Author Archives: jimwdollar

I have recently updated my eBooks on Amazon Kindle, “The Tao of Jesus V” and “A Handbook for The Spiritual Journey II.” I enjoyed writing, and enjoy reading, both books, and am sure I will not do better in what remains of my time left for living.This Trump mess sullies what remains of my time,Continue reading “May 24, 2025”

Taking stock is a meditative practiceof dropping into the emptiness-stillness-silenceon a daily basis throughout the day,to tune in, turn on and realize what’ what,here, now, and what that calls for,and what needs to happen in response,when, where and how,align ourselves with the direction and flowof our life all day long.

I miss the Bog Garden. I lived about a mile awayfor about 13 years,and moved away in 2013.And don’t need to go back.I’m funny that way.That was then, this is now.I don’t go back.One of my favorite idiosyncrasies.Which I do not understand,but I recognize and honoras a “Me Thing.”It is Who I Am.There are thingsContinue reading “May 22, 2025”

Doing things well is not doing things perfectly.Perfect is a steady state of being–and is a matter of opinion.All perfect things are surpassed in time.Decay is perfection’s archenemy,and always has the last word.Doing things well is the artists’ aim,and the individual artist is the only one who knowswhen “well enough” has been achieved.Leaving us withContinue reading “May 21, 2025”

My heart breaks easily these days. The weight of life perhaps,or the anguish brought on by the flippant mannerof MAGA and Trump and their disregard for the sacrednature of this country and the values it has stood forfrom its founding only to to be dishonored, dismissed,disregarded and sold to the highest bidder. And they haveContinue reading “May 20, 2025”

I don’t care what happens when I die,and I cannot imagine why it matters.Here I am, now what? Is the only question that concerns me.What is being asked of me right here, right now?What am I being called to do?If I can get that right,and do what needs me to do it,when, where and howContinue reading “May 19, 2025”

I play a game with myselfwhere I invite God to live my life.I disappear and my projection of God takes over.I can become absorbed in the role,and enjoy seeing/doing things from the standpoint of my idea of God.It definitely uplifts my game.I encourage you to give it a go.See how your idea of God wouldContinue reading “May 18, 2025”

Our present life situation is exactly what we needto bring us forth to meet the world as the world needsus to meet it.This is the magic at work in our lives.Our need to be who we are meshes perfectlywith the world’s deepest need in each here, nowthat comes along. We are precisely the answer theContinue reading “May 17, 2025”

Everyone has a different idea of how things ought to be.People who think they know best and must be pleased are a blight upon the rest of humankind.All voices need to be heard but.The voices that seem to be listened toare the voices with money and/or who are insistent, loud, and ever-present, refusing to goContinue reading “May 16, 2025”

The Buddha died, nothing changed.Jesus died,nothing changed.Everyone dies.Nothing changes.All of the changes that have been made–and there be multitudes,from the caves to the high rises,from clubs to nuclear warheads–have changed nothing.Everyone who dieslives in the service of something.For what?More people are destitute todaythan were destitute on the first day.More people are homeless.And what does “hope”Continue reading “May 15, 2025”

I wish experience were easier to come by.All of my greatest snafus are the result of inexperience.”If I had only known!” are the “famous last words”of many of us.And they certainly apply to me.Which suggests to me that we would benefit fromreading biographies/auto-biographiesand belonging to discussion/therapy groupswhere people were speaking “straight from the heartabout theContinue reading “May 15, 2025”