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?
Aligning ourselves with our original nature,innate virtues(The things we do best and enjoy doing most),and our intrinsic intuition,puts us at “the sweet spot”of our life,on the beam,at one with our destiny,and in accord with the Taoof life and being.You would think,that with all that going for it,more people would be faithfully engagedin centering themselveswith themselves,andContinue reading “July 21, 2024 – B”
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If you choose to go the Non-Christian/Non-Buddhist route,you get to throw out all the theology,doctrines,dogma,dharma,sutras,rituals,catechismsand creeds,and focus exclusively on being the best Jesus and/or Buddhayou can be,simply by sitting in the right kind of emptiness,stillness and silence,waiting for the mud to settle and the water to clear,reflecting on,contemplating, considering, exploringyour original nature,your innate virtues(The thingsContinue reading “July 21, 2024 – A”
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Tourist time starts around 10 AM.Sunrise on the peaks begins a bit earlier.It is a question of what matters most.Knowing what matters to usis a key piece of knowing,reflecting our original nature.We don’t know why the important thingsare important,we just live to serve them.Dogs, cats, horses and peoplematter a lot to a lot of people,andContinue reading “July 20, 2024 – A”
Zen is Taoism’s response to Buddhism.There is nothing Buddhist about it.”Don’t take suffering seriously, Bro!Just fold it into your lifeand live on!Live on!”The Buddha could have usedthe insights of Taoism.”Nothing is so badthat changing the way you look at itwon’t make better!””Why be undone about the way things are?Do what can be done about itandContinue reading “July 19, 2024 – B”
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Spend the rest of your lifetrusting yourselfto the right kind of emptiness/stillness/silence,exploring your original nature,your innate virtues(The things you do well and enjoy/love doing most),and your intrinsic intuition.And experimenting with living in waysthat serve and exhibit/expressthese three aspects of yourselfin responding to what is called forin each situation as it arises.Bringing yourself forth in thisContinue reading “July 19, 2024 – A”
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Making the world a better place is quite beyond any of us.It is out of our hands.We would do well to settlefor making ourselves a better place.That is well within our reach, but.We have to lay aside our wants, desires,aspirations, dreams of conquest and domination…We cannot go the Adam and Eve route,striving for what weContinue reading “July 18, 2024 – A”
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Caring while not-caringgoes hand-in-hand withdoing while not-doing.Living our lifewhile being untouched by lifeis the trick the masters all have mastered.Distancing ourselveswhile staying in touch.Living as though we carewhile not caring at all.Acting like it matterswithout letting it matter.Faking it without appearingto be faking anything. Walking two paths at the same time.
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Don’t have to know why.Be content with what and how,when and where. Too often, we talk ourselves outof doing what is called forbecause we cannot explain, defend,justify,excuse our actions.We have to live the way our life needs to be lived without caring why.We have to trust our life–our intuition–to know what it is doing,and goContinue reading “July 17, 2024 – A”
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Being a Christianthe way Jesus and the discipleswere Christiansis to be a non-Christianin the sense of being freeof doctrine, theology, dogma, dharma,creeds,catechisms, hymns (books of doctrineset to music), rituals, prayer meetingsand fellowship dinners. And being free to follow the guidanceof our intuitionin being who we are called to be,doing what needs to be done,in theContinue reading “July 16, 2024 – A”
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Buddhism is another caste systemwith a different dharmaand more teacherstelling people what to doand how to live their life.Not even the Buddha himselfwould know where my back itches whenfor how long.Not even my eye doctor knows if 1 is better than 2or if 2 is better than 3.All of the experts eventuallyhave to ask meContinue reading “July 15, 2024 – B”
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Living to get/have what we wantis a waste of time and life.Better to be who we are,doing what is ours to do–which puts us on the trackof reflecting on who we areand what is ours to do,which sits us down in the emptiness,stillness and silence,listening, looking, waitingfor realizations to occur, arise, emergein the areas ofContinue reading “July 15, 2024 – A”
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As a Non-Buddhist,I am free to pick and choose, imagine and invent,the precise kind of BuddhistI care to be. I sit in a recliner, for example, without counting my breaths,assuming my body knows how many it takesin what period of time,and by now has enough experienceto take care of itself in that matter.And as farContinue reading “July 14, 2024 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy