Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
I wish I had devoted myselfto the moment, this here, this now,all my life long–being what the moment called fordoing what the moment neededto be done,when, where and how it neededto be done.I wish someone had explained to me how utterly important that is.I lived among people who did not knowthemselves how important it is.NoContinue reading “October 15, 2024 – A”
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We are all we have–we are all we need!But.It takes realization,awareness-attentionto make it so.There is no father-god out there.The God we seek is in here:In our body,mind,intuition,virtues (The things we do bestand enjoy doing most),original nature.We laugh “and say “No way!”YES WAY!!!All it takes is waking upto know that it is so.We all know thatContinue reading “October 14, 2024 – A”
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Bringing to life the holy within usand living as the divine in human formputs us in the league with the Christand requires the same of usthat was demanded of him,namely that we live without concern forprofit or gain,advantage and advancement,exploitation and prosperity…and simply do what is called forin each situation as it ariseswith the giftsContinue reading “October 13, 2024 – A”
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Joseph Campbell said (In “Pathways to Bliss”)that myths and symbols (If they are alive for us)guide us in aligning ourselves with our lifeand with our own inner nature (And I would add here, with our innate virtues [The things we do bestand enjoy doing most], and with our intrinsic intuition, and, in so doing, serveContinue reading “October 12, 2024 – A”
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We have to drop into emptiness (stillness/silence)on a regular basisto just breatheand wait for “the mud to settle and the water to clear,”and to see what meets us there.To see what arises thereto catch our eye,get our attention,and send us back into the field of actionwith a sense of what is called forto live inContinue reading “October 11, 2024 – A”
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This text is found in Deuteronomy: It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to getContinue reading “October 10, 2024 – A”
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Things have to get worse before they can get better.An entire generation of greed-fueled dumb-asses has to die offin order for intuition to have its say.As the old Taoists said,”Circumstances create circumstances.”War, weather and disease are circumstances’three favorite tools to usein crafting something betterout of something worse.All it takes is time.And it takes time allContinue reading “October 09, 2024 – B”
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Trust your own intuitionto show you the wayin each situation as it arises.IT. IS. THAT. SIMPLE.
It is hard to tell how olda rock is.Not that it matters.No one cares.Not even the rocks care.We all have more importantthings to do.Well, maybe not the rocks.Caring doesn’t count with rocks.Everything is equally insignificantto a rock.Leaving me to wonderat what point do thingsbegin to take on significance for us?And fade into insignificance?What leads usContinue reading “October 08, 2024 – A”
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The things that interest us.The things that ignite our enthusiasm.The things we enjoy doing.The things that are meaningful to us.Are the things that bring us to life.Without them we are dead,just whiling away the hoursuntil the county coroner makes it official.I was born into an atmospherewhere everyone was dead,going through the motions of life,waiting forContinue reading “October 07, 2024 – A”
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Doing what is called forin each situation as it arisesis all it takes. We get distracted by desire, fear and duty,and 10,000 other things.But the basics remain the same over timethroughout the ages.Focus and presence, kid.Focus and presence.We live to discover who we areand what we are about,simply by being who we are,doing what weContinue reading “October 06, 2024 – A”
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In The Fellowship of the Ring,Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”And we have help with that.Our intrinsic intuition is with usto guide us all along the way.All we have to do is dispense with ambition,aspiration, intention, desire and the willto have ourContinue reading “October 05, 2024 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy