Category Archives: 06/25/2020

People who always know what to do in any/every situation, are screwing things up for everybody. The right action appears out of nowhere, at just the right time as a reminder of the Mystery at work throughout the cosmos. We cannot calculate our way through mystery. The Way is not subject to reason, logic, analytics,Continue reading “September 04-B, 2022”

Settling into the moment, into the here/now, and just being here/now, as though there is no better place to be, and just doing here/now what needs to be done here/now, as though there is nothing better to do, is the way of the whale in the ocean, and the snake upon a rock, and aContinue reading “September 03-A, 2022”

The right kind of emptiness is easy to achieve. Start with stillness and silence. Empty yourself of everything you find there. That is all there is to it. Now, you are as empty as the space between breaths. Be there, emptying yourself of everything that interferes with the creative space between thoughts/ images/ memories/ fears/Continue reading “September 02-C, 2022”

Our relationship with nature determines/reflects all of our relationships. Honoring/worshiping nature sets the tone, establishes the rhythm, puts everything else in place around that. Contempt for is exploitation of the natural world, and reflects contempt for and exploitation of all of our other relationships. Nature’s place in our life reflects/exhibits/expresses all you need to knowContinue reading “September 02-B, 2022”

Buttons by Jim Dollar The buttons were everywhere. The contents of the entire box had exploded across the room, covering floor, chairs and the potted plastic fern. “The little bastard!” she thought. “I’ll just have to kill him. Any jury in the land would acquit me. It isn’t as though I haven’t told him. ‘BeContinue reading “September 02-A, 2022”

After Ed’s Death By Jim Dollar Ah, the Ache! It is so important to not outlive the ache! I would raise a toast to Ed, if I had a Mimosa in hand: “Here’s to the Ache! And to what it takes to embrace the Ache– and to keep it alive within!” There are people scatteredContinue reading “September 01-C, 2022”

The New Dark Ages are at the gates. Jesus was helpless against those who would not see. Helplessness remains remains the case with willful blindness and self-righteous stupidity. There is nothing denial cannot deny. Idiocy has to play itself out, sometimes, over generations. It is not going to disappear just because it would be convenientContinue reading “August 31-A 2022”

Our life is where we bring ourselves forth, exhibiting, displaying, expressing, reflecting, incarnating, unveiling, disclosing who we are for all to see acknowledge, behold and duplicate by living their own life in ways that are unique to them. We are all the Christ in our own way, “the anointed one” come to exhibit and makeContinue reading “August 30-C, 2022”

Take refuge in your original nature and in your innate virtues. These are our superpowers, and our ever-present help in time of trouble. We sink into who we are and do what is ours to do, becoming who we are uniquely suited to be in each situation as it arises, like Clark Kent becoming Superman.Continue reading “August 29-B, 2022”

Doing things that matter to us, that are important to us, and doing them well, is good training/practice for doing things that matter to others, that are important to the way the world works, and doing them well makes all the difference. Find the things that matter to you and do them. Do the thingsContinue reading “August 29-A, 2022”

“Om Mani Padme Hum” Is a Buddhist chant, containing all of the sutras and the Dharma in six syllables– and which can be further reduced to a single “Om,” or “Aum.” Joseph Campbell said, “AUM” is a symbolic sound that puts you in touch with that resounding being that is the universe. If you heardContinue reading “August 28-B, 2022”