Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 There is a fine line between caring enough about the right things and caring too much about everything. Jesus and the Buddha advised knowing what is important and caring about that and letting the rest of it go. “Why worry about tomorrow?” they asked, “Or about anything out of your control?” they implied, “LetContinue reading “November 21, 2021”

01 There is the inner world, and there is the outer world. Inner and Outer. Think of them as another aspect of Yin and Yang. We have to balance them with each other and harmonize them both with the context and circumstances of our life, moment-to-moment, day-by-day. All our life long. Balance and harmony flowContinue reading “November 19, 2021”

01 Effortless action is action that arises in the moment of its doing and flows spontaneously from us to the situation calling for it to be done, at the time it is called for, in the way it is called for. It happens frequently through those who are attuned to their circumstances and are livingContinue reading “November 18, 2021”

01 We would transform the world just by living out the role of the Prodigal’s father (Google “The Parable of the Prodigal Son), and greeting everyone we meet as though they are our long-lost child. This is only a matter of attitude and perspective, and it would make all the difference. Attitude and perspective areContinue reading “November 17, 2021”

01 People pushing religion through the world come to my door from time to time, and when I tell them I am not interested, they ask me, “Why not?” I tell them, “I don’t care why.” And I don’t budge from that position. If they say, “But, I want to know why!” I say, “IContinue reading “November 16, 2021”

01 We have to be living in the service of the right ends. Making More Money isn’t it. Bringing our original nature to life in our life is it. How would we do that? A. What is our original nature? (“What is the face that was ours before our grandparents were born?”) B. How canContinue reading “November 15, 2021”

I believe in the truth, in knowing the truth, being the truth and living truthfully. Living truthfully implies living with integrity and self-transparency, so that we are not kidding ourselves, or living cut-off from the inner alignment of self with the outer world of reality, so that there is a clear relationship between what isContinue reading “November 14, 2021”

01 We make out as best we can in the work to be true to ourselves– to be who we are capable of being– within the context and circumstances of our life in each situation as it arises. It helps to be aware of in light of what are we living. What is guiding ourContinue reading “November 13, 2021”

01 What needs to happen now? Is our guide for life. What needs to happen now in light of what? Narrows our options down to a final few choices. In light of what do we live? The Democratic quadrangle enclosing democracy works for me: Liberty! Justice! Equality! Truth! These four cornerstone values give rise toContinue reading “November 11, 2021”

01 “Adjustment and accommodation, Kid. Adjustment and accommodation.” That’s the recurring experience of life as it is throughout our life. Life takes a lot of getting used to. We never get things the way we want things to be for long. Something is always coming along to decimate this, destroy that, knock everything over andContinue reading “November 10, 2021”