Wouldja?

If you could

Come back

And be you

Would you?

Karma

Life... streaming experiences

Destiny... yesteryears through today.

    Catch the lesson, then release.
Karma... all that ever was... or will be...
    Hope's gift... Gifts transcendence.

Miles

Have walked so very many miles
Sometimes without shoes
In-roads, off-roads, uphill, downhill
Doomed, if ever still

Stumbling in the best of times
Running in the worst
Crawling through the least of crimes
Warding off the curse

Hurling when all hope was lost
Compelled by perpetual motion
Evolution, the hefty cost
Change as deep as ocean

Doomed, if ever still
Onward ho

Head held high

Victory to the fill.

Unseen

Wary of words
Take stock in action

Action feeds illusion
Invest in reality






Sight, most blind
Perceive the unseen truth

To Be

It's far more important
to BE
than it is
to be right.
Right is overrated,
dripping with ego.
Being... just being...
is bliss.

Choice

Have you noticed?  Some of the greatest things happen when we're alone.

When alone it's easy to hear your own heartbeat... and notice the beauty of thought.

When you are alone... Do you choose to be alone, or is it because something did not work out?

Greed

Greed... the antithesis of life.

It destroys life in the blink of an eye.

Greed is not the path to bliss,

But the eternal promise of lack thereof.

Wealth

Wealth... Most popularly attributed to material things... 

Illusory... Most limited and never enough.

True wealth is the inverse of material accumulation.

Real wealth... Wealth of pure love... Good intentions... Dear ones... 

Real wealth transcends life and time.  

Barter

Life is to give, not to take.

Giving is truly "giving" when the giver expects to receive nothing in return.

All else is barter.

Paucity Creed

Is yours a life defined by paucity (scarcity), or abundance?

When a glass is half empty, it is also half full.

Leap

Exercise your intellect... Then leap!

Sadness

Sadness is... 

Knowing that... One day... 

The two voices that you had heard first... 

Will be silenced.

Heaven Has A New Visionary

Steve. I wore mournful black today.

We all feel the void of his absence in the universal consciousness. Most of us have a hard time dealing with the concept of living in a world without our parents... And, until yesterday, we didn't realize that we feel the same way about Steve Jobs. He has changed the lives of every inhabitant of this planet -- over a billion of us directly, and the balance indirectly.

He has pushed the envelope more than anyone of our time -- pushed it, reengineered it and perfected it in a way that seemed near magical. He drove innovation with a mercurial vision and empathic sensitivity that only visits earth once every few centuries. Like DaVinci.

He never sought it, but wielded immense personal power... Amazing genius... Reaching into our minds and hearts, melding with the essences, and devising the most intuitive products ever created. He expanded our minds, evolved our thought, gave imaginations to those bereft, and touched our hearts in a way that makes each and every one of us a better human being.

Some would say his devices were divisive, in that people spoke a little less, spending more time interfacing with an iMac, iPhone, IPad, etc. But those of us with a fraction of enlightenment realize that he united the world... Now, each person with an Apple product has brothers and sisters throughout various nations of the world. And we are doing wondrous things with them, from rendering medical service, to assisting the deaf, to nation-building.

Humbly, he taught people how to fish... And, in so doing, spawned the next generation of innovators, if not visionaries.

Vision is a gift; innovation an art; art can be taught.

Will we ever have devices that give us that wondrous feeling of awe and excitement, as felt only in childhood? Ever again? Is it remotely possible that we could be blessed by another such visionary in our lifetimes? We've already had one... It seems it would be greedy to expect another so soon.

Tears have been shed today. What will we do without you, Steve? Why didn't we clone you?

There is a distinct void in the universal consciousness. And it's echoing.


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Rebranding of Absofreakinlutely Nothin'

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Ents

Do you see the Ents?

Hudson

Ever think of cloning the Hudson?   In the middle of the Sahara?   Just curious....

Pumpkin's Day

The birth of pumpkin pie.

Summer Solstice

 

An instant in time... Longest day, shortest night... North of June, South of December... Zenith in between Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn... 20, 21, 22... The day the sun stands still.

THE day to touch the Stone of  the henge.

Stop the sun and harness the wind....

13:16 EDT.

Chlorophyll Love

Tired of nature's extremes?   Nurture a bit of chlorophyll... help restore the balance.

McMansion

One's house, no matter the size, is a mansion.

Gateway

Every gateway is an entry into a new dimension...

Heart

If you're going to leave your heart anywhere, this is your best bet....

Clearing

Step out into the clearing... you have earned liberation after the struggle... 

little of worth comes easily.

Icon

Which icon is in your background?

The Lotus

Materialism... Experience... Enlightenment.

Calculated Chance

Chance... Risk....

Skydiving in tandem is safer than a car ride... if anything goes wrong, the tandem instructor's loss is equal to the client's. Equalizer = Dive.

In a car, the driver's chances for survival versus the passengers' chances are unequal. Equalizer = Nonexistent.

Sometimes calculated risk is better than "a sure thing". When's the last time you've done a good skydive?

Stonehenge

Stonehenge needs no subtitle... On this glorious day of life, enjoy the view.

Melt

Melt a heart without causing a meltdown....

Versatility

Food source, fertilizer, alternative fuel source or designer suit?

Twilight

The end of one thing is simultaneously the beginning of another. Don't mourn endings... anticipate that which comes next... savor the miraculous resiliency of life... and the endless opportunities it provides.

Skywalker

Are your castles in the sky, or grounded in reality?

Perception

It's never about the glance... but always about the reflection....

Temple Earth

This planet is a temple... nurture your connection... when you worship at its altar, give it due respect... then and only then will you reap its glorious gifts.

Gap Management

Bridge gaps.  Proactively, actively, reactively.  Bridge gaps. 

 Don't wait for others to determine your outcome.

Sideliner

Life... it goes so quickly... don't sit on the sidelines or in the passenger seat, passively watching it go by... experiencing it 2-Dimensionally...  Meet it head-on -- actively engage.  Luxuriate in the multi-dimensional complexity of it.

Tree Pose

Stuff happens... People disappoint... And then there's yoga.

Tree pose.

Lovely

All I want is some space somewhere...
Far away from the corporate glare...
Calm, green and clean, fresh air...
Oh wouldn't it be lovely...

Thoughts Manifest

Be careful, in terms of your thoughts. They manifest reality. 

Kind of like that thought I had about an iPad2. Just wish my thoughts had manifested my reality using other peoples' money.

Serpentine

Life. It's long and winding.

 And above waist-level.

The Joy of Living

Depression is paralysis.  Seize life by the horns each day... don't let one chance go by to actively pursue the best life has to offer.

Easy to say when not depressed.

Shades of Grey

The worst part of the snow... is the melt... slow, grey, slushy melt....

Transcendence

The only thing that transcends life is love. The love you give lives on in countless future generations. So love passionately, emphatically, purposefully and intensely -- as though you'll never have the opportunity to love again. 

 

Things like jobs come and go -- once you leave a job, a week later you are either the root of all of the company's evils, or you're "Joe/Jane who?"   So use your energy well, and focus on what's truly important.

Echo

Loneliness echos.  Sometimes more loudly than others.

Noise-canceling headphones don't help.

Just Don't Sweat

Don't sweat the small stuff.  Or the big stuff.  Just don't sweat it...it all works out in the end.

Decide Your Truth

Each day when we wake up, we make a series of decisions...

"Do I want to stay with this person to my left?" 
"Am I content to be a carnivore?"  "Shall I tread the high road or the low road?" 
"Do I want to continue to work for this company?" 
"Bazooka or Trident bubble gum?" 

Check your choices and answers -- are you being true to yourself?  If not, to whom are you being true?"