November 26, 2020 — December 29, 2020 11/26/2020 — Abbott Lake 09/27/2011 — Peaks of Otter, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford, Virginia What does thinking about sexkeep us from thinking aboutif we weren’t thinking about sex? What will Artificial Intelligencethink aboutwhen it progresses to the pointof being self-replicating,self-reproducing? It seems (to me)that thinking about sexis ourContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 061”
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One Minute Monologues 060
October 27, 2020 — November 25, 2020 10/27/2020 — Monument Valley Sunrise 09/25/2007 — Monument Valley Tribal Park, Utah/Arizona Reframe the things you are ashamed of–your liabilities are assets unknown. Joseph Campbell said,“Where you stumble and fall,there lies the treasure!” Is it a weakness,or is it a strength?Is it better to winor to lose?Is itContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 060”
One Minute Monologues 59
September 21, 2020 — October 26, 2020 09/21/2020 — Portland Headlight 9/26/2005 — Portland, Maine You don’t want to be living your lifewith an agenda in handand a schedule at the ready,with every day being another boutat implementation. This is not to be in accord with the Tao. People who think they know best–particularly withContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 59”
Introduction: One Minute Monologues
When I retired as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2011, I began writing a short, free-verse, daily exegesis of my experience of life. And here they all are! I have currently published 60 Monologues with 100 entrees per published Monologue, or 6,000 total, with more to come. I offer these toContinue reading “Introduction: One Minute Monologues”
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”
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