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The Trackless Path

Jonathan McCormick

Words of wisdom for all those in search of the enlightened life that leads to the divine.

religion & spirituality philosophy

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1:21

A Cold Water Plunge

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2024/08/23

Bookkeeping and accountabilityIs very much like a cold water plunge.It brings me into immediate contactWith a cold harsh realityThat is at the same timeShocking and invigorating.Holy cow! What a reality checkTo face the unrelenting numbers.But I love it. Every expense, however minute, counted.Every dollar added up and carefully budgetedWith single minded intent toward wise investment.It turns out that I don’t make as much money as I thought!And that makes me disinclined to waste a single minute.I

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0:24

Where the Broken Waters Flowed

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2024/08/22

A fire’s lit within meWhere the broken waters flowed,A covenant to purchaseAll the land they have disposed,The barren wasted placesThat the Spirit only knowsTo feed the broken familyThat in my heart like flowers grow.

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1:09

The Reclamation of the Land

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2024/08/21

I rejoice that the land is going back.It is being claimed by the owls And by the finches,By the little birdsAnd by the great big bears.For it appears that despite the grasping hands,That the pebbles fall between the fingers.For the time is up.The lease has been reclaimedAnd soon, it will be turned loose to the wild ones Who have no other place to go. But fear not, It’s just the land you haven’t used.You won’t miss it when it’s gone.You may even rejoiceTo be spared the taxes.For a curse is decreed

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0:55

Who Would Have Guessed?

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2024/08/20

From frugality, comes generosity.Tao Te Ching, Ch. 67Who would have guessed?But think about it,If I am an extravagant landlord,I can't afford to give you a break When you lose your job And can't pay the rent.The same is true If I'm in debt.The bank is relentless And so must I be.Only the frugal landlord,The one who buys with cashOut of a fraction of his meansCan afford to give the honest man a breakWhen he really needs one.Only the frugal man can remain humanBecause he's free from

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0:44

Fall Into Your Hands

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2024/08/19

This morning I was trying to decide what to writeAnd a thought came into my mindThat had been brewing since yesterday:“Investment is more about valuing what you have Than it is about the acquisition of property.”Is that really right? I wondered.And then the second part came:“If you make good use of your present means,Property will fall into your hands.”And I was blown away,Fall into your hands!Incredible!

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0:49

Sung With Others

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2024/08/18

I am drawn to the song of the heart, sung with others.It’s been so many years since I sang.Perhaps I will find a choir.The thought feels like home.And yet I live in the boonies, Not many great choral groups nearby.If I do join a choir, I want to find Some people who take it seriously,Not professional musicians, but musicians,Not just a handful of parishioners Looking for something to do On a Sunday afternoon.I wonder, do you too love choral music?If so, what does it do for you?Am I alone in the

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0:59

More Like a Merchant

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2024/08/17

I am feeling rather practical today, More like a merchant, less like a poet.I am intrigued by watching money,Seeing it slowly trickle in,Marking down the numbersAlotting the returnsAnd pouring a portion of my means,Into the opportunities that wait.And what’s the point?To grow in wealth.How vulgar that once seemed.And yet, as the rivers flow into the Ocean,I am drawn unto this end,As if from the beginning it was And always has been my sacred pledge.And as the rich despised my poverty,The poor will

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1:54

The Soul's Curiosity

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2024/08/16

In the early journey of the soul,Spirits long to test the waters,To experience all they can.They want to try thisAnd try that.They are curious.And they grow in lightThen fall behind, then grow,Then fall behind.And it’s similar for old souls,They too want to know what’s out thereBut with a different motive.They no longer Believe that they can growBy experience alone.They forsake The thing they want to knowFor the unseen guiding hand.They say “not my will be done,”They let go of all their dreamsIn

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0:56

Fly Away

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2024/08/15

We make do as best we can, don’t we?And when we can’t, it’s over.And that’s it. That’s the story of life.People living, people dying.Some live well and some are lostIn the problems they find along the way.But that’s all they are is problems.And all the problems are connectedTo the little life that’s ours here on this earth,Nothing lasting. Nothing eternal.So long as we can see it that way,So long as when we die, We are not bound to this earthBy a thought that wants to stay,A bone to pick, a price to

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0:12

A Clear Path

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2024/08/14

It doesn’t seem so hard now. It’s just a matter of timeAnd patienceAnd movement Toward the destination.

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0:22

A Choice

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2024/08/13

No more marathons.No more striving for the prize.It’s over. I’ve arrivedAt the placeWhere every want Has been supplied.So that finallyI can restIn silence.

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0:13

Waiting

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2024/08/12

Waiting in silenceFor the word.Sitting.Listening.Looking steadilyInto the unseen place.

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0:30

Patriarchal

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2024/08/11

Children of the lightDancing into darkness,Forsaking allFor the shadow Of the ones Who’ve gone before,Paving the wayFor future generations,Not children of the bodyBut children of the soul,They transcend The dark.They are the fathers, Mothers of us all.

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0:12

Because I Want To

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2024/08/10

The hush of dusk settles inAnd finds me at my destStill working.And that feels good,Not because it’s virtuousTo work till the sun goes down,But because I want to keep on working.

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1:16

The Hope of Healing

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2024/08/09

As the sunshine touches The uppermost tips of leavesWith the day's first rays of microscopic bliss,And as the birds gather to the warmth Of the summer morning,Even so, I sense The hope of healingIn the outermost corners of my consciousnessAnd draw my focus upward toward the warmth Of the thought of a body renewed In strength and purpose and vitality.I flap my wings. I move my bodyUpward toward the light,I sing the song.I feel the vibrations fill my chest and abdomen.It pulses through my limbs

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0:58

Cold and Harsh and Beautiful

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2024/08/08

Money is at the same time cold and harsh, And also beautiful.It is beautiful Because it is cold and harsh and plain.It is one thing in life that you can count onTo remain the same.You bend to its reality Or crash against its solid frame.Two plus two is four. It is the terrible truth That most men can never wrap their minds around.One day we will escape into a math that bends reality.But that new reality will require a forsaking of the old.Until then, we face the horror of a truth we can’t escape.And

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1:03

The Praise of Mammon

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2024/08/07

Never trust the praise of Mammon.It says that it loves you for your hard work,When in reality, it covets or clings to your ability to profit.It claims to respect your responsibility,When in reality, it just wants a piece of your acclaim.It is a jolly mate at sea, A bosom friend In arms.And how it clings to its fellows When the rough seas of commerceToss the collusion into upheaval.But how quickly it turns mutinousWhen one among its ranks No longer serves The gain.It is a barrel full of fat

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The Remedy

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2024/08/06

There is a gift in single minded work,Especially when it is for a worthy cause.It is that you do not have to thinkAbout your problems.And there is a gift in believing That people are supposed to have problems.It allows you to go to work And let go of other people's problems.

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0:15

Hairbrained

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2024/08/05

I would guess that more than half Of our ideas are hairbrained.Only by trying do we find out if we're right.So step into the action.Do something, anything Based on a best guess And find out if you are right?

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0:59

Little Bird

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2024/08/02

You will have to come to me, little bird.I cannot chase you any longer.What I have, what I am,Will have to be enough,Since to chaseFor me means death.And so, I forsake your pretty feathers.I wear my rags with dignityAnd nurture these old bones with kindness.Come close, little bird. I will not grasp you.I will not harm you any longer.Come and perch upon my fingerAnd then climb up up on my shoulder And sing your song into my earWhile I am living.Be my friend,Little bird.Do not leave me to the

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