Category Archives: 06/25/2020

01 We all have 24 hours each day. What we do with them tells the tale. The tale we are here to tell by the way we live our life. That is what our life is for: To be lived in the way that tells our tale. The tale we are here to tell. HowContinue reading “November 24, 2021”

01 There is a Zen saying, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!” When Lao Tzu heard it said, he laughed and replied, “I meet the Buddha in every person I meet on the road! I bow in recognition and pass on by! That is the way the Buddha meets the Buddha!”Continue reading “November 23, 2021”

01 What do you live to serve with liege loyalty and filial devotion? What is The Most Important Thing in your life? What is at the very bottom of you? What is your foundation? The organizing principle of your life? Around what does everything revolve? In what ways does your life bear witness to yourContinue reading “November 20, 2021”

01 Money is the end of democracy. “The Rule of Law” is such a good idea, but it comes in a distant second to the idea of compound interest. That’s the best idea! That’s the idea that transformed the world. With enough money, you can buy the law makers, and the law enforcers, and doContinue reading “November 12, 2021”

01 We all draw water from the same well. The water I’m talking about is the creative source of life and being. And ideas, realizations, imagination, connections, inspiration, zeal, enthusiasm, insight, know-how, awareness. instinct, intuition, premonitions and all the rest of That Which Truly Matters. The source is the origin of all things. Where everythingContinue reading “November 08, 2021”

01 “No Agenda! No Opinion!” is the sine qua non for all gurus, sages and desert saints– with the understanding that “no agenda” means “The only agenda is to have no agenda,” and “no opinion” means “The Guiding Opinion is that having no opinions is necessary in maintaining balance and harmony.” Having nothing at stakeContinue reading “November 07, 2021”

01 Capitalism is the end of democracy. The mantra of Capitalism, “Profit At Any Price,” means goodbye to Liberty, Justice, Equality, Truth. Money is all that matters. Everybody has a price. Congress and the Supreme Court, and certainly the President, can be bought off with a billionaire’s tip money– and when the corporate Gang ofContinue reading “November 06, 2021”

01 We settle ourselves into our life just as it is, and live there just as we are. And that is all there is to it. So, of course, we will have nothing to do with it! “NO!” we say, “NOT THIS! THAT!!!” And we are off into contention, and confrontation, and competition, and disgust,Continue reading “November 04, 2021”

01 Lao Tzu, the Buddha, Jesus… the list is long of people who spoke the truth and had no impact upon the spirit of their times. The spirit of their times is Tao gone rogue. Call it Anti-Tao. It is balancing something. Goodness, truth, kindness, mercy… Too much of that and things go over intoContinue reading “November 03, 2021”

01 Sitting still, being quiet, emptying ourselves of fear, desire and duty, waiting, watching, present and awake, we allow our life to find us and invite us to come to life. Being alive comes with strings attached. It is not the life of anyone’s dreams. Everyone’s dreams are bigger than life. “They will never stayContinue reading “October 31, 2021”

This is a collection of my book blurbs publicizing the titles available in my Kindle Collection on Amazon. They sell for $2.99 apiece. If you don’t want to spring for the purchase price, all of these books are available for free on my other WordPress site which is a collection of all of my workContinue reading “Blurbs”

01 Making the best of what we are handed in a day means letting a lot of it go. Betrayal? Let it go. Neglect? Let it go. Abandonment? Let it go. Humiliation? Disappointment? Defeat? Etc.? Let it all go– in the strength of our own resiliency and resolve, grounded upon our unshakable faith in ourselvesContinue reading “October 26, 2021”