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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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

May 5, 2019 — June 9, 2019 05/05/2019 —  What we do nowis whatever needsto be done now. What we do nextis whatever needsto be done next. It is not so mucha matter of deciding,as it is of knowing. How do we knowwhat is to be donenow/next? Looking/seeing.Listening/hearing.Sounding it outwith peoplewho can help ussee/hear. IfContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 048”

February 23, 2019 — May 4, 2019 02/23/2019 —  What’s missing is the best selfwe are capable of being. Our conscious “I,”our “ego-self,”is responsiblefor creating a spacein the world of normal,apparent,reality,and for shepherdingour unconscious,foundational,self into being. Only, ego-self has airs. A better idea–and decidesto cut itself offfrom the guide within,and serve onlyit’s own interestsand desires,inContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 047”