Peace for the Soul

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I'm not afraid of evil

I'm not afraid

of evil

because

it can only kill

me once

~ but if I stand

against evil

I get to live

100,000 times

oh, Great Spirit,

help…

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Added by Eva Libre on March 1, 2022 at 11:04pm — 1 Comment

I am a human, not a robot.

I am a human, not a robot. A living person on this part of the world, where springtime is about to come. I am longing for the beautiful early evenings, the return of the songbirds, the cranes. The return of hope and life after pandemic.

Winter is about to leave its grip, letting the first snowdrops pop up from the…

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Added by Eva Libre on February 16, 2022 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

I am now 86 years old.

Dalai Lama

I am now 86 years old. At the age of 16…

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Added by Eva Libre on January 24, 2022 at 10:04am — No Comments

Buddhist teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away today, at the age of 95.

Beloved engaged Buddhist teacher and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away today, at the age of 95.

The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism writes, "our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95. We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts…

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Added by Eva Libre on January 21, 2022 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Sat there and drove

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Sat there and drove

Dreamed the car was freshly painted

the world round and good

as the Buddha

The sky through the box was the same color

as a pale slide from the 70's

I was not crazy

Not locked up

Self-chosen loneliness and in it I traveled

Without apology, I drove out through dreamy streets

Captured a thriving…

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Added by Eva Libre on January 17, 2022 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

You will never know that your soul travels

Painting by Emil Nolde

"You will never know that your soul travels

sweetly sheltered in the depths of my heart,

and that nothing, neither time nor age nor other loves,

It will prevent you from ever existing.

Now the beauty of the world takes your face,

it feeds on your…

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Added by Eva Libre on January 16, 2022 at 4:02pm — No Comments

A Year of Rumi

The Year of Rumi's poems, translated by Andrew Harvey, is over.

Now, with 350 pages and 33 discussions, we can fully delight you with his poems.

Please enjoy this wonderful offer ... …

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Added by Eva Libre on January 8, 2022 at 3:30pm — No Comments

"Right to Food"

The State of Maine just took cottage food laws to the next level.

In addition to being allowed to sell non-perishable jellies, candies and baked goods prepared at home, the citizens of Maine now have a constitutional right to buy, barter or trade foods like raw milk straight from the cow and meat slaughtered in their neighbor’s…

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Added by Eva Libre on January 8, 2022 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has passed today at the age of 90.

Archbishop Tutu was a shining example of compassion, love and peace. May his graciousness and humanitarian works live on in the minds and hearts of all those who advocate for peace in the world.

Desmond Mpilo Tutu

His Excellence Desmond Tutu gone to his pure land of Jesus on this…

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Added by Eva Libre on December 26, 2021 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

The Dalai Lama's morning prayer

May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A b...oat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness…

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Added by Eva Libre on December 12, 2021 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

John Lennon: The Last Interview

Today is the anniversary of the day we lost John Lennon, at the age of far too young. I have long been inspired by his unique combination of musical artistry, compassion, brilliance, straight up truth telling (just gimme some truth) and rebellion. Here's a great article with the last interview he ever conducted, as he began to re-emerge from his hiatus, time he spent focussed on raising his son, Sean, the years of "watching the wheels go round and round...no longer riding on the…

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Added by Eva Libre on December 9, 2021 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Though we are many, We are One

David Gould

Added by Eva Libre on December 4, 2021 at 12:01am — No Comments

We are at our best when we serve others.

"We are at our best when we serve others.” “Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture…

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Added by Eva Libre on December 1, 2021 at 3:50am — No Comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here is a little gallery to honor the Wild Turkey - a spectacular bird, especially when you have a chance to see it it good light that highlights its iridescent feathers. All photos are from my back woods in Massachusetts.…

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Added by Eva Libre on November 26, 2021 at 11:50pm — No Comments

The Negro Mother

Photo: Jackson, Mississippi circa 1935

“The Negro Mother”  by Langston Hughes

Children, I come back today

To tell you a story of the long dark way

That I had to climb, that I had to know

In order that the race might live and grow.

Look at my face…

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Added by Eva Libre on November 25, 2021 at 5:30am — No Comments

November birch

The body is like a November birch facing the full moon...reaching into the cold heavens. In these trees there is no ambition, no sodden body, no leaves,

Nothing but bare trunks climbing like cold fire...

It is a joy to walk in the bare woods...The moonlight is not broken by the heavy leaves.

The leaves are down, and…

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Added by Eva Libre on November 22, 2021 at 7:21am — No Comments

Some of my blogs

I'll leave some of my blogs here, for pleasure, if you're interested...

https://culturtimemyblog.wordpress.com/

https://alamentheaven.wordpress.com/

http://mypeaceme.blogspot.com/

http://thevoiceofnada.blogspot.com/

Added by Eva Libre on November 4, 2021 at 4:44am — No Comments

A Mesmerizing Dance Performance for the Paralympics Hand Off Ceremony Choreographed by Sadeck Waff

As part of a closing hand-off ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games and the 2024 games in Paris, choreographer Sadeck Waff worked with 128 performers in a dizzying performance focused on arms and hands. The French dancer…

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Added by Eva Libre on October 27, 2021 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov

          

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov

The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Maria Ressa and Dmitry…

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Added by Eva Libre on October 8, 2021 at 8:00pm — No Comments

a nice little tweed from Yoko Ono

John Lennon

John was a simple Liverpool man right to the end. He was a chameleon, a bit of a chauvinist, but so human. In our 14 years together he never stopped…

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Added by Eva Libre on September 10, 2021 at 11:15am — No Comments

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