Category Archives: 06/25/2020

When “the world is too much with us late and soon” (Wordsworth), where do we go to recover, regroup, revitalize, revamp, renew? Emptiness, stillness and silence are always right there. A return to silence is always in order. Giving ourselves a time-out can be the best choice available to us in a lot of situations.Continue reading “April 05-A, 2023”

I never stayed in the Num-Ti-Ja Lodge, but. I would like to have stayed there, and in all of the lodges in the Canadian Rockies, and to have discovered all of the tripod positions there, and to have taken all the photographs that could be taken there, through all of the seasons of all ofContinue reading “April 01-B, 2023”

We know when the cobber is done and when it is over-done and when it is not done. We know when we are on the beam and when we are off it. We know when our heart is in what we are doing, and when it is not. We have all it takes to findContinue reading “April 01-A, 2023”

There is nothing wrong with us that having a trustworthy sounding board wouldn’t fix. Clarity is everything. The Buddha’s Eight Fold Path can be reduced to two: Right Seeing and Right Doing. Clarity enables both of them. Of course, the Buddha’s word for clarity is Enlightenment. Enlightenment is clarity, is realization, understanding, comprehension, knowing… TheContinue reading “March 31-A, 2023”

The people who so proudly take it on faith that everything in the Bible is so, because it is proof of their celestial worthiness and the quality of their faith to do so, are quick to toss faith aside from there on, and speak not of what they believe to be so, but of whatContinue reading “March 30-B, 2023”

Trusting ourselves to our original nature and our innate virtues/specialties is the grounding principle of our existence. We are one with ourselves or, we are split off from ourselves, divided within, without guidance or direction, lost in the wasteland of discontent. The way out of the wilderness is the way of deep listening to ourselves–toContinue reading “March 30-A, 2023”

If you take something, anything, on faith, you can’t say that’s the way it is– it is the way you believe it is. The distance between the way things are and the way we believe they are, and the way we wish they were, is the distance between here/now and the other side of theContinue reading “March 29-A, 2023”

Living with integrity, sincerity and spontaneity, transcends the contriving, willful, pursuit of the acquisition of wealth and power, and opens the way to following the flow of life energy through circumstances and situations as they arise. In so doing, we create a path that can only be recognized as a path in hindsight by thoseContinue reading “March 27-A, 2023”

We help each other find what we need to do what needs to be done in each situation as it arises all our lives long. It isn’t about getting ahead or having it made. It is about having what it takes to do what needs to be done. The right attitude is one if theContinue reading “March 26-A, 2023”

A) This is the way things are, B) and this is what we can do about it, C) and that’s that. D) And THAT’S the way things are! The A-B-C-D’s of life/living/being alive. Coming to terms with them, making our peace with them, being okay, alright, fine with them is the work of being alive.Continue reading “March 25-B, 2023”

Luck is the ground of life and being. And, the old adage applies: “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” What is your practice? How often do you practice your practice? It is amazing what sitting still, being quiet and empty– and having no expectations and nothing stake in the outcome– can do forContinue reading “March 25-A, 2023”

I think we can’t live our life– the life that is uniquely ours to live– showcasing our original nature and innate virtues/specialties, while living like life is being lived around us. I think we have to draw a frame around ourselves, set ourselves apart, listen to our own body, heart, soul, self. Tune into ourselves,Continue reading “March 24-A, 2023”