Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 Take everything to The Silence, sitting quietly, watching, listening, for what arises, emerges, dawns, occurs, beckons, calls, directs, compels, urges, nudges… out of The Silence. Allow The Silence to guide your boat on its path through the sea. You could do a lot worse, and it would be difficult to do any better. TheContinue reading “June 13, 2021”

01 I think it was G.K. Chesterton who said, “When Jones follows his inner light, Jones follows Jones.” To which I respond, “What choice does Jones have?” Jones has to follow Jones, even if he takes the position of, “I just do what I’m told. It’s easier that way.” Jones is then following whomever JonesContinue reading “June 11, 2021”

01 I maintain my balance and harmony by writing it out. That’s what I’m doing here each day. This is my meditative, therapeutic, readjustment, reorientation, re-grounding, reformation exercise. I remind myself here what is important, how things work, and realign myself with who I am and what needs to be done on a daily basis,Continue reading “June 09, 2021”

01 What I am about to say has nothing whatsoever to do with the Eucharist, The Last Supper, except that the Eucharist is an extension of what I am about to say, an elaboration, a deliberate and intentional application, as though Jesus is saying, metaphorically, symbolically, “This is the truth of how things are. ThisContinue reading “June 08, 2021”

01 We pick up, put down, pass on (in the sense of “I’ll pass on that,” and not in the sense of what we leave behind), pass by. I pass on a lot of things, and pass by unseeing too many things, and I’ve put down most of the things I’ve picked up. But I’mContinue reading “June 06, 2021”

01 We have to be able to take a joke in this world, because the joke is on us. We think it is this way, and it’s that way. We think we get it, and think it’s that way, and it’s this way. Thinking that we get it is the joke that is on us.Continue reading “June 05, 2021”

01 Our motive for most of our action is what’s in it for us. What we stand to gain. What we can keep from losing. Since Adam and Eve, we have been seeking better. Our motto through the ages has been: “NOT This! THAT!” Ambition, aspiration, incentive, drive and desire are the motivating forces ofContinue reading “June 04, 2021”