Author Archives: jimwdollar

All churches everywhere are enigmas, revealing and concealing at the same time, being the truth that denies the truth, right and wrong simultaneously. We have to know what we are dealing with when we are dealing with the church. God and Not-God, here, now, all at once, all of the time.We have to know whatContinue reading “August 23, 2025”

Blue seems to be my color of choice. The woman who owned the frame shop I used in my early days told me, “Jim, your photographs will never sell because there is too much blue in them.” She was right, and there is still too much blue in them.Taking photos that sell when it meansContinue reading “August 22, 2025”

Wanting, particularly wanting my way NOW!, is the bane of all times. Those who know, know that what is called for here, now,is the most important thing any time, any place. The Tao nails it: Doing the right thing in the right way at the right time in the right place. That is, doing theContinue reading “August 20, 2025”

Meister Eckhardt said, “The final leave-taking is leaving God for God.” He meant leaving the God of theology for the God of Psychic dimensions. Dying is the only way of settling the argument between Orthodox Christianity and Gnosticism–between those who believe they know and those who know they know.It’s a ridiculous standoff between opposing pointsContinue reading “August 19, 2025”

Caring about the things we have no business caring about is the root of all of our problems today. It is about being right about our priorities, our ratios, and our duties.Our duties need the most clarity. The “Thou Shalts and Shalt nots” can lead us in a merry chase if we take someone else’sContinue reading “August 18, 2025”

We have to befriend our inner resources in order to give ourselves the best chance of giving each situation as it arises the best we have to offer–which begins with “Peaceful abiding, here, now.”D.T Suzuki said the term “enlightenment” is synonymous with “habitual intuition.” How are we living to enhance our relationship with our intuition?Continue reading “August 17, 2025”

God is a psychic reality, not a spiritual being.Comprehending this changes everything.For one thing, it makes us the closestsome people ever get to God.And it gives us the opportunity to remind them that they, too, are God, and need to start acting like it.Without saying anything about going to hellif they don’t.If they don’t, theyContinue reading “August 13, 2025”

I would like to talk things over with strangers just to get their take on things. But they don’t seem to welcome my inquiries. There should be places for conversation like libraries are for books and magazines. Maybe AI will develop along these lines. I can imagine talking to people long dead, brought to lifeContinue reading “August 11, 2025”