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"Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving

But how can they know it's time for them to go?

Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming

I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?

Who…

People often ask, “how can I be more compassionate?” This is not an easy question. From an eastern perspective, especially Buddhist, one follows the six perfections. Reflect on them daily and work towards them every day. Generosity or giving, physical and psychological support, including a smile. Being true to oneself, being honest,…

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.

If…

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live."

- H.H. The 14th Dalai…

“I feel alive, here and now

I can feel the earth, pulsing inside

I can hear the spirits, chanting through my being

I can feel the plants

Travel inside, travel inside”

. . .

Dancer : Mana Mei @manamei_movement

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Practicing forgiveness lightens our load. It is not a matter of right or wrong. Simply acknowledge the trauma associated with our hurts, and release them. You have to try many times before you get some traction. Usually forgiveness is a solo activity. It is not placing blame. It doesn’t mean that the other person is “right” and we are…

What about this theory. The fear of not being enough. The fear of being 'too much', are exactly the same fear. The fear of being you.

Nayyirah Waheed

Photography Vintage…

Change is the natural way of things. That is why monks and nuns turn over their tea cup after drinking their tea. They don’t know which will come first, the next tea or the next life. Death is like tossing out a worn-out pair of clothes. When our body wears out, we take a new one. We reincarnate. Advanced practitioners actually…

That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality–your soul, if you will–is as bright and shining as any that has ever been....Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.…

Our life is short. Before we know it, we have moved on to a new life. That is why Buddhist monks and nuns turn their tea cup over after a meal. We don’t know which will come first, the next cup of tea, or the next life! Panic is not necessary. It can be a pause to celebrate the time we have in this life, and direct it towards meaning.…

Strange face, with your eyes

So pale and sincere

Underneath you know well

You have nothing to fear

For the dreams that came to you when so young

Told of a life

Where spring is sprung

You would seem so frail

In the cold of the night

When the armies of emotion…

.. Lúghnasadh celebrates the fruition of the year’s work. Most of the food that could last the winter has been stored, and people are preparing for Autumn and Winter to settle in. Lúghnasadh / Lúnasa is a time to enjoy the fruits of the summer, the harvest, the sun in her glory and the bounty. It is a time to rejoice with gratitude at the hard work. To embrace in the moment the abundance that life has to offer.

Letting in the Harvest at Lúnasa symbolizes the letting in of life, of eros,…

Only when you surrender to all-encompassing love will everything be ready for you to live like God in heaven! It is part of evolution that we take care of progress and some people who are not ready for it in time will have the choice in the next cycle to leave everything behind and serve the whole!

Thank…

"Suddenly I understand the principle underlying the structure of the universe. The creative source and power of the universe was the cosmic consciousness, which acted out an endless series of dramas... - dramas as we know them from the stage or from the movies.

In this drama, the game is to lose yourself in order to find…

"Grief is a wound that needs attention in order to heal. To work through and complete grief means to face our feelings openly and honestly, to express or release our feeling fully, and to tolerate and accept our feelings for however long it takes for the wound to heal. We fear that once acknowledged, grief will bowl us over. The truth…

"There is a mystery about rivers that draws us to them, for they rise from hidden places and travel by routes that are not always tomorrow where they might be today. Unlike a lake or sea, a river has a destination and there is something about the certainty with which it travels that makes it very soothing, particularly for those who've lost…

Many years ago a wise friend gave me a name for human love. She called it "stirring-the-oatmeal" love. She was right: Within this phrase, if we will humble ourselves enough to look, is the very essence of what human love is, and it shows us the principal differences between human love and romance.

Stirring the oatmeal…

Beautiful message from Richard Gere:

"There's no time for anything else... It's life and no one escapes this living world. There's still time, so live for fun, maybe tomorrow is no more. Eat what you want, walk in the sun , bathe in the sea... Be crazy, be silly. There's no time for…

Tibetans and well-wishers from Switzerland and neighboring countries welcome HHDL during his brief stopover in Zurich, Switzerland on June 22, 2024, before he continues his journey to New York.

The Lie said to the Truth, "Let's take a bath together, the well water is very nice.

The Truth, still suspicious, tested the water and found out it really was nice. So they got naked and bathed.

But suddenly, the Lie leapt out of the water and fled, wearing the clothes of the Truth.

The Truth, furious, climbed out of…