Oftentimes have I heard you speak of one who commits a wrong as though he were not one of you, but a stranger unto you and an intruder upon your world. But I say that even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, 1/2 🖋️ Kahlil Gibran 📸 Lynn Greyling

#Guardians.of.Dusk.&.Dawn “True democracy doesn't count heads ; it awakens minds„ #ƒred-ƒorge © 📸 'Magic in the Sky' by Luis Argerich

We've always enjoyed growing food & natives organically. Plus growing as much food as possible saves money. But until recently, thinking of this as a political statement was not front of mind. Yet political it is! Minimising corporate food & embracing #Sustainability is good. #GetGardening 💚 🌏 🌱

*･･*:.｡..｡ there is nothing to own nothing to hold on to there is nothing that is not changing *･･*:.｡..｡

More rain today. 3” so far and after 5” Monday, the ground is saturated! Ducks are happy

Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like the sun is your god-self; It knows not the ways of the mole nor seeks it the holes of the serpent. But your god-self dwells not alone in your being. 1/2 🖋️Kahlil Gibran 📸 Julie Gentry

Lucignano (Arezzo) Vicolo del Pellegrino

“Cooking is love made visible.” ‘meeting people as you find them’ In our neighbourhood (often at the oval where dogs run) a gentleman who I recognised, came to us and asked if would like some home baked or the wrapped store bought banana bread. Of course accepted the home made! :)

Grey sky start to this morning. Yesterday evening clear sky and the stars were shining with the moon. "Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." ~ Lau Tzu

Bring compassionate insight with you wherever you roam, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #nowness

📷 Meditation Center Bodhi Tree, Zendo Backyard. --- --- --- --- --- The Bodhi Tree is a sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa), located at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, India, famous as the exact spot where Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) attained spiritual enlightenment around 528 BCE.

For those of us who dissociate: sometimes the fog causes the webbing between parts & wholes to become obscure. The key is to let go of panic & accept; to remember that it is just weather. Keep safe, wait, practice hygiene, parts & wholes will remain webbed, and the sun will shine again. 📸 Nordseher

𝙸𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢.. 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝— #Philosophos #Photography

"Sometimes we were seasick, and once, while crossing the Adriatic in rough weather, Bonita's peak broke. But we were enchanted!" Ella Maillart, Cruises and Caravans #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Travel #Adventure #EllaMaillart #Sailing #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #ECK

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To search towards what is true beneath appearances.. To be trusted with the inner architecture of an others’ mind— What reality cannot diminish, the hidden cadence of thoughts.. To be met without resistance, keep something precious in view— The very depth of you.. #Reverberation

We are called upon to be our best In the worst of times . . . Live a good story 🌟

“ Each person must find his or her own path. Nonetheless, seek guidance from wise and compassionate people and listen to them earnestly. This will help you find the best way to proceed – now and in the future.” 17th Karmapa

I’m really happy to be in a group chat with my twenty-something grandchildren and their friends. They want everyone to re-post this. 🏆

When you find out the truth of who you are it will be one of the biggest blessings of your life. 🙏🏻 #JoyTrain #hope #healing #blessings #spiritual #monday

You want to know yourself. For this keep steadily in the focus of consciousness the only clue you have: your certainty of being. Be with it, play with it, ponder over it, delve deeply into it, till the shell of ignorance breaks open and you emerge into the realm of reality.

“Since buddhas have compassion for the world, Candramas took refuge In the Worthy One, the Tathagata; Therefore, Rahu, set the moon free!" The Sūtra of the Moon (1) ~ The 84000 translation 📸 Last nights waxing gibbous moon, Victoria Australia

Vergato (Bologna) Le grotte di Soprasasso

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha ☸️

Satara was orphaned by poachers in 2014. She was rescued by Care For Wild Rhino Sanctuary in Mpumalanga prov. Now she is the mother of her own calf. In our era, every animal rescued is a holy act. Holiness is at heart wholeness: every rescue makes a part of the world whole. 📸 careforwild@Instagram

“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Thank you to all who gently point the way with your meditation practices ♥️ I’m still practicing. 🙏😊

“Humanity must move from fear to love, from control to compassion, from external power to inner wisdom.” ~ Gary Zukav, a writer and former physicist known for exploring the relationship between science, consciousness, and spiritual growth. — Peacelily

A few moments of thinking about people and things you feel thankful for can help you overcome emotional depletion, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #gratitude

“There is no emotion that you cannot be rid of, because emotions are simply thoughts,and thoughts are just like the wind moving through the empty sky. There is nothing to them.” ~ The Heart of Compassion Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche The river this morning with a little fog lingering.

Mahāmudrā cannot be explained, Yet in space, what depends on what? Likewise, your own mind—Mahāmudra—has no supporting ground. When you relax in an unaltered, natural state, the bonds are released and you are undoubtably freed. The Ganges Mahāmudrā Instructions (2.) by Tilopa

I've got a little pile of brush in my yard that I leave there as a potential critter's home. Looks like a prospective resident is checking it out this afternoon. (11 sec) 🐿️

“The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the sower of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.” Einstein 1/3 📸 Satish Sharma Mount Shivling, Himalayas

“What a joy it is that I place my mind in the soil of the Primal Vow and I let my thoughts flow into the sea of the inconceivable Dharma.” ~ Shinran Shonin (1173-1263)

I find that somehow, by shifting the focus of attention, I become the very thing I look at and experience the kind of consciousness it has; I become the inner witness of the thing. I call this capacity of entering other focal points of consciousness — love.

For all my fellow feline lovers….imagine her karma. Btw, her name is Jewel. 🙏🏻

Rarely do I feel anger, not hate, but when I do, I can get caught up in such a strong emotion eg. Seeing a vulnerable young child from in the files. It was a video, the child’s expression of sad resignation and hand movements said it all. Yes it was anger and I had it for days. Transmuted …

“No-one on earth could feel like this. I'm thrown and overblown with bliss. There must be an angel Playing with my heart. And when I think that I'm alone It seems there's more of us at home. It's a multitude of angels…. ~ The Eurythmics Part V-2 Grateful for all my heavenly & earthly angels 😇

Another California funny!

“Just be a person with a good heart, That's the meaning of a true Dharma practitioner We live in the illusion and appearance of things There is reality. We are this reality When you understand this, you will see that you are nothing and by being nothing you are everything That's all” ~ Kalu Rinpoche

“The valley spirit never dies; It is the woman, primal mother. Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth. It is like a veil barely seen. Use it; it will never fail. ~ Lao Tsu - Tao Te Ching Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English (Pics from Monday)

"Love is the sunlight of the mind." - Garchen Rinpoche. ♥️

Let the words affect your heart, thus wisdom attained through first hand experience is what makes one fully human. Inwardly unfragmented. #ListeningToSelf #Photography

Thinking….the North Star quote of my life is by Carl Jung: “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”

To you the earth yields her fruit, & you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands. It is in exchanging the gifts of the earth that you shall find abundance & be satisfied. Yet unless the exchange be in love & kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed & others to hunger. Gibran ALT

✨️ One of my older tree peonies just started blooming. 'Joy of Longevity' (Shimane Chojuraku) Spectacular booms nearly 10" across, I look forward to it every year.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

#BlueSkyMonday (artist & author unknown)

#BlueSkyMonday photo by Kumud Ajmani @ajmanik.bsky.social

”Generosity should always be exercised impartially toward all – the poor, the sick, the aged, and the traveler from afar – without discrimination between stranger and friend.” ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Saga Dawa month starting on 17 May ending June 15, 2026.