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"...bringing full awareness to our present experience — something very different from judging it, evaluating it, or measuring it..." Alan Watts

6/17/2020

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photo, Greta Rybus
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PhotoWholeness doesn't mean perfection:It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life. ~ P.Palmer

2/20/2020

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Photo; M. Mayer
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What nourishes you?

12/15/2019

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Photo, MMayer
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Meditation isn't about stopping thoughts, it's about how we relate to our thoughts.

9/30/2019

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Route 395, CA. photo MMayer
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This sign says it all.

5/28/2019

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Roxbury, NY. MMayer
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Darwin, who radicalized our understanding of nature by demonstrating the evolutionary ladder of life, scribbled in the margins of a natural history book: “Never say higher or lower. Say more complicated.”

3/9/2019

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Jane Goodall, National Geographic.com.au
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Attention is the beginning of devotion. ~Mary Oliver

1/22/2019

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Photo, LWilson, 2018
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Believing is seeing or, is seeing believing?

11/9/2018

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Photo and construction, Anonymouse
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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." Annie Dillard

10/4/2018

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Compassion is the functioning of wisdom. ~ John Daido Loori

9/14/2018

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Coyote Melon Flower, MMayer
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“Love is the substance I am made of. Love is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” ~Jorge Luis Borges

7/8/2018

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Photo; Peony, Creative Commons
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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptive to change." ~ Charles Darwin

6/10/2018

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Photo, MMayer
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“Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe... What we believe determines what we take to be true.”- David Bohm, physicist

4/25/2018

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Photo; MMayer
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When people physically leave your world sometimes they are not leaving, they are just far away. ~MMayer

3/25/2018

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photo, MMayer
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Ajahn Chah explained, “Look for moments of clarity. Keep to your experience, not your confusing thoughts. Learn the difference.”

3/5/2018

 
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Lemonade photo by J.Mott. Vietnam

'In every direction, said Ajita, the rivers of desire are running, what will hold them back?' The Buddha replied, 'Any such river can be halted with the dam of mindfulness. With wisdom you can close the flood gates.'

1/5/2018

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Photo, MMayer. Cabbage Leaf
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All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others, all the misery the world contains has come from wanting pleasure for oneself. ~Shanti Deva

11/18/2017

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“It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar,” Anaïs Nin

10/15/2017

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Autumn in Sweden by JN Andersson
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You don't need to look for or pursue objects. It's more helpful to just wait and watch.~ Ashin Tejaniya

9/12/2017

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Cat in Mallorca, Remodelista online
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What does it take for you to think or do something new, unfamiliar? What motivates you?

8/13/2017

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photo MMayer. Homegrown Herbs
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"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."~ E.B White

7/24/2017

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photo, MMayer, Peaches
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What you see and believe is dependent upon your perspective, which can be altered at anytime by YOU.

6/13/2017

 
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One of several anonymous art installations in Manhattan, 2017

At the very end when we were talking about death, the Dalai Lama said, “You know, I’ve decided. I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to go to hell. There are more people there who I can help.”

5/10/2017

 
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Kindness is my religion. ~ HH The Dali Lama

3/27/2017

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Restoration of a Buddha
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When we hold on to our opinions with aggression, no matter how valid our cause, we are simply adding more aggression to the planet, and violence and pain increase. Cultivating non-aggression is cultivating peace. ~Pema Chodron

2/10/2017

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Iced Metal Sculpture
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