Happiness is a function of freedom. But. Freedom is not freedom to do whatever we want, but freedom to do what needs to be done, where, when, and how it needs to be done. Knowing and doing what needs to be done is the key to happiness, when it is done for the joy ofContinue reading “September 12-C, 2022”
Category Archives: September, 2022
September 12-B, 2022
The way to get what you want is to not want very much and to be happy with what you have. Unending wants conflict with one another, off-set one another, cancel each other out. We cannot have this that we want because it rules out that which we also want, and we set up anContinue reading “September 12-B, 2022”
September 12-A, 2022
Making the best of it means asking “How can I do better with what I have to work with and with what needs to be done?” We have to know what needs to be done, and we have to know what we have to work with. We can be wrong about what needs to beContinue reading “September 12-A, 2022”
September 11-D, 2022
Since we control neither life nor death, we should make the best of things as they are, and give ourselves fully to the time left for living. Being what the times call for and doing what is needed is a good way to live our life. What would we gain by not doing that? WhatContinue reading “September 11-D, 2022”
September 10-B, 2022
Changing our mind is about being aware of our mind. Seeing our mind. Knowing our mind. Being mindful of our mind. Having our way has to go. We have to change our mind about the importance of having our way. We cannot change our mind without being aware of our mind, of our way, ofContinue reading “September 10-B, 2022”
September 10-A, 2022
It is crazy to have a will that is at cross-purposes with the way things are. Willing what cannot be willed, and being pissed about it not coming to fruition, is crazy. We walk amid crazy people every day. Blaming someone else for their difficulties. Getting drunk at night because things are the way theyContinue reading “September 10-A, 2022”
September 09-C, 2022
Numen, Numinous, Ineffable, Sublime, Mana, Brahman, Atman, Kami, Wonder, Awe… These are words for more than words can say. Heinrich Zimmer said, “The best things cannot be said, the second-best things are misunderstood (Because they are attempts to explain/say what cannot be said), and the third-best things are what we are left to talk aboutContinue reading “September 09-C, 2022”
September 08-C, 2022
It comes down to seeing what’s happening, knowing what’s what and doing what is called for in response to it in each situation as it arises all our life long. This is true of landscape photography and of life as a whole. Seeing-Knowing-Doing-Seeing-Knowing-Doing… Forever. There is no place here for thinking or believing. It isContinue reading “September 08-C, 2022”
September 08-B, 2022
Our life moves at its own pace. We cannot hurry it along to some better place to be, or slow it down to stay where we are for a while. Our role is to be sensitive to the movement and ride with the current saying “Yes,” and “No,” at the proper times and places, attunedContinue reading “September 08-B, 2022”
September 08-A, 2022
The Blue Heron stalks food every day. As does every living thing. How long could you make it without resupplying your pantry? It is less than a week for us, and that is much higher than the Third World average, and it is a daily chore for the rest of the world. Life lives closeContinue reading “September 08-A, 2022”
September 07-C, 2022
We can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring– and we have no idea of what we are doing. We have to know that we can trust ourselves to that which knows within, and step into the completely unknown. This is stepping into the Mystery, trusting ourselves to the completely unknown “Knower” within, andContinue reading “September 07-C, 2022”
September 07-B, 2022
We all trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring. No one has to tell us that. If we can trust ourselves to know when to stop pouring, we can trust ourselves to know all we need to know to know what needs to be done in each situation as it arises, and to knowContinue reading “September 07-B, 2022”
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