Category Archives: January, 2022

01 We find the way by trusting ourselves to the emptiness and walking. The catch is that we cannot use this method for our own personal gain, profit and pleasure. We belong to the way. The way does not belong to us. We cannot manipulate and control any outcome. No agendas, no opinions, are theContinue reading “January 21, 2022”

01 When the world is too much for me, I go in my mind to the isolated shore of some pond and allow the stillness of the place to calm and heal all that is raw and angry about me, comforting my sorrow, soothing my pain, reassuring me with the water of life sustaining theContinue reading “January 20, 2022”

01 The right kind of emptiness is the solution to all of our problems today. Everyday. The right kind of emptiness gets rid of all of the inappropriate responses to the way things are, and clears the way for us to rise to the occasion, doing what needs to be done about what can beContinue reading “January 19, 2022”

01 We bring morality and ethics to bear on nature and the psyche. This is our role to play in the evolution of the species. Our specialty is knowing right from wrong, good from evil, and applying that to what is happening in order to create something that was not there before we came along,Continue reading “January 18, 2022”

01 What does wanting know? Why can we only want what we want, and not what we ought to want? Why do we so often want what we ought not want? What we have no business wanting, and certainly no business having? Why is wanting/not-wanting and ought/ought-not (Or should/shouldn’t), the only available guides for pilotingContinue reading “January 17, 2022”

01 What we can hear at any point in our life is not commensurate with what we need to hear. We always need to hear more than we are able to hear because of our wants, dreams, ambitions, desires, interests, expectations, agendas, opinions, plans, hopes, fears, assumptions, inferences, etc. We get in–and stay in–our ownContinue reading “January 15, 2022”

01 What kind of democracy is it that cannot pass a voting rights bill? A paper democracy! A democracy that doesn’t have the heart to be a democracy! A pretend/fake/ersatz democracy that wants the world to think it is a democracy without having to go to the trouble of actually being a democracy. An empty-inContinue reading “January 14, 2022”

01 Everybody has as much right to be here, now, as anybody does. White privilege is a fantasy created in the minds of those who need to feel better than someone else because they have no grounding foundation of their own. White privilege is evidence of the fear of inferiority, insecurity and insignificance. Of beingContinue reading “January 13, 2022”

01 I write a lot and say very little. Very little that is different from what I’ve been saying for a lot of years. Since 1985,or earlier. How much did Jesus say that was different from what else he said? Or the Buddha? Or the Dali Lama? Chuang Tzu was a contemporary (Probably/maybe) with LaoContinue reading “January 12, 2022”

01 The fundamentals consist of: Emptiness, Stillness, Silence, Integrity, Sincerity, Spontaneity, Balance, Harmony, Spirit, Energy, Vitality. Practiced regularly and routinely in the service of Our Original Nature Within the Context and Circumstances (The Here and Now) of our life in each situation as it arises. In conjunction with our dedication to the work of doingContinue reading “January 11, 2022”

01 When Jesus said, “I will be with you always to the end of the age,” He was stating what had always been the case. He meant that his spirit is One with our spirit throughout the ages. from beginning to end forever. The spirit of the Christ is the spirit of our original nature,Continue reading “January 10, 2022”

01 We all are victims of false advertising, empty promises, scams, cons, come-on’s and lies– wanting, as we do, what we have no business having, looking for fortune and glory, smooth and easy, in one sure thing. It takes a lifetime of living, or two, to know what’s what, and what matters most, and whatContinue reading “January 09, 2022”