June 13, 2024 – B

Ken Burns says “All we do is argue.”Jim Dollar says “Because we talk out of our heads all of the time.Talking out of our hearts–out of our intuition–disappears argument ‘like that.'”Talking out of our headsis talking about what we want and don’t want,what we like and what we don’t like,what we think about everything.Opinions areContinue reading “June 13, 2024 – B”

June 13, 2024 – A

We think it is about getting/having what we want.But it is about doing what needs to be done,when/where/how it needs to be donefor no other reason than because it needs to be done–with the gifts of our original nature,our innate virtues and virtuosities(The things we do bestand enjoy doing most),through the guidance/directionof our intrinsic intuitionandContinue reading “June 13, 2024 – A”

June 12, 2024 – C

I have taken up the project of creating business cardswith images I’ve taken that I find to be satisfying, like this one, with the following inscription on the back: jimdollar@me.comhttps://thinkasnap.com/profile/jim-dollar Original Nature. Innate Virtues.Intrinsic Intuition.Balance. Harmony.Integrity. Sincerity. Spontaneity.Emptiness. Stillness. Silence.Imagination. Reflection. Realization.Compassion. Generosity. Kindness I hand these out to people I have interaction with duringContinue reading “June 12, 2024 – C”

June 12, 2024 – B

Within the “normal and customary (read, “acceptable”)range,”there are a number of perspectives availablefor those seeking to express/servetheir uniqueness as individual human beingsthroughout the broad sweep of their life.Which begs the question:”How unique can we be?””Uniquely acceptable”has a “contradiction in terms” feel to it,and underscores the reality of”How different can we beand still be ‘One'”?Presenting “OutContinue reading “June 12, 2024 – B”

June 11, 2024 – A

Few things are quieter than mushrooms.They come and gowhile making nothing of it. If I could live as quietlyas a mushroom,I would declare myselfto have achieved stardom.Imagine that without fanfare!That would be somethingto shout about,noiselessly.Silence is the essence of quietude. Which is the foundation of all that wasbefore anything was.The next thing was the AUMmmmm…announcingContinue reading “June 11, 2024 – A”

June 10, 2024 – A

Organized religion has always denouncedand despised expressions of our intrinsic intuition. The early Gnostics were persecuted as heretics,hunted down,murdered, burned at the stake, tortured,and tormentedbecause of their “secret knowledge.”They listened to their intuitionand gave it equal status with revealed truth.It should be given higher status,unless we understand “revealed truth”to be revealed to our intuitionthrough meditationContinue reading “June 10, 2024 – A”

June 08, 2024 – B

There is wanting what we want to want,and there is wantingwhat we ought to want,and there is wanting what someone else wants us to want.What variety of wantingis the wantingwe want most of the time?The spiritual lifeis linking our wantingwith the wanting we ought to wantvia our intrinsic intuition.Our intrinsic intuitionwants us to wantwhat weContinue reading “June 08, 2024 – B”