Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

01 We grow up against our will. The people who refuse to have anything to do with the things that make them uncomfortable are not candidates for maturation. Everything works together for the good of those who open themselves to the reality of their experience and do what is called for in each situation asContinue reading “February 15, 2022”

01 Things go better with me and my life when I reduce the level of noise and complexity, and increase the level of balance and harmony. To do that I have to be aware of it, and know what constitutes noise and complexity, and what serves balance and harmony. Stillness and silence work well inContinue reading “February 04, 2022”

01 “Darkness within darkness– the gateway to Mystery.” This is one of the insights of the Tao Te Ching. “The Classic Book of the Way and its Virtues (Or Powers).” The Virtues (Te) of the Way (Tao) are the powers of growing up. The Way of growing up is the Way of bearing the painContinue reading “January 30, 2022”

01 Joseph Campbell refers to James Joyce, Buckminster Fuller and Aquinas in talking about art. He says “Draw a frame around an object,” say the old mill in this photo. And synergy will hold that object together with, not only the rest of the photograph, but also, as you contemplate it, with everything else inContinue reading “January 16, 2022”

This is the parent page for the posts I create in the month of January, in the year 2021. May they be just what you need. And, if any (or all) of them are not, may they not be what you need in just the right way, clarifying what you need and sending you offContinue reading “January, 2022”

This is the Parent Page for my posts during the First Quarter of 2022. May these posts spur you to do the work of creating a new relationship with yourself and your life, and your relationships with the people in your life, in ways that serve balance and harmony, sincerity and integrity, spirit, energy andContinue reading “2022-A”

01 The “IT Factor” is having what it takes to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, in each situation as it arises– for the joy of doing it and the delight/satisfaction of having done it– all our life long. IT is doingContinue reading “December 29, 2021”

01 We are all waiting for something. In the meantime, what? Here we are! Now what? What is called for? What needs to be done? Here and now? Those are our questions to answer in each situation as it arises. If we get it right, we have it made. Each situation is put a preludeContinue reading “December 27, 2021”

01 We are pushing for more of what, we do not know. “More than this” is all that comes to mind, when “this” is all we need. “Just this,” just as it is has all we need to wake up to what’s what, and what is being called for, and what we possess in termsContinue reading “December 17, 2021”

01 I dance on the edge of what people can take. I’ve done it all my life. It’s what I do best. It means I dance on the edge of what I can take. Jesus did the same thing. And the Buddha. It’s called “walking on water.” Means the same thing as “skating on thinContinue reading “December 11, 2021”

01 Sit with these words and phrases and mine them for their gold as a regular and on-going practice. Treat them as guides to the way, and companions along the path. Tend your relationship with them with filial devotion, allegiance, and loyalty. Emptiness, stillness and silence. Balance and harmony. Sincerity, integrity and self-transparency. Spirit, energy,Continue reading “November 29, 2021”

01 One of our superpowers is bearing the legitimate pain of being alive. When we carry the pain that is ours to bear, we know that we are one with all others in the experience of the pain of life. That knowledge is the source of our identification with one another and all human beings–Continue reading “November 28, 2021”