Author Archives: jimwdollar

01 The end of civilization is a lack of self-restraint. We have to know where “good enough” becomes “over the top,” or, “too much of a good thing,” and stop before we go that far. Knowing when to quit is the hallmark of success on every level. “The balance of nature” is maintained by theContinue reading “May 18, 2021”

01 We spend very little time living the moment as the moment needs to be lived. We live the moment to get what we want, or to avoid what we don’t want. Exploiting, manipulating, contriving, forcing, striving, managing, positioning ourselves to profit from the moment and gain great benefit and personal advantage to apply inContinue reading “May 17, 2021”

01 Whatever the question, the answer is always, “Back to the silence!” The silence knows the answer to everything. The silence knows all. Everything that has been added to the world over time– the things that were not original with the beginning– emerged from the silence. The silence is the origin of everything. The dualityContinue reading “May 16, 2021”

01 Experience validates experience when we are open to experience and to The Silence, listening/watching for what arises, emerges, appears, occurs to us in the silence to affirm or question our interpretation of our experience. We are self-correcting, self-guided, self-validating, self-conscious, self-regulating, self-developing, self-enhancing self-determining vehicles of life and being. But, there is a catch.Continue reading “May 15, 2012”

01 What do we make of it? That’s the question. What does it mean? For us? To us? What does life mean? What does our life mean? What do we mean? To us? For us? What is meaningful and what is not? How meaningfully do we live? How meaningful is our life? How meaningful isContinue reading “May 11, 2021”

01 It is all useless, pointless, hopeless, meaningless, futile, stupid and absurd– and coming to a very bad end: We all are going to die! And, therefore… What? And, therefore, what? What is the meaning of meaningless? What do we do in response to it? In response to meaningless? In response to the meaning ofContinue reading “May 10, 2021”

01 The problem with religion– all religion– is its take on blasphemy and heresy. A religion that embraces blasphemy and encourages heresy is my kind of religion. The only way to find that kind of religion is to create it on your own. I have done that by saying, “Don’t listen to me! Listen toContinue reading “May 09, 2021”

01 We all are carrying a load. Complexity, conflict and contradiction have their way with us. Balance and harmony are rarely present for long. Making peace with our life was out of the question years ago, and we have settled for making it through another day, one day at a time. Finding our life andContinue reading “May 08, 2021”

01 We have to meet the silence empty and open, still and receptive. No fear. No desires. No anger. No hatred. No judgment. No opinion. We bring stillness and emptiness, openness and receptivity to the silence, and wait, watching, for what emerges, occurs to us, arises, appears, beckons, calls, urging us to action without fear,Continue reading “May 07, 2021”