There are stability, balance, harmony, rhythm and flow. Which implies that there are also instability, imbalance, disharmony, chaos and disorder. Our place as conscious human beings is to maintain order by being aware of the destabilizing forces at work in each situation as it arises and make routine and regular returns to emptiness, stillness and silence, where we take inventory and open ourselves to what’s what and what is called for here, now, so as to do what needs to be done, when, where and how it needs to be done throughout each day.

With practice this becomes second-nature and is what I am sure Jesus was talking about when he said “Pray always,” in that prayer puts us in synch with the events and circumstances of our life and places us in the position to respond appropriately to every situation as it arises, and prayer and awareness and appropriate response are one thing, not three, and the three terms are interchangeable and synonymous. And they are essential for maintaining stability, etc. throughout our life. Which is what meditation does for those who meditate, putting us in accord with Psyche/Tao, moment to moment, day by day, so that we are able to do the right thing in the right way at the right time in the right place throughout the days, weeks, months, years that make up our life. No?

There is no quit in a Dandelion. And no stopping them. They come up in the cracks of sidewalks and through the roadways of hot asphalt. Smiling and waving in the breeze. They have wanting and caring figured out. They know it is possible to want the wrong things for the wrong reasons in the wrong ways. And that it is possible to want the right things for the right reasons in the right ways. That comes down to Right Wanting and Wrong Wanting.

They understand the same thing about caring. It is possible to care about the wrong things in the wrong ways for the wrong reasons. And it is possible to care about the right things in the right ways for the right reasons. Right Caring and Wrong Caring make all the difference in our lives and in the world. Right wanting and Wrong Wanting make the world what it is and what it can yet be.

If we live in the service of the right kind of wanting and the right kind of caring, we will be aligned with the Tao of Life and Being, and we will spend our life doing the right things in the right ways, at the right time, in the right place, and that is all it takes to make the world a better place, so why waste another minute not doing it that way? Not even a Dandelion can do better than that!

We build a life around ourselves simply by doing what needs to be done in each situation as it arises, when, where and how it needs to be done.  

The key in being able to hold the line against diversions, distractions and denial is maintaining our focus on the twin keys of wanting and caring.

We can want what we have no business having.
We can care about the wrong things in the wrong ways.
There is wrong wanting and right wanting.
Right caring and wrong caring.
Once we are capable of discerning right from wrong in the spheres of wanting and caring, there is only maintaining our focus on right and wrong the rest of the way.

Emptiness, stillness and silence (One thing, not three) is always at hand and is a "very present help in time of trouble."
Taking refuge in emptiness, stillness and silence, and waiting there for reflection to lead to realization and insight is one of the best ways to spend time there is. 

With the right kind of emptiness, etc. at hand, it is Psyche, Tao and us all the way to the end of the way, which is the endless adventure of being alive.

Let's be off, shall we?

If I were the/my/our Psyche, this is how I would present myself to the public. Without explanation. I call this image "Essence of Psyche." Without explanation. How would you present your/my/our Psyche to the public? Present yourself and this question to your/my/our Psyche and see what comes.

Construction presupposes destruction. Destruction implies construction. Construction/destruction are not two things but one. Yin and Yang are not two things, but one. Light and dark. Right and wrong, Good and bad. All dualities are unities, combos, partnerships. It’s all one big mutuality seeking its partner in the dance of life and being.

What help do we need to be who we are? I need silence for reflection and examination. I look for ways opposition is also assistance, remembering Mike Stanley saying, “Jim, the only way I can be quiet is by playing the drums.” Playing the drums is a way of engaging the art of a self-induced trance state, which is the essential element in all silent reflections. How can I take noise and find silence? By allowing it to disappear into the background and become the essential element in here, now. It is only a matter of focus and concentration and I can enter into contemplation wherever I am.

I see this is an aspect of what Jesus may have had in mind when he said ”Pray always.” And can “drop into silence anywhere, just by shifting from opposition to cooperation, “Letting be what is,” “Going with the flow,” “Being here, now,” “Peacefully abiding, here, now,” and “Seeing where it goes.”

There is no difference, to my way of thinking, between heresy and reformation. Jesus was executed for heresy, but he was leading a reformation of the Jewish church of his day, not a rebellion against Roman occupation. The Romans could find no reason for executing him. They were doing the Jews a favor to put Jesus on a cross. The Jewish leadership threatened the Romans with revolution if they didn't comply.

The church is always threatened by reformation, and is quick to claim "Heresy!" to justify orthodoxy's opposition to reform. Orthodoxy killed Jesus. And has led the charge of "Heresy!" against everyone opposing one aspect of doctrine or another throughout the centuries from then to now, denying the need to "enlarge the tent" by "lengthening the cords" and "moving the stakes," which is always needed and always opposed by hierarchy.

It is the way the game is played. No?