02 The most important commandment in the Old Testament didn’t make the top ten, though it lends itself to an interpretation that makes it #1 even there. Seeing “The Lord Thy God” in each of our neighbors would put “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” in the place of, as Jesus would say,Continue reading “October 08, 2020”
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October 07, 2020
03 We live our way to the truth of who we are coming to terms with the truth of how things are, of how the world is, of how life is, of the way things work moment-to-moment, one situation at a time, one day at a time, over the full course of our life. TheContinue reading “October 07, 2020”
October 06, 2020
02 The old Taoists recommended that we “turn the light around,” and look inwardly for what we are seeking externally, which would be something worth living for. Some reason, some purpose, some meaning for it all. Life is its own meaning, but it takes realizing that and living as though it is so to turnContinue reading “October 06, 2020”
October 05, 2020
02 What would it take for you to be at peace with your life just as it is? Which includes doing what it takes to make your life more like it needs to be than it is. What does your life need to be that it isn’t? Where is your life deficient? Where is yourContinue reading “October 05, 2020”
October 04, 2020
02 Living from our own center with nothing at stake in the outcome is like singing in the shower, or dancing in the rain. It is a spontaneous, impromptu, improvisational response to our situation as it arises and opens before us, calling us to dance with life in becoming one with the moment and theContinue reading “October 04, 2020”
October 03, 2020
03 Our life forms itself around us, reflecting our choices and decisions exhibiting our preferences and inclinations, expressing our degree of creativity and courage… We are content seeking shape and form. Our life becomes us so. And we blame our circumstances. “If we had had more of this and less of that!” If this! IfContinue reading “October 03, 2020”
October 02, 2020
01 We hide ourselves and hide from ourselves. We speak in code about ourselves and to ourselves. Dismissing. Disregarding. Discounting. Denying. Ignoring. What is important in favor of what is trivial and essentially non-essential. We only have to look a our life to know it is so. Our life conceals and reveals us. Our choicesContinue reading “October 02, 2020”
October 01, 2020
03 The Way doesn’t get any clearer than this: Do your thing with nothing at stake in the outcome. In each situation as it arises. That is all there is to it. Or ever has been. –0– 02 We create the future by the way we respond to our present. Each present moment– every here-and-now–Continue reading “October 01, 2020”
October 2020
This is Home to all pages written in October of 2020. Hovering your pointer over a month listed in the header will drop down the daily posts for the month. Thanks for visiting. Stay safe and be well!
September 30, 2020
02 Safety, security, stability are the three foundational necessities for life as we would like to live it. They are as much an internal orientation as they are an external reality. Someone who has been physically/sexually/emotionally abused, and place them in a safe/secure/stable environment, and it will take them forever to feel safe/secure/stable. Take someoneContinue reading “September 30, 2020”
September 29, 2020
04 Consistency, reliability, dependability… Can we maintain our connection with the center? Can we remain on the path? Can we retain our focus amid the Clashing Rocks on the Heaving Waves of the Wine Dark Sea? It is one thing to grasp the truth of what is needed in the silence of circumstances that areContinue reading “September 29, 2020”
September 28, 2020
04 I would like to sit down one-on-one with everybody, and hear what they had to say. I think that is all anybody needs. Someone to hear what they have to say. Everybody wants to tell people what they need to hear. Nobody wants to hear what people have to say. I would like toContinue reading “September 28, 2020”
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