Category Archives: One Minute Monologues

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”

December 03, 2018 — February 22, 2019 12/03/2018 — When Paul says,“Let us run with endurance/perseverancethe race that is set before us,”he uses the Greek word “agona”for “race.” “The AGONY that is set before us.” This is no walk through the lilies of the valley.No picnic with gentle breezesby quietly flowing streams. AGONY is theContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 046”

09/07/2018 — 12/01/2018 09/07/2018 — We think we work to make moneyin order to sock it away,enjoy our lifeand have a good time. Burt Reynolds said if he could do it overhe would spend more moneyand have more fun. Money is funto our way of thinking,enabling us to avoid the doldrumsand go where the actionContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 045”

June 20, 2018 — September 07, 2018 06/20/2018 — What you do to pay the billsis one thing.What you pay the bills to dois another.What do you pay the bills to do?How much time do you spend doing it?Do you believe in itwith all your heart?Does it make your little heart sing? And your littleContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 044”

April 7, 2018 — June 20, 2018 04/07/2018 — Language builds and tears down,heals and makes well,attacks and destroys,opens up and closes down,expands and restricts,creates and eradicates creation,is bold and confident,terrified and insecure,gives birth and lays waste…there is nothing language cannot do.The more something is saidthe more acceptable it becomes,the more invisible,unnoticeable,it is. How longContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 043”

January 4, 2018 — April 6, 2018 01/04/2018 — Joseph Campbell said: “Heinrich Zimmer used to say,‘The best things can’t be told,’because they transcend thought.‘The second best are misunderstood,’because those are the thoughtsthat are supposed to refer tothat which can’t be thought about,and one gets stuck in the thoughts.‘The third best are what we talkContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 042”