May peace always prevail youtube.com/watch?v=WuyR...

In San people mythology, Mantis was the bringer of the word, who first gave names to things. A bee carried Mantis over the dark waters of the ancient flood. The tired bee saw a white flower floating & laid Mantis to rest, placing the seed of the first spirit in it, safe from the waters. [cr ALT]

I am the green Anais purple to blue Laura's bright yellow in all things that we do I'm the initiator while Anais extracts more colour Laura loves being excited as the most delicate flower #poetry

“If there’s one thing we need more of in this world, it’s finding what we have in common and focusing on that rather than on what keeps us apart," writes Hannah Moloney in her latest book, Why We Garden (Affirm Press). Read the full extract on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OiJwW0

The #Buddha was once walking with some of his followers, and he pointed to the ground and said, "This would be a good place to build a temple." The god Indra placed a blade of grass in the ground and said, "The temple is built." 🙏 🙂 (~ Book of Serenity, case 4)

What is the meaning of a flower? It has no meaning; it just is. Alive. Joseph Campbell said that we’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture of being alive, is what it’s all about. 🖋️ The Power of Myth, 1988, p.6 📸 Pam Holland

Someone asked Alan Watts “How do you find people in that town” he replied “how do you find people where you live” she said really nice and Alan Watts said that how you’ll find people there.” ~ Alan Watts - Author and speaker.

#PoetryMonth #NationalPoetryMonth We are communing with the moon and the stars, But alas, we have not reached the heart of our neighbor. - #SantDarshanSingh 🌝✨️ #Artemis #Moon #Poetry #MysticPoetry #Spirituality pic by #ScienceOfSpirituality sos.org

Enjoying seeing what everyone is growing with vegetables, fruit and also for birds and attracting bees and wildlife. Here is an oldie video with references to foraging. You may not need to forage far, like me have these weeds around your garden 🍃☀️ youtu.be/GF_e_wZqTkY?...

I wanted to tell you that if any of my posts have made you smile or think, I appreciate being in conversation with you. And I am also thankful for your posts that touch my mind or my heart. I enjoy what we are creating here together on Bluesky. Peace be with you, Gerrit. 🦋 📸 Ana Freerider

Professor Martin Green is both an Australian & international science superhero. A life of research, education, training, information sharing, & the public interest over personal profit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_... #Research #Education #AussieSolar #RenewableEnergy #TheFuture 🇦🇺 🐨 🌏 🌱 ☀️

My guru's teachings on karma with insight from his twenty years in communist prison are so precious for this current period. For those who are interested in such things, I link this article. Incredible content for applying the teachings.

"The world grows smaller and smaller, more and more interdependent...today more than ever before life must be characterised by a sense of Universal Responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life." ~ His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama In alt -natives

“The worst thing you can do is to put yourself down. That's blasphemy because you're putting God down. Think of yourself as a higher person, love yourself, worship yourself, bow to yourself. You are greater than you think." ~ Robert Adams

1/2 “There is a profound Truth in us, the truth of ourselves, the practical knowledge of which will make us free; but he that would be free must seek, and reverently question one that is himself free. So says the ancient lore.* Thus it emphasises the need of resort to a living teacher of the Truth

One can’t help but on opening up on social media yesterday and today to see how crazy things are appearing in reference to the Pope and his ambassador for the Vatican and the W.H. 📸 acknowledgement in alt - Eurasian Collared-Dove that flies from the Middle East, Europe, and across to North America

Speak to us of Joy & Sorrow. And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was often times filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Kahlil Gibran The Prophet

“We have to stay with impermanence. Impermanence is truly our best friend” ~ James Low - Today from his YouTube channel with acknowledgement- Shared by Rob Dowling ❤️‍🔥

What to Do in the Darkness Go slowly Consent to it But don't wallow in it Know it as a place of germination And growth Remember the light Take an outstretched hand if you find one Exercise unused senses Find the path by walking it Practice trust Watch for dawn. Marilyn McEntyre [cc ALT]

In our fraught times, focusing on how I can make a difference cherishing others through the practice of the Four Givings: giving material things, giving fearlessness/protection, giving Dharma, and giving love.

