Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy
Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
The old Taoist masters knew it comes down to, flows from, centers upon, living from our original/ essential/ true/ eternal nature. “What was the face that was yours before your grandparents were born?” Why don’t we know? Why doesn’t everyone know? “Buddha Mind” is any mind that knows who it is and what it isContinue reading “July 09, 2023 – B”
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I’ve written recently about the importance of our own confession/repentance/atonement, and there is another aspect of our sensitivity to wrong that begs to be mentioned. We are to bear witness of other people’s refusal to be truthful and their failure to be good. I’m speaking of the fascists among us. The members of Congress, theContinue reading “July 08, 2023 – C”
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Carl Jung said that a hermit is a primitive person who trusts their unconscious. I would have used the term “Natural” instead of “Primitive.” A natural person who trusts their unconscious is a rare sight in any age. And a natural person would naturally trust their unconscious. There is no other way. Living naturally isContinue reading “July 09, 2023 – A”
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What do you like to do? What are the things you do best? Could be crossword puzzles. Or picture puzzles. How long has it been since you’ve done the things you like to do and the things you do best? They are likely to be the same things. Maybe not. Tying my shoes is oneContinue reading “July 08, 2023 – B”
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We all stand in need of atonement which cannot be administered by another or by faith of any kind, but only by dying ourselves the death that Adam and Eve had to die to get back into Eden– the death that has nothing to do with one’s last breath and the cessation of mobility andContinue reading “July 08, 2023 – A”
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There is what we do to live, and there is what we live to do. What do you live to do? How does who you are come alive in doing what you live to do? We bring ourselves to life in/by doing what we live to do. If we are mostly dead, it could beContinue reading “July 07, 2023 – B”
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Our nature knows how to express itself and find its own way. We do not have to tell it anything, or direct it in any way. We all got here/now without intending to be here/now, without knowing what we were doing, or where we were going, but here we are, right now. Something not usContinue reading “July 07, 2023 -A”
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This is today’s post on “July 6, 2023 – B And this is today’s post after applying Photoshop (Beta)’s Artificial Intelligence “Generative Fill” filter to it, expanding the size of the original image right/left/up/down. Using the AI filter means that every landscape photograph now has the potential of being both the enlarged landscape and theContinue reading “July 6, 2023 – C”
The tragedy is that tragedy cannot be averted. Or avoided. I’m talking about fascism here, and homelessness, and unwanted pregnancy, etc. In 2014, my acupuncturist told me, “Jim, alcohol isn’t helping your knees any.” I had my last glass of wine (and all other varieties of alcohol) on July 27, 2014. Which means I haveContinue reading “July 06, 2023 – B”
Our ghosts are not out to get us. Everything inside is on our side. Our ghosts represent things we need to clean up, change our perspective about, turn the light around concerning, and remind us of things we needs to change. We call the things that are calling us to grow up, “evil, horrible, bad,Continue reading “July 06, 2023 – A”
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There are things we know by experience like what applesauce tastes like, and things we know by memorization like how to spell Minneapolis and how to pronounce Natchitoches and what 9×6 is and why/how Jesus is the Savior of Sinners. There are things we know by experimentation like the speed of light and the circumferenceContinue reading “July 05, 2023 – A”
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Being right about what needs to be done in each situation as it arises and doing it when, where and how it needs to be done is all there is to it. We don’t do it because we confuse what needs to happen with what we want to happen, and we don’t take the timeContinue reading “July 4, 2023 – B”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy