"It is only by grace that we can say 'yes' to the God who has already said 'yes' to us." — The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

So true.. grace, to surrender our ego need for control. Grace to unfold as forgiveness, and Faith Divine 🙏🥲

Thats what I was thinking lol Here's their actual feeding flight today, though I think some children sent this one up, they then arrived from all over

"Congregating" Seagull Isle

This pretty little sand crab was climbing this sand cliff. I think that's her home to the left? "pretty sand dune rock climber"

A Christmas hibiscus for you 🌺 Happy Saturday!

Hey Dakini I still get inspiration from the ancient Gods. once they were revered by millions. Horus and Thoth represented raw power and divine thought. Plato divided them into a tripartite soul of rational thumos and the ID. Funny how this morphed into hinduism, horus is shiva, Thoth is Brahma.

I've found the new moon combination with christmas amazing . . . deeper, reflective, pensive. Not the usual high energy of the season, but Feminine. Internal and dark, in the very best & most potent way. A readying for a rebirth. The deeper void a surrender to the unknown. sign of the times, of Her.

The night shift . . . Black ocean waters after dark

The dark side of the moon 🌒 Night walker

Two benches at twilight ... Stay awhile

next door neighbor Sally taking a morning stroll through her yard just now...

This Omerican celebrates Kwanzaa and Kwan Yin 🇿🇲☸️🙏namo Kwan Yin Bosa

You almost caught them, it's hard to get them with a camera.. i catch my resident dolphins on video.. this is Beauty and her baby in the intercoastal one morning.

A river of virtue undefiled by the three spheres Springs from the snow-mountain of pure actions and intentions- Mine and those of all sentient beings without limit. May this river flow into the ocean of the four expressions of full awakening. Aspirations for Mahamudra ty @bodhidave.bsky.social

In tonight's #meditation I'm reminded that, to borrow from a Tibetan Buddhist formulation, reasons we're not actually awakened to the miraculous of the present moment include: - it's too simple - it's too near - and it's too wonderful

Florida #Intracoastal River Walk goes on for miles. Some #dolphins friends make hard-to-see but joyous appearances

The long and winding road.. A Florida river walk #ThursdayTrees

Her Majesty #LiveOak with #SpanishMoss Florida #trees #thicktrunkthursday

When you make waves, make the with a gusto.

Don't be afraid to make waves! You only live once

I, Buddha, who wept with all my brothers’ tears, Whose heart was broken by a whole world’s woe, Laugh and am glad, for there is Liberty! Ho! you who suffer! know You suffer from yourselves. None else compels, None other holds you that you live and die, . . . 1/2

Birds of a feather ~ Day & night

Just a splash of color . . .

Solo flights ~ feeding time in the pink evening waters of winter

Here's a little wave from the land of winter Florida. I can't see my screen very well but figured a live report is better than a photo, as Ocean is quite robust today. Enjoy ˖°𓇼🌊⋆🐚🫧 For anyone needing some of her vibes ✨️ happy Xmas Eve 🎄

Silver Seas Merry Christmas Eve ꧁⎝ 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 ⎠꧂

The Euclid Space Telescope is decking the halls with boughs of starlight

Buddhist insights: ‘What do you think, Kalamas? When greed appears in people, is it for their benefit or for their harm?’ Buddha. wp.me/pFy3u-eQ Knowing for ourselves, by Diana St Ruth

And so I must bear to you a heart of stone.. 🖤

To see oneself with our eyes is to meet a mirror, yet never tells the whole truth. The gaze turns inward, but it carries the habits of looking outward— judgment, desire, fear, memory. What appears is not the self as it is, but the self as it has learned to appear. We are seen,rather than seeing.

Silver Seas Merry Christmas Eve ꧁⎝ 𓆩༺✧༻𓆪 ⎠꧂

Don't forget love; it will bring all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe. - Mirabai (1498-1546) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabai #poetry #mirabai #mysticpoetry image: @unsplash.com

“Then all the kings of the Brahma heavens spoke in verse, saying: World-Honored One, Turn the Dharma wheel, Beat the drum of the Dharma, Sweet as nectar” ~ The Sutra of The Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma ~ Translation: Gene Reeves

O Holy Night dawning New Cresent moon (looks round) In tonight's black starry sky ✨️ 🌙 Good night bluesky

Reflections of the day ... Sunset on the river #sunset #eastcoastkin #tranquiltuesday

Flight of the pelican #sunset #inlet #intercoastal

Breathing space . . . Hues of blues 💙

Palm Love 🥥🌴 #TreeTrunkTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday "Put the lime in the coconut" 🥥🌴 #florida

How can I resist?

Look, how pretty that is. I've completely forgotten how wonderful the stars are. 🌙 Movie: Stray Dog (1949) Director: Akira Kurosawa 🌙 🧡 🌇 🎵 (Photo by Kirpal)

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛. ♥️⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⫷⫸

It's also been my direct experience that sitting meditation itself has an effect on those around us. I've had times I could feel it when others were meditating in the next room even when I didn't know they were in there, and times animals that I didn't know came to sit with me when I was meditating.

Good morning ✨️ #tuesdaytrees #eastcoastkin

the crescent moon from my yard at sunset tonight

Solstice Light returning + New Moon(Dark moon) conjunction. Extraordinary. #rainbow dark & light converge. Uniting of shadow and light