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We make our own peace with our life.No one can do that for us.We come to terms with our own responsibility for our responsesto the way things are,knowing that how we respondto what happenscan make things betteror make things worse,and that our response-abilityis the key for things beingas good as they are capable of beingourContinue reading “January 28, 2024 – A”

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Squaring ourselves up with the here/now,coming to terms with what’s whatand what is being asked of usin order to meet the dayand provide what is called forin each situation as it arisesis the day’s workeach day,in a “Here we are, now what?”kind of way.We adjust ourselvespsychologically,physically,emotionally,intellectually,spiritually,in doing what needsto be done,when,whereand how it needs toContinue reading “January 27, 2024 – A”

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If you want to be certainof going to heaven–or it’s preferential equivalent to your way of thinking–all you have to dois be clear about what is importantin each situation as it arises,and serve that with the giftsof your original natureand your innate virtues/attributesthroughout the time left for living.You don’t have to be right about it,youContinue reading “January 26, 2024 – A”

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We are here to find out who we areand to see what we can do.To seek and serve our original natureand innate virtues/attributeswithin the constraints and opportunitiesof the time and placeof our living.In so doing, we have to give ourselves the freedom to explore–the permission to experiment,investigate,examine,ask,inquire,knock,play,dance,sing…To discover for ourselveswhat the legitimate limits are,and toContinue reading “January 25, 2024 – A”

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There is sitting still,being quiet,allowing the days to have their own rhythm and flow,and there is imposingour will on the day,every day.Two very different waysto go about living,and they shake outamong the indigenous peoplesand the conquistadors.Conquistador mentalitytakes center stage among the rulers of the world,and of the world religions.Indigenous peoples’ mentalityfinds its placeamong the spiritualContinue reading “January 24, 2024 – A”

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A ranch, say, in Wyoming,or a pizza restaurant, say, in DC,or you, say, or me,develops their own rhythm and flow,maintaining their own balance and harmony,in dealing with all that must be dealt withthrough all situations and circumstancescoming their way.Whatever that is, it is the way things are done there over time.It is their way ofContinue reading “January 23, 2024 – B”

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The Two Paths of Yin and Yangpair off in different configurationsthroughout our life.We are always walking two paths at the same time.And the better able we are to do this, the better everything will beall the way around.We balance/harmonize oppositesby the way we relate to themalways and forever.There is the care/don’t care paradox.We have toContinue reading “January 23, 2024 – A”

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Knowing what needs to be doneand doing itis all there is to itin each situation as it arisesall our life long.Getting what we wantand having our waydoesn’t take precedentover doing what needs to be done,but we don’t neglect ourselves, either.We. Do. What. Needs. To. Be. Done.Sometimes that’s a chocolate shake.Sometimes, it’s a nap.Or reading aContinue reading “January 22, 2024 – A”

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AMERICA! LISTEN TO ME! THE WAY YOU THINK THINGS AREIS NOT! THE WAY THINGS ARE!!!THE WAY YOU THINK THINGS AREIS ONLY YOUR OPINIONABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE!!!STOP WATCHING TV!STOP ENGAGING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA!STOP LISTENING TO RADIO –ESPECIALLY TALK RADIO!!!STOP LISTENING TO YOUR FRIENDS!STOP LISTENING TO YOUR PREACHER!RETREAT TO EMPTINESS, STILLNESS AND SILENCE!!!IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ART, MUSICContinue reading “January 21, 2024 – A”

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You can gauge your degree of indoctrinationby the number of questionsyou will not allow yourself to ask,or permit others to ask.I wonder what questions Jesuswould not askor allow others to ask.And Herod.And Pilate.And Calaphas.The list is long.We are all held captiveby the questions we are not allowed to ask.What are yours?What doors can you notContinue reading “January 20, 2024 – A”

Toss aside the twin perils of modern life(Having your wayand getting what you want),and adopt as a healthy replacementdoing what needs to be done,when,whereand how it needs to be donein each situation as it arisesno matter whatall your life long.You will be instantly happierwithout the constant pressure/worryover struggling to arrange thingsto your eternal satisfaction forever,andContinue reading “January 19, 2024 – A”

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An image in this collection–or in any collection–that draws your attention, catches your eye,inviting a closer look,and the words in the list that followsare ready subjectsfor meditation,contemplation,reflection,and as such,serve as portkeys,thresholds,doorways to new realizationsand new ways of living:Balance and harmony,emptiness, stillness, silence,integrity, sincerity, spontaneity,original nature,innate virtues/attributes,noise, complexity, trauma, drama,questions, meditation, contemplation, reflection,realization. –0–

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