Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

Whatever the next thing is that gets you down, tell yourself that Helen Keller had it much worse, and stand up and do what needs to be done. Helen Keller–and Anne Sullivan– are my Go To women of courage and valor. And they are way ahead of any men I can think of. Helen KellerContinue reading “August 04-B, 2022”

We recover our balance and harmony by sitting still in a quiet place and breathing normally while focusing intently on our breathing. Breathe in. Say it mentally as you do. Breathe out. Say it. Pause between breaths for a count of five. Breathe in. Say it. Breathe out. Say it. Count. Do that for threeContinue reading “July 31-A, 2022”

Where do you go for comfort and peace? What restores your soul? Your connection with soul? What do you do to experience the goodness of place and time? The right kind of bookstore does that for me. And the right kind of restaurant. Lakes and woods. Music. The right kind of coffee. Rainy days. UsedContinue reading “July 29-C, 2022”

We all draw the line in places and in ways that suit us. Other people would have us draw it in different places which would suit them. We have to draw our own line in places and in ways that suit us Opening the way for Fraser Snowden’s remark, “The only true philosophical question isContinue reading “July 28-A, 2022”

It is all useless, pointless, hopeless, futile and absurd, and that’s where we come in, as Doctor Who (Steven Moffat) would say. It is our place to remain in place on the Anchor Stone of our original nature and the innate virtues that are ours from birth, and say, “So what?” adding: “What’s the useContinue reading “July 27-B, 2022”

An unwavering conviction about how things ought to be is the worst thing in the world. No! In the universe! “All things considered” shifts how things ought to be around quite a bit, and it works out that how things ought to be depends upon the configuration of variables in the here/now of the assessment,Continue reading “July 26-C, 2022”

If your life were your own to live, how would it be different from the way it is now? What can you do now, to begin moving in that direction? What symbolic act can you make in your life as a gesture declaring your intention to live into living your life as you know itContinue reading “July 26-B, 2022”

Our choices determine, or strongly influence, our choices. In any situation, we are where we are by virtue of the choice we made to lead to this point. We can’t keep making the same choices and have a different life. What are the themes running through our choosing? In what ways are we predictable? InContinue reading “July 25-C, 2022”

The Eternal Moment is any moment that connects us with eternity, and we know “This is IT!” in terms of THIS being the microcosm of the macrocosm. The Eternal Now is the representative encounter with the experience of wonder characteristic of eternity. Where the transcendent and the imminent are one, and the world is seenContinue reading “July 25-B, 2022”

The seasons come and go. Our place is to let come what’s coming and to let go what’s going, without attachment or affiliation. Without preference or partnership. No expectation. No agenda. No plans. No opinion. Or, better, perhaps, to love each one for what it is, as one might love their children, without thinking thatContinue reading “July 24-C, 2022”

If you want to feel better on every level stop what you are doing 10 times a day and do nothing but breathe for 5 minutes, or, you could stop 5 times a day and breathe for 10 minutes. Just breathe, and be conscious of your breathing. And pause for a count of 5 betweenContinue reading “July 24-A, 2022”

Everybody wants to be happy. What does wanting know? Without wanting, everybody would be happy like that (Snaps fingers). Wanting is the source of our problems. Suffering is a perspective. It is the result of the way we see things. Sift the perspective, and POOF! goes the problem. The art of perspective shifting is theContinue reading “July 23-C, 2022”