05 Our pain is our joy. This is the reverse of the Buddhist position: All of life is suffering, woe, woe! That is just one way of looking at it, and the wrong way, at that! Of Jesus it was said, “For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross…” And heContinue reading “March 10, 2021”
Category Archives: 06/25/2020
March 06, 2021
04 Stop thinking about what you want and how to get it. Start thinking about what is called for, here and now, and how you might rise to the occasion and offer what is needed with the gifts, virtues, genius, daemon, abilities, interests, aptitudes, etc. that are yours to share– without regard for what youContinue reading “March 06, 2021”
February 22, 2021
03 Getting what we want and having our way take us straight to the heart of the Wasteland. Everybody knows what they want: Their Way! And everybody thinks it is all someone else’s fault that things never work out for them. Things never work out because they want the wrong things, and try to acquireContinue reading “February 22, 2021”
February 15, 2021
07 It is important to know the difference between trusting your luck and pushing your luck. It has been my experience that I can count on “invisible means of support” (Bill Moyers) whenever I venture forth in the service of what needs to be done. But to try to use that support to serve myContinue reading “February 15, 2021”
February 14, 2021
02 The greatest mystery all-time without a close competitor is the Psyche that forms the nucleus around which we revolve. The old definition of God being a circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere is as close as we are likely to ever get in talking/thinking about the Psyche. Words make noContinue reading “February 14, 2021”
February 02, 2021
02 Before retirement, I spent my time tending matters that I haven’t tended since retirement. They were all necessary aspects of my employment, and I did them well enough to not know where I stopped what I did for a living started, but when I stopped doing it for a living, my life became myContinue reading “February 02, 2021”
December 2020
This Category contains all of my posts made in the month of December of 2020
October 20, 2020
03 We all are the same, and we all are different. Why can’t we take that on faith, and live as though it is so? We take the craziest things on faith. “There is no such thing as global warming!” Why take that on faith? “COVID-19 is a hoax!” Why take that on faith? “IfContinue reading “October 20, 2020”
06/25/2020
Anything that takes the present moment away from us is evil. Anything that brings the present moment vibrantly alive to us is good. Anything can take the present moment away from us. Anything can bring the present moment vibrantly alive to us. Anything can be evil. Anything can be good. The present moment is allContinue reading “06/25/2020”