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?
There is no way of securing,of devising and nailing in place,the kind of world we would like to live in.Fascists are everywhere all of the time,and have been from the start.The American Revolution establishedour independence from England,but the fascists were at our sidethrough the fight and following itto this very day.Ridding ourselves of the fascistsisContinue reading “November 30, 2023 – A”
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Yin/Yang is a Taoist symbol representing the power of contradictions when they are perceived, not as polarities, but as partners. All of our dichotomies are false dichotomies! All of our contradictions are, in fact, complementaries! Rumi said, “Darkness is the cradle of light.” There you have it. Opposites befriend one another, they do not cancelContinue reading “November 29, 2023 – B”
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We are all connected by the silence and our imagination. Just sitting in the stillness, emptying ourselves of all concerns, thoughts, emotions by being aware of them without being attached to them, in a “that, too, that, too” kind of way, allows our imagination to come to life in the silence and lead the wayContinue reading “November 29, 2023 -A”
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Everybody sees things differently, and everybody thinks they see things as they are. People with something to sell– commercially, politically, ecclesiastically, personally…– use the power of persuasion and deception to secure agreement among their clientele, but it is a charade, a game, a lie. And it robs us of our fundamental/foundational right to our ownContinue reading “November 28, 2023 – A”
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What makes us think that the way we think is the way to think? What makes us think that the way we see is the way to see? What makes us think that what we want is what we ought to want? What makes us think that what we do is what needs to beContinue reading “November 27, 2023 – A”
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Theology is merely strong opinion about hearsay. Theology, doctrine, dogma and creeds never helped anyone with their life. And have heavily disrupted, demolished and destroyed the lives of countless innocents throughout the world. The crusades, witch hunts and the wanton destruction of indigenous cultures over time are but a small sampling of the evil christianContinue reading “November 26, 2023 – A”
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Discontent is good for the economy and politics as long as it doesn’t spill over into terrorist activity or war. There is such a fine balance between having it made and having nothing at all. Life itself is a fine balance. And the pendulum is always swinging between not enough and too much of something.Continue reading “November 25, 2023 – A”
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Waiting for the light to show the way is waiting for the mud to settle and the water to clear. And is the essential feature of the spiritual journey. Which is not much of a journey at all, merely waiting to see what is called for, what needs to be done, in each situation asContinue reading “November 24, 2023 – A”
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Jesus was killed for calling out the establishment. So was John the Baptist. And the Gnostics. The Taoists and the Buddhists didn’t call anyone out and lived their life to its natural end in the company of poverty and AUMMMmmmm… How things are is not how they ought to be. What are we going toContinue reading “November 23, 2023 – A”
The circumstances we have to work with are just what they are. What we do with them, in response to them is all that matters. We have Donald Trump and his mindless masses to deal with. It is no worse than what Jesus had to deal with. Or John the Baptist. Or Mother Teresa. OrContinue reading “November 22, 2023 – A”
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Things aren’t what they need to be because somebody doesn’t want them that way. We all want things to be the way we want them to be, and we want them to be different ways right now. Arranging things the way they ought to be would be a matter of getting rid of everything withContinue reading “November 21, 2023 – A”
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“The world is too much with us late and soon” (William Wordsworth). And, because of that, we have to take extreme measures to save ourselves from the impact of the world and restore our souls. We have to take regular retreats into the silence, into the natural world (Taking “Nature Baths,” for instance), into Art,Continue reading “November 20, 2023 – A”
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy