Author Archives: jimwdollar

Who is in, who is out, who gets to say? All are in, none are out. Let’s make that the order of the day! And live as though it is the way! Why not? What would happen if we did? Why not anyway? What could happen that would be worse than saying some are inContinue reading “June 21, 2025”

I do not know where the line lies between MAGA, White Supremacy, White Nationalism and Christian Nationalism. I think there is no line. And, I think that what creates the need for a line is their hate and fear of all people on the other side of the line.Hate and fear are the source/cause ofContinue reading “June 20, 2025”

“The secret cause of suffering,” from James Joyce and Joseph Campbell, resides in the arc of our own life and our propensity for seeing/interpreting (and we cannot see without interpreting) things as we do. We bring our suffering (and death) upon ourselves by way of our living/seeing/interpreting the events of our life in the mannerContinue reading “June 19, 2025 – B”

The United States and Israel vs. Iran and Russia. Nobody can back down, and nobody can advance. Everybody else will be pressured to take sides. It took the Trump administration to get this to happen. Trump, who always blames someone else for all of his blunders, and there be many, has no one to blameContinue reading “June 19, 2025”

This is a meditative icon, which every image is,with all art being the doorway/threshold between worlds,inviting us to behold the wonder of moving from one world to another in perceiving the wonder of the art object and itsability to transport us from world to world.The water fountain is a Portkey, carrying us from this worldContinue reading “June 18, 2025”

The still point of the turning world.The wellspring of living water.The water of life.Reviving our body.Renewing our spirit.Restoring our soul.A quiet pool.In a green space.A place of rest and wellbeing.Now and forever always.

We have to make our peace with our life from start to finish.And “beyond a certain age” life holds all of the cards.My wife and I are making the requisite concessionsand maintaining our spirits and sense of humor,while awaiting The Event (The fall, the stroke,the diagnosis, etc., that announces Assisted Livingto one degree or another.Continue reading “June 16, 2025”

The Democrat platform forever needs to be Liberty! Justice! Equality! Truth! Health Care! Child Care! Jobs! Livable Minimum Wages! Education (Including Reasonable Student Loans)! … You know–like that! This is not hard. People need help with their lives. Government is here to help people with their lives. With Fascism and White Supremacy (The same thing)Continue reading “June 15, 2025”

What floats your boat? Stokes your bliss?Comforts your soul?Warms your heart?Brings peace to life?Where do you go/What do you doto take care of yourself?I think of me as being composed of my original nature,my innate virtues (The things I do bestand enjoy doing most),my inherent intuition,and my intrinsic intuition.I drop into emptiness, stillness, silenceand listen.IContinue reading “June 14, 2025”

Wanting, getting, acquiring, amassing, having, owning, hoarding, etc. fuels our journey, provides purpose and meaning to our days. If it weren’t for that, what would we do?The emptiness of a life overflowing with stuff is reflected in,exhibited by, addictive attraction to drugs, sex, alcohol and an aimless wandering through our birthdays with nothing to indicateContinue reading “June 13, 2025”

I know where to put the tripod.I have always known where to put the tripod.And that knowing is not something I can claimas having generated. It is something that Ihave received, recognized, acknowledged. I do notcreate it–I simply know it.If you are quiet, silent, still, empty of all thoughts, emotions, memories, desires/wants, etc.you will knowContinue reading “June 12, 2025”

Who was it who said, “It is the wave’s place to realize it is the ocean”? This realization makes meditation simply a matter of relaxing into “Peaceful abiding, here, now.” It can’t be about achieving anything, accomplishing anything, doing anything. The wave doesn’t achieve, accomplish, do anything to be the ocean. Meditation doesn’t achieve, accomplish,Continue reading “June 11, 2025”