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?
Letting come what’s comingand letting go what’s goingis living with an appropriate degreeof “working distance”between ourselves and our life,enabling us “to do what needs to be done,”as in shooting Old Yeller when the time comes.As in “Holding them close and letting them go”when our children reach the ageof being their own selves,going their own wayinContinue reading “March 05, 2024 – A”
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When Jesus said,”You shall know the truthand the truth shall make you free,”he was talking about knowingthe truth of ourselves.The truth of who we areand what we are about.The truth of our original natureand of our innate virtuosities.The truth of what’s what with us.The truth that we are born of Godwith no original sin (WhatContinue reading “March 04, 2024 – A”
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Finding what we needto do what needs to be doneis always a matter of being quiet and waiting out the emotion of the momentfor clarity and peace.We tend to default to the left hemispherewith its rational structuring of lifeto think our way throughwhatever is threatening our balance and harmony,but routine can be waylaid by theContinue reading “March 03, 2024 – A”
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I’m no longer taking anything seriously, which I take to be the lesson of the Buddha under the Bodhi Tree,remaining unmoved by desire/fear/angerand being enlightenedby the realization of the powerinherent in treating everythingwith a complete lack of seriousness.The Buddha’s followers, of course,treated him with absolute seriousness,and his insight was lost inthe rules and regulations ofContinue reading “March 02, 2024 – A”
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Heart.Intensity.Relentless.Intention.Anyway.Nevertheless.Even So.UpstagesSo What?Who Cares?Why Try?What’s The Use?What’s The Point?What Difference Does It Make?By way of the old Buddhist strategy of”Turning the light around,”and asking, So what? of So what?Who cares if nobody cares?Why not try?Why let apparent uselessnessget in the way?The point is doing what needs to be done,when/where/how it needs to be done,in theContinue reading “March 01, 2024 – B”
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We carry the secrets of our own destinytucked into our DNAand accessed via our Right Brain through trance states,meaningful coincidences,nighttime dreams,daytime visions,powerful hunches,nagging calls to attend absurd missions,propitious accidents,sudden compulsions,and all other forms of guidanceat the disposal of our Other Sidein its effort to wake us upto who we areand what is ours to doevenContinue reading “March 01, 2024 – A”
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We enter the silenceempty of emotion/agenda/expectation…and wait for what will emerge/appear/arise of its own accordfor us to work within making associations and connectionsand following where it leadsto realization/recognition/understanding–the farther shore of reflection.Propelling us onto the field of actionto will and to do according to the flowof our understanding of what is called forand asked ofContinue reading “March, 2024”
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Seeing what we look atand knowing what’s whatwithout opinionor expectation, plansor agendas,but with clarityand understanding,balance and harmony–and doing what is called forin ways appropriate to the occasionin each situation as it arisesno matter whatall our life long,would do it I think.May it be so for us all!Always and forever!Amen!May it be so! –0–
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We get up and meet the day as though it matters. Living with intensity and with intentionality anyway, nevertheless, even so is essential, and must be our lifetime commitment to each other and all others around the world. Caring as though it matters that we care regardless of whether it matters or not is crucial.Continue reading “February 29, 2024 – A”
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We wait for clarity and motivation,and follow the inner driftof the soul’s delight.As time goes by, I find myself thinking of “soul”(and “heart”)as “Right Brain,”and thinking of “ego”as “Left Brain.”The duality of Right Brain/Left Brainprovides the foundation and clarityof our life’s work:Establishing the balance and harmonybetween the two hemispheres of our brainwhich is exemplified inContinue reading “February 28, 2024 – A”
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The day has a mind of its own.As does our life.We wait to see what comesand what we do with it,and that tells the tale.We get up,get dressed,open the door,and the day,our life,takes it from there.With a bevy of thingswe would never have guessed.Our place is to respond appropriatelyto each thing that comes along,and seeContinue reading “February 27, 2024 – A”
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Loss of balance and harmonyis the cause of the disturbancein the flow of lifeand the experience of the clashing rocks,and the heaving wavesof the wine-dark sea worldwide.And the cause of imbalance and disharmonyeverywhereis wanting what we have no business having.Wrong Wantingis the source of all of our problems today.Every day.Starting with Adam and Eve,which isContinue reading “February 26, 2024 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy