“Humanity is most clearly revealed where suffering is met with a love that refuses to turn away.” — The Wounded Healer

⭕️♥️🙏🏼 #sit #meditation #practice #resistance #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

“How to live in this world? Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.” ~ Paramhansa Yogananda ~

#BlueBrewBooks Currently reading: Janet Nestor's wonderful PATHWAYS TO WHOLENESS. #PathwaysToWholeness #healing #wholeness #spirituality #meditation #pathways #peace #books @janetnestor.bsky.social

可愛いお花ビオラ ビオラとパンジーの見分 ✳️大輪の花がパンジー ✳️小輪のものをビオラ この２つを交雑した品種が数多く生まれているので、今では区別しにくいようです #Viola #ビオラ

"That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful." -Edgar Allan Poe A special day with my son

Last time I posted this I was still singing this for days after 😀🌻☮️

A monk asked, “What is it? And why is it so hard to realize?” Xuansha said, “Because it’s too close.” Later, Fayan said, “It couldn’t be closer. Actually it’s the monk himself.” . (Andrew Ferguson, 2011, Zen's Chinese Heritage, p. 300)

“Making mistake after mistake, I walk an unmistaken path.” ~ Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtse, Rinpoche

Selective focus helps us build positive mental states like equanimity, gratitude, love, and compassion, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mentalgardening

Walked early this morning by 2pm expected temp of 43° and later strong wind and then storms. We have a catastrophic fire danger warning in place atm and feel so grateful for all of the firefighters and everyone helping with fighting fires yesterday and today.

When viewed through the eyes of selfishness, others are rivals to be dominated and exploited. When viewed through the eyes of compassionate insight, others are dear friends to be cherished and honored, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #compassion

💚💛💜 #butterfly #InsectThursday #NaturePhotography

L o v e W i n s . L o v e W i n s L o v e W i n s . L o v e W i n s L o v e W i n s . L o v e W i n s Keep the Faith L o v e W i n s 💛

“I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe. All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies are about in this garden in various ways, each has his own uniqueness and beauty. Their presence and variety give me great delight.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful ~ Gautama Buddha

Maggie’s singing a good morning 🎶 Tomorrow temp by midday at 38°c top of 41°

good morning ... dawn setting moon, outside #Asheville

One item each day to the charity bag “It encourages individuals to evaluate their possessions, commitments, and thoughts, often leading to a more peaceful and fulfilling existence. Minimalism isn’t merely about living with less; it’s about making intentional choices that align with one’s values.”

#snowing #snow #January #winter #weather #village #RuralLife #street #StreetPhotography #buildings #countryside #Night #NightPhotography #scape #StreetScape #photosky #RuralPhotography #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography #StreetLamp #AltText #NoAI

“It was inevitable: I became both a Buddhist and a birdwatcher.” “For me, birding is a form of meditation—it’s just watching, just listening. I appreciate how birding encourages equanimity, how it helps me rest in ambiguity and uncertainty.” Excerpts ~ Andrea Miller - Lion’s Roar - also in ALT

“With mindfulness you can make even the most mundane of activities something to enjoy” ~ The Gyalwang Drukpa ~ From the Drukpa calendar 2 January 2026

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” — Zeno Praying mantis found way into the home. Hope the new place will be good.

May this new year be of calmness and wonderment

T.S. Eliot #NewYearsEve #NewYearsDay

“To love nature is to listen to the language of birds.” 🦅 To be running as fast as your little legs can go to finally have lift and be flying is the magic of childhood dreams.

A few weeks ago my guides (I wasn’t asking anything) while driving home said for me to look at the six pointed star! Not feeling the significance as a religious or ominous symbol and looking into the geometrics. Thought to put it out there as strange as it is.. Where attention goes energy flows….

The more grateful I am, the less I argue with reality; I see what is given, accept what I cannot command, and use well what is within my power. Iki "The more beauty I can see"

古くから愛され万葉集にも登場する菫 青みを帯びた紫のすみれに心惹かれます #山野草 #スミレ(菫)

“The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.” ~ Jack Kornfield

1/3 “Mind itself, luminous and void, is the realm of the absolute. Compassion as means and wisdom are intrinsically one. The yogi, continually abiding at this level of reality, has accomplished the essence of meditation.

“So stay here, you lucky people, Let go and be happy in the natural state. Let your complicated life and everyday confusion alone And out of quietude, doing nothing, watch the nature of mind.” Longchenpa justdharma.org

The idea of birth and death ~ Thich Nhat Hanh https://justdharma.org/the-idea-of-birth-and-death/ #ThichNhatHanh #low #high #interdependence

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“Our brain is like the top of the tree: don’t stay there in the time of a storm. Bring your attention down to the level of the navel. That is why it’s good to observe the rise and fall of your abdomen while breathing in and out.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh on how to deal with strong emotions ~ Plum Village

‘How’s the serenity’ a line from the Australian 1997 comedy movie ‘The Castle’ still quoted today from when the Kerrigan family holidayed at Bonny Doon. Family now off caravanning and camping and nice for us to relax after busy last few days staying home and some walking locally

Monks in Montgomery ☸️

Historically, there is a core set of 547 Jataka tales. It will be challenging to get your hands on all the stories, we have some in stock at Tibet House US bookstore: shop.thus.org/search?q=jat... “Jataka” in Sanskrit means “coming into being", the stories narrate the previous lives of the Buddha.

From Tove Jansson's book 'Moominland Midwinter'1957... Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #womensart ❄️ #Midwinter

🙏 Praying for Peace “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

“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

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha 🪷☸️🙏💚

Prendo una pausa per trascorrere le festività natalizie con la mia famiglia. Auguro a tutti un Buon Natale

Summer Solstice, today, will be longest day of the year ☀️

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

The wonderment that can be seen is unlimited