the sine qua non for all gurus, sages and desert saints– with the understanding that “no agenda” means “The only agenda is to have no agenda,” and “no opinion” means “The Guiding Opinion is that having no opinions is necessary in maintaining balance and harmony.” Having nothing at stakeContinue reading “November 07, 2021”

November 06, 2021

01 Capitalism is the end of democracy. The mantra of Capitalism, “Profit At Any Price,” means goodbye to Liberty, Justice, Equality, Truth. Money is all that matters. Everybody has a price. Congress and the Supreme Court, and certainly the President, can be bought off with a billionaire’s tip money– and when the corporate Gang ofContinue reading “November 06, 2021”

November 05, 2021

01 We are just lucky to be here. “Time and chance happen to us all.” Particularly chance. All the way down. It’s pure chance that the times are what they are. Nothing has to be what it is. It is as it is because of chance. We are who we are by chance. By theContinue reading “November 05, 2021”

November 04, 2021

01 We settle ourselves into our life just as it is, and live there just as we are. And that is all there is to it. So, of course, we will have nothing to do with it! “NO!” we say, “NOT THIS! THAT!!!” And we are off into contention, and confrontation, and competition, and disgust,Continue reading “November 04, 2021”

November 03, 2021

01 Lao Tzu, the Buddha, Jesus… the list is long of people who spoke the truth and had no impact upon the spirit of their times. The spirit of their times is Tao gone rogue. Call it Anti-Tao. It is balancing something. Goodness, truth, kindness, mercy… Too much of that and things go over intoContinue reading “November 03, 2021”

November 02, 2021

01 The Hero’s Journey is working our heart into our circumstances. That is all there is to it. What is keeping you from living with your heart in what you do? What would you have to do to bring your heart to life in your life? There is nothing in the picture but you, yourContinue reading “November 02, 2021”

November 01, 2021

01 Fine lines are everywhere. We have to walk carefully. We are on thin ice all the way. For instance, there is taking things too seriously and there is not taking things seriously enough. We have to find the balance point. And live there. It’s tricky. because everything is wobbly. It’s a wobbly world. AContinue reading “November 01, 2021”

November 2021

The parking lot was like this when I got there an hour before sunrise. The tripod positions were all taken two-deep, so I crawled between legs to get my images. Ah, the trials of a landscape photographer! –0– Life is lived from the heart in conjunction with our circumstances. That is the fundamental contrary thatContinue reading “November 2021”

October 31, 2021

01 Sitting still, being quiet, emptying ourselves of fear, desire and duty, waiting, watching, present and awake, we allow our life to find us and invite us to come to life. Being alive comes with strings attached. It is not the life of anyone’s dreams. Everyone’s dreams are bigger than life. “They will never stayContinue reading “October 31, 2021”

October 30, 2021

01 Live to be appropriate in the time and place of your living. “Appropriate” is the right combination of what is needed in the moment and what is allowed by the moment. And if you are going to err, err on the side of what is needed. Dance on the boundary line of what isContinue reading “October 30, 2021”

October 29, 2021

o1 There is only the pain– dancing with the pain, bearing the pain, coming to terms with the pain, making our peace with the pain… Growing up is an exercise in pain management. Living is adjusting ourselves to the pain of being alive. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you are in denial.Continue reading “October 29, 2021”