The nine stories in this collection originated as sermons in Amory, Mississippi. There were seventeen in all, before the congregation had enough and asked me not to do that anymore, but to return to the old comfortable way of telling them what they had already heard, and fully expected to always hear, as a confirmationContinue reading “Introduction to Story Time”
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One Minute Monologues 058
August 10, 2020 — September 20, 2020 08/10/2020 — Coming to terms with how things areis the unending task of life. In every moment,there is how things are nowand how we feel about how things are now. If it didn’t matter to us how things are,we would have no problemwith how things are. That’s howContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 058”
One Minute Monologues 057
June 23, 2020 — August 09, 2020 06/23/2020 — There are so many things that have to happen all at once to transform our life from what it has been to what it needs to be that our old life would collapse and give up under the oppressive weight of utter impossibility. And our newContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 057”
One Minute Monologues 056
April 20, 2020 — June 22, 2020 04/20/2020 — Tao is integrity. Integrity is the alignmentof ourselves with ourselves(our Original Nature)and of ourselves with our circumstances. When we live at odds with ourselvesfor the sake of our circumstances,we are out of alignment,out of accord with the Tao. When we live out of accord with ourContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 056”
One Minute Monologues 055
February 29, 2020 — April 19, 2020 03/01/2020 — Our heart is never far away. How attentive we are to heart,how well-suited we areto the service of heart,how faithful we arein our devotion to heart,all depends upon our concern for–and infatuation with–the 10,000 things. (“The 10,000 Things”are also called“The Dust Of The World”) What doContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 055”
One Minute Monologues 054
January 30, 2020 — February 29, 2020 01/30/2020 — Knowing what to doin any situationis a matter of opening ourselvesto the situation-as-it-is,to the situation-as-a-whole,and seeing what arises,what occurs to us,within. Living well flowsfrom living as objectively as possiblein each situation as it arises. The more subjective,judgmental,opinionated,insistent on having our waywe are,the less likely we aretoContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 054”
One Minute Monologues 053
December 23, 2019 — January 29, 2020 12/23/2019— It is easy to feel as thoughnothing we do matters.This is called,being in the trough,which is the low pointof a wave. When we are in the trough,we have to recognize it,and wait it out.The trough is the turn-a-roundbetween crests. The tide comes inand the tide goes out,and,Continue reading “One Minute Monologues 053”
One Minute Monologues 051
09/06/2019 — 11/05/2019 09/06/2019 — Crape Myrtle 2019-09 01 — Charlotte, North Carolina, September 3, 2019, an iPhone photo Recurring dreams meanwe aren’t getting what the dream is sayingbecause we have ideas for our lifethat are out of accordwith our life’s ideas for us. It means we are having to grow upsome more again,and weContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 051”
One Minute Monologues 050
07/17/2019 — 09/05/2019 07/17/2019 — Mind is the seat of perspectiveand perception. How we see enables/restrictswhat we see. Mindfulness is seeing our seeing–seeing how we see,seeing what we see,seeing what we see-not… Mindfulness is transparency–self-transparency–seeing ourselves seeing. Mind contains our awareness,awareness contains all things. Awareness that is fully awareis fully aware of all things,knows what isContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 050”
One Minute Monologues 049
June 9, 2019–July 17, 2019 06/09/2019 — Politics,as it is currently being practiced,is a wayof guarding,protecting,enhancing,serving,promotingone’s personal beliefsand interests–at the expenseof everyone else. Donald Trump is the best/worstexample of personal gainbeing the prime motivationof political activity,but the large amount of moneyavailable for “campaign contributions”through political action committeesis motive enoughfor many other “public servants.”And that thereContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 049”
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