Category Archives: 06/25/2020

01 There is only returning to return again and again. Because we live in a world of noise, complexity, and 10,000 things, and it is an easy thing to lose The Way, follow our desires, run from our fears, labor under our duties and obligations, wander from the path, and have nothing to do withContinue reading “September 05, 2021”

01 We find what needs to be done, not by thinking, not with reason and logic, morality and ethics, but by looking and listening, by seeing and hearing, by sensing and intuiting, using instinct and imagination. “Waiting for the mud to settle and the water to clear” is time spent sitting quietly, welcoming the stillnessContinue reading “September 04, 2021”

01 I don’t know how we know what we need, and what we have no business being around– and I don’t know who does know. It is but one of the Great Mysteries of life and being. We shut ourselves off from all of them. We have no time for mysteries, great or small. WeContinue reading “September 01, 2021”

01 We like our heroes to be without vulnerability. How heroic is that??? You couldn’t help being a hero without vulnerability! Anybody could be Jesus as God’s only son. Try it without those super genes! Different story. And while we are on that story, what is it about God demanding the sacrifice of (his) onlyContinue reading “August 05, 2021”

01 Get fully vaccinated and wear a mask! It’s like wearing a seat belt. It’s like wearing a shirt and shoes when you go shopping. It’s like not smoking in restaurants and shops, etc. that prohibit smoking. It’s like driving on the right side of the road. It’s like stopping on red and going onContinue reading “July 30, 2021”

01 Would that we all might rise each morning, and taking what we have to offer put it to work in doing what needs to be done, from one situation to the next throughout the day, and carry the joy of doing it and the satisfaction of having done it to rest with us atContinue reading “July 24, 2021”

01 In any situation, there is what we want to happen, and there is what needs to be done. Sometimes, what we want to happen is what needs to be done. Sometimes, not. The most important thing in any situation is what needs to be done. Growing up is setting aside what we want toContinue reading “July 14, 2021”

01 There is what happens and there is what we do in response to what happens, which sets us up for what happens next. And that is the full scope of our life. The quality of our response to what happens here and now determines the quality of our life through all the here’s andContinue reading “July 06, 2021”

01 Democracy is a contradiction in terms. Everything is. Taoism is the only way of living I know that admits it upfront: “The Tao that can be said/defined/told is not the eternal Tao.” “We cannot say what we know and what we can say is too contradictory to be helpful, but we will say thatContinue reading “July 04, 2021”

01 Self-awareness, self-discipline, and self-sacrifice are the sine-qua-non of the way to The Way. Sitting in the silence for twenty minutes at least once a day. Practicing being open to and aware of the present moment (And watching all of the Jon Kabat-Zinn Youtube videos (The shortest ones first) to prepare yourself for the practice).Continue reading “July 03, 2021”

This is the parent page of posts I publish during July of 2021.

01 Where are we better off? What do we want? How can we maximize our profits and minimize our losses? What’s in it for us? These are not the questions. What is happening here and now? What needs to happen in response? What does this situation call for? What can we do about that withContinue reading “June 23, 2021”