Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

“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”

Putting ourselves “in accord with the Tao” and “living aligned with the Tao,” are synonymous with “trusting ourselves to our destiny,” stepping onto the path and walking confidently into our future, allowing it to do whatever it needs to do to be what it is. Spoiler alert: Our destiny is to be who we are,Continue reading “November 19, 2023 – A”

Being well is a function of doing things the way they need to be done. That’s all there is to it. All of the untutored sages I have ever known are in full agreement here. They also agree on the importance of not listening to people who don’t know what they are talking about– whichContinue reading “November 18, 2023 – A”

It is 5:33 AM. I woke up at 3:31 thinking about Nikki Haley. If she becomes president, she, like Trump if he becomes president, (and in saying she will do what he does, she isn’t playing her voters to vote for her, she is playing Trump to name her as VP, because, Tra-la-la, it’s allContinue reading “November 17, 2023 – A”