Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 The way of integrity is the way of being in tune the way a harp or a piano is in tune, and in character the way Groucho Marx, and Betty White, were always in character. Just being who we are, when we are, where we are, how we are, within the context and circumstancesContinue reading “October 16, 2021”

01 Everything depends upon and flows from emptiness and silence. Until we can be empty even of the desire to be empty, we do not have what it takes to live with balance and harmony. And, without balance and harmony, sincerity, spontaneity and integrity have no entry point into our life. And, without sincerity, spontaneityContinue reading “October 15, 2021”

01 It does not matter how we feel. It matters what we do. We are to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, where it needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, because it needs to be done, regardless of how we feel. “Feelings follow action,”Continue reading “October 14, 2021”

01 What is the present situation asking of us? That is all we need to know. And do. We know it by being aware of the time and place of our living. We can do that by emptying ourselves of our opinions, our judgments/evaluations, our expectations, our disappointments, our fear/anxiety/worry, our wants/desires (Even our desireContinue reading “October 13, 2021”

01 Thin places are everywhere all the time. The invisible world is the foundation of the visible world, the grounding source of all that is. And doorways/thresholds/portkeys from this world to that world are as close as sitting still, being quiet. Mythos predates logos by ten million years. Instinct. Intuition. Imagination. Symbol. Metaphor. The Numen.Continue reading “October 12, 2021”

01 When it is time to go, everyone knows it, and everyone goes. How do they know it? We will never get to the bottom of it. We don’t know how we know what we know. Know it. Do it. That’s the rule. When we know something needs to be done, and don’t do it,Continue reading “October 09, 2021”

01 We feel our way along. Our body leads us, in cahoots with our original nature and its instincts and intuition. We arrive with what we are born with, and what we pick up on the way. The “Uh-oh Feeling” is everybody’s go-to pitch coming out of the pen. When that is working for us,Continue reading “October 08, 2021”

01 Our own instinctive/intuitive sense of what needs to be done– of what is called for– here and now, in each situation as it arises which is evoked by the moment eliciting our spontaneous, sincere, response to the time and place of our living in the field of action, is as close to the experienceContinue reading “October 07, 2021”

01 Everything is waiting for the time to act. That is not true. In a perfect world, everything would wait for the time to act, and our world is far from that. In our world, we go to the loo when it is convenient, whether or not we need to go. As if! That isContinue reading “October 06, 2021”