Daily Posts

March 02, 2026

AI has produced a Richard Feynman lecture on the soul at this address: https://youtu.be/H9oeqq2vZJ8?si=MYeg_ID9YCGv3ayM

Making the case for Psyche (Soul) being a foundational aspect of the universe. Feynman died in 1988 but, thanks to AI, has achieved immortality using a script combed from his written works compiled through his life as a physicist, and is worth watching for the wonder of the production alone. But on another level, this is further evidence of the thesis of The Tao of Physics, which has been updated recently and stresses the similarities between scientific discoveries and the work of eastern religions on the matter of “soul and the universe.”

March 02, 2026

Settling into here, now, is a simple matter of putting ourselves in the service of what is called for regardless of our preferences, desires, wishes and wants. There is nothing to it beyond determining that we are here, now in the service of here, now, no matter what. We see what needs to be done and we do it. Nothing to it.

March 03, 2026

Psyche and Intuition and “Circumstances creating circumstances,” as the Old Taoists would say, and all the time necessary, are it. Everything flows from there to right here, right now.

Flow can be smooth and easy or chaotic and tumultuous like “the heaving waves of the wine-dark sea.” (The blind poet Homer). And with enough time, it all comes back to oneness and peace, until someone has a better idea and it all goes to hell again. This is the back-and-forth, up-and-down, that constitutes life and being in the Cosmos.

We align ourselves with peace and good will when we find our way to balance and harmony, seek out Psyche and Intuition and unite ourselves with that which is called for and needs to be done in each situation as it arises. We do this by identifying and cooperating with the sense of flow, movement, rhythm and the difference between being in sync and out of sync, at one with how things are and need to be and at odds with how things are and need to be in all the situations that arise throughout the time of our living.

The catch here is that we have to lay aside our wants, wishes, desires and our ideas for what constitutes our own, personal, good, advantage, best interests, etc. and live to serve the interests and direction of the flow, balance, harmony, etc. Ours has to become the way of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (And not the way of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden), with his, “Thy will, not mine be done,” with the “Thy” being the drift and flow, balance and harmony, of that which is called for and needs to be done, here, now, in each situation as it arises. What does the situation, the moment, call for? Do That! When, where, and how it needs to be done. This is doing the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place–the Old Taoist idea of how things ought to be now and forever.

When we get this down, we have it made, regardless of what is happening our life throughout the time left for living.

March 03, 2026

Our Psyche/Intuition is that aspect of each one of us who knows what’s what and what is called for and what needs to be done about it in each situation as it arises. And on a cosmic scale she/they are that which knows what’s what and what is called for and what needs to be done about it in each situation as it arises, and has been called The Tao by Taoists of every generation since the beginning of the beginning.

March 03, 2026

Can we close our eyes and be at peace? How long can we sit with our eyes closed and remain at peace?

What are the forces of instability and disruption that disturb our balance and harmony, our peace and quiet, our tranquility and serenity?

Can we sit quietly and watch our disturbance our serenity coming and going like the tides? Can we get to the source of our disturbance and serenity? Can we increase the serenity and decrease the disturbance? Can we explore the root source of both serenity and disturbance?

March 04, 2026

A conversation with one of the granddaughters had me replying to her question about what heaven was like, saying, “I’m not going to heaven. I’m going to stay right here.” “But Pops, everybody wants to go to heaven.” “Not me,” I said, “I’m not getting on the bus.” “Mom,” she yelled out, “Pops says he’s not going to heaven!” Things went downhill from there. 

March 04, 2026

There is how things are and there is how we wish things were. We live with the discrepancy. The more conscious we are of the discrepancy, the fewer symptoms we have, but the more we suffer. There is no escape from legitimate suffering. It’s when we try to escape, via diversion, distraction, denial, addiction that our symptoms mount and the real trouble begins. My recommendation is swearing. “Swear like a sailor,” as the saying goes. And here’s the important part: Laugh at yourself swearing. It’s great. You’ll love it. It’s the best way I know of through legitimate suffering. All the real gurus swear and laugh. You could look it up.