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Nakedness is very common in the tribe. It is not a shameful thing; it is an expression of one’s relationship with the spirit of nature. To be naked is to be open-hearted. Normally kids stay naked until puberty and even beyond. It was only with the introduction of cheap cloth from the West, through Goodwill and other Christian organisations, that nakedness began to be associated with shame.

~Malidoma Some, 

('Of Water and the Spirit')

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Wishing you a Lovely Weekend

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Zach Klein

Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Hump Day!

I hope you are doing well and feeling fine

I hope you will enjoy your visit

I wish you a Joyous Day!

Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

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"Road after Rain, Northern California" (1960) Ansel Adams

~*~

"We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act."

~Swami Vivekananda 

~*~

"Raise your words, not voice. 

It is rain that grows flowers, 

not thunder."

~Rumi  

~*~

"Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help someone with directions unless you have a terrible sense of direction. Help someone who is trying to help you. Just help. Make an impact. Show someone you care. Say yes instead of no. Say something nice. Smile. Make eye contact. Hug. Kiss. Get naked."

~Ellen DeGeneres 

MUSIC: "The Swan (Le Cygne)" performed by Stjepan Hauser

Beautiful

Stjepan Hauser

performing 

"The Swan (Le Cygne)"

by Camille Saint-Saëns 

from The Carnival of the Animals

with the 

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra 

Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, October 2017 

Elisabeth Fuchs, conductor

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/-OjCEwhtSuU

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 Andy Honda: model

 by Michael Thomas Photography

 Jason Bacall from Bel Ami

 Célestin Boutin and Andreas Heise by John Andresen

 Benjamin Godfre by Robert John Guttke

by  Rod Sydney Photography

Tim Campbell from Bel Ami

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photography by Staxus

~*~

We are so narrow minded that we show war, murder, and rape on TV, but we are not allowed to show one of the most wonderful creations (the human body) in its natural form.

~Mario Roman

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What a funny idea!

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Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Tuesday!

Grab a cup of Coffee or Tea

And spend some time with me

I hope you will enjoy your visit

I wish you a beautiful day, my Friend

 Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

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by Jean-Joseph Perraud

~*~

"If we are interested in a life of discovery and if we are interested in meditation as an expression of that life, then the experience of someone else, no matter how fantastic, is useful only as a cross-reference to our own experience. As co-explorers of the universe we compare notes, check out specimens and samples that we have collected, and examine the maps and journals that we have assembled. But looking at the map is not the same as going down the river. Examining a specimen is not the same as observing the life form in its habitat. Hearing, and even believing, another explorer's adventure is not the same as having our own. We have our own adventure to undertake. So when we read or listen to any description of meditation, or spiritual experience, first let us understand that we have to find out what is true, through our own direct perception."

~Steven Harrison 

~*~

"What makes us miserable, what causes us to be in conflict with one another, is our insistence on our particular view of things: our view of what we deserve or want, our view of right and wrong, our view of self, our view of other, our view of life, our view of death. But views are just views. They are not ultimate truth."

~Norman Fischer 

(Beyond Language)

~*~

“Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.”

~Leo Buscaglia

MUSIC & DANCE: Tchaikovsky's "Arabian Dance"

Amazing Flawless Perfection

I woke up this morning

With a short clarinet duet part playing in my head

Buuuuuuuuuuuuh bum Buuuuuuuuuh bum

I couldn't remember what it was

I knew is was Tchaikovsky

And was pretty sure it was from

The Nutcracker Suite - or maybe Swan Lake

I searched and found it and then

Found these 'phabulous' dancers

Dancing to the music

So here it is!

:  )

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Arabian Dance" (Coffee)

from 

The Nutcracker Suite

dancers

Sergey Chumakov and Elena Petrichenko

from the Moscow Ballet
            

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/AGbsNDV3O9o

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