To remain absorbed within is to become porous to the subtle. There, one enters the quiet of cobalt and azure— where stillness shimmers the salt carrying a soft, unspoken nothingness where everything is felt— a widening without edge, a presence without demand. #SalarDeTunupa #Bolivia #Photography

Become a light no darkness can extinguish. Stand as a truth no silence can erase. Be a love no force can restrain— and a beauty no shadow can conceal. #Metaphysician #Landscapephotography #Bolivia

If the heart is tired, let the forest love it back to life. 💚 -Mary Davis #RockinTuesday #forest #trees #rocks and #moss #photography #EastCoastKin

“ The four considerations for choosing a teacher: an examination of the lineage, the teacher’s practice history, the teacher’s compassion and willingness to take care of the student, and the teacher’s discipline to maintaining whatever vows he or she has taken.” #ThranguRinpoche #Kagyu #Guru

The Balsam Poplar (Populus balamifera) It is considered a protective and healing tree. Its leaves, buds and resin were used for their medicinal properties. So it is seen as a tree of care and protection, both physically and spiritually. 💙 #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #lore #ECK #ColorADay #BlueTue

One of the 10 masterpieces of traditional Chinese painting. 🎨 Wang Xi Meng, court painter of Daoist Emperor Huizong. "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains," 1113, handscroll, ink and colors on silk, Palace Museum, Beijing. Analysis: baike.baidu.com/en/item/Thou...

Tristan Gooley is the Natural Navigator. Reading his latest book, The Hidden Seasons, & recommend it. I lived an outdoors life & wish I had read more work like his in my youth. Being in nature is more fun when you know what's going on, not just the basics. 😁 www.naturalnavigator.com/news/2026/05...

“Life is a coral reef. We each leave behind the best, the strongest deposit we can so the reef can grow. But what’s important is the reef.” 🖋️ Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D (Biology) The Sacred Depths of Nature, 1998, p.172. 📸 Danny Ocampo, Philippines

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#poetry #rumi #mysticpoetry

Sometimes I want to just experience a thing, not know its name or ‘why’. Other times the scientist in me kicks in, & I want to follow the whys down an endless chain. Then if I carry it far enough, I arrive back at simply experiencing the universe in a mindful way because the ultimate why eludes us.

Love is for vanishing into the sky. The mind, for learning what men have done and tried to do. Mysteries are not to be solved. The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why. 🖋️ Rumi, from “Someone digging in the ground” 📸 Xinhua

Young leaves feeling introverted. They’re waiting for warmer weather to leave their self-protective posture. I get it. I’m still bundling up to go outside in the cool weather. Frost is expected for the next two nights.

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 Feliz Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 For all who celebrate! ‼️❗️‼️❗️‼️❗️‼️‼️ 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 Good food, #Mexican 🌮🌯🍶🌮🥑🌶️🌮🌮 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 Music #cincodeMayo 🎺🎶🎸🎸🎸🎺🎶🎸 And joy‼️ Celebrate 🇲🇽 Cinco de Mayo!🇲🇽

Good morning everyone! Some pure white bleeding hearts for you today. Over the years, my pink ones have self-sown and new plants have popped up here and there. Occasionally one of them produces white flowers like this. Possible explanations in ALT. Have a great Tuesday!

"Mine! Mine! Mine!" 😁 Migrating seagulls, Yamuna Ghat in Delhi. 📸 Harmeet Singh #LowFlying #BirdOfTheDay

⛩️ 1000-yr lone cedar tree, Iwaoike Pond: trunk 4.7m, height 15m. Legend says when Saicho founded Enryaku-ji Temple, he visited Sugitani, finished his meal & stuck his chopsticks in the ground, which turned into this tree. japan-geographic.tv/shiga/koka-i... 📸 Tomoyuki Hasegawa #ThickTrunkTuesday

"When we see people living mindfully, in a loving manner, we gain confidence in our future. There's a lot of suffering in the world; it's important to stay in touch with this suffering in order to be compassionate. To remain strong, we also must embrace the positive elements." #ThichNhatHahn

Deep in the arid lands of northern Namibia, a miraculous artery of water traces the western and central border to Angola, and graces one of our planet's most beautiful waterfalls in a desert environment. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #art #sunrise

"In generosity and helping others, be like a river. In compassion and grace, be like the sun." ~ Rumi

𝚃𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢.. 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢— 𝙽𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝚢𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗, ｢𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼｣ ..⬎

YaizuCity Manhole Cover. Depicts the waves of Suruga Bay and Kutsuo (Skipjack Tuna). Japan. Photography by only1tanuki on Flickr

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Quiet Night Thought Li Bai c.750 Tang Era So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed - Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home. The exile's anthem: [more at link] www.cn-poetry.com/libai-poetry...

*・〜**・*：......：♥ "Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life." • Wu Men Hui-k'ai

Big garter snake, must be 4 feet long, sunning on top of my compost pile just now. Not a great photo but any shadow or movement makes them vanish. They often raise families in my garden; I’m happy to have their company even though they startle me sometimes.

✨️✨️ In our dreams, dreams are like balloons — light and round and always, always rising. ~ Stephen C. Pollock, Steve's Balloons . Néomí - Red Balloon youtu.be/u9e8GJRBWiY?... . Rachel Pansky Art Print

"Talk to the claw." 🦜 Keep strong boundaries today, eh. 🫷😁

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Sometimes she felt troubled by her antisocial tendencies, but that feeling never lasted long... #photography #nature #natureheals #allbymyself😊 #wellbeing #mentalwellness

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🪷 nourishment comes from many sources find simplicity find harmony find grace find ease 🌸🌿🌸🌸 adenium obesum bonsai 📷©️lord_snakeup on the gram

May the Fourth be with you 💫

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Along the road the magpies walk with hands in pockets, left and right. They look like certain gentlemen who seem most nonchalant and wise until their meal is served – and then what clashing beaks, what greedy eyes! -Judit Wright #ImageAndVerse #BirdOfTheday #RockSolid #mouthful #Photography #ECK

L'amitié est toujours une douce responsabilité, jamais une opportunité. Si vous ne comprenez pas votre ami en toute circonstance, vous ne le comprendrez jamais. ~ Khalil Gibran . Enrica Toffoli

Meet Ireland's fittest sheep. 😁 The Sheep Highway, Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland More info: thirdeyetraveller.com/dunquin-pier...

a 19th-century Japanese folding screen (byōbu) titled "Mount Tsukuba with Egrets" by the artist Suzuki Kiitsu.

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the coast is clear #Stunday #photography #nature #naturephotography #walksoftly #whew

What we call love begins where the self softens into itself. #Metaphysician #Photography #JoshuaTree

Koks Restaurant Lake Leynar (Faroese: Leynavatn) on the island of Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Denmark "The restaurant is only open from April to September, serving a 17-course tasting menu to its 30 customers a night overlooking a scenic view over a lake." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOKS_(r... koks.fo

Slightly diminish a book. The Raisins of Wrath

Good morning everyone! This benevolent tree stands guard for the more vulnerable Little Ones on the forest floor. Strong yet infinitely tender. We should likewise be guardians for the most vulnerable. Have a beautiful Sunday.

Love is anterior to life, Posterior to death, Initial of creation, and The exponent of breath. 🖋️ Emily Dickinson 📸 Michelle-Bragg #ImageAndVerse Sunday

"Mount Fuji with Plovers" (or Fuji Chidori Tsukuba Shirasagi-zu Byōbu), a 19th-century piece by the Japanese artist Suzuki Kiitsu.

For today's #spiritchat topic of quiet virtues:

#BirdOfTheDay alt #mouthful 😁 📸 Allison Tuck