Category Archives: 06/25/2020

There is a rhythm and flowto our life and to all of life.When we cooperate with that rhythm and flow,all is well.When we co-opt that rhythm and flowand try to direct it toward endsthat are pleasing to us,it all goes to hell.Cooperating with the rhythm and flow of lifebegins with our looking to our intuitionforContinue reading “August 23, 2024 – A”

The most important thinghas always beendoing what’s called forin the moment at hand.The here, now is alwayscalling for something,and we are always havingto rise to the occasionwith the right responseto meet the circumstances,rhythm and flowof the times that always “are a’changing.'””Wake up and meet the day,”day after day.is the wayof seeing how, and where,it goeseveryday.ItContinue reading “August 22, 2024 – B”

We don’t need to know anythingthat we do not already know.Another Bible study isn’t going tomake any difference in the way our lifeis lived. Neither is another sermon.Or another book.It comes down to us and our intuition,and the emptiness, stillness and silence.And our being clear about our original nature, our inherent virtues–what we do bestContinue reading “August 22, 2024 – A”

We don’t need more information.We don’t need to know somethingWe don’t know.We only need to establish and developour relationship with our intuition.Understanding/comprehending/knowingthat we exist to serve our intuition,not that your intuition exits to serve us.We are Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,where the right relationship with ourContinue reading “August 21, 2024 – A”

The key to a well-lived lifeis learning to ride the waves–to read the currents–of life,and comprehend the signs of the times.It is all about the flow,and the signs of the times.You can be in accord with the flow,or you can be swimming against the current,your entire life long.Intuition reads the flowand goes with it.The willfulContinue reading “August 20, 2024 – A”

All the sitting, all the attention devoted to the dharma, all the talk, talk, talk… is not doing it the way the Buddha did it. The Buddha saw what he looked at and did what was called for in each situation as it arose. Without consulting a manual of how to do it. Seeing whatContinue reading “August 19, 2024 – B”

We help each other the most,I think,just by keeping one another going.An encouraging presence.Listening to the other’s stories. Sharing a meal.Helping to bear a burden. A kind word.A soft, safe, place to be…Carry on, carry on,we can do this. Being what the situation calls for,reliably,dependably,over time.Not much to it.Anybody can do it.Helping Sisyphus with hisContinue reading “August 19, 2024 – A”

We do not shape the world/life to suit ourselves.We shape ourselvesto fit what is called for in the world/life.The world/Life asks certain things of us,we negotiate how much for the world/life,how much for us,but it is very much a negotiated settlementand not something we can insist/demand/requireof the world and of life,that they serve us andContinue reading “August 18, 2024 – A”

Monitor the amount of emotionin your tone of voiceas an indicator of the degreeof emotional reactivity in your life. Aim at neutral livingfrom the centerof all bell-shaped curves.We can’t live from the centerwithout being grounded in neutralwith our emotional responses to life.The image of a spiritual masterscreaming at their lifesuggests one who is neither spiritualnorContinue reading “August 17, 2024 – B”

See if you can tell what is called forin each situation as it arises.NOT what you want to happen in the situation!What the situation itself is calling for. Live to know what is called forin each situation as it arises.Practice, practice, practiceknowing what is called for in each situation as it arises. When you watchContinue reading “August 17, 2024 – A”

When the New Testament writer (Maybe Paul)said, “Christ is all and in all,”he was saying, “God is all and in all.”Which is saying, “God is all there is–so what’s the point of all the divisionsand discord?””How can God be at God’s throat?”Look around.There is nothing but war, contention, strife…on all sides.God at war with God.ThisContinue reading “August 16, 2024 – A”

Knowing what is called for–and doing it–is all there is to itin each situation as it arises.Never mind what you want,or what is in your best interest,or what you “ought to do.”What is called for here, now?That is all you need to know.And do.Forever.Think of all that is arrayed againstknowing what is called for andContinue reading “August 15, 2024 – B”