Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Two Canadian researchers writing a philosophy of health defined health as “ease of functioning.” I have expanded that definition by adding “in the service of the joy of life.” We have to be doing what brings joy to life in our life if we would be healthy. What would that be for you? For meContinue reading “August 31, 2023 – A”
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Seeking the still point at the center of the path that can only be recognized as the path in hindsight is the balance point between past and future– the here/now in each situation as it arises, through all of the circumstances of our life, the transition point between then and not yet, where we areContinue reading “August 30, 2023 – B”
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“Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with thing the way they are, and make no room for personal view– then the world will be at peace with you, though perhaps not with itself” — From The Complete Works of Zhuangzi (Translations from the Asian Classics by BurtonContinue reading “August 30, 2023 -A”
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Sex is a way of avoiding intimacy. Revealing is concealing. Concealing is revealing. What are we revealing by what we conceal? What are we concealing by what we reveal? What are we hiding? What are we hiding from? Conversation is the most intimate form of human activity, and it is mostly noise. There are peopleContinue reading “August 29, 2023 – A”
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The AI description above ties in smoothly with how I live generally in relation with my Inner Intelligence, or II. I sit/stand/lie aware of what’s what, what is called for, and what I might do about it, and visualize/feel/sense various scenarios, deciding “Yes/No” with each one, and what that produces in terms of additional optionsContinue reading “August 28, 2023 – A”
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If only we could see ourselves “as ithers see us”! Even this sunflower, completely exposed for all to see cannot get at the heart of the inner flower. All we see of ourselves is what we exhibit to others to see, with no way of dropping into our inner space in order to get toContinue reading “August 27, 2023 – A”
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We live best in the service of beauty and harmony, rhythm and flow, balance and congruity, resonance and synchrony– in tune with ourselves and our surroundings. Where are we doing that? Where in our life do we find evidence of our doing that? How are we attempting to align ourselves with the ebb and flowContinue reading “August 26, 2023 – A”
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Feeling what we are feeling, seeing what we are seeing, knowing what we are knowing, is all a matter of practicing being present with what is present with us and with how we are responding to it. This initiates the process of transforming the nature of our being in the world, and changing our wayContinue reading “August 25, 2023 – A”
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We are in the grip of forces quite beyond us–the economy, the weather, earthquakes, war… and have to negotiate our way through the possibilities and choices available to us on a daily basis in the service of balance and harmony, peace and sanity– and can do that as long as we live in a normalContinue reading “August 24, 2023 – A”
What engages you beyond sex/drugs/alcohol/eating/shopping/money? Engagement is the key to LIFE. Without engagement there are only boredom and lethargy. And entertaining pastimes until death takes us mercifully away. Being engaged in seeking engagement counts for engagement. What catches your eye? Start there. Where do you enjoy spending time? What do you love to do forContinue reading “August 23, 2023 – A”
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The path to “having life and having it abundantly” is always right here right now. We are standing on it, in the dead center of it. It is waiting for us to open our eyes, see what we are looking at, and do what needs to be done about it when/where/how it needs to beContinue reading “August 22, 2023 – B”
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We all are searching, more or less desperately, for some reason to be here, for some compelling, driving force pulling us into and driving us through our life. Our life is–and has to be– a vehicle of LIFE! An experience of LIFE! A path to LIFE! Our life has to bring us to LIFE! WhenContinue reading “August 22, 2023 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy