Category Archives: 06/25/2020

Freedom is not the freedom to do as we please, but the freedom to do what needs to be done, moment to moment in each situation as it arises. Will we be in bondage to our desires, bound to do what pleases us? Or, will we be in bondage to what needs to be done?Continue reading “September 10-C, 2022”

“Thin Places” is Parker Palmer’s term for “Listening Rooms,” physical locations that have always been recognized as sacred areas by people throughout the ages. Muir Woods, Yosemite, Boulder Beach, Big Creek, False Kiva, … the list is long, standout for me as holy beyond words, places where the Numen is “right here, right now” forContinue reading “September 09-B, 2022”

I cannot tell you anything you don’t already know. I can only remind you of things you know and have forgotten, or have been pushed aside by concerns for the affairs of life, which are quite legitimate, and must be tended. For instance, there is the supreme importance of knowing/realizing/honoring/reflecting/incarnating what is deepest, best andContinue reading “September 09-A, 2022”

Balance and harmony flow from mindful awareness of absolutely everything. Fatigue, for instance. Hydration. Nutrition. We have to take care of the basics. What are we taking for granted? Assuming? Ignoring? Overlooking? Awareness requires us to be aware of absolutely everything. That means emptiness. Silence. Stillness. Routinely. Regularly. How many times do you call timeContinue reading “September 06-B, 2022”

The world as we know it is on a shoddy foundation. It is based on getting/having/amassing/ owning/possessing/controlling/forcing/ compelling/and on and on like that. It is based on having the power to make happen what we want to happen, and to keep someone else from having power equal to ours. This is the basis of capitalismContinue reading “September 06-A, 2022”

What are the forces of destabilization in your life? How do you counteract them? When we are able to deal with what faces us in our life like a gyroscope turning out of its own center, we are grounded upon our original nature and the innate virtues that are ours from birth, and living withContinue reading “September 05-C, 2022”

We know not to run/drive through stop signs and red lights. To do so is called “Pushing our luck.” Trust your luck without pushing it! We have to know where the line lies between trusting and pushing our luck– and stay on the right side of it. When we are cruising along and sense aContinue reading “September 04-C, 2022”

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”