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One Minute Monologues 007

10/05/2012 — 12/27/2012 Bass Lake 05, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC — October 5, 2012 — We only have to take the first step, the rest of the way will open before us as we start walking. We do not have to have the journey plotted and planned.Continue reading “One Minute Monologues 007”

One Minute Monologues 006

07/14/2012–10/08/2012 Alone, Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, NC — July 13, 2012 — 22 If we followed the Dali Lama around all day, we would be dead of boredom by breakfast. That’s because he arises for meditation at 4 AM and it doesn’t pick up from there. Compare his life with our idea of howContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 006”

One Minute Monologues 005

05/03/2012 –07/12/2012 Dandelions, Blue Ridge Parkway, near Orchard Gap, VA—May 1, 2012 —If we saw the truth we would have to do something about it. Better not to look. The truth I’m talking about is the truth of how things are (which includes how things also are). The truth of our life. The truth isContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 005”

One Minute Monologues 004

02/05/2012 — 05/03/12 Calloway Gap Road, Blue Ridge Parkway near West Jefferson, NC—February 03, 2012 — We bring ourselves forth within the terms and conditions of our life. This is called walking two paths at the same time. Or, multitasking. We have to think about what we are doing. This is where the left hemisphereContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 004”

One Minute Monologues 003

11/17/2011 — 02/04/2012 11/17/2011 — We can serve our life, bring forth our life, live our life anywhere, within any context, every circumstance. We don’t have to have anything to be who we are. Prisoner of War camps are as good as Penthouses for serving the needs of soul and expressing what is ours toContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 003”

One Minute Monologues 002

08/17/2011 — 11/16/2011 Black-eyed Susans and Purple Cone Flowers, Blowing Rock, NC—Everybody wants to bail out from time to time, to eject from this world and float happily down into some other, better, world. Everybody. The Buddha got his start wanting to escape this world. Jesus said, “How long must I bear with you? IContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 002”

One Minute Monologues 001

04/29/2011 – 08/16/2011 04/29/2011 — Be aware of what you throw away.Notice every time you dismiss something that catches your eye,or reject something that appears to be useless or repulsive.Every variety of light is the perfect light for some subject.The work of photography is finding the subjectthat is suited for the lightwe have to workContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 001”

The Good and the Void

How good is the good we call good? Whose good is served by the good we call good? These questions call into question the glib and easy way we think of The Good and do it. We cannot rush to answer these questions. And thinking is futile. Reason and logic mean nothing here. We areContinue reading “The Good and the Void”

The Meaning of Life

If anyone ever asks you, “What is the meaning of life?” Ask them, “What is the meaning of your question?” If they say, “What do you mean?” Answer: “Are you asking ‘What is the meaning of life?’ like you might ask, ‘What is the meaning of a rock?’ If they say, “Yes!” Ask them, “AreContinue reading “The Meaning of Life”

Grace, Karma, Karma, Grace

There is Grace and there is Karma. Karma is Grace kicking butt. When Jesus said, “Father, Forgive them, they know not what they do,” he was being Grace in action, compassionate and kind–on a cross: the inevitability of goodness crushed beneath the weight of power lusting for power, and, also, the power of unrelenting GraceContinue reading “Grace, Karma, Karma, Grace”