James: For the second sit of this month, themed on interconnection, we are going to call off the search. Fully. Aimlessness. Just sitting. No effort. No looking, only finding. At the same time the most simple and difficult of all practices. And who knows, like Meister Eckhart intimated, maybe the path to the divine is closer … Continued
James: Everything. Surviving COVID, pairing your socks, getting enlightened, loving, being loved. It was more than easy, it had already been done and you are just front-row magic show watching it unfold. Is such a thing possible? I’ll go one deeper. It’s more than possible, it is what’s fucking happening. Climate change, hunger, over as … Continued
James: Or was it…a second hand emotion? Never could figure that out, but either way: what does it got to do with anything? Said no one ever, except Tina Turner. The rest of us know it has everything to do with everything, is what we are only ever seeking in this lifetime and all lifetimes: the fleeting … Continued
James: Happy/Sad. Yes/No. Up/Down. Here/There. Then/Now. Life/Death. Justice/Injustice. The interface is where we live and none of these words, as important as they are, have any meaning unless refracted by our singular position. From the senseless, we use it to make sense. Of chaos, order. We are alchemists of meaning in a reality that has none … Continued
James: In Chinese medicine, of three treasures given at birth from our parents, Jing is what makes our life different than a rock’s. Stored in our kidneys, it is conditional for both body and soul, essence and destiny, wisdom and growth. It is our truest self, known as a life lived over years. The bad news first: it … Continued