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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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@everyday-yogi
âWe were told that we would see America come and go. In a sense America is dying, from within, because they forgot the instructions of how to live on earth. It's the Hopi belief, it's our belief, that if you are not spiritually connected to the earth, and understand the spiritual reality of how to live on earth, it's likely that you will not make it.
Everything is spiritual, everything has a spirit, everything was brought here by the creator, the one creator. Some people call him God, some people call him Buddha, some people call him Allah, some people call him other names. We call him Tunkaschila... Grandfather.
We are here on earth only a few winters, then we go to the spirit world. The spirit world is more real than most of us believe.
The spirit world is everything. Over 95% of our body is water. In order to stay healthy you've got to drink good water. ... Water is sacred, air is sacred.
Our DNA is made out of the same DNA as the tree, the tree breaths what we exhale, we need what the tree exhales. So we have a common destiny with the tree.
We are all from the earth, and when earth, the water, the atmosphere is corrupted, then it will create its own reaction. The mother is reacting.
In the Hopi prophecy they say the storms and floods will become greater. To me it's not a negative thing to know that there will be great changes. It's not negative, it's evolution. When you look at it as evolution, it's time, nothing stays the same.You should learn how to plant something. That is the first connection.
You should treat all things as spirit, realize that we are one family. It's never something like the end. Its like life, there is no end to life.â
-Floyd Red Crow Westerman
THE PERFECT PAIR OF SANDALS
A fashionable lady entered a footwear store in search of a pair of new sandals for her use. She tried every sample available in the store but none of them seemed to suit her feet. Disappointed, she was about to leave the store when she noticed a pair lying near the entrance. She put them on and was delighted to find that the pair suited her perfectly. She enquired about its price. The manager told her, âIt is free. You can use themâ.
The lady was surprised and asked, âWhy?â
The manager said, âThat was the pair you had on your feet when you came in. You removed them to try the new sandals.â
We may be in a similar situation when we worry about our present predicament on seeing better options elsewhere. We may feel that we should have received a more rewarding job, a more comfortable house, a more beautiful spouse etc. Let us realize that God has given each of us the best gifts that suit us most. Let us thank God for the blessings received.
Good morning... have a blessed day đđđ
The Harsh Reality Of Creating My Reality
Creating reality is fun.
There are times when it feels shitty though.
To explain: As my reality-creating skills get better, I realize how great being in the âenlightened stateâ feels. Iâve gotten consistent at it. When Iâm there for long periods I feel ecstasy.
Iâve also had 40 years of living life not in that state.
In that not-enlightened state I was creating reality too. A haphazard Willy-nilly one comprised of random thought and focus. Thatâs a ânormal lifeâ.
Itâs not always fun seeing that reality show up. Feeling as I do now, that old realityâs emotional content sucks. Itâs a far cry from ecstasy.
Momentum Is Everything
I know deliberate reality creation brings instant results. But only in areas with little resistance, negativity and weak negative belief momentum.
^^Resistance increases the more âphysicalâ reality becomes. In physical reality, there is hight resistance. In nonphysical reality, there is (for all intents and purposes) no resistance. This is why manifestation in physical reality takes longer. Itâs also why manifestation work is bumpier in physical reality. The âspeedâ and âpowerâ of thoughts moving into physical reality can feel quite uncomfortable in physical reality because of its inherent resistance. Including resistance humans introduce through their in-deliberate thought.
In areas where thereâs a lot of resistance, negativity and strong negative belief momentum, I first must soothe all that before I see results.
Then again, feeling resistance, negativity and its associated momentum subside is an immediate result.
So holding my focus on what I want despite evidence itâs not coming, is crucial. Thereâs always evidence of all potential realities. I must learn to know what improvement looks like. Then focus on that. Thatâs how I create realities I want.
And thatâs why so many miss how great this work is. And how real its results are. They pay too much attention to what doesnât seem to be improving â when in actuality it is â Â instead of noticing improvement showing up.
I know I get more of what I give attention to. Itâs that simple. So I pick out and focus on evidence of improvement. And, I get more of that. Thatâs being Positively Focused.
My current, manifested reality aka The Present Moment is a mix. It comprises some of what Iâve created, which is still active in my awareness, and what is being created, now by me, through deliberate focus in the Moment of Becoming.
^^Wherever I put my attention will create more of what Iâm putting my attention on. So the key is focusing on what I want (and want to see) rather than what Iâve got, if what Iâve got is something that doesnât please me.
For example, this post was prompted by an income tax situation with my ex-wife. We had filed jointly when we were married. Having divorced this summer, I was filing single for the first time in a while. I was worried Iâd owe a lot of taxes.
These days, I know âworryâ tells me Iâm creating a reality I donât want. Thatâs why it doesnât feel good.
But âworryâ draws into my experience a brief belief constellation. It comprised all kinds of worrisome thoughts, thoughts with a reality basis. A reality I wasnât wanting.
So I shifted my attention to thoughts with different reality bases. A reality I wanted. A reality where my taxes would be managed easily.
Guess what?
The first thing that happened was, I felt a lot better. Then, I received a series of impulses of what to do. Following them, I filed my taxes easily. The amount I owed was quite manageable. What I had briefly worried about didnât come about. Instead, it all worked out. As it always does.
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When thoughts and beliefs surface from times I lived unaware of what I know now I feel shitty. A ânormal lifeâ feels normal to people, because they rarely experience ecstasy. Theyâre used to feeling crappy. Crappy feels normal to them.
For me, a normal life feels shitty because contrasted against ecstasy, anything less feels, well, shitty. Iâve become used to feeling ecstasy.
Which is interesting because, from an enlightened perspective, feeling shitty is a great thing.
When I feel shitty these days I know to reach for feeling better. I know how to do that too. And my experience changes in an instant. So feeling shitty turns out to be positive. Itâs a prompt. Responding to the prompt, I always return to my enlightened state.
I love that state so much. Iâm addicted to feeling ecstasy. Thatâs an addiction worth having.
Wouldnât you be if you knew what it felt like, and knew ecstasy could be your dominant life condition, conjured at will?
Honestly too, the longer I practice allowing my natural enlightened state, the shorter these negative periods get. The period prompting this post lasted a day and a few hours, for example.
They used to comprise most of my waking life. I complained a lot back then. So I got a lot to complain about. * Which gave me more to complain about.
Appreciating Feeling Bad
It seems the shorter those periods get these days, the worse they feel. It also seems the harder I try to get out of one, the longer and more intense it gets. If I catch it early though, I can talk my way into ecstasy again. Sometimes, itâs better observing it with no judgment and let it pass on its own. Like a summer storm.
I know the negative feeling, that intensity, feels bad because itâs contrasted against how great I usually feel these days.
These days, Iâm appreciating the shitty moments more. For they wouldnât feel so shitty were I not so often feeling ecstatic. Theyâd feel normal. You know, âIn every life a little rain must fallâ.
Thatâs true only if youâre living a ânormal lifeâ. I choose an extraordinary one.
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Iâm so glad Iâm in this awareness state. It feels wonderful knowing what I know, applying it, then seeing fruits of the application.
I know for example these shitty moments benefit me. They are impetuses. They create within me stronger, more urgent desire for consistent oneness with my Inner Reality. So I can feel ecstatic longer and with more intensity. The more I allow that, the more my reality must shape to that consistent, ecstatic state. Meaning, my experience of daily life must include more and more ecstatic experiences.
I feel ecstasy when I get what I desire.
Evidence showing up in my life proves thatâs whatâs happening. Including what just happened, while writing this (see the * below).
I find invincibility in ecstasy. How can my life experience, my physical life, not match to that? Itâs cool knowing I can create any reality I want. Right out of the reality I have.
Sometimes creating is harsh.
But itâs worth it.
*Addendum: This is so great. This post is an example of the simultaneity of past, present and future.
I drafted this post on September 28. Long before I wrote the post I linked to above. But in my Broader Perspective I knew in the future I would create the post I linked to in this post. That linked post related a story about my experience at work, a story explaining how complaining gives you more to complain about. So I let this post about the harsh reality of creating reality sit on the back burner, while out of my Moment of Becoming (the future), examples substantiating what I was writing in this post came to pass. Â Now Iâm editing and preparing to publish this post. Itâs December. On November 25, I posted that other post about complaining.
In other words, I knew in the past that, in the future I would write a post Iâd want to link to in this post I was writing (in the past), so I let this post sit until that other post was published. Now that it got published, I was moved to finish and publish this one. How cool is that?
Linear time is an illusion.
And my awareness is now broad enough to perceive and delight in this uncanny, awesome experience of the simultaneity of past, present and future! How cool!
Sadhu
Photography by Denis Rouvre
The sadhus of India stand as a vibrant example of the infinite and unique traditions of Yoga.Â
A sadhu is different from a monk in that sadhus belong to no monastery or ashram. Instead, sadhus are homeless wanderers who undertake their spiritual practices while also visiting temples and traveling on pilgrimages. They are not priests or teachers, although they may teach or lead holiday festivities as they please. Sometimes people may come to them for healing or particular blessings.Â
In some traditions, when a person is initiated into the sadhu way of life by taking sannyas (renunciation), they attend their own funeral. It is sometimes said that they are even declared legally dead by India.Â
The many sadhu lineages derive from guru-based initiation and instruction. Each sadhu can trace his or her lineage back through a number of gurus across generations. Most lineages claim mythic origins such as being descended from Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, or Sri Dattatreya.Â
One of my favorite things about sadhus is that you can learn a lot about one just by looking at them. The colors of their clothing, the style of their hair, the ash and colored markings on their face and body, the objects they carry, and the adornments they wear all tell the story of their particular lineage and practices.
I have always found something enchanting about their style and way of life. Check out more of their portraits in the link above!