This adventure of writing a daly reflection has opened before me as an exploration of myself and our (corporate/universal) need for this kind of exploration/realization/awakening/ enlightenment worldwide. Everything will do that if we let it.Everything is a portal, a port-key, a threshold to ourselves if we have the courage/luck to see what we look at,Continue reading “July 21, 2025”
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July, 2025
The best thing we can do for ourselvesis to be quiet in a routine and regular way.When Jesus said, “Pray always,” he meant, “Live out of the silence.”In the silence, we are in the presence of What Has Always Been Called “God.” The silence is the bridge between worlds–the world of conscious reality and theContinue reading “July, 2025”
June 23, 2025
Making a montage of the wisdom outlets of history produces a “single story” of what it takes to “right the world” over the course of several lifetimes. The elements required read like a spiritual recipe for “the right life.”High on the list are integrity, sincerity, authenticity, but I find the most revered quality is beingContinue reading “June 23, 2025”
May 12, 2025
What do we want from religion? Eternal life? Invisible assistance in having our way/getting what we want? The old Taoists sought to align themselves with the Tao or Wayin order to assist/participate in the flow of life and beingby doing what was called for in each situation as it arose–doing the right thing, in theContinue reading “May 12, 2025”
March 13, 2025 – B
What we see is how we look. This image of the Buddha free from all assumptions, inferences, projections, presuppositions, conclusions, impressions, etc., is just what it is, which is an accurate impression of the Buddha himself who was “One thus come,” like a rock on the road or a wave on the ocean — andContinue reading “March 13, 2025 – B”
January 24, 2025
It would be a reasonably close approximationto say that Taoism was being developed by Shamansin and near China by around 1500 BCE,and that Lao Tzu was creditedwith writing the Tao Te Ching about 500 BCE,and that the Buddha was stirring around in India about that same time.And that about 206-220 CE Buddhism was beingintroduced intoContinue reading “January 24, 2025”
November 12, 2024
The Classic Taoists areLao Tzu–which is more of a collective writing under the pseudonym over timerather than an individual living at a specific point in time and space.Chung Tzu (Or Zhuang Tzu).Lieh-Tzu andWen Tzu (Or Wenzi)These people and their discipleslived out of their own intuition/imaginationin crafting a lifelived in the serviceof doing what was calledContinue reading “November 12, 2024”
December 03, 2023 – A
Nobody can tell us what’s important.We have to discover/realize that for ourselves.We are all looking for what’s important.The Search for the Holy Grail.The Spiritual Journey.The Hero’s Journey.Vision Quests.All are seeking what is important.What matters most.What guides our boat on its path through the sea.What is it for you?What are you doing to find out?Don’t forgetContinue reading “December 03, 2023 – A”
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