03 When this all started, there were no natural laws. No law of gravity. No law of inertia. Laws and rules hadn’t been invented. Then there was this really big BANG, and everything started flying in all directions at once, and it took several years for it to get sorted out and into stars andContinue reading “November 10, 2020”
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November 09, 2020
03 What is your enthusiasm quotient? Are you a proponent of enthusiasm? An advocate? An avid proponent? An enthusiast? On a low-to-high scale of 1 to 10, where do you rank yourself on your daily degree of enthusiasm? How many things are you enthusiastic about? How often are they a part of your life? IfContinue reading “November 09, 2020”
November 08, 2020
03 Every photograph that works is synchronistic arrangement bringing the photographer together at the right time in the right place in the right light to compose the image that makes the photograph. Every photograph that works is a miracle in that way. Is the Tao creating wonder and amazement that we pass of with “PrettyContinue reading “November 08, 2020”
November 07, 2020
03 What’s so bad about your life? What don’t you like about your life? What is good about your life? What do you like about your life? What is it in your life that brings you alive? How often do you go there, do that? What is deadening about your life– what drains the lifeContinue reading “November 07, 2020”
November 06, 2020
02 Where do you turn when you have nowhere to turn? It’s a serious question. What holds you up? What keeps you going? What do you live for? What is life for you? What is your foundation? Your ground? Your center? What is the rock solid, adamantine core of your life which nothing can knockContinue reading “November 06, 2020”
November 5, 2020
02 When we live to integrate our opposites and express/incarnate/bring forth our original nature– “the face that was ours before we were born– our identity, who we are, our true self, and not to get something, attain something, have something, possess something, dominate something, win something, have something to show for having lived… When weContinue reading “November 5, 2020”
November 04, 2020
03 It is simple enough to find the still point– the fulcrum, “The still point of the turning world,” (T.S. Eliot), the center of our own ground of being, the Axis Mundi, the center of the world, of the universe, of eternity, of infinity… Stand still. Sit quietly. There you are. You are the stillContinue reading “November 04, 2020”
November 03, 2020
03 Heart and meaning are our guides through the wilderness. Does it have heart? Is your heart in this? Does it have meaning for you? If things start out full of heart and meaning, notice if that changes– not just because things become difficult. No just because hard things are being asked of us. EveryContinue reading “November 03, 2020”
November 02, 2020
04 Sincerity and non-contrivance are one thing, and combine with compassion to produce an environment conducive to life, living and being alive. There are not enough sources of sincerity/non-contrivance and compassion in my life or yours, or in the entire world. It is more like snatch and grab and to hell with you wherever weContinue reading “November 02, 2020”
November 01, 2020
03 What is this moment in our day asking of us? What is this time and this place in our life asking of us? Sit quietly! Listen! Feel in your body what this moment in your day, what this time and place in your life, are asking of you, are calling for. Learn to readContinue reading “November 01, 2020”
November 2020
This is Home to all pages written in November of 2020. Hovering your pointer over each month in the header, will drop down the daily posts for that month. Thanks for visiting. Stay safe and be well!
October 31, 2020
05 We can expect/demand too much of our life. Lowering our standards can improve things immensely. Giving life a break, cutting life some slack, giving life a fresh start, with fewer shoulds-oughts-musts to deal with would be a good move. Life has a hard job. Seeing that a world full of people are pleased withContinue reading “October 31, 2020”
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