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Within the “normal and customary (read, “acceptable”)range,”there are a number of perspectives availablefor those seeking to express/servetheir uniqueness as individual human beingsthroughout the broad sweep of their life.Which begs the question:”How unique can we be?””Uniquely acceptable”has a “contradiction in terms” feel to it,and underscores the reality of”How different can we beand still be ‘One'”?Presenting “OutContinue reading “June 12, 2024 – B”

No ulterior motives,no hidden agendas–no agendas of any kind–no deception or deceit,no duplicity,no bad faith…Integrity and a noble heartat all times,in all ways,creates an atmospherein which intuition flourishes and thrivesfor the true good of all.Amen!May it be so!

Few things are quieter than mushrooms.They come and gowhile making nothing of it. If I could live as quietlyas a mushroom,I would declare myselfto have achieved stardom.Imagine that without fanfare!That would be somethingto shout about,noiselessly.Silence is the essence of quietude. Which is the foundation of all that wasbefore anything was.The next thing was the AUMmmmm…announcingContinue reading “June 11, 2024 – A”

Organized religion has always denouncedand despised expressions of our intrinsic intuition. The early Gnostics were persecuted as heretics,hunted down,murdered, burned at the stake, tortured,and tormentedbecause of their “secret knowledge.”They listened to their intuitionand gave it equal status with revealed truth.It should be given higher status,unless we understand “revealed truth”to be revealed to our intuitionthrough meditationContinue reading “June 10, 2024 – A”

Our intrinsic intuition is as close to God as we can get.We are as close to Godas a lot of people will ever get.If we aren’t living intuitively,and hanging out with those who do,we are missing out on godliness.

Spending time regularly with the silence,scanning our body for indicationsof need for our attention,listening for what might arisein the stillness,we signal our readinessto comply with what is called for,and position ourselves to deal with what’s whatin the spirit of those looking forward to what they do best.

There is wanting what we want to want,and there is wantingwhat we ought to want,and there is wanting what someone else wants us to want.What variety of wantingis the wantingwe want most of the time?The spiritual lifeis linking our wantingwith the wanting we ought to wantvia our intrinsic intuition.Our intrinsic intuitionwants us to wantwhat weContinue reading “June 08, 2024 – B”

Fishing was an escapefrom a world I did not begin to comprehend.Fishing allowed me to catch my breath,to breathe easy,without worrying about keeping upor lagging behind,or making someone happy,or knowing what I was doingor what I was going to bewhen I grew up.I could step out of that worldof stress beyond managingand fish.That made steppingContinue reading “June 08, 2024 – A”

This 23 inch tall seated Buddha carries with it the authority and simplicity of the spirit of the person it personifies. It is a prefect replica of the seated Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, empty of fear, of desire, of duty, letting the world go by, knowing that he has all he needs to getContinue reading “June 07, 2024 – C”

Prayers to an Unknown GodIn the silence that waits for us to know what’s what,we know only what we have been told to knowand what we want,but what wants us, we haven’t a clue.And so we pray to the silence:Teach us to be quiet and still,empty and opento all that is with us here, now,waitingContinue reading “June 07, 2024 – B”

The story of the Garden of Edenis the metaphor of humanity. D.T. Suzuki said that enlightenment may be thought of “habitual intuition.”Intuition has been our guide from the beginning.Now, think of God in the Garden of Eden storyas our intuition.We are born with an intrinsic intuition that wants things one way,but we want things aContinue reading “June 07, 2024 – A”

Jesus didn’t have any more of a planthan I do,than the Buddha did.”Get in there and do your thing,and don’t worry about the outcome,”isn’t much of a way to change the world.And has never done much to change the world,so far as I can tell.A lot of people are talking aboutJesus and the Buddha,but inContinue reading “June 06, 2024 – B”