Category Archives: 06/25/2020

The fascists among us hate us because we are not fascists. The fascists feel safe only among other fascists. Everybody else exists to serve them. If they can be of no service, they are fit for nothing other than death. That is how fascists think. The fascists are arranging things politically so that they winContinue reading “April 30-B, 2023”

Balance and harmony, peace and tranquility are the grounding qualities enabling the kind of reflection that leads to realization and right-action. They are countered by noise and complexity drama and trauma– the destabilizing aspects of our environment our life too often encounters. Thus requiring regular recurring retreats to emptiness, stillness and silence in order toContinue reading “April 30-A, 2023”

It is said that the Buddha held up a Lotus flower before a crowd and said, “You can look at this flower, and either see it, or see it not.” Only Mahākāśyapa smiled. Seeing is smiling. Is laughing. Is rolling on the floor, or the ground, howling with delight and wonder, amazement and joy. AndContinue reading “April 28-C, 2023”

Vitality, integrity, sincerity, heart. Foundational principles for guiding our way through life. Original nature. Innate virtues. How we do what we do best. Aligned with the center/source, balanced, in harmony, inner and outer, yin and yang. The way to The Way is The Way. Wanting more, with eyes on other things, distraction, disruption, disharmony, destabilization.Continue reading “April 28-B, 2023”

Our response to the circumstances/situation can interfere with/prevent the solution to the circumstances/situation. Our influence is the uncertain element in the work to balance the equation that is every situation as it arises. In light of Shel Silverstein’s observation, “Some kind of help is the kind of help that help is all about, and someContinue reading “April 28-A, 2023”

This image makes me want to sit on the big log on the left and wait until tomorrow so I can do it again. Scenes like this do “it” for me. Going to heavy weight fights, or attending the Super Bowl don’t. This “me/not-me” sense of who we are is but one of the expressionsContinue reading “April 27-A, 2023”

In my opinion, all theology consists of collections of opinion about opinions (Hearsay). Roman Catholic opinion is different from Protestant opinion. Reformed opinion is a form of Protestant opinion that can be sub-divided into a myriad of somewhat related opinions. The same goes for Methodist and Baptist opinion, Pentecostal and Etc. opinion. Philosophy also consistsContinue reading “April 26-B, 2023”

If the good we call good were good, and if the right we call right were right, societies around the world would be equitable, racism and sexism, etc. would not exist, and everyone would live in the service of the best interest of one another. Third World countries would not be ransacked and vandalized byContinue reading “April 23-B, 2023”

We all face situations that call for a response from us. Some are serious situations, some are recurring situations, some are trivial, some are life changing… Our place is to know what is called for and to respond as well as we can out of the gifts of our original nature and the innate virtues/specialtiesContinue reading “April 22-A, 2023”

Orthodox Christian Theology has been around from well before the beginning of this country. “God” is assumed to be, taken for granted as, the background prop holding things together. “The Father Almighty.” “The Maker of Heaven and Earth.” “Garden of Eden,” “Sin,” “Atonement,” “Forgiveness,” “Hell,” “Blah, Blah, Blah…” All of it has been invented/inherited throughContinue reading “April 21-B, 2023”

“We are on the brink of something great!” What a difference for our country and the world if the Republican Party 60 years ago had made that the foundation of every Platform in every election cycle! And lived to make it happen! But it was not to be. The foundation of every platform in everyContinue reading “April 21-A, 2023”