Enthusiasm and vitality are not constant, regular, daily experiences. Boredom, ennui and monotony are much more reliable and frequent occurrences. And that’s a problem because we are addicted to the rush of wonder and delight, to the point of artificial applications of highs from a bottle or a pill. We will do anything to feelContinue reading “March 04, 2025”
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March 03, 2026
It comes down to our relationship with Psyche and with Intuition, and they may be the same thing. How can we deepen, enhance, expand, enlarge our relationship with, awareness of, Psyche and Intuition? That is the only thing that matters in the time left for living. Reflecting in emptiness, stillness and silence will help. TakingContinue reading “March 03, 2026”
February 27, 2026
I am a strong believer in trance states. Self-induced trance-states. Looking out the window. Drifting off into wool-gathering or taking a walk-a-bout to nowhere in particular. Not going anywhere and not being here, now at the same time. Aware only of what occurs to me/you, to what appears out of the mists, to catch ourContinue reading “February 27, 2026”
February 26-B, 2026
We know things we don’t know how we know. If we sit quietly without thinking but being aware of the things that come to mind “out of nowhere” and following the things that have an attraction about them, we will come into realization “like a bolt from the blue.” And we will not have thoughtContinue reading “February 26-B, 2026”
January 30, 2026
The phrase, “after a certain age,” is one that is used frequently in doctors’ offices after a certain age. It means “these things can be expected,” “this symptom is not unusual,” “don’t let it bother you”… Those Who Know Best don’t talk to you that way in your 40’s and 50’s, but by your mid-seventies,Continue reading “January 30, 2026”
January 24, 2026
There is what we do to live, and there is what we live to do. Occasionally these may be the same thing. There are artists who support themselves with their art, and musicians who make a living with their music. Most of us do what we love by paying the bills doing what we don’tContinue reading “January 24, 2026”
January 16, 2026
A Philosophy of Health by Jim Dollar A healthy lifestyle is more than eating well and exercising. It includes how we set limits, draw lines, establish boundaries—and bear the pain of living within the within the environment of everybody else on the planet doing the same thing. The way we live has implications for usContinue reading “January 16, 2026”
January 12, 2026
There is what we control and what we do not control. Adjusting ourselves to the things we do not control is the most important trick in the entire Book of Tricks. How well we do that tells the tale. There is how things are and how we think about how things are, the way weContinue reading “January 12, 2026”
January 03, 2026
What would make the biggest difference for good in your life that is in your ability to effect? The one thing I can think of that would apply to all of us is emptiness, stillness, silence (One thing, not three) regularly applied frequently throughout the time left for living. Just sitting still, being quiet, watchingContinue reading “January 03, 2026”
January 02, 2026
Redundancy is my shtick. Repetition keeps me on track. I know who I am by reminding myself of where my boundaries lie and what’s still what, slowly adding to the collection of life-long revelations over time. I cannot think of the last new thing, and have no idea of what that next new thing mightContinue reading “January 02, 2026”
December 31, 2025
Finding our way starts with where we are here, now, and with what we perceive our options to be. What are our assets? Our liabilities? Our choices? We might drop into the emptiness/stillness/silence with these questions and wait to see what occurs to us out of the silence. I am retired with no pressing responsibilitiesContinue reading “December 31, 2025”
December 16, 2025
This bird knows what it is doing, where it is, what is going on. This bird knows what its business is and is about it to the fullest extent of its being. Would that we could say the same things about ourselves. My associate pastor and I would ground ourselves by asking, whenever it wasContinue reading “December 16, 2025”
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