Author Archives: jimwdollar

You are the closest thing to Jesusthat a lot of people will ever get.You are also the closest thing to Buddhathat a lot of people will ever get.So throw out theology, sin, redemption,doctrine, dharma, dogma, creeds, prayers of confession,and related paraphernalia.It is all unnecessary, beside the point and in the way.All we need is theContinue reading “March 10, 2025”

The things we are moved to doare the most wonderful things about us.Children in a sandbox.Guided by their own sense of what now, lost in the process of one nowleading to anotherare my image of the best lifehas to offer,and if we aren’t giving ourselvesto what moves usfor the wonder of itand the enjoyment ofContinue reading “March 09, 2025 – B”

Edna St. Vincent Millay nailed it with her,”Life must go on, I forget just why,” line.It doesn’t matter why.We don’t have to feel like it,like doing anything.We just have to do it.When, where and how it needs to be done.Having the fire for it,the life for it,helps,but it isn’t necessary.”Fake it ’til you make it,”IsContinue reading “March 09, 2025”

My extended family,particularly on my mother’s side,was not a place you would careto spend much time.One day was like another,one conversation was an extension of all the others, continuing, on-going,unending repetition of yesterdayand the day before.”Original” and “Interesting” would not be termsused to describe anything that was going on.Their diet was the same year afterContinue reading “March 08, 2025 – B”

Human beings seem to generate conditions conduciveto their own anguishat a much higher rate than all other species combined.I have watched cows, gold finches and snails quite a bitand have never seen any of them do themselves (or each other, for the matter) in.History is a record of our making ourselves and one anothermiserable.Leading meContinue reading “March 08, 2025”

This is the best time of my life.I can meet the day with equanimity and do what needs to be done there without remorse or sorrow,fear or anger about the reality of the dangers we all face with Trump and Companyat the helm.This is what we get with stupidity, fear and greedvoting like they knowContinue reading “March 07, 2025”

When we live intuitivelyout of our own authoritywe live out of the center of who we are,grounded in our sense of what’s whatand what is called forin each situation as it arises.Neither the Buddha nor Jesus could do more.Reading the times and responding to themwith the best we have to offerout of our original nature,ourContinue reading “March 06, 2015”

Every living thing has preferences.And the preferences of every living thingare eventually blocked by their circumstances,which includes the conflicting preferencesof other living things.This is what war is about.The collision of preferences.It is also what breakfast is about.Lunch and dinner.It could be said that life is aboutthe collision of preferences.Making our peace with that is theContinue reading “March 05, 2025”

We have to suffer the truth of how things are, and live to engage the world with lovingkindness, anyway, nevertheless, even-so.We may sit in emptiness, stillness, silence,waiting for the mud to settle and the water to clear,but this is only bidding our time.it is not quitting.We gather ourselves in the silence,and when the way appears,weContinue reading “March 04, 2025”

Who says so?Whose word is the law?By what authority do they determinethat they are the authority?Who get to interpret Jesus and/or Buddha?Who gets to say”My view of Jesus/Buddha is the authorized version of Jesus/Buddha!”?There are a lot of ideas circulating about Jesus/Buddha, etc.Who knows what they are talking about?How can we be sure?I’m thinking oneContinue reading “March 03, 2025”

The Cosmos is waiting things outas time goes by.It’s as good as it getsfor a survival strategymoment by moment, day by day.The Buddha called it”Peaceful abiding, here, now.”Lao Tzu said, “Do your work and step back,let nature take its course.”No striving.No pushing.No going to war.Just waiting things outas time goes by.See what is called forandContinue reading “March 02, 2025”

This is the cover of my latest eBook on Kindle. The publication system converts my manuscript to mesh with all Kindle readers worldwide, presenting me with formatting problems I have no control over, so lines end and spaces appear for no apparent reason. I have endeavored to correct misspellings and punctuation errors to the pointContinue reading “March 01, 2025 – B”