emptiness – Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy

September 19, 2025

We are the source of everything that isn’t a rock or a tree. Including God. We made it all up, right out of our own Psyche/imagination. We told ourselves stories that scared us into making up other stories to calm us down. Hate, anger, fear and greed are the origin of most of our problemsContinue reading “September 19, 2025”

September 18, 2025

We are all that stands between us and the Void.That being the case, we might think we would be doing a better job laying a foundation with ourselves that will allow us to deal with what’s coming up, instead of looking the other way and hoping for the best. If the best were in play,Continue reading “September 18, 2025”

September 02, 2025

What holds us together?What makes us One?Kindness and compassion come to mind.Psyche and the ideas we share in common. Good faith in/with each other,and the desire to be soulmates along the way.”Good faith” for me means the willing/willful intention to be who we say we are.Integrity, sincerity, authenticity.Beyond that, the Void. No?I participated in aContinue reading “September 02, 2025”

August 01, 2025

The church was before the Bible.First the church then the Bible. The Bible says what it says because that is what the church wanted it to say. And the truth needs to be known so that then we can get to the truth.The truth is quite different from what we have been told,because what weContinue reading “August 01, 2025”

December 04, 2024 – Book Excerpt 02

I will be using this space to post excerpts from my e-book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” available on Amazon as a Kindle book, and available for free on my WordPress site, “My Published Works.” This is a 2012 revision of my paperback published in 2002 with the title, “The Evolution of the IdeaContinue reading “December 04, 2024 – Book Excerpt 02”

December 11, 2023 – A

I had a sailing friend oncewho told me,”I became a sailorwhen I realized the sea was out to get me.” It applies across the board,around the tablethroughout the universe.Life is out to get us.Are we prepared?Republicans are not prepared.Fascists don’t have a clue.Their faith is in AR-15’sand killing their enemies,at least making them sufferand stayContinue reading “December 11, 2023 – A”