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Of all the ideasthat I am aware offloating aroundabout the afterlife, the one that I am most enthralled by/attracted tois the Buddhist formulationof the Bodhisattva,a person who has attained Nirvanabut opts out of the rewardfor living the right kind of lifein order to return to an ordinaryexistence in this worldand living to make things betterContinue reading “April 07, 2024 – A”

There are no strategies for gaming the game.There are only serendipity,synchronicity,and fortuity–all put into playin the old golfing mantra,”The more I practice, the luckier I get.”In place of “practice”we might say,”The more I put myself in the service of my intuition, the luckier I get.”Intuition and the felt sense(Or the “gut feeling”)are our inner guideswhichContinue reading “April 06, 2024 – A”

Here is a TED talk whose theme is “Habitual Intuition All The Way!” And, Alan Watts’ observation that “People who are habitually intuitive are thought of as being lucky by everyone who knows them or hears about them.” It would be wrong of you to not watch it.

Ask any Native American you know,and they will tell you straight-outthat you don’t need any theologywhatsoever.Ask all of the Taoists you know,and they will tell you the same thing.Ask all of the Buddhists you know–particularly if they are Zen Buddhists(In that Zen Buddhistsare actually Taoists and not Buddhists at all)–and they will tell you theContinue reading “April 05, 2024 – B”

We live our life as it needs us to live it–as it needs to be lived–or we don’t.How much evidence can you accumulateto justify your contentionthat you are living your lifeas it needs you to live it?How often do you consult your lifein the matter?How much time in a week, say,do you spend communing withContinue reading “April 05, 2024 – A”

Alan Watts said being completely engagedin what you are doinghere/nowis the real secret of life.And what is the secretto being completely engagedin what we are doing here/now?Give our heart the reins!How often do we do that?For how long?How long has it beensince we let our hearthave the day?If we were going to let our hearthaveContinue reading “April 04, 2024 – A”

We impose our will for our lifeupon our lifeat our own risk.This is the true natureof the “Fall” in the Garden of Eden.Adam and Eve decidedthey knew what was good for themand ignored the inner guidanceof their own hearts.And, “Boom!”, as John Madden might say,here we are.We have Big Ideasabout how we want our lifeContinue reading “April 03, 2024 – A”

Religion without theology requires each individual participantof that religionto be their own minister/priestin opening themselves to the abiding presenceof numinous/ineffable reality,aligning themselves with therhythm and flow of their lifeand living in accord with their destinyand their calling from the sourceof life and beingto be true to themselvesin the ways they respond to what is happeningandContinue reading “April 02, 2024 – B”

Our felt sense,habitual intuitionand nighttime dreamswill do their bestto keep us “on the beam,”doing what we do bestand enjoy most,in the service of our original natureand innate virtuosities.And, all we have to do is pay attention.Paying attention is knowing what we knowand doing what needs to be done about it.This is not hard.It is merelyContinue reading “April 02, 2024 – A”

Living from habitual intuition,following our felt senseinto each situation as it arises,seeing what’s what thereand doing what needs to be done about itwith the gifts of our original natureand our innate virtuosities(The things we do bestand enjoy/love doing most),is quite differentfrom living in the serviceof avoiding what we don’t wantand acquiring what we do want.AndContinue reading “April 01, 2024 – A”

Finding the wayand the will to walk itis a matter of being presentwith all that is present with us–in other words,being here/nowwithout opinion,without fear,without desire,without being bound by duty,free to see, hear, understand,know, do, be.Do you know anyone who is that free?That leaves it to usto be who/what we need to beout of our ownContinue reading “April 2024”

The white responseto the black presence has been–and continues to be–atrocious, ridiculous and absurd.If you are white or black,you can’t top this for a lasting source of grief,mourningand sorrow.Something else to add to ourlist of itemsto bring before our Wailing Wall.Racism has no place in our lives,yet, it has prevented our livesfrom being anything closeContinue reading “March 31, 2024 – A”