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“When the world arises in me, it is just an illusion: Water shimmering in the sun, a vein of silver in mother-of-pearl, a serpent in a strand of rope. From me the world streams out and in me it dissolves, as a bracelet melts into gold, a pot crumbles into clay, a wave subsides into water.”

— Ashtavakra Gita 2: 9-10

I was in a resort on the coast of Izmir when I realized the mental loops.

Repetitive actions on a loop. I caught multiple loops when I looked inside.

The dark energies wants you in lull. Dreaming while awake. In most dreams we are just witnessing what is happening. The only action we can take is to wake up.

If you sit with yourself long in enough, you begin to recognize the different voices. Some come from the body, some from the emotions, others fears / desires.

I haven't figured out how to transcend loops. Knowing I have them is a good start...

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Loops

To the knowing

To awareness

From dark energies pulling us into the lull

From constant noise

From numb

Back to awareness

To stillness

To knowing

#maybe I just need more coffee #love one another

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Why the capitalist tendency to try to squeeze 80 hours of work into 4 days in order to take off one Friday in July? Is this just me? I hope this is generational… And future generations will come to find work / life balance

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Comet Hale-Bopp and the Dumbbell Nebula

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Awareness: ambrosia, amrita, soma, dutsi, the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, the water of life, the divine nectar, the way and the truth and the life, the light: Awareness

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“You yourself are the work tool, you have no other tool. There is no simpler or easier way.”

- Nisargadatta

“Every moment, every existence is a causality in itself. Apart from this, there is no self or the world. That being the case, the truly free man is the one who lives in peace in any circumstance that the cause and effect cause. Regardless of whether the situation is favorable or adverse, he lives it with all his being, that is, he is the causality itself. Never discriminate in a dualistic way the different aspects of the situation. His heart is never disturbed by external elements. Living in this way, he is the master of cause and effect and everything has a blessing. This is how eternal peace is achieved.”

- Roshi Philip Kapleau

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🔥 A brown bear walking on its two legs looking around for salmon

Katmai, Alaska

Video by @seantheemcd (IG)

#off to work

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#I miss you

I joined Tumblr when my sons were toddlers. I used to look at pretty pictures and gather tidbits of wisdom while they were napping. I’ve met some wonderful people here.

My sons graduated from high school yesterday. My lifestyle has shifted so I am not here as often but I still enjoy the wisdom posted and the pretty pictures.

“The days are long but the years fly by.”