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Loss of balance and harmonyis the cause of the disturbancein the flow of lifeand the experience of the clashing rocks,and the heaving wavesof the wine-dark sea worldwide.And the cause of imbalance and disharmonyeverywhereis wanting what we have no business having.Wrong Wantingis the source of all of our problems today.Every day.Starting with Adam and Eve,which isContinue reading “February 26, 2024 – A”

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Indigenous spirituality has it righton all points,starting with No Sin,if you can imagine that.Religion without sin.What kind of religion is that?Religion from the bottom upand the inside out,not something handed to us by the priestsand the experts,not something hinging on Right Belief,but flowing from the truth of personal experience.How much of Colonialist Religionis grounded onContinue reading “February 25, 2024 – A”

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It is the same with all of us.We gather ourselves and meet the day.Every day.It would help, I think,if we could actually gather togetherand meet the day as One,drawing strength from each other’s determinationto bring our best forthin doing right by ourselvesand each other.So, I’ll meet you in the silence,in the stillness and emptinessthat awaitsContinue reading “February 24, 2024 – A”

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Projection is perception,perception is projection.In order to see,we have to see our seeing.In order to hear,we have to hear our hearing.Everything we have ever seen/heardinterferes with our seeing/hearingby creating memories and expectations,making it difficult to separate here/nowfrom then/there.It all carries over,stirring up the muddy watereven as we wait for the mud to settleand the waterContinue reading “February 23, 2024 – A”

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I don’t know how to turn things around.No one does.People have been trying to turn things aroundfor thousands of years.Things have been getting worse all that time.In light of this,I think turning things around is a poor goal.The best goal is caring about one another.Caring about another.Caring about something more than ourselves.I find myself caringContinue reading “February 22, 2024 – A”

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Grace and kindness improve everything.Ruthlessness and anger make everything worse.Where we go with that,what we do about it,makes all the difference. –0–

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EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE’S STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN Under the leadership of the oldest and arguably the most experienced president in American history, the team in the White House for the past three years has performed remarkably well, despite the rancor and divisiveness that have afflicted this nation for nearly a decade. The accomplishmentsContinue reading “February 20, 2024 – B”

Greedy, selfish, ruthless, meanseem to describe the worst of us.Compassionate, just, gentle, kindseem to do for the best of us.With the rest of us falling outbetween those extremes.Everything takes its placealong the continuum between extremes.”The Golden Mean” balances, harmonizes,the Yin and Yang of too much and too little,offsetting each other eternallyover all levels of existence,withContinue reading “February 20, 2024 – A”

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I wish I had done better.I could have done better.But.I’ll give me this:I’m doing better all the time.Most of my lapses were long ago.Yesterday was a gem.Most of my yesterdays were gems.Which means most of my todays are sparklingright out of the box.We have to give ourselves credit.For having what it takesto meet the day,dayContinue reading “February 19, 2024 – A”

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Jesus didn’t care what his chances were,neither can we. We have a job to do: Being who we are,when we are,where we are,in ways appropriate to the occasion,and not trying to get anything in the bargain.Just doing what is called for,no matter what.Like turning over the tablesof the money-changers in the temple.And refusing to tellContinue reading “February 18, 2024 – A”

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We have an affinity for thisand not for thatthroughout all of the categoriesof options and choicesthat is natural to each of usand quite different around the table.”Explore your affinities!”, I say.”Do not allow any to go unnoticed, unknown!”Our affinities bring us to life,disclose our nature,express our preferences,expose us for who we are,comprise our identityin aContinue reading “February 17, 2024 – A”

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Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World by Doug Good Feather | Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services | Apr 13, 2021 4.8 out of 5 stars 385 I’m recommending this to you, and am happy to let you do what you will with it, which is part of the way, theContinue reading “February 16, 2024 – B”

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