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There is first the tendency to realize that we are entering deep water, and so we would do well to begin by asking God for guidance and to continue to ask for God’s guidance every step of the way. We can also look for signs that we are beginning to discover that the very slowness that is required to understand what we are reading embodies the patience that grants entrance into the deep things of God. We can look for signs that we are beginning to realize that being perplexed is not an obstacle to understanding. Rather, perplexity, deeply accepted, embodies the experiential humility and unknowing in which the unseen light of God shines gently in our minds and hearts.
-The Cistercian Fathers and their monastic theology : initiation into the monastic tradition 8 / by Thomas Merton ; edited with an introduction by Patrick F. O’Connell ; preface by James Finley
St Martin de Porres once said that he wishes to be as useful as a broom which was then put away when no longer needed. This can be seen as an expression of his humility. In this painting from San Esteban in Salamanca, St Martin is shown wearing the habit of a Dominican lay brother, i.e., a friar of the Order who will not be ordained. Behind him we see Dominican 'clerical brothers' in the more familiar white habits. Since Vatican II, all Dominican friars wear the same white habit.
Saint John "the Russian" is one of the most renowned saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
He was born in a village in Little Russia, around 1690.
Being a prisoner of war and a slave to a Turkish Ağa, he became famous and respected even by his Muslim master for his humility, steadiness in faith and benevolence.
His holy relics are claimed to be undecayed and wonder-working; there are traditions that this saint particularly helps sick children and those who suffer from cancer.
During the Russian-Turkish war (1711 – 1718) he was a soldier in the imperial army of Peter the Great of Russia.
At that time the then invincible Turkish military forces were advancing from victory to victory, spreading fear to all nations.
As a soldier, Saint John fought to defend his country, but having being nurtured by the springs of Orthodoxy through his Christian parents, he was appalled by the horror of war, the thousands of young men, women and children, and the elderly, left dead by the passing of the tempest of hostilities and the bellicosity of the enemy.
During the battles for the recapture of Azof on the northern coast of the Black Sea, Saint John, together with many thousands of his compatriots, was taken prisoner.
He was first sent to Constantinople (Istanbul), and from there to Prokopi near Caesarea of Cappadocia in Asia Minor, where he was delivered to an Aga who maintained a camp of janissaries there.
He was tortured to deny Christ.
At Prokopi he was subjected to the scorn and hatred of the Turks for being a “kiafir”, that is an unbeliever of Islam, for which he was tortured.
He was beaten with sticks, kicked and spat on, and a red hot metal bowl was put on his head, burning his hair and scalp.
He was then thrown into the mire of a stable and made to live with the animals.
Saint John endured all his tortures with perseverance and remarkable bravery.
He said to the Turks:
“I have confidence, faith and love in my Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of the Father, and none of these sufferings will separate me from His love.
As a prisoner I will obey your orders, and carry out my duties as a slave, but with regard to my faith in Christ the Saviour, you are not my masters – we ought to obey God rather than men.
I am ready to suffer greater and more terrible torments and even that death rather than deny my Christ.”
Thus Saint John accepted the hardships of his life – the tortures, living with the animals in the stable, which, he said, reminded him of the stable in Bethlehem, his spiritual self-discipline: fasts, vigils and prayer- and this acceptance and his way of life so impressed his tormentors that they ceased their brutality, and instead of “kafir” they gave him the epithet of “veli”, which means saint.
One day, at a banquet of the Aga’s officers at Prokopi, Saint John miraculously sent with an angel of the Lord a copper plate of food to the Aga in Mecca where he had gone on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Mohammed. T
he food was hot when the plate appeared before the Aga, and he ate it.
On the Aga’s return to Prokopi three months later, at a similar banquet held in honour of his safe return, the Aga showed the officers the very same plate engraved with his family emblem.
This miracle, accomplished by the grace of God, completely quenched the hatred of Saint John’s Turkish masters: their brutality was overcome by spiritual radiance.
Throughout his harsh and difficult life Saint John had the support and consolation of prayer, vigils, prostrations, and of the Holy Mysteries which he partook of unbeknownst to the Turks.
Receiving Holy Communion every Saturday was his greatest refreshment and sustenance.
On the last day of his life, the 27th of May 1730, he sent for the priest who brought him Holy Communion concealed in a hollowed-out apple which he received for the last time there in the stable.
His temporary captivity and sufferings had come to an end: as soon as he had partaken of the Holy Gifts, the wondrous Saint John passed on to the life of eternal exultation and blessedness.
The priests and Christian notables from Prokopi were given permission by the Turks to take his body for burial.
Surrounded by censers and candles, they carried it on their shoulders, accompanied by Turks and Armenians as well as Christians, to a grave in the Christian cemetery.
There, with deep devotion, their eyes streaming with tears as if he were their lord and master the body of the former slave and servant was consigned to the mother earth
One night in November of 1733, the old priest who every Saturday had listened to Saint John tell of his sufferings and tortures and who had given him Holy Communion, saw him in a dream.
Saint John told the priest that, with God’s grace, his body had remained entire and uncorrupted as it had been when laid in the grave three and a half years before, and that it should be exhumed so that it would remain with them as a blessing of God for evermore.
The priest hesitated and then, by the grace of God, a heavenly light, like a pillar of fire, was seen illuminating the Saint’s grave.
The Christians opened up the grave, and what great wonder the body of the Saint was found entire, uncorrupted and redolent with a divine fragrance that it still has today.
With spiritual gladness and devotion they took this divine gift of the holy relic in their arms and transferred it to the church where Saint John himself had spent so many nights in prayerful vigil.
On that day, over two hundred and fifty years ago, his holy body entered the liturgical life of the Church of Christ.
In one of the domestic conflicts and quarrels between the Sultan of Turkey and Ibrahim of Egypt, the Sultan’s delegate, Osman Pasha, set fire to the holy relic of Saint John’s body as an act of revenge against the Christians.
Amid the flames the Turks saw the body begin to move and, terrified, they abandoned their unholy act and fled.
The next day the Christians dug amongst the charcoal and ashes and found the body still entire and although blackened by the smoke and fire it was pliant and fragrant.
His shrine became a great centre of pilgrimage, towering above all others in central Cappadocia.
Humility of Mary Partners celebrated the graduation of several frontline employees from its Pathways to a Brighter Future program. Through the work-based learning program, frontline employees pursued studies to become either a Health Care Associate II (HCA II) or a Unit Clerk II (UC II).
Those gathered to celebrate the Pathways program include, seated from left, frontline employees Anita Jenkins, Rose Cochran, Janet Garwood, Jessica Schoonover, Susana Alvarado, Arletha Gwen Moton, Aino Hernandez, Johanna Tibbs, Valarie Lofaro, standing from left, Ann Fitzgerald (regional director of organizational development and learning), Molly Seals (senior vice president of human resources and learning), Terri Briach (HCA clinical instructor), Susan Levar, Pat Rosier, Nadine Bender, Lisa Schill, Brian Miller, Georgette Peters (unit clerk education program manager and trainer), Linda Ballard, Karla Reed, Deb Longley, Terri Kish, Elaine Butchko and Tina Miller (Pathways project coordinator). Not pictured are program participants Najwa Al-Salbout, Lisa Martinez, Bernice Campbell, and Charlene Chislom.
pictures from the Moon
12 Sternbilder für jedes Monat im Jahr. ein 13. als Sonderzeichen ( Wie das 13, Monatsgehalt) und nur wenige kommen ungeschoren davon :-)
O God, please teach all parents the loving ways of disciplining their children.
May all parents understand that children are always in the path of Spiritually growing -
Of learning how to be good and of Holy Virtues of Love.
May parents point to their children their mistakes
And what needs to be Spiritually changed in their attitudes.
May parents speak with ease and gentleness as Spiritual teachers.
May parents help children become more aware of good judgment –
Of what is ‘good’ and what is ‘bad’, of what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’.
May parents encourage children to choose what is ‘good’ and what is ‘right’–
So that children may see the goodness in their Heart –
To be of Holy Virtues of Humility, Love, Justice and Forgiveness from God -
The same way as Mother Mary and Our Lord Jesus Christ.
To see the Light of Truth of what is most beneficial to the Soul, and that of others.
May all children humbly listen carefully to the advice of their parents.
For parents need to give some warnings to children who needs to be humbled.
That parents may also learn to be forbearing with patience and self-control.
For disciplinary actions of punishment shall be given by parents –
To children who disobey and show no respect for others.
That these actions are done for the many chances given by their parents.
That parents may learn to destroy what is bad, and help prevent children to partake in sin.
But even if parents may show their authority to defend the obedience for righteousness,
That they may also be patient and compassionate in their ways.
That any punishment may not be done out of pleasing one’s human weakness to be pleased –
But to defend the righteousness of God in Heaven,
With utmost Virtues of Care and Forbearance.
So that children may be aware for all the consequences of their sins -
That could hurt themselves and others.
So that children may learn the Holy Virtue of Empathy, to feel how others may feel.
So that children may yearn to be Spiritually mature with Humility and Kindness to others.
That children may humbly learn to say ‘sorry’,
As much as to forgive those who wronged them.
These that children may understand that parents could get angry and lose forbearance –
All because they Love and Care enough to help their children,
And to protect the Spirituality of their children to be humble and responsible Children of God.
And parents who were unjust in any manner also need to humbly apologize to their children.
These that children may understand –
That parents are God’s vessels of authority in fulfilling God’s commands of Righteousness.
That children may also learn to have utmost Reverence and respect to God.
For in any punishment, that children may have the fear in doing what is ‘bad’,
And learn to have the Inner Strength of self-control
From one’s weaknesses and against temptations -
But be pure in Spirit to do what is Good and to defend what is right.
That parents may still need to honor the good deeds of their children despite of any action.
For loving parents are truly an encouraging and inspiring people, rather than to be feared.
These that both parents and children may be of Good Judgment for one another.
For God’s Anger is upon sin and evil works of The Evil One,
But merciful and just to us all sinners.
For God glorifies those who are just, and those who defend God’s Just Causes.
Amen.
"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties, to know of wonder and humility"
Burgtheater building (1, Franzensring 12, University Ring 2, 1888 k.k. Hofburgtheater, 16 November 1918 Hof-Burgtheater, 3 December 1918 Burgtheater).
With the construction of the Ring Road, the construction of a new building for the Burgtheater was planned. The Old Burgtheater was part of the Hofburg and had to give way to the redesign of the Saint Michael wing. After nearly a quarter of a century of planning and building, the new Burgtheater opened on October 14, 1888 with Franz Grillparzer's "Esther" and Friedrich Schiller's "Wallenstein's Camp".
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Burgtheater, which was partly built on the grounds of the former Paradeisgartel (very small tomato garden) at the former Franzensring, took place on 16 December 1874; the plans are by Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer (interior design); the auditorium had to be rebuilt in 1897 because of bad acoustics.
During the construction, a ashlar stone from the old Löwel bastion ("1544") was used in the left underground passageway, which formerly extended here.
Appearance
The building is dominated by a mighty vaulted central part, on whose high attic is an 18-meter-long bas-relief by Rudolf Weyr ("Bacchantenzug - group of Bacchants"), above it on the balustrade the colossal group "Apollo with the Muses Melpomene and Thalia" (tragic and comical Muse ) by Carl Kundmann. On both sides extend sweeping wings, which include, inter alia, the two box staircases; on the outer ends they have passages with overlying loggias, on the front and back fronts they are adorned by allegorical groups of figures by Johannes Benk, which symbolize virtues and passions that equally dominate life and drama (love/hate, heroism/selfishness, humility/domination).
In the niches of the side facades are statues of Viktor Tilgner (Buffoon, Falstaff, Phaedra, Don Juan) and Hanns Gasser (Prometheus, Genoveva). The colossal busts above the windows of the first floor in the central building were designed by Viktor Tilgner (center: Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, left: Calderon, Shakespeare, Molière, right: Halm, Grillparzer, Hebbel); in the gussets below figures from dramas of the respective poets, the front of Weyr, the other of Tilgner, Silbernagl and Costenoble.
Pairs of gusset figures by Tilgner are attached to the front of the two wings (Kleist and Otto Ludwig on the left, Kotzebue and Bauernfeld on the right); all other components also bear rich figural decoration.
On the facade facing Löwel street there is a commemorative plaque on either side of the door niche: the left one reminds of the Löwel bastion and has the following inscription: "At this place rose the Loebel bastion built in 1546 and demolished in 1872". From the old bastion stem also the brick which is walled in the right, seen from the Ring, passage behind the grid. The stone bears the year MDXXXXIIII (1544). The right panel is dedicated to the memory of the Turkish siege of 1683: "From the 8th to the 11th of September, 1683, the brave defenders of Vienna rejected the most violent and last attacks of the Turks".
Interior
The original auditorium was a combination of the box- and gallery theater (1945 destroyed). The splendid grand staircase in the side wings have been preserved in their original form (ceiling paintings depicting the development of the theater, on the right side (seen from the People's Garden) "Dionysus Theater in Athens" by Franz Matsch, London Globe Theater by Gustav Klimt and Molière theater in Paris by Ernst Klimt; Taormina by Gustav Klimt, Mystery Stage of the Middle Ages by Franz Matsch and "Buffoon on the Fair" by Ernst Klimt).
On the middle platforms of the similarly-shaped staircases, there are pictures of important actors in the wall niches (on the left staircase to the left of Carl Costenoble: Thespis, Kallipides, Quintus Roscius, Richard Burbadge, to the right of Anton Paul Wagner: Sebastian de Prado, Maria Calderon, Jean Baptiste Poquelin [Molière ], David Garrick, in the right staircase on the left Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Fleck, Ferdinand Johann Baptist Esslair, Ludwig Devrient and Carl Seydelmann [all by Josef Fritsch], on the