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October 2011

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Sep 30, 201122 notes

#raw basil ice cream #scoop adventures #feng shui food

September 2011

20 posts

Sep 30, 201132,730 notes

#art #Illustration

“In Buddhism, we distinguish between spiritual experiences and spiritual realizations. Spiritual experiences are usually more vivid and intense than realizations because they are generally accompanied by physiological and psychological changes. Realizations, on the other hand, may be felt, but the experience is less pronounced. Realization is about acquiring insight. Therefore, while realizations arise out of our spiritual experiences, they are not identical to them. Spiritual realizations are considered vastly more important because they cannot fluctuate.” —Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche (via lazyyogi)

Sep 30, 201162 notes

#buddhism #spirituality #realization #experience #insight #mind #body #yoga

Sep 26, 2011453 notes

Sep 26, 2011588 notes

#cornel west #materialistic #quotes #teenagers #truth

“Avoidance of discomfort is one of the most powerful drives in us, yet much of its power derives from the belief—the false belief—that we can’t be happy if we’re uncomfortable. One of the great benefits of practice is learning that this belief is not, in fact, an unalterable truth.” —Ezra Bayda, Zen Heart: Simple Advice for Living with Mindfulness and Compassion (via sharanam)

Sep 26, 201137 notes

#ezra bayda #happiness #dhamma

Sep 23, 201196 notes

Sep 23, 201141 notes

#jars #food #display #kitchen #shelves

Sep 23, 201152 notes

Sep 17, 2011295 notes

#picture #quote #dalai lama

Sep 16, 201132 notes

#comics #magic

Sep 16, 20117,725 notes

Play

Sep 16, 20117 notes

#Design*Sponge #fabric mobile

“Let go of what has passed.
Let go of what may come.
Let go of what is happening now.
Don’t try to figure anything out.
Don’t try to make anything happen.
Relax, right now and rest.” —Tilopa  (via spycnsweet)

Sep 12, 2011139 notes

#mindfulness #daily living

“Samsara is mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections; nirvana is mind turned inwardly, recognizing its nature.” —Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (via lazyyogi)

Sep 9, 201122 notes

#buddhism #spirituality #samsara #nirvana

“You begin the warrior’s journey when you choose one path and stick to it. Then you let it put you through your changes. Without a commitment, the minute you really begin to hurt, you’ll just leave or you’ll look for something else.” —Pema Chodron (via thepopulistbuddhist)

Sep 9, 201115 notes

#buddhism

Sep 9, 2011373 notes

#Lama Thubten Yeshe #Tibetan Buddhism #Wisdom Traditions

Sep 7, 201126 notes

#feng shui bathroom #bad feng shui

“In recent elections one would have thought that homosexuality and abortion were the new litmus tests of Christianity. Where did this come from? They never were the criteria of proper membership for the first 2000 years, but reflect very recent culture wars instead! And largely from people who think of themselves as “traditionalists”! The fundamentals were already resolved in the early Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed. Note that none of the core beliefs are about morality at all. The Creeds are more mystical, cosmological, and about aligning our lives inside of a huge sacred story. When you lose the mystical level, you always become moralistic as a cheap substitute. Jesus is clearly much more concerned about issues of pride, injustice, hypocrisy, blindness, and what I have often called “The Three Ps,” or power, prestige, and possessions, which are probably 95% of his written teaching. We conveniently ignore this 95% to concentrate on a morality that usually has to do with human embodiment. That’s where people get righteous, judgemental, and upset, for some reason. The body seems to be where we carry our sense of shame and inferiority, and early-stage religion has never gotten much beyond these “pelvic” issues.”
— Richard Rohr” —(via improvedbysuddendeath)

Sep 7, 201112 notes

#Religion #Theology #bible #politics #christianity

Sep 2, 201114,202 notes