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April 01, 2026 Imagine a worldwide conversation about the things we take to be seriously significant/important/essential to our lives individually and collectively. What matters most? What are the categories of things that matter most–the categories, not the things? I am interested in why we see the way we do. What makes it easy for usContinue reading “Daily Posts, April, 2026”

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 aContinue reading “Daily Posts”

Are you the Big Boss of the Cosmos? Are you “That Which Has Always Been Called ‘God’?” Are you the essence of how things are? And of how things ought to be? How can I cooperate with you? How can I assist you? Be of service to you? What do I need to know? WhatContinue reading

The way we respond to life’s deliveries impacts the world’s impact on us. Our response ability works to make things better than they are in each situation as it arises–and is our “first line of defense” in the work of making things as livable as they can be. Controlling what can be controlled helps toContinue reading “February 13, 2026”

And you will get this for starters: The relationship between psyche (the soul/mind) and the Tao (the ultimate principle of the universe) is deeply explored in Jungian Psychology, viewing the Tao as the Self—the center of wholeness where inner psyche meets the outer world, achieved through individuation (integrating opposites like Yin & Yang), experiencing synchronicity,Continue reading “200 Zen Thoughts #2 By Jim Dollar”

Silence and the stillness beyond silence and the emptiness that permits silence (by emptying ourselves of thoughts, fear, anger, all emotions, plans, all noise, are the essential elements in seeing, hearing, understanding, realization, enlightenment, awakening, knowing, doing, being, peacefully abiding here, now. Living a noise-free life–with noise understood to be diversion, distraction, disturbance of anyContinue reading “December 02, 2025”