October 24, 2023 – A

We cannot hold onto anything. We must let go of everything.Jesus, the Buddha, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr,and all those like them through the ageswere able to give themselves wholeheartedly to their visionbecause nothing was more important to themthan their vision.We are here to give ourselves to the serviceof what is called forin each situationContinue reading “October 24, 2023 – A”

October 23, 2024 – A

The Tao, the Way,flows from and leads toour intrinsic intuition.Those who know–and live to serve–their own intuitionlive in sync with,aligned with,in full accord with,their own intuition.That is all there is to it.All those who have knownthrough out the ages,knew and served their intuition. Jesus did it.Buddha did it.Name a knowerand they did it.And they allContinue reading “October 23, 2024 – A”

October 22, 2024 – A

No one can be anything.The list of things I cannot berivals anyone’s,and all of us have an incredibly long one.I cannot be an opera singer, for instance.Or a ballet dancer,or any kind of singer or dancer.I can’t ride a bullor shoe a horse.Play football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey…You get the idea.But.Everyone can be who theyContinue reading “October 22, 2024 – A”

October 21, 2024 – A

Everybody wants to be happy.Donald Trump plays that to the hilt.He tells them the Democratswill make them unhappyin all the ways he tells themthe Democrats are for everythingReal People are against:Immigrants,Sex-changing,Homosexuals,High grocery pricesand raising taxes.He doesn’t ask them how happy they wereduring his Presidency.He tells them how unhappy they will beunder Kamala Harris.I say, “WhatContinue reading “October 21, 2024 – A”

October 20, 2024 – A

Dementia has several phases.I wonder what form mine will take,looking out the window,watching the days come and go.I am curious about a lot of things,most things, actually.I’ve always been that way,and enjoy it the most.I wonder what I will wonder about next,waiting for some form of dementiato carry me off(I wonder where I will beContinue reading “October 20, 2024 – A”

October 18, 2024 – A

We live in the tensionbetween “Yes” and “No”–with the contingency of having to pay the priceof riding the ride,of doing what we want,without doing what we don’t wantin order to do it.The benefits we enjoycome with a cost to enjoying them.And we want the joywithout the cost.And coming to terms with the costsof life’s benefitsisContinue reading “October 18, 2024 – A”

October 17, 2024 – A

I think of the people just getting byin Long Lake, New York,and Tupper Lake,and Rangeley Lake, Maineand throughout the United States,and the entire planet,and the cosmos,and wonder why they do it.What is their motivation?Their motivating force?Why do they get up and face the day?Let’s see what good we can do today!For the joy of doingContinue reading “October 17, 2024 – A”

October 16, 2024 – A

Fold it all in.Incubate it.Reflect on it.Allow it to work its magic within,transforming us into thosewho care without caring,and do without doing,and accomplish without striving,living in the serviceof what is called forwithout ambition,intention,expectation or opinion.Just seeing,hearing,knowing,understanding,respondingto what is neededin each situation as it arisesout of our original nature,innate virtues(What we do best and enjoy doingContinue reading “October 16, 2024 – A”

October 14, 2024 – A

We are all we have–we are all we need!But.It takes realization,awareness-attentionto make it so.There is no father-god out there.The God we seek is in here:In our body,mind,intuition,virtues (The things we do bestand enjoy doing most),original nature.We laugh “and say “No way!”YES WAY!!!All it takes is waking upto know that it is so.We all know thatContinue reading “October 14, 2024 – A”

October 13, 2024 – A

Bringing to life the holy within usand living as the divine in human formputs us in the league with the Christand requires the same of usthat was demanded of him,namely that we live without concern forprofit or gain,advantage and advancement,exploitation and prosperity…and simply do what is called forin each situation as it ariseswith the giftsContinue reading “October 13, 2024 – A”