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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset




A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset.
When you wake up,
take a second to think about what a privilege
it is to simply be alive and healthy.
The moment you start acting like life is a blessing,
I assure you it will start to feel like one.
Time spent appreciating is time worth living

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Everything is going beautifully Nowhere



Cooling off in Aravaipa Canyon

Do not ask where
we go from here
Nobody knows
Some think they do
but nobody really knows
anything
about anything

We are only gurgles
in the stream
and the stream doesn’t
know where it’s going
either
It is just going
It is just
going with its nature
as far as that
will take it

And with its nature
it has to take along
a horde of
gurgles
who are forever asking
where they are
gurgling to

Everything
is going beautifully
nowhere

---James Broughton

photo by Julia Hee

Monday, January 22, 2018

I Will Follow



I’m in love with a girl 
who’s in love with the world 
and I can’t help but follow

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Break out of Prison



'A human being is a part of the whole,
called by us Universe,
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings
as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison,
restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free from this prison by
widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.'

 -Albert Einstein

Muere Lentamente by Martha Medeiros



Muere lentamente
quien se transforma en esclavo del hábito,
repitiendo todos los días los mismos trayectos,
quien no cambia de marca.
No arriesga vestir un color nuevo y no le habla a quien no conoce.

Muere lentamente
quien hace de la televisión su gurú.

Muere lentamente
quien evita una pasión,
quien prefiere el negro sobre blanco
y los puntos sobre las “íes” a un remolino de emociones,
justamente las que rescatan el brillo de los ojos,
sonrisas de los bostezos,
corazones a los tropiezos y sentimientos.



Muere lentamente
quien no voltea la mesa cuando está infeliz en el trabajo,
quien no arriesga lo cierto por lo incierto para ir detrás de un sueño,
quien no se permite por lo menos una vez en la vida,
huir de los consejos sensatos.

Muere lentamente
quien no viaja,
quien no lee,
quien no oye música,
quien no encuentra gracia en si mismo.

Muere lentamente
quien destruye su amor propio,
quien no se deja ayudar.

Muere lentamente,
quien pasa los días quejándose de su mala suerte
o de la lluvia incesante.

Muere lentamente,
quien abandona un proyecto antes de iniciarlo,
no preguntando de un asunto que desconoce
o no respondiendo cuando le indagan sobre algo que sabe.

Evitemos la muerte en suaves cuotas,
recordando siempre que estar vivo exige un esfuerzo mucho mayor
que el simple hecho de respirar.
Solamente la ardiente paciencia hará que conquistemos
una espléndida felicidad.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Dying Slowly by Martha Medeiros




“You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.

You start dying slowly
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.

You start dying slowly
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.

You start dying slowly
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.

You start dying slowly
If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice.”

― Martha Medeiros

Monday, September 11, 2017

THE MIDDLE GROUND




There is a middle ground, a basic Reality embracing self
and Self. It may be called my true nature. To discover what
prevents me from the experience of it, I have only to look
at myself, just as I am.
It is so simple.
At this moment, what is my state?
I let my attention embrace the whole of myself, from the
top of the head through the torso, solar plexus, the entire
structure.
I am very still in the body. I follow the breath. I watch
the movements of thoughts and associations. The feelings
become quiet, and the activity in the head diminishes. I
am more. I perceive the whole of my world, just as it is.
I remain very still, refusing the mind’s inclinations to reach
for anything.
Thoughts and feelings come and go like floating clouds.
They are not me.
The experience is at one and the same time, both active
and passive. Through sensation of the body, I perceive that
I am. Yet, I do not know who or what I am. I am witness to
my existence.
I am aware of a feeling which suffuses the interior of myself.
It is a choiceless, an accepting awareness. With it comes a
sensation that extends to and envelopes all the parts of the
body. I am very still, relating to the silence that is both
inside and outside.
Nothing is lacking at this moment.

by William Segal

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

I must go to the mountains


In Glenorchy, New Zealand

“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money.
I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men.
I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”
― John Muir

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Best Season of Your Life



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.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Never Forget




Remember
You are braver than you believe
Stronger than you seem
Smarter than you think
And twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

The Meaning of Life (ongoing)




"If you learn to use a perfect afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner,
you have learned the meaning of life."

 ―Lin Yutang

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Swimming with Sea Turtle in Malaysia



10 meters down swimming with my yoga breath instructor (Saya yoga nafas pengajar).
Sea turtles can hold their breath for several hours, depending upon the level of activity.
 A resting or sleeping turtle can remain underwater for 4-7 hours.
In Perhentian Island, Malaysia.  

Sunday, April 30, 2017

The Wanderers



How unspeakably beautiful this world is,
how precisely engineered for our pleasure.
It is such a gift to be able to wander
in this vast, sensual paradise
With you.


Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Prepare for the Future




“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”

― Albert Einstein

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Dissolving in the Infinite



I have opened all the windows in my house.
Eagles fly in and out, as do any words spoken about me.
Anything my ears might detect, firsthand or second.........
I might give that news a moment's attention
and then just let it be the tiny evaporating whiff of smoke it is,
dissolving in the Infinite. ~ Hafiz

Sunday, September 18, 2016

The entire bloomin' universe


Beauty is in the Details



Beauty is in the details

There's a Natural Mystic Flowing Thru the Air









[Intro]

(Fade in)

Am


[Chorus 1]

          Dm             Em                  Am
There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.
       Dm             Em               Am
If you listen careful-ly now, you will hear.

           Dm           Am       Dm                   Am
This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last.
     Dm                Am
Many more will have to suffer,
     Dm        Em      Am         Dm     Am
Many more will have to die; don't ask me why.


[Verse 1]

Dm                  Em               Am
 Things are not the way they used to be,
         Dm      Am
(I won't tell no lie),
        Dm          Em         Am
One and all have to face reali-ty now.

          Dm                Am         Dm                     Am
'Tho I've tried to find the answer, to all the questions they ask.
       Dm           Am
'Tho I know it's im-possible,
      Dm     Em          Am          Dm      Am
To go living through the past; don't tell no lie.


[Chorus 2]

          Dm             Em                  Am
There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.
      Dm        Am
Can't keep them down.
       Dm             Em               Am
If you listen careful-ly now, you will hear.


[Break]

Am
 There's a natural mystic, blowing through the air.

Am


[Verse 2]

           Dm           Am       Dm                   Am
This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last.
     Dm                Am
Many more will have to suffer,
     Dm        Em      Am         Dm     Am
Many more will have to die; don't ask me why.


[Chorus 2]

          Dm             Em                  Am
There's a natural mystic flowing through the air.
        Dm      Am
I won't tell no lie.
       Dm             Em               Am
If you listen careful-ly now, you will hear.
          Dm             Em                  Am
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air.


[Coda]

Am
Such a natural mystic, blowing through the air.
There's a natural mystic, blowing through the air.
Such a natural mystic, blowing through the air.
Such a natural mystic, blowing through the air.
Such a natural mystic, blowing through the air.

Yellow splash



A darker center, 
yellow petals surrounding
The sun shines bright!

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