Author Archives: jimwdollar

04 It takes taking some things on faith– believing they are so– in order to know that they are. The visible world is upheld and sustained by the invisible world. Death and rebirth are metaphors that transform the fact of life and enable us to live with facts we could not, otherwise, bear. Seeing pastContinue reading “July 23, 2020”

02 Silence is the origin of all that is. Before there was anything, there was silence. We return to the Source through the silence. How often do you sit quietly? For how long? The trick with sitting quietly is to be detached from the noise. Silence is the nosiest place on earth! Disengage. Peacefully coexist.Continue reading “July 24, 2020”

03 What are the forces of destabilization in your life? What are the forces of balance and harmony? What serves as your grounding foundation? What do you turn to when you have nowhere to turn? What keeps you going? The silence that connects us to the Source is always there. Both are always there. TheContinue reading “July 25, 2020”

03 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says the Lord to the prophet (Isaiah) “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her hard times are past…” “But do not under any circumstances say ‘Peace, Peace’ when there is no peace!” says the Lord to a different prophet (Jeremiah). The Bible says opposite things, top to bottomContinue reading “July 26, 2020”

02 We stand before the Cyclops in any one of his multitudinous manifestations and recite the mantra of the hopeless and forlorn throughout the ages: “Why take another step? What good do we think it will do? We are wasting our time! What’s the point of even showing up? Who cares? What difference will itContinue reading “July 28, 2020”

02 How do we know what is important? How do we decide what matters and what doesn’t? How do we know we are right? What makes us think we are? How often do we evaluate our evaluations? Against what do we check our plumb? The accuracy of our circle? The squareness of our square? WeContinue reading “July 29, 2020”

02 Scary times. Made scarier by the fact that we aren’t in control of what happens. But. What’s new about that is that we have lost access to our comforting illusions and ready escapes near at hand. We have never been in control of what happens. The best we have ever been able to hopeContinue reading “July 30, 2020”

02 There is what happens, and there is what we do about what happens, in response to what happens. And then, something else happens. And that’s the way it goes all the way. With luck, we learn from what happens when we respond to what happens, and we get better at what is ours toContinue reading “July 31, 2020”