Getting what I do not want In discontent, my anger finds its fuel So come what may, I'll not upset My happiness mind, marred The cause of happiness is rare Many are the seeds of suffering! But if I have no pain, I'll never long for freedom Therefore, O my mind, be steadfast! Shantideva✨️ Practice 🙏

“We replace everything we use within our lifetime. In this worldview, take only what is needed, ensuring what we consume regenerates viewing ownership as stewardship. We make decisions with seven generation in mind.” ~ Pat McCabe, Navajo activist. tricycle.org/dharmatalks/... - Lin Wang Gordon

Easter Monday and it’s raining here. Daylight savings finished and clocks have gone back. Enjoying the Autumn days of crisp cool mornings and often still sunny days. Flowers in the pot of a grape vine that was gifted. Violet wood-sorrel. (Cautionary note for horses)

Find yourself, for in finding that you find all. Everybody is glad to be. But few know the fulness of it. You come to know by dwelling in your mind on ‘I am’, ‘I know’, ‘I love’ — with the will of reaching the deepest meaning of these words.

A bear from Lae.

Berti the Easter Bunny isn't with me anymore. Berti is with a little girl who was very happy. 😊🧶 Osterhase Berti ist nicht mehr bei mir. Berti ist bei einem kleinen Mädchen, das sich sehr gefreut hat. 😊🧶

“…. Easter is like what it will be entering eternity when you suddenly, peacefully, clearly recognize all your mistakes as well as all that you did well: everything falls into place” ~ Thomas Merton (1915-1968) - Trappist monk known for his works on spirituality, contemplation, and social justice.

A Treasure of Translation for each of the 37 Practices. 🙏 drukpachoegon.org/the-37-pract...

Star of Bethlehem flowers in my yard today.

"Look closely at cloth, You see only threads. Look closely at creation, You see only Self." - Ashtavakra Gita

“In the morning, you should reflect on the difficulty to obtain a precious human birth; in the evening, you should reflect on death and impermanence, and throughout the day, you should reflect on karma, cause and effect, and act according to the 37 Bodhisattva Practices.” ~ H.E. Garchen Rinpoche

Occasional Purblind Colour on dew licked lawns an occasional hedgehog nocturnal in the still warm air of late spring detected by its sniffing for earthworms far too early for fallen fruit but it would know that I imagine an acute sense of smell hearing imperative crossing country lanes #poetry

⭕️♥️🙏🏼 #war #peace #ThomasMerton #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

Love and belonging high on the pyramid of basic needs. Also “Self-actualization is at the pinnacle of what Maslow defined as a hierarchy of human needs” “Maslow argued that, to be truly happy, painters need to paint, writers need to write, musicians need to play.” ~ Maslow 1.4.1908 Ref alt

“Allowing your mind to settle and slow down is the best energy recharge you can give it.” ~ The Gyalwang Drukpa ~ 📸 The Drukpa Calendar

"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.". Carl Sagan

MESSAGE I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the ... - HHDL #DalaiLama #Humanity #Love #Compassion

sunset, from my front steps just now outside Asheville

“Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.” ~ Ramana Maharshi

Reflecting on my being blocked. We followed each other. In hindsight I have lost a precious teacher. A further understanding of my actions and how one may be reaching out from their life; own perspective. After all we all encounter difficulties and some have more than we can ever contemplate.

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #MondayMotivation #RalphWaldoEmerson

“Without suffering, we do not have the opportunity to cultivate compassion and understanding; and without understanding, there can be no true love.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

"Let the waves of the universe rise and fall as they will. You have nothing to gain or lose. You are the ocean." ~ Ashtavakra Gita

Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Teach Your Children (Live Aid, 7/13/85) youtu.be/pH3nROuAY10?...

trust your heart if the seas catch fire live by love though the stars walk backward ~ e e cummings Good afternoon my friends! I hope that your day has been most gratifying, and that your evening is thoroughly charming. Keep on living the love and light up the world! ❤️

Felt emotional 🥲😊 When woke up this Sunday morning here and saw all the peaceful and in huge numbers ❌👑 rallies. Also from the ones that couldn’t make it. 🙏♥️