Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

Consciousness is the foundation of peaceful abiding, here, now. We have to be attentive to what’s what, and what’s called for in every here, now that comes our way. No sleepwalking! How do we maintain attentive presence throughout the day? We have to take it up as a spiritual practice, being here, now, all dayContinue reading “July 27, 2026”

The Enso is a Zen sacred circle, often referred to as an unfinished circle, or an incomplete circle, to underscore the Zen understanding of perfection and wholeness as being that which has something missing. We aren’t whole until we are one with our missing parts. Making our peace with how things are is much moreContinue reading “July 26, 2026”

We are in it for the joy of doing it and the satisfaction of having done it. Not joyful? Unsatisfied? Hmmm… Let’s drop into the emptiness, stillness, silence with joylessness on one side and dissatisfaction on the other, and make inquiries. Interview the two of them. And listen to the conversation as they talk toContinue reading “July 25, 2026”

The Way of the Buddha, The Way of the Wind, and The Way of Wild Things comprise the Trilogy, The Way of the Way, exploring the mystery/miracle of Tao, Psyche, Intuition which I see as the trilogy behind, at the bottom of, the Trilogy expressing, exhibiting, disclosing, revealing the foundational Trilogy at work in theContinue reading “July 24, 2026 – B”

Balance, harmony, stability, reliability… These boulders are going to be there for a while, but permanence is out of the question for anything ever. So, we embrace the permanence of impermanence as the only thing that is guaranteed to be forever, and go on with our life. Going on with our life is one ofContinue reading “July 24, 2026”

Being who we are, doing what is ours to do when where and how it needs to be done is our gift to the world. And we do not think any of this into being. We live our way into being who we are. Not by thinking about it but simply by doing it. WeContinue reading “July 23, 2026”

One stick at a time. Nature’s way is to do what is necessary without complaining, whining, pouting and/or quitting. Having tantrums is humanity’s gift to the evolutionary process.

It is all about being who we are. And we are the one who says what that is. Who do WE say that we are? How do we know what we are talking about? How can we be sure? Who would be most likely to agree with us? What would we put forth as substantiatingContinue reading “July 21, 2026”

Being Who We Are is our life’s work. We live to take our mind off who we are and how things are with us. Diversion, distraction, denial is our idea of the perfect day. Well, I have a suggestion: Take up the pass time of placing ourselves in a self-induced trance state. I look outContinue reading “July 20, 2026”

Peaceful Abiding is a frame of mind, a perspective, an attitude, a point of view. It goes with us anywhere, any time, in all weather conditions. And it has no connection whatsoever with our environment or the company we keep. We take it with us wherever we go by taking nothing with more seriousness thanContinue reading “July 19, 2026”

“I am the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father but by me.” And, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus was a bit of an Egotist and maybe a tad psychotic. But he made enough of an impact on people that some of them hadContinue reading “July 18, 2026”

If this is your house, what’s your life like? How can we live with what we live with without it showing through? What comes first? What remains in place the longest? What supports the arrangement if not the conversations? How we talk, and what we talk about, and the vocabulary we use are the determiningContinue reading “July 17, 2026”