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Sometimes when photographing wildlife you do a lot of waiting around and people will say how amazing our patience is, but while waiting for something gives me the opportunity to study behavior in nature and sometimes these observations move me to tears...this was one such case. These two Least Sandpipers landed near me in the mudflat and it soon became clear that one was not well and in some sort of distress. The healthy one stayed by it's friend's side for a very long time keeping it company until it passed away. Such an act of compassion and loyalty was certainly an eye opener and was very poignant. I do not know what the relationship was between them whether friend, parent, progeny...it was certainly clear that there was great empathy displayed by a tiny Sandpiper....
"That points to the reality that without love and compassion, humans can’t feel connected and can’t recognize themselves in another. Therefore selfish behavior against “the other” could potentially destroy even this planet. Feeling this connection on the other hand makes it easy to live successful together." Dalai Lama
禅林寺永観堂にて
Boddhisattavas of Compassion(the right one, putting palms together and is giving a dharma talk) and Wisdom(the left one, reaching out his hand to give a warm welcome).
These are the two mainly and eternal values of Buddhism.
國立台灣文學館 - 台灣文學的內在世界 / 愛心就是文學的光與影 - 創作的能量就是感情
National Museum of Taiwanese Literature - The inner world of the Taiwan Literature / The compassion is the literature lights and the shadows - The creation energy is a sentiment
Museo Nacional de la literatura taiwanesa - El mundo interior de la literatura de Taiwan / La compasión es las luces de la literatura y las sombras - La energía de la creación es un sentimiento
国立の台湾の文学館 - 台湾の文学のすばらしい百特に展 / 愛は文学の光と影です - 作品のエネルギーは感情です
Nationalmuseum der taiwanesischen Literatur - Die innere Welt der Taiwan Literatur / Das Mitleid ist die Literaturlichter und die Schatten - Die Kreationsenergie ist ein Gefühl
Musée national de la littérature taiwanaise - Le monde intérieur de la littérature de Taiwan / La compassion est les lumières de littérature et les ombres - L'énergie de création est un sentiment
Tainan Taiwan / Tainan Taiwán / 台灣台南
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家住安南鹽溪邊
The family lives in nearby the Annan salt river
隔壁就是聽雨軒
The next door listens to the rain porch
一旦落日照大員
The sunset Shineing to the Taiwan at once
左岸青龍飛九天
The left bank white dragon flying in the sky
Compassion.
Exposition (MAS, Antwerp, Belgium).
Stained glass window - The Sermon on the Mount (ca. 1600).
"To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
[Isaiah 54:9-10 NIV]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
I had a wonderful time catching up and exploring new places with Janna. How nice it is to have a day off with a good friend,
Straight from the camera.
Visited Eskilstuna in Sweden with the light art collective Valopaja's Jukka Laine for a worshop in a local school.
HFF! Happy Fence Friday!
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This beautiful painting of St. Francis Of Assisi hangs in the hallway outside the chapel in St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida.....I have always loved this painting!
St. Francis holds a special place in my heart!
Stories abound of how St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) could communicate with animals and felt at one with all creation.
Every year on the Sunday nearest his October 4 feast day, Catholic and other Christian churches around the world host services where animals are blessed. These services are a powerful way to celebrate both Francis's and God's compassionate concern for all creatures.
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."
~ St. Francis of Assisi ~
EXPLORE ~ November 29, 2007
compassionate dreams........
"Oh, people downcast in despair
See the disillusion everywhere
Hoping that their luck will change
It's a little harder every day
People struggle, people fight
For the simple pleasures in their lives"
all beings are words of God
~ meister eckhart
may All beings know love
may All beings be blessed
may All beings experience kindness
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A Salute to the Volunteers in the Faroe Islands
14 August 2014
From Captain Paul Watson
To the wonderful men and women on the ground and on the water in the Faroe Islands.
Yesterday a pod of over 100 pilot whales was spotted by Faroese whalers. Their attempts to drive the whales to shore failed. It was a very intense day for Sea Shepherd Grindstop volunteers and the closest day yet to a confrontation with the whalers, the Danish Navy and the Faroese police.
For sixty-six days, volunteers from around the world have been in the Faroe Islands. They have been standing watch from vantage points all over the islands. They have been patrolling the fjords, bays and the open sea in small boats. They have been on the streets and in the countryside sometimes dealing with hostility and sometimes being greeted politely and with support.
They are learning a great deal and many have been happy to find sympathetic Faroese who have been friendly and helpful.
They have discovered that the Faroe Islands are like everywhere else one may go. There are greedy and hostile people and there are kind and helpful people. There are people who regard the whales as a commodity to be exploited and other people that sincerely appreciate the beauty and the importance of whales being kept alive.
The volunteers who have come to the Faroes this summer are unique in many ways. They come at their own expense, taking time off from their jobs and families. I think it takes courage to come to a foreign country and to oppose a “violent and traditional” practice with the expectation of hostility and the uncertainty of how you will be received. It takes dedication and it requires sacrifice, to pay for their own participation, their travel, their food and board.
They have come to the Faroe Islands as advocates of non-violence and they have come out of respect for the whales and for life.
Sea Shepherd volunteers are not professionals. They are ordinary men and women from all different walks of life united by the fact that they are compassionate and they want to save lives and protect diversity in our oceans
They are not anti-Faroese nor anti-Danish. They are anti-killing. They have come to protect the whales with no other agenda.
For those Danes who say that Denmark is not involved, I have to say that is simply not true. I believe that the majority of Danes oppose the killing of whales but the government does not represent that viewpoint. Denmark subsidizes a protectorate that kills whales in violation of European Union laws. Denmark is providing special forces to defend the whale-killing and with Danish Naval vessels on site it is very difficult for Denmark to say they are not involved.
They have come from 30 nations: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, the United States and Wales.
Some of the whalers have told us that the Grind will never end and that they will never stop killing whales.
Our answer to that is that we will never stop opposing it and I have absolute faith that the powers of kindness, empathy and compassion, driven by courage, passion and imagination will eventually triumph over the darkness of a practice that inflicts agonizing death and barbaric cruelty, desensitizing the hearts and souls of those who indulge in such a perversity, as they wade through blood and gore, driven by a lust to kill and an unhealthy appetite for methyl-mercury tainted black meat.
Souvenons nous " lorsque l'horreur frappe, c'est toujours le ceour qu'elle vise le premier" ( Yasmina Kahdra). A chaque fois c'est le coeur de notre humanité qui est meurtri et à chaque fois nous voulons croire que la haine et la mort ne seront pas victorieux et nous nous relevons pour continuer à bâtir ensemble un monde que nous souhaitons plus juste, plus aimant et plus solidaire.
I was witness to a true act of compassion today. The old man in the photos was panhandling in the freezing cold when suddenly a girl approached him and after a brief conversation gave him a bag full of winter clothing (Jacket, scarf, etc.). The old man was speechless and so was I watching this. She wished him well and after a warm goodbye, left. It was a touching scene to see. It made my heart warmer to know people like her still exist. People who care and offer hope to all of us, in so many levels.
Mt. Pleasant St. Toronto
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Old San Juan Alcoholic and homeless that people put gifts near him on Holy Week. I do not know if they do all year long. Next morning he had some more food at his feet, and he does not see who puts it there.
Inside the Front Shrine (The Great Compassion Shrine) stands a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, known as Kuan Yin in Chinese. Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong, NSW.
Have a great week end everyone !
Rule One - You will receive a body. Whether you love it or hate it, it's yours for life, so accept it. What counts is what's inside.
Rule Two - You will be presented with lessons. Life is a constant learning experience, which every day provides opportunities for you to learn more. These lessons specific to you, and learning them 'is the key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and relevance of your own life'.
Rule Three - There are no mistakes, only lessons. Your development towards wisdom is a process of experimentation, trial and error, so it's inevitable things will not always go to plan or turn out how you'd want. Compassion is the remedy for harsh judgement - of ourselves and others. Forgiveness is not only divine - it's also 'the act of erasing an emotional debt'. Behaving ethically, with integrity, and with humour - especially the ability to laugh at yourself and your own mishaps - are central to the perspective that 'mistakes' are simply lessons we must learn.
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Rule Four - The lesson is repeated until learned. Lessons repeat until learned. What manifest as problems and challenges, irritations and frustrations are more lessons - they will repeat until you see them as such and learn from them. Your own awareness and your ability to change are requisites of executing this rule. Also fundamental is the acceptance that you are not a victim of fate or circumstance - 'causality' must be acknowledged; that is to say: things happen to you because of how you are and what you do. To blame anyone or anything else for your misfortunes is an escape and a denial; you yourself are responsible for you, and what happens to you. Patience is required - change doesn't happen overnight, so give change time to happen.
Rule Five - Learning does not end. While you are alive there are always lessons to be learned. Surrender to the 'rhythm of life', don't struggle against it. Commit to the process of constant learning and change - be humble enough to always acknowledge your own weaknesses, and be flexible enough to adapt from what you may be accustomed to, because rigidity will deny you the freedom of new possibilities.
Rule Six - "There" is no better than "here". The other side of the hill may be greener than your own, but being there is not the key to endless happiness. Be grateful for and enjoy what you have, and where you are on your journey. Appreciate the abundance of what's good in your life, rather than measure and amass things that do not actually lead to happiness. Living in the present helps you attain peace.
Rule Seven - Others are only mirrors of you. You love or hate something about another person according to what love or hate about yourself. Be tolerant; accept others as they are, and strive for clarity of self-awareness; strive to truly understand and have an objective perception of your own self, your thoughts and feelings. Negative experiences are opportunities to heal the wounds that you carry. Support others, and by doing so you support yourself. Where you are unable to support others it is a sign that you are not adequately attending to your own needs.
Rule Eight - What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. Take responsibility for yourself. Learn to let go when you cannot change things. Don't get angry about things - bitter memories clutter your mind. Courage resides in all of us - use it when you need to do what's right for you. We all possess a strong natural power and adventurous spirit, which you should draw on to embrace what lies ahead.
Rule Nine - Your answers lie inside of you. Trust your instincts and your innermost feelings, whether you hear them as a little voice or a flash of inspiration. Listen to feelings as well as sounds. Look, listen, and trust. Draw on your natural inspiration.
Rule Ten - You will forget all this at birth. We are all born with all of these capabilities - our early experiences lead us into a physical world, away from our spiritual selves, so that we become doubtful, cynical and lacking belief and confidence. The ten Rules are not commandments, they are universal truths that apply to us all. When you lose your way, call upon them. Have faith in the strength of your spirit. Aspire to be wise - wisdom the ultimate path of your life, and it knows no limits other than those you impose on yourself.
by Cherie Carter-Scott
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Sam came from Zimbabwe to Zambia for his graduation as a pastor. What should have been a festive occasion became something else when his young son tripped over a pan with boiling water. The poor boy is in hospital with serious burns on his legs, and probably will have to stay for another two weeks. If you can, pray for this family!