Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

01 In any situation, there is what we want to happen, and there is what needs to be done. Sometimes, what we want to happen is what needs to be done. Sometimes, not. The most important thing in any situation is what needs to be done. Growing up is setting aside what we want toContinue reading “July 14, 2021”

01 There is what happens and there is what we do in response to what happens, which sets us up for what happens next. And that is the full scope of our life. The quality of our response to what happens here and now determines the quality of our life through all the here’s andContinue reading “July 06, 2021”

01 Democracy is a contradiction in terms. Everything is. Taoism is the only way of living I know that admits it upfront: “The Tao that can be said/defined/told is not the eternal Tao.” “We cannot say what we know and what we can say is too contradictory to be helpful, but we will say thatContinue reading “July 04, 2021”

01 Self-awareness, self-discipline, and self-sacrifice are the sine-qua-non of the way to The Way. Sitting in the silence for twenty minutes at least once a day. Practicing being open to and aware of the present moment (And watching all of the Jon Kabat-Zinn Youtube videos (The shortest ones first) to prepare yourself for the practice).Continue reading “July 03, 2021”

This is the parent page of posts I publish during July of 2021.

01 Where are we better off? What do we want? How can we maximize our profits and minimize our losses? What’s in it for us? These are not the questions. What is happening here and now? What needs to happen in response? What does this situation call for? What can we do about that withContinue reading “June 23, 2021”

01 The person, real or fictional, with whom I identify, and in whom I see myself reflected “to a Tee,” is Tevya in The Fiddler on the Roof. Tevya IS the fiddler on the roof– trying to maintain his balance and harmony, and stay in tune with what he is doing and what needs toContinue reading “June 14, 2021”

01 Friedrich Nietzsche said that mature people are “a wheel rolling out of its own center.” I prefer the image of a gyroscope turning out of its own center, maintaining its balance and harmony through chaos, tsunami, hurricane, earthquake, devastation and the complete loss of everything. The person who is mature in this respect hasContinue reading “June 12, 2021”

01 What are we doing with our life? Who are we becoming through the process/experience of being alive? How mindfully do we live? How conscious are we of living? Of being alive to the process/experience of being alive? What makes one day different from another? What do we mean/intend by the life we are living?Continue reading “June 10, 2021”

01 We all are looking for what works. The tragedy is that we all know what works, and it isn’t splashy enough for us. We want something else to work, and spend our lives trying to make something work that isn’t going to work. And we know it, but maybe if we try harder… AndContinue reading “June 07, 2021”

01 It is a psychological saw that we need to stand out and fit in, and between those polarities lie all of our problems. Fitting in is being like those we aspire to be like (Or are afraid to not be like). Standing out is expressing our natural self in the way we go aboutContinue reading “June 03, 2021”

01 If you are waiting for things to make sense, you are standing in the wrong line. There isn’t a line. Things do not make sense. Coming to terms with that positions you well to make it the rest of the way. Now, you only need to square yourself up with doing what needs toContinue reading “June 02, 2021”