August 2024
Payote (Lophophora Williamsii)
Peyote is a small, spineless cactus native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, known scientifically as Lophophora williamsii. It's prohibited in Mexico. The cactus grows to a he…
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Payote (Lophophora Williamsii)
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December 2023
From 'Animals doing things'
What an amazing discovery! Scientists have discovered that ants, after collecting the grains and seeds that they need for winter break those seeds down into halves before storing in their nests becau…
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From 'Animals doing things'
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September 2023
A Celtic Goddess
A Celtic Goddess Epona was a goddess of horses honored by the Celtic tribe known as the Gauls. Interestingly, she was one of the few Celtic deities who were celebrated by the Romans, and they celebra…
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A Celtic Goddess
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The Magical Horse of Odin
The Magical Horse of Odin In Norse mythology, Odin, the father of all gods, rides on an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir. This powerful and magical creature appears in both the Poetic and Prose Edda…
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The Magical Horse of Odin
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December 2022
Valen's Reef (360 video) | Conservation Inte…
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Valen's Reef (360 video) | Conservation Inte…
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June 2022
Rainbow lobster
Rainbow lobster. Tropical rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages. It migrates annually from the Torres Strait to Yule Island in the Gulf of Papua in order…
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Rainbow lobster
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May 2022
Imposing Your Will Upon Others
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Imposing Your Will Upon Others
Today's Inspiration
When we impose our will onto others, we are telling them we want to control and leave them without a true voice.
The right to mak…
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Imposing Your Will Upon Others
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Wonderful mansions in the bird world
Wonderful mansions in the bird world. Photographer Unknown
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Wonderful mansions in the bird world
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Things We Can't Control
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Things We Can't Control
Today's Inspiration
We develop grace as we learn, with the guiding hand of the universe, life will unfold exactly the way it should.
The idea of trusting t…
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Things We Can't Control
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April 2022
Damo Mitchell
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Damo Mitchell
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The Death and Rebirth of Self
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The Death and Rebirth of Self
Today's Inspiration
Sometimes a part of us must die, before another part can come to life.
Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can com…
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The Death and Rebirth of Self
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The Sun Is Always Shining
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The Sun Is Always Shining
Today's Inspiration
If darkness has fallen, know that the Sun is shining at this very moment, somewhere not too far away.
There are times when gloom or da…
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The Sun Is Always Shining
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"You have to really hug the one you are hold…
"You have to really hug the [one] you are holding. You have to make him or her very real in your arms.. breathing consciously and hugging with all your body, spirit, and heart. Hugging meditation i…
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"You have to really hug the one you are hold…
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The Cailleach
The Cailleach Off into the wild woods I did go Far, far away. O’er there to where the old lady does dwell, she be the watcher of Winter, the keeper of sticks, the Cailleach Some call…
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The Cailleach
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Daffodil
Whence Spring time does come, the Daffodil shows us it’s time for a fresh new start, it’s time for change. O, how they brighten up our days by covering grassy areas with such sunny yellow hues.
Th…
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Daffodil
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March 2022
Making Choices from a Place of Balance
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Making Choices from a Place of Balance
Today's Inspiration
It is important to make decisions from a place of balance, by taking a breath and checking in with heart and mind.
Each…
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Making Choices from a Place of Balance
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Arseniy Lapin - Peace on earth, Peace in eve…
Here I want to share Arseniy's last words from his profile on FB with all of you... ..may God be by his side...
С состраданием к народу Украины за то, через что он сейчас происходит. Но то, что про…
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Arseniy Lapin - Peace on earth, Peace in eve…
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February 2022
Ten Love Letters to the Earth by Thich Nhat…
Ten Love Letters to the Earth
by Thich Nhat Hanh
CONTRIBUTOR BIOS WRITER Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a world-renowned Buddhist Zen master, poet, author, scholar, and environmental and social…
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Ten Love Letters to the Earth by Thich Nhat…
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Silence
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Silence
Today's Inspiration
Silence can make us nervous thinking we need to fill the void, but there is immense strength in silence.
All sounds, from a whisper to a classical symph…
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Silence
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I Ching
There's so much to say, where do we begin? That the I Ching is the world's first binary code.
Fu Xi found the first hexagram on the back of a giant tortoise somewhere around 2700 BCE, which he share…
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I Ching
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January 2022
Throne carved into a tree
A throne carved into a tree trunk in Kendal, England. It was sculpted by artist Andy Levy in 2012 with a chainsaw and chisel into the stump of a blown down beech tree. The intricate details repres…
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Throne carved into a tree
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