The meaning of a thing, anything, everything, is what it means to someone, everyone. There is no intrinsic meaning anywhere in/to anything. It is all imposed, projected, imagined. When someone declares, “It’s all meaningless!”, they say it as though the meaninglessness of everything is very meaningful to them. It all cannot be meaningless if itsContinue reading “October 19, 2025”
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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”
July 04, 2025
This is the most bleak Fourth of July in my experience, and this is my 81st experience. The Constitution is out of vogue. The Bill of Rights is a laughter. The majority of the Supreme Court asks Trump how he wants them to vote. We have a king on his throne in the White House.Continue reading “July 04, 2025”
July 01, 2025
Silence steadies us and stabilizes us, grounds us and points the way. When Jesus said, “Pray always,” he was saying “Live out of the silence.” The silence is also emptiness and stillness. The three are one, like the Holy Trinity, and they connect us with all that is holy, and lead us to living livesContinue reading “July 01, 2025”
July, 2025
Growing up and doing what is called for in each situation as it arises is all there is to it. All there is to our life. It is more difficult than it might appear to be.Growing is the hardest part. We all grow up against our will. That is what growing up is. Learning toContinue reading “July, 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”
November 22, 2020
03 What are the things keeping us from being the person we are capable of being, doing the things we are capable of getting done? Really–what is holding us back? Standing in our way? If it weren’t for what, we would be doing what? Sit quietly with those things in your lap. Meditate on thoseContinue reading “November 22, 2020”
October 22, 2020
03 The most important thing is to be right about what’s important, and do it when it needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, for as long as it needs to be done in each situation as it arises, with sincerity and spontaneity, without contrivance, judgment or opinion, situation-by-situation, day-by-day forContinue reading “October 22, 2020”
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