Category Archives: 06/25/2020

All it takes is paying attention.Seeing what we look at.Knowing what we know.Asking the questionsthat beg to be asked.Saying the things that cry out to be said.Being awake.Being aware.Being aliveto the time and place of our living.Throughout time.Allowing our intrinsic intuitionto guide our boat on its path through the sea.Knowing and doing what the situationContinue reading “September 29, 2024 – A”

24 hours without power,12 hours without water,will disrupt the flow,introduce the novel,and the steady presenceof the inconvenientinto any life.Leaving us with respondingto the need of the momentwith the best we can think of at the time,and the hope of never havingto do it again.And comes the realizationthat every moment,every situation,asks things of us,requires our responseContinue reading “September 28, 2024 – A”

We trust each otherto be who we say we are.And to live together in waysthat honor each other’s rightto be who we arewithin normal, customary, social limits.We aren’t going to trasheach other’s boundariesor mind each other’s business.And we are all going to do our partto “just get along.”I do so wish this kind of socialContinue reading “September 27, 2024 – A”

Once the Buddha died and his followers got their handson distributing his teachings,Buddhism diverged into Who Says So?I have no idea of how many variants of Buddhism there are,or have been through the ages,but a Google search will take you there.Who Speaks For The Buddha?Who Says So?It’s like asking “Who speaks for the Christ?”Irenaeus theContinue reading “September 26, 2024 – A”

Embracing Kant’s categorical imperativeas knowing what is called forin each situation as it arises,and doing it without concern for profit or gain,with the gifts that are ours from birth:Our original nature,Our innate virtues(The things we do bestand love/enjoy doing most)Our intrinsic intuition,puts us on the path of innocence and grace,without guile, deceit, or deception,just beingContinue reading “September 24, 2024 – A”

We are living to align ourselveswith our life–to express, exhibit,display,incarnate,serve,who we are and what we are aboutthough the things we say,and do,and stand for,while living in waysappropriate to the occasionin each situation as it arises!Integrity!Spontaneity!Sincerity!Vitality!Authenticity!Congruity!Balance and harmony!We do this by being best friendswith our intrinsic intuition,our original natureand our innate virtues(The things we do bestandContinue reading “September 23, 2024 – A”

AA proposes: “Acceptance is the answerto all of my problems today.”I think it is “Growing Up.”All of my problems are generatedby the refusal of everyone, including me,to grow up.If my parents had been growing up,consciously, intentionally, deliberately,all of their lifewhat a difference that would have madein my life.The same goes for their parents,and their parents…EveryoneContinue reading “September 22, 2024 – A”

Our real best life unfolds in the moment of living it,one situation at a time.Knowing what is called for here, nowis all we ever need to know.And that knowledge arises spontaneouslyout of our lifelong relationshipwith emptiness/stillness/silence(One thing, not three),and trusting ourselves to readthe signs of the timesand know what’s whatand what is asked of usmoment-to-moment,allContinue reading “September 21, 2024 – A”

If we want to know God,we can’t do it by hearing about God,or reading about God.If we want to know God,we have to live in godly ways.We have to live alignedwith the divine withinby honoring our original nature,our innate virtues(The things we do bestand love/enjoy doing the most),and our intrinsic intuition(That which knows what needsContinue reading “September 20, 2024 – B”

It’s a little bit out of hand.The only people with a chanceof bringing balance and harmonyback into playare the American voters–assuming the election is held as scheduledand systems are functioning normally.But who can count on that?Who can count on anything?Well.The silence is still there,and we are still capableof finding our own fulcrumand living from thereContinue reading “September 20, 2024 – A”