Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

Darkness as the gateway to mystery and understanding–understanding that darkness and mystery are just that–darkness and mystery! And some things can be experienced but not understood and some things can be understood but not explained. The proper response to such things is, “Oh, I see!” while not seeing at all. See?

I wish I had spent more time in Dupont State Forest, but I was running out of time, and we make concessions and trade-offs all along the way. It is a great area and under-advertised, but the people who know about it love it, as well they should. Another way of saying, “Nature is there,Continue reading “October 21, 2026”

Being present with some aspect of the natural world, where things are as they are because of the interaction with other things being as they are, and so on through all of the aspects of every natural world in the Cosmos, is exactly how I would like to spend eternity. Wandering through nature everywhere. AndContinue reading “October 20, 2026”

We owe it to ourselves to spend 20 minutes a day sitting in silence for the rest of the time left for living.

We know what we want, but what we ought to want? Not so much. We want to do what we want, but not what we ought to want. How are we going to know who we ought to be? Who we are? It takes a lot of looking to be able to see, and aContinue reading “October 18, 2026”

I enjoy the times between times, when nothing is called for and everything is “steady as she goes,” and we all can enjoy the simple pleasure of breathing and knowing that we are breathing and can listen between breaths for whatever joy or realization makes itself visible for its own joy, perhaps, and life delightsContinue reading “October 17, 2026”

“Poverty with a view.” Spoken by a waitress in Jackson, Wyoming, bordering Grand Teton National Park who lived fifty miles away and drove to work every day because she couldn’t afford a place to live where she worked. The same thing would be applicable to most of the national parks, and state parks, everywhere. TheContinue reading “October 16, 2026”

We find our pace and our place, figure out where we belong and where we have no business being, know what we enjoy and what we can do without and spend our time with the things that are right for us, letting it all come together and pass as a life well done. I amContinue reading “October 15, 2026”

Looking for what is looking for us is the lifelong search for what needs us to do it here, now. We know what’s what here, now, but we don’t know what’s next. That is entirely “Wait and See,” hoping we will know it when we see it. Which is where intuition comes into play inContinue reading “October 14, 2026”

Knowing when to draw the line and knowing where to draw it are the two most important qualities in human beings. Every other characteristic pales in comparison. And how do we know? This question ranks right up there with, “How do we learn how and when to swallow?” Practically every living thing knows how andContinue reading “October 13, 2026”

We live for the joy and the wonder of being alive. Forget getting/having/getting what we want, and simply be amazed at what a miracle this life is. This world we live on is astounding and we rarely notice it or bother to be “peacefully abiding here, now.” But, the splendors, they are a plenty. AllContinue reading “October 12, 2026”

If someone asks you if you believe in God, ask them for their understanding of the psychological mechanism of “Projection.” And in response to whatever they say, ask how that might apply to the word, “God.” My point being that there is nothing to the word “God” that is not projection.