All the world is a stage, as Shakespeare says, and we are the actors upon it. We “strut and fret our hour upon the stage, and then are heard no more”. Indeed, in these days of almost overwhelming noise, we are driven to seek solace in silence. At first, the silence we seek often is […]
” Death must be something extraordinary, as life is.” ( J. Krishnamurti ) We’re going to talk a little about a dear friend of mine that I have known for much of my life. But we’re not going to talk so much about his life here as we are his death. Because it was in his dying that […]
I am taking a moment to remember two people, one I knew all my life, and one a hero I never met or knew until today. We’ll talk about the new one now and the old one later, perhaps in a few days. It’s irrelevant to name, or say much specifically about, the recent suicide of this NFL Superbowl champion who’s note insisted on leaving […]
Grace is always given when we allow it to enter the space usually occupied by believing the mind. Our mind is a distracting illusion that obscures what we truly are. Or, in the vernacular: “Mind mists our glasses. Grace wipes ’em clean!” Our mind is innocently mis-taken for who we are. We are graced when we hear but no longer […]
The bridge of our mind spans this clear Space. It arcs over the unknown, pretending to know, trafficking in meanings of “you” and “me”. Our vaunted mind in its terminal musings and endless begettings, is the haunt of Hopes endlessly suffered. Even as this bridge connects minds to minds, it disconnects. It overlooks, but […]
“The best place to see God is in your garden. You can dig for him there.” George Bernard Shaw. Truth is not a hobby for our feel-good collection, although it may bring solace. Nor is it spiritual entertainment, although it may bring delight. It’s not a luxury we can truly live without, even if we think we […]
An interview with a chicken: Q: “Why do you chickens always want to cross my road?” A: “Who’s askin’ a chicken? You people got all the brains!” ” I’m not askin’ any old bird, you’re smart enough, right? So I’m askin’ you to ponder deeply why you chickens cross roads… so really, why?” […]
The other day my friend quipped: “ I love an adventure, as long as I know where I’m going!” Ain’t that the truth? The whole truth of the matter is that an adventure both repels us and attracts us. In either case- repulsion or attraction, there’s always this underlying reluctance –let’s call it what it […]
( Excerpted from the free e-book: “Real, Whole, Here and Happy!” by James Waite, available elsewhere on this site. ) Let’s try to approach this wordless love, this indescribable yet knowable non-thing, with all that we have…words. For starters, it might be helpful to perform a little brain bypass. The mind’s idea of Love is […]
Ten Simple Truths: We cook up our world every day using the same old recipe. No recipe, no sameness. The love that lasts forever is the love that has no future, no past. M.I.A. (Missing In Action) As our “life” rolls along , we may be graced to discover that something’s missing! We’re often not […]