Author Archives: jimwdollar

It is all practice. Every day is another dress rehearsal.We are working to improve our improvisation.To see what’s whatand to know what is called forin order to respond with our original nature,our innate virtues–the things we do bestand enjoy doing most,and our inherent imaginationand intrinsic intuition.In dancing with our circumstancesand living in synch with theContinue reading “March, 2025”

What’s to become of all the wildlife refugeswhen Trump fires all the workers?For what? To take the money saved from all those salariesand dole it out as tax cuts to individuals and cooperations.What kind of man would do that?How good is the good Trump calls good?What is it good for?Whose good is served by theContinue reading “February 28, 2025”

There is a sense in which cluelessness characterizes my life.But, I also see wisdom at work in knowing–and trusting my knowing–what to say yes to and what to say no to.So it’s been a cluelessness innocence at workand not a clueless striving.I didn’t push my way anywhere.Just walked through open doors.And I don’t know howContinue reading “February 27, 2025”

There is a lot I won’t miss when it’s gone.I know people who take exception to dying.To the point of being overwrought about it.For one thing,we don’t know if our experience is limited to this life.It may expand to unimaginable wonders.We do not know enough to be upset about dying!I’m looking forward to finding outContinue reading “February 26, 2025 – B”

All of my books need a good proof reader,and the conversion process from my computerto a Kindle reader creates choppy line endingsthat have to be cleaned up between editionsand it takes bout five of those for me to beable to make my peace with the final outcome.This is number three. And I don’t say anythingthereContinue reading “February 26, 2025”

There is On and there is Off.They constitute/exhibit/expressways of mind, ways of being.The shift from one to the otheris controlled by being here, nowand being somewhere else.Here, now, in the momentis tuned into the momentto the point of merging with the momentand being what the moment calls for, requires,here, now as circumstances shift and flowlikeContinue reading “February 25, 2025 – B”

I have a long list of places I don’t want to revisit. And no list at all of places I want to visit.I call that content.I know people who would call it boring.I would also call it coming to terms with my life.I have spotted a photo I want to take,and I’m figuring out theContinue reading “February 25, 2025”

Distraction, disturbance, diversiondisrupts our focus and our flow,destroys our silence,devastates our world.And so the importance of returning frequentlyeach day to the refuge of “Peaceful abiding here, now.”Practice dropping into “Peaceful abiding here, now,”all the time everywhere.Perfect switching from “this place” to “that place”instantaneously.Be out of reach “like that.”Just disappear.Into “Peaceful abiding, here, now.”Ground yourself inContinue reading “February 24, 2025”

Dropping into emptiness-stillness-silence here, now,and being clear about what’s what and what is called forand doing what needs to be donewhere and how it needs to be doneis living aligned with the Tao,which is the flow of life and being,the Force of Star Wars,the intuition at the heart of who we are.When Jesus said, “PrayContinue reading “February 22, 2025”

The knowledge we carry withinthat is so much more than we have been told or taughtis astounding beyond words.How do we know what we know?What guides our boat on its path through the sea? Why don’t we listen closelyand trust ourselves more?Why aren’t we taught about vision quests?And Walk-a-bouts?Why aren’t we trainedto drop into theContinue reading “February 21, 2025”

Ruling out an Elder Wandleaves us at an impasse when it comes to a quick returnto life as it used to be.The Dark Ages had nothing to commend them then,and have nothing to commend them now.My advice is to find a group of the right kind of peopleand make a pact to encourageand sustain oneContinue reading “February 20, 2025”

The idea is to live in the serviceof what is called for in each situation as it ariseswith the gifts we are born within our original nature,our innate virtues–what we do best and love doing most,our inherent imaginationand our intrinsic intuition.We have to train ourselvesto know who we are and to trust ourselves to knowContinue reading “February 19, 2025”