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?
Inherent intuition is the guiding forcein the natural world.Everything knows what to do!Geese fly south in the winter,and north in the summer!Monarch Butterflies migrate to Mexico!Plant a seed and it will grow upwards!Babies know what to do with a nipple!We know what is “us” and what is “not us”!Where we belong and where we haveContinue reading “May 21, 2024 – A”
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Nature has a way of workingthings out.Our life has a way of workingthings out.Thinking has very little impacton how things are.Things are just what they need to beto get things done.Everything is finding outwhat it can get by with.Everything has to takesomething else into account.Even black holes.It is the way things are,or, “It is theContinue reading “May 20, 2024 – B”
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Living in ways that dowhat needs to be donein response to what is called forby what’s whatin each situation as it arises,meets what needs to be metin ways it needs to be met.Who can do better than that?Circumstances are always begetting circumstances.How we respond to themdetermines the quality of our life.Circumstances evoke our lifeby callingContinue reading “May 20, 2024 – A”
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Do you have enough of the right kinds of thingsin your life?And not too much of the wrong kinds of things?How do you arrange for that?Maintain it?I find that Focusing in Ann Weiser Cornell’s kind of wayhelps me with the balance and harmony.Listening to my body/mind (intuition)knowing when enough is enough,and allowing my guides toContinue reading “May 19, 2024 – B”
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The source of hatred is beyond redemption.And it is a hate-driven world.All the talk is love, love, love,and gratitude.Yet, it is a hate-driven world.Russia and Ukraine.Israel and Palestinians.White people and people of color.White people and immigrants.White people and Woke white people.Republicans hate everybody not like them.If I could,I would give everybody an extended time out.NoContinue reading “May 19, 2024 – A”
Zen is what happenedwhen Buddhism met Taoism.It should be called “Zen Taoism”in that it has much more in commonwith Taoism than it does with Buddhism.The differences between Buddhism and Zencan be summed up in this way:The heart of Buddhism is expressed/revealedby the book “The Indestructible Truth,”by Reginald Ray.If you want to know Buddhism, read theContinue reading “May 18, 2024 – A”
What keeps you in the kind of work you’re in?What would prefer to do instead?What do you wish you had done with your life?How close can you come to thatin the time left for living?What would be your ideal life?How close can you come to thatin the time left for living?When you think of yourself,whatContinue reading “May 17, 2024 – B”
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The world is a mess beyond correction,but.That means there is always something we can do to make things better here/nowwherever/whenever we are.And it is our place to do what needs to be doneanyway, nevertheless even so, no matter what,when it needs to be done,where it needs to be done,how it needs to be done,because itContinue reading “May 17, 2024 – A”
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We are as close to Jesus and the Buddhaas some people will ever get.We bring as much of God to life in our lifeas some people will ever experience.If we aren’t doing it as it ought to be donemoment to momentin each situation as it arises,why not?If we aren’t doing the things that need toContinue reading “May 15, 2024 – A”
Why do we see things the way we see themand not some other way instead?How many different ways of seeing/experiencing/evaluating/interpreting/understanding/comprehending/thinking about/believing in/…things are there?And yet, and yet…Those who know, know the same things.No?What is the difference betweenseeing and knowing?Between thinking and knowing?Between believing and knowing?It is the difference betweenbeing connected with our intrinsic intuitionand beingContinue reading “May 16, 2024 – A”
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We are as close to Jesus and the Buddhaas some people will ever get.We bring as much of God to life in our lifeas some people will ever experience.If we aren’t doing it as it ought to be donemoment to momentin each situation as it arises,why not?If we aren’t doing the things that need toContinue reading “May 15, 2024 – B”
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When “the world is too much with us,late and soon” (William Wordsworth),or life is,we need a place to goto lay our burdens down.I have arranged three landscape stoneson my book caseas an imaginary link to the Wailing Wall.I take grief that is too much to bearto my Wailing Wall Link and deposit it there(All inContinue reading “May 15, 2024 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy