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What chain of associationscan you create from this photograph?Spend some timeseeing what comes to mindas you consider the image.Try for 3 to 5 links.Then bring your present state of beinginto your consciousness.Ask yourself what the linksthat came to mind regarding the photomight bring to bear on your present state of being.What do they have togetherthatContinue reading “March 17, 2024 – A”

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There is the intuition to sense/realize/knowwhat needs to be done,where,whenand how–and there is the will to do it.And that is all there is to it.To know,will,and dowhat,where,when,how,through all of the circumstancesof our life.Makes living attentivelyfrom the heart,in service to our heartsituation by situationthe greatest work of humankind.Requiring us to empty ourselvesof all desire,fear,ambition,duty,obligation–of anything andContinue reading “March 16, 2024 – A”

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What do we spend our time thinking about?What preoccupies us?Absorbs us?Consumes us?What do we dwell on?What can we not stop thinking about?Think about that.Meditate on that.Explore that.Turn that over and over.Reflect on that.Ask all of the questionsyou can imagine about that.Then interview that.Ask questions of that.How did that become the most importantthing in your life?PursueContinue reading “March 15, 2024 – A”

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Going through life in a semi-trance stateis the way to stay in touchwith our Right Brainwhile remaining tuned in to our Left Brain.Doing so requires us to be somewhat distantfrom the distracting noiseof life in the ordinary worldof normal, apparent reality.And we may look out the window a lot,and write ourselves noteswhen reflection sparks realizationandContinue reading “March 14, 2024 – A”

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I’m thinking what we are looking foris peace and contentment,a sense of satisfaction with our life,and a “happy to be here, now” orintationthroughout each day,being comfortable with our surroundingsand with our prospects,and at one with ourselvesand the time and place of our living.And I’m thinking we are never morethan a perspective shiftaway from being atContinue reading “March 13, 2024 – A”

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Every living thing,every sentient being(And sentience may be a qualityof rocks and soil and grains of sand,light rays and lightening bolts,who is to say?),experiences, or engages in,slack times as this Mallard duck is doingafloat on the still watersof the Bog Garden pond on a cloudy day.Slack times are important times,crucial times,and we must see toContinue reading “March 12, 2024 – A”

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Wholeheartedness is the measure by whichwe are to gauge the worth of our optionsand choices.Can we do it wholeheartedly?Is our heart fully in it?Does it make our little heart singand our little toes dance?If not, steer clear!Avoid all things we are iffy about!Time is too shortto not mean it from the start!I have an orderContinue reading “March 11, 2024 – A”

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“Being political” is getting what we wantand avoiding what we don’t want.Everyone has their own ideaof how things ought to be.”Politics” is where we strive to have our idea implementedand to prevent not-out-ideafrom being forced on us.”Politics” is the battle fieldfor having what we wantthe way we want itwithout actually going to warand killing eachContinue reading “March 10, 2024 – A”

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The spiritual foundation of the Psyche(The Greek word for “soul” personifiedby the female God named Psyche)is my idea of Right Brain,the creative hemisphere in contrast tothe analytical/logical Left Brain hemisphere.It is our place to balance the different functionsof the two hemispheresby walking two paths at the same time,living with a foot in each world simultaneously,andContinue reading “March 09, 2024”

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I am glad to recommend Jeremy Taylor’s book “The Wisdom of your Dreams” as a guide for exploring your dreams in their role asthe way our Right Brain communes with our Left Brain in its psychospiritual way: https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Your-Dreams-Unconscious-Transform/dp/1585427543/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N6BPEKO4CR5I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6fYMGTMzbe5rRrHFDsHaVXF_xCyAo78sOu9do4CBmCZHC1YAchaVI11LqvLEPBQw1ZU_FA454HWr7W9fOIbXPcxJrysRDdK4FCqvRzfm7NGCGeAQFfLnnpC_7ds3WwTufcTQYq9mRomUBd-GADGXLYTPCy0rltymoxvFtqu1WklujcvBp82ALAWKtcSFZ9pzHYMgsczsT3IzI0jo9dtAOiO568Jg6rQpMG-BJBto84k.j4X6m_5nT5bz6avNpmHOkDIg-h5z4P-cKE0vrPwlOqs&dib_tag=se&keywords=jeremy+taylor+books&qid=1709921250&sprefix=jeremy+tay%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1

Live without expectations or opinions.Don’t be looking for “what’s in it for me.”Don’t keep score.Or worry about your prospects.Or live judgmentally.Just see what’s whatand what’s called for in response,and cover what you can of thatout of the gifts of your original natureand your innate virtuosities(The things you do best)in each situation as it arises,your entireContinue reading “March 08, 2024 – A”

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If we aren’t getting kinder with age,we are wasting our time.What’s more important than kindness?Or, these days, scarcer?Kindness is welcoming,attentive,and it listens.Where do you go to find listening?Everybody is everywhere expressing an opinion.The opinion wars, I call it,finding something not to likeabout everything.And everybody.Kindness left years ago it seems.Probably looking for a safe place toContinue reading “March 07, 2024 – A”

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