We live to learn to know and trust ourselvesin order to find the way and know it when we do.We are looking for enlightenment/realization/recognition/knowing.And we live lost and adrift,awash in uncertainty, fear, lethargy, addiction, without direction or purpose”on the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.”Sex, money, drugs and alcohol are the best we can do.WeContinue reading “April 26, 2025”
Tag Archives: Life
April 05, 2025
There is projection and there is association, and they may be the same thing. One thing I project onto this image is that Donald Trump would not find anything attractive about it. My projection is that he would hate it. It is not his kind of place. My projection is that he is attracted toContinue reading “April 05, 2025”
March 31, 2025
We have to make sense of our life. Who are we?What are we about?What are we doing here?Where are we going?What is going on?We are gradually waking upover the full course of our life,and yet, we are constantlyputting ourselves to sleep with the hypnotic repetitionof what we have been toldof the corporate story of ourContinue reading “March 31, 2025”
December 03, 2024 – Book Excerpt 01
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 03, 2024 – Book Excerpt 01”
December 05, 2023 – B
Aeshylus wrote,He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.Wisdom is the resultof reflection upon experience. The wise are often oldbecause it takes a longContinue reading “December 05, 2023 – B”
January 16, 2021
04 We cannot control what happens, but. We can strongly influence what happens next by the way we respond to what happens. Balance and harmony do not depend upon external circumstances. Living from our center with sincerity and non-contrivance, mindful awareness and optimal emotional distance between ourselves and what is happening in each situation asContinue reading “January 16, 2021”
October 26, 2020
04 Too many of us do not have time to be quiet, to sit quietly, listening, looking, waiting for something, they know not what. All of the important things occur to us in the silence. On the toilet. In the shower. The bathroom is the most meditative friendly room we are ever in. Take advantageContinue reading “October 26, 2020”
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