01 Everything waits for the right thing to be said, done, in the right place, at the right time, in the right way. Every situation is dying for a dose of the right thing. How long has it been since the right thing came your way? Since you brought it forth with word and deed?Continue reading “April 17, 2021”
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April 16, 2021
01 Living from the center of our Original Nature, seeking the Source of Life and Being, embracing the Mystery at the heart of it all, we become the Messiah, The Anointed One, come to set others free to live from the center of their own Original Nature, seeking the Source of Life and Being, embracingContinue reading “April 16, 2021”
April 15, 2021
01 Think of Karma as the other side of Tao. Living in accord with the Tao creates good Karma. Living out of accord with the Tao creates bad Karma. Living in accord with the Tao creates balance and harmony. Living out of accord with the Tao creates complexity and chaos. We add complexity and chaosContinue reading “April 15, 2021”
April 14, 2921
01 Our orientation has to flow out of, and be in sync with, the wholeness of our being in space and time. What is wholly us about us? Hold that thought. The phrase “raised from the dead” has to be understood metaphorically, symbolically, spiritually, psychologically– not actually, physically, literally. We can be “raised from theContinue reading “April 14, 2921”
April 13, 2021
01 Genghis Khan lamented that conquering and governing were two different ways of life, and mutually exclusive. Conquers cannot govern. It is the difference between ruthlessness and kindness. The Genesis command to “fill the earth and subdue it” is not a call to be stewards of the earth but a directive to conquer the earthContinue reading “April 13, 2021”
April 12, 2021
01 Nothing is more important than being right about what is important, and serving it with your life through each situation as it arises from beginning to end. The same thing goes for what matters most. Human beings throughout time, have been famous for missing the point of their life, striving for the wrong ends,Continue reading “April 12, 2021”
April 11, 2021
01 What does orthodoxy fear from heresy? Orthodoxy’s insane response to heresy– excommunication, denunciation, torture, execution via burning at the stake and attacks in the Colosseum by lions and wild dogs, hanging and drowning– exposes fault lines destabilizing the foundations of orthodoxy. What does truth have to fear from the exploration of truth? Orthodoxy onContinue reading “April 11, 2021”
April 10, 2021
01 Pace and timing, Kid. Pace and timing. The geese fly when it is time for flying. The photographer takes the picture when it is time to take the picture. Now is always “the acceptable time” for something. Being right about what is where we come in. It is our place in the cosmos toContinue reading “April 10, 2021”
April 09, 2021
01 Learning to be alive in the time left for living is a simple matter of transforming your relationship with yourself and with your life. You’ve been doing it all wrong. Reconciliation is a two-way street. We have to reconcile ourselves to the world, and we have to reconcile the world to ourselves. Here’s theContinue reading “April 09, 2021”
April 08, 2021
01 The fascist dream is a nightmare– for everyone, including fascists! If we rid the world of everyone not like we are, we are left with ourselves, and the realization that who we hate is us! Fascists hate themselves and blame everyone not like them for it: “It’s people like you who make people likeContinue reading “April 08, 2021”
April 07, 2021
01 Our balance and harmony are strictly contingent on our safety, security and stability– which, in turn, rely on our being free from the intrusions, incursions, invasions and overrunings of Those Who Know Best And Must Be Pleased. Balance and harmony are generated by, and flow from, a life that is lived from its ownContinue reading “April 07, 2021”
Theology
Theology is the end of religion. The religion that has to be explained, defined, elucidated, spelled out, nailed down, argued and debated into being is dead on arrival. Living religion thrives on fascination, realization, awe, wonder, amazement, joy, laughter, dancing, relishing, exuberance, confidence, peace, grace, kindness, compassion, generosity, integrity, mindfulness, awareness, self-transparency, questions, silence, balanceContinue reading “Theology”