Bran-Nu Moments

"Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm. Without looking for the traces I may have left; A..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:08:22 -0700

“Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm.
Without looking for the traces I may have left;
A cuckoo’s song beckons me to return home,
Hearing this, I tilt my head to see
Who has told me to turn back;
But do not ask where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home.”

- Dogen

"Some days It’s like walking through a maze… In a haze Afraid That you won’t get..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:48:00 -0700

“

Some days
It’s like walking through a maze…

In a haze

Afraid
That you won’t get free
From the ways
Of a world not of your design.
Pessimistic seeds grow thick vines
That crawl, aggressively, through
All layers of the mind.
Gotta take the fruits,
Crush them under feet,
and make wine.

Ya know, nature is gentle.
Grafted from and evolved within nature,
You too … should be gentle.
Walking with the ancestral,
Natural world as cathedral,
The movement through this maze
Becomes a graceful prance
Through and with the unknown.

Transformative practice is meeting …
Not fleeing.
Greeting this shit with a smile
all the while,
Knowing, ‘this too shall pass’.
Integrate the fate … the weight
of this moment …

with love.

”

- B-Nu

odditiesoflife: Living Plant Sculptures Amazing topiary...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:11 -0700

odditiesoflife:

Living Plant Sculptures

Amazing topiary sculptures from around the world. The detail in these are stunning. Its interesting that both the male and female plant sculptures, that are combined with fountains, have the water flowing through their hands.

sharanam: I went to Mendut Vihara today and it was incredibly...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:40:35 -0700

sharanam:

I went to Mendut Vihara today and it was incredibly special.

The Flame Skimmer Dragonfly

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:31:15 -0700

The Flame Skimmer Dragonfly

(via “Male Flame Skimmer Dragonfly” by John Absher |...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:27:39 -0700

(via “Male Flame Skimmer Dragonfly” by John Absher | Redbubble)

canisfamiliaris: Oslo Burns So Much Trash for Energy They’re...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:21:47 -0700

canisfamiliaris:

Oslo Burns So Much Trash for Energy They’re Importing Rubbish

The US throws out 250 million tons of garbage a year. Roughly a third is recycled, and the rest is landfill. You might think that’s a problem. But one man’s trash is another’s treasure. Oslo, Norway burns rubbish to power and heat homes, and they’ve run out. The city imports trash from Sweden, Ireland, England—and they wouldn’t mind taking on a few tons from the US.

And it’s not just Oslo. Northern Europe’s trash burning capacity outstrips its trash producing capacity by 550 million tons. Neighboring Sweden imports 800,000 tons of trash annually to make energy. Norway, Austria, and Germany are also getting in on the game. In total, 40 countriesworldwide burn trash for energy.

fyeah-history: Nomads of Bhutan and Tibet, photographed by...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:29:37 -0700

fyeah-history:

Nomads of Bhutan and Tibet, photographed by Daniel Miller between 1980 - 2000
Nomadic pastoralism has been portrayed as one of the great advances in the evolution of mankind. It is an adaptation by people to grassland areas of the world where the raising of livestock is more supportive of human life than the growing of crops. People who specialize in livestock production requiring periodic movements of their herds are known as nomadic pastoralists, or, simply nomads. The survival of nomads on the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya provides examples of nomadic practices that were once widespread throughout Asia and Africa, but are now increasingly hard to find. As such, these portraits of nomads offer a rare glimpse into a way of life that is rapidly vanishing.

The lives of the nomads are tuned to the growth of the grass and the seasonal pulse of the grazing lands. The grasslands provide the theatre in which the nomads and their animals interact to make a living. Over centuries, the nomads acquired complex knowledge about the environment in which they lived and upon which their lives depended, which enabled them to persist in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. But, they did more than just survive. The nomads created a unique, vibrant culture, about which, even today, so little is known.

cleophatrajones: Tight…. GO BUCKS!!!

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:58:05 -0700

cleophatrajones:

Tight….

GO BUCKS!!!

drsoundcloud: Do The Things That Make You Happy. Dr...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:21:52 -0700

drsoundcloud:

Do The Things That Make You Happy.

Dr SoundCloud

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:18:26 -0700

katuriankaturiankaturian: Today was dark and difficult to say...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:17:22 -0700

katuriankaturiankaturian:

Today was dark and difficult to say the least. I had no idea how I was going to make it through, As an artist and As a person. And my beautiful scene partner Meg just handed me this paper, “just to remind me”. It’s exactly what I needed. Here is the full text.
http://marthagrahamletter.blogspot.com/2007/03/letter-to-agnes-de-mille.html?m=1

(via 365 Days of Gratitude: Day 168 - Susa Talan)

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:01:01 -0700

(via 365 Days of Gratitude: Day 168 - Susa Talan)

"When you turn your head from horizon to horizon your eyes see a vast space in which all the things..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:06:00 -0700

“When you turn your head from horizon to horizon your eyes see a vast space in which all the things of the earth and of the sky appear. But this space is always limited where the earth meets the sky. The space in the mind is so small. In this little space all our activities seem to take place: the daily living and the hidden struggles with contradictory desires and motives. In this little space the mind seeks freedom, and so it is always a prisoner of itself. Meditation is the ending of this little space. To us, action is bringing about order in this little space of the mind. But there is another action which is not putting order in this little space. Meditation is action which comes when the mind has lost its little space. This vast space which the mind, the I, cannot reach, is silence. The mind can never be silent within itself; it is silent only within the vast space which thought cannot touch. Out of this silence there is action which is not of thought. Meditation is this silence.”

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

"I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:34:13 -0700

“

I am of the nature to grow old.
There is no way to escape growing old.

I am of the nature to have ill-health.
…There is no way to escape having ill-health.

I am of the nature to die.
There is no way to escape death.

All that is dear to me and everyone I love
are of the nature to change.
There is no way to escape being separated from them.

My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.

”

- Thich Nhat Hanh (via sequinedstrawberries)

woodendreams: (by GeorgeOfTheGorge)

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:25:04 -0700

woodendreams:

(by GeorgeOfTheGorge)

Cleansing The Embodied Story of Oppression - Together.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:23:00 -0700

Cleansing The Embodied Story of Oppression - Together. :

“In so far as no man is born totally new, but continually repeats the stage of development last reached by the species, the contains unconsciously, as anÂ a prioriÂ datum, the entire psychic structur…

I am going to be utilizing Council Practice with a group of people to look at the psycho-social phenomena of Power, Oppression and Privilege this summer. If you know of people in the SoCal (Los Angeles Metro area) that may be interested in participating, please send this along to them.

"Come sleep with me: we won’t make love, love will make us"

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:26:49 -0700

“Come sleep with me: we won’t make love, love will make us”

- Julio Cortázar (via ddecadence)

woodendreams: (by posthumus_cake)

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:13:13 -0700

woodendreams:

(by posthumus_cake)

woodendreams: (by Jason Hatfield)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:32:49 -0700

woodendreams:

(by Jason Hatfield)