Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

Focusing’s foundational question,”Except for what is everything just fine?”is trumped by the realization,”It’s all useless, hopeless, pointless, futile,stupid, ludicrous and absurd–and coming to a very bad end(We are all going to die).But other than that, it’s all great.”Which itself is negated by the counter-realization,”How do we know the end is actually the endor all thatContinue reading “May 14, 2024 – B”

Walter Brueggermann wrote The Prophetic Imagination,in 1978 about the wonder of Old Testament prophetsbeing able to imagine a world different from the one they lived in,and the courage they displayedto call the people of Israel to live in that world.”The prophetic imagination” is always calling usbeyond this here/now into the next here/now–the one we areContinue reading “May 14, 2024 – A”

There is a psychic energy “feel”to bars,restaurants,air ports,school reunions,etc.Everywhere people gatherhas its own “sense of being.”A DMV waiting roomhas a special kind of “Get Me Out Of Here Now!”feel to it’because no one wants to be there,especially the people who work there.What is being emitted to create the “feel” of place?How is it being received/known?WeContinue reading “May 13, 2024 – B”