Category Archives: 06/25/2020

What is your soul’s true joy? Your heart’s delight? What sends your little toes tapping and your little feet dancing? How often do you do those things? For how long? Why not longer, more often? My lists are long, and I generally do something on a list or two daily, and when I’m not doingContinue reading “August 24-A, 2022”

Rising to the occasion is a simple matter of having nothing at stake in the occasion, so that there is no pressure of any kind, because you aren’t trying to win the the prize, or gain prestige, or make a sale. This Zen observation applies: “The ability of the archer to hit the bullseye variesContinue reading “August 23-C, 2022”

A bad recollection of one of Issa’s verses goes: “The child, lost in a field at dark, chases after fireflies, crying.” This is an image of us at our best. Lost. Distracted. Crying. It is not wise to make life-altering decisions after 50. Maybe after 40. I’m talking specifically about selling a house and buyingContinue reading “August 23-B, 2022”

Impartiality cannot be a steady state of being. There are no steady states of being. And so, it is said, “It is easier to be a saint than to live with one.” Because not even a saint is a steady beam of kindness and light. As soon as we care about something we are partialContinue reading “August 22-A, 2022”

To those who say, “Have no aversion of any kind to anything ever!”, I say, “Oh, I see you have an aversion to aversion!” To those who say, “Do not DO anything at all!”, I say, “Now, that would really be doing something!” We cannot say anything without producing the antithesis of what we intend.Continue reading “August 20-C, 2022”

We are all looking for where we belong, for what we belong to. For where we fit in, for what fits us. For what we do well/best, for what we have no business doing at all. For what our shtick is, and what it isn’t. For the good places to be, and the good placesContinue reading “August 20-B, 2022”

Finding joy in what we are doing, in what is available to do, is a matter of changing our mind about what is important, in order to see what is being offered to us, instead of seeing what is not being offered to us. The simple pleasures require us to see them and avail ourselvesContinue reading “August 20-A, 2022”

Sex can be a lot of fun, but it can also get in the way. Sex has no necessary connection with intimacy– though it is often referred to as “an intimate relationship.” Too often, it is a way of avoiding intimacy. We go to sex to keep from being known. Being known in the BiblicalContinue reading “August 19-D, 2022”

We know what the truth is. And hide from it, pretending we don’t know. And here we are. We know what we know, and what we think we know, and opt for what we think we know because what we know asks hard things of us. “We can’t handle the truth” (Col Nathan R. Jessup),Continue reading “August 18-B, 2022”

We step off the beam when we begin to calculate our advantage, think about what we stand to gain, and plot our strategy with our best interests in mind. As though we know what our best interests are. We step back on the beam, when we catch ourselves in the act of being crafty andContinue reading “August 18-A, 2022”

When you are fragile and fragmented I recommend being fragile and fragmented. That’s one less thing you have to worry about. Then do the breathe in, breathe out, count to five (If you can time the counting with your heart beat, so much the better!), for five rounds five times a day. It won’t usherContinue reading “August 15-A, 2022”

There is no Dark Side. There is no Evil Force. There are only foxes and rabbits. Lions and antelope. And human beings driven by ruthlessness, greed and fear, who want what they have no business having, and demand a profit at any price every day. Enlightenment, realization, awakening, illumination is the end of selfishness andContinue reading “August 13-B, 2022”