Author Archives: jimwdollar

Everything is always betterwith someone to blame.Conspiracy Theorists excelat finding/inventing someoneto blame.Donald Trump and his Congressionalhit squadare great at blamingtheir Woke enemies for everything.And Trump’s steady themeof “I’ll save you from THEM!”plays around every clockon all media outlets,transporting the countryback to Hitler’s Germanyand their hated enemy “The Jews.”It is amazing whatnon-stop propaganda can do.We canContinue reading “July 06, 2024 – B”

Intuition has a mind of her own,and a single line song running through her lifeand ours:”If you knew what you were doingyou’d be listening to meinstead of you, honey.”And the entire audianceshouts a loud, AMEN TO THAT!We know what we know too lateto avoid all the wrong turns and dead ends,but. Here we are withContinue reading “July 06, 2024 – A”

I would like to spendthe rest of my lifeimproving my relationshipwith my intuition,and letting hertake it from there.And that would have beenmy desire from birth.I would like to seehow much more she could have done with meif I had been her intentionalsaddle pal from the start.And I am honoredthat she has hung aroundthis long.She willContinue reading “July 05, 2024 – B”

This is who we areand this is what we are about!Decide for yourself what constitutes “this”in both of those statements,and to what extent it applies to the larger group that comprises the “we”you consider yourself to be a part of.And live to make that clearly evidentin your life,individually and collectivelyin the time you have leftContinue reading “July 05, 2024 – A”

I think I know where I would be better off,and trust myself completelyin directing my life to that destination,the trouble is that the situation keeps changing.The conditions become unpredictable. Better is a shifting mirage in a wasteland of empty promisesand lost dreams.Where to we go to find better?How long will it last?My advice is toContinue reading “July 04, 2024 – A”

All forms of religion are ridiculous.In Buddhism there is no duality,but there are eight fiery hells and ten cold ones.In Christianity God’s love is unconditionaland God will send you straight to hellif you don’t believe it.In Judaism you are to do unto othersbefore they do unto you.In Islam it’s one thing for youif you areContinue reading “July 03, 2024 – A”

Reflection and realization, kid.Reflection and realization.This is the sum total of the spiritual life.Taking vision quests.Sitting in the emptiness/stillness/silence.”Waiting for the mud to settleand the water to clear.”Asking, seeking, knocking.Thinking about our thinking.Seeing our seeing.Feeling our feelings.Holding everything up to the light.Turning the light around.Flipping the normal and customaryto see what we may be missinginContinue reading “July 02, 2024 – B”

Our best hope of influencing the futureis how we respond to the present.What we do here has an impact there.The quality and degree of impactis determined by countless factorsat work within the circumstances of the moment,but.We increase our chances of a future betterthat it would otherwise beby the way we live in each situation asContinue reading “July 02, 2024 – A”

When we are being swept alongby circumstances,it’s best to go with the flowand attend our intuitionso that we know when a door opensand we can walk through.At times such as these,just waiting it out makes as much sense as anything else.It helps to wait it outin the company of the right people.And it is notContinue reading “July 01, 2024 – A”

“We know when we are on the beamand when we are off it (Joseph Campbell),and we are the authoritydetermining what does and does notconstitute the way, the truth and the lifefor us,and we don’t have a clue.We had better get a clue,and a good one.Here is a hint:We are looking for a solid relationshipwith ourContinue reading “July, 2024”

Christianity needs to dump theologyand believing,and go back to being who Jesus was,an intuitive fully human being,with his eye on doing what neededto be donein each situation as it arose,trusting himself to realize/knowwhat that waswithout any reference to codified instructionsin the matter.Simple.Clear.Timely.No?

I was standing in a cotton fieldduring planting seasonwith a farmer-member of my congregationin Batesville, Mississippiwhere the hills meet the delta,in a wide-ranging conversationdealing with race relations and gay rightswhen he said,”Hell, Jim! This isn’t the way I SEE things–THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE!!!And I said,”And that’s the way you see things!”We laughed togetherContinue reading “June 29, 2024 – B”