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The words that greet me in the night:AtrocityOutrageObscenityDisgraceJustice/InjusticeInhumanityAbsurdityTruth/LieRacismBigotryBrutality…I am a witness to it all,and that makes me a participant–as in “Compliance with violenceis an accessory to violence.”And a victim–as in, “A witness to violenceis a victim of violence.”And there is no escape.Just as there is no justice.No amends.No compensation.No restitution.No atonement.No restoration.No escape.What are weContinue reading “August 14, 2024 – B”

Being true to our inherent intuitionIs laying aside our wants/desires/pleasures/dreamsin the service of our intuition’s ideasof what is called for in each situation as it arises.The guiding question is never,”What do we want?”And is always,”What is called for here, now?”Knowing what is called for and living to do itwhen/where/how it needs to be donetime afterContinue reading “August 14, 2024 – A”

The way we respondto events and cirumstancesdetermines–or strongly influences–everything that follows.We create the futureby the way we respond to the present.And living willfully, defiantly,demanding and insistent is not the way to producethe kind of resultswe have in mind.The way to experience smooth and easyis to be smooth and easy,open and receptive,with nothing to gainand nothingContinue reading “August 13, 2024 – A”

Indigenous peoples have it rightthroughout time.Colonizers destroy the world.World after world after world…The difference is living in syncwith the environmentand living to consume the environment.And the flip is madewhen the population growsbeyond the ability of the environmentto meet the needs of the population.Humans are intelligent enoughto avoid dying offby killing off one another.Becoming so proficientContinue reading “August 12, 2024 – B”

I wonder how we are ever going to make this right.This world I’m talking about.Greed, money and power wield tight control.Caring nothing about what they doin an “If a profit can be made,a profit will be made” kind of way.I think the only solution to the situationis to let it burn itself out,destroying civilization asContinue reading “August 12, 2024 – A”

It’s all going–and we are going with it.There is no evidence that any of it lasts,and if it does,would it be like a museum somewherefor those with nothing better to do?Whether it goes or lasts forever,our question to answer is:Did we love it enough when we had the chance?Did we love sunsets enough?And rain?And moonContinue reading “August 11, 2024 – A”

In living with integrity,sincerity,spontaneously,in each situation as it arises,we live intuitively–intentionally unintentional–lives, 24/7/365.That is all there is to it.Once we have an ulterior motivewe have a hidden agendaand it’s all over.We could talk to Adam and Eveabout that.

Our intuition is a superpowerdesigned in the evolutionary laboratory for meeting all of the challengespresented by every day.Every day we meet physical, emotional,intellectual, spiritual tests of our stability, creativity, stamina, will,resiliency, fealty, devotion, incentive,resolve, ingenuity, determination…And we have to find what it takesto rise to the occasion,growing up some more again,time after time.We do itContinue reading “August 10, 2024 – B”

The most important variety of freedomis freedom from our world-view.Freedom from our way of thinking things are.What is important, what is not important.What matters most and what doesn’t rank at all.What’s worth caring about and what counts for nothing.Being free of the weight of that burden,and able to explore and experience the world as itContinue reading “August 10, 2024 – A”

Who we areand the way we dowhat we doare inseparable.The way habitual intuitionand enlightenment/awakening/liberationare inseparable.Integrity is bound with/to intuition.When we are at-one with our intuition,we are at-one with who we are.When we are enlightenedwe are “born again,”and are ourselves,finally, at last.Which is, of course,and amounts to,a dying to ourselves–to our old way of being inContinue reading “August 09, 2024 – B”

Integrity is being who we are,doing what is ours to do.How do we know what that is?Knowing is where intuition comes in.Knowing is what intuition does best.When we know what to do,it often comes upon us out of nowhere.We are seized by the moment, in the moment,and hear ourselves saying,”Give me the ball!”Or its equivalent.AndContinue reading “August 09, 2024 – A”

Balance and Harmony,serenity and tranquility, at peace with ourselves and our situation in life…These are the conditions required to access our intuitionand align ourselves with it.And they are concurrent withemptiness, stillness and silence.The right kind of emptiness is contingent upon the conditionsrequired for alignment with our intuition.It all comes together to lead us along theContinue reading “August 08, 2024 – A”