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?
You can view the five sessions of The Power of Myth with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers for free on line at The Joseph Campbell Foundation. And you can purchase the companion volume, also called “The Power of Myth,” but with an inordinate amount of additional material, either as a hardback, paperback or eBook, eitherContinue reading “February 05, 2024 – A”
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Where are we going with this?What do we mean with the rest of our life?How many questions can we ask in a day?Here are two we can start with:Who do we think we are?What do we think we are doing?Seriously.Start with those two questions,and see what questions they generate.Do not seek answers!Seek more questions!Flowing from:”WhoContinue reading “February 04 2024 – A”
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Our worldview is how we think things are.Changing our worldviewis the task of maturation:Seeing how things actually are.This is also called enlightenment.Realization.Waking up.Seeing the light.Coming to our senses.Jesus put it this way:”The old has passed away!Behold! The new has come!”We think it is one way,and yet, it is another way entirely!We think it is likeContinue reading “February 03, 2024 – A”
We can call time outas neededto take inventory,asses the situation,note the status of our balance and harmony,check our fatigue level,remind ourselves of the importanceof living in accordwith our original natureand our innate virtuosity,align ourselves with the flowof intensity and intentionality, attend what is called forby the circumstances before usand get back into the game.It isContinue reading “February 03, 2024 – A”
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We build a foundationfor facing whatever life brings usby having no expectations or desires,no opinions or preferences,no fear or dreads,knowing simply that we have all we needto find what we needto do what needs to be donein each situation as it arisesthroughout what remainsof the life left for living.We can live with anything,through anything,in theContinue reading “February 02, 2024 – A”
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Where do the people who own this,work here,go for stability and confidence?What grounds their life?Beyond religion,drugsand alcohol?How close to the edgecan we livefor how long?Nikki Haley saysif she is elected President,she will end Medicare and Social Security.And Donald Trump poses a similar threat.Those two federal programsare Edge Buffers for millions of Americans,me being one ofContinue reading “February 01, 2024 – B”
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In that there is more that we don’t knowthan we do know,I think I can get by with saying,the universe is composedof various forms of energy and matter,all of which is psychic at the core.The universe is a psychic state of affairs.Nothing is in charge.Nothing is in control.Nothing has a plan…But a constant psychic flowhasContinue reading “February 01 – A, 2024”
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I understand the workof our life asbeing contented with how things arehere and now,doing what needs to be donein each situation as it ariseswhile maintaining/sustainingour balance and harmonyday to dayas long as life shall last.We have to settle ourselvesinto an occupationthat enables us to make ends meet(the income and out-go ends),and live to serve/expressour originalContinue reading “February, 2024”
When intensityand intentionality are lacking,our integrity takes a hit.Living with integritytakes meaning it.We cannot merely show up–we have to be fully therewith our game face on.Too many sports teams show upwithout their game face on.In basketball it is apparentin the turnovers and free throws departments.Lackadaisical mediocritydoes not win basketball games.Or football games.Nick Saban coached footballContinue reading “January 31, 2024 – A”
There is more to everything than meets the eye.Any eye.All the time.We don’t know more about everythingthan we do know.Every thing.Which puts us in the positionof looking and listening,inquiring, examining, exploring,and simply sitting withall there is to sit withinstead of running through our lifeas though we know what we are doing.Projection, presumption and assumptionlead theContinue reading “January 30, 2021 – A”
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We have to be grounded in what grounds us,in what serves us as the grounding foundation of our life.There is what we do for a living,and there is what we live to do.Sometimes they are the same thing,sometimes they are worlds apart.What we live to dois the grounding foundationof our life.Maybe it’s riding horses.Or shoeingContinue reading “January 29, 2024 – A”
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We make our own peace with our life.No one can do that for us.We come to terms with our own responsibility for our responsesto the way things are,knowing that how we respondto what happenscan make things betteror make things worse,and that our response-abilityis the key for things beingas good as they are capable of beingourContinue reading “January 28, 2024 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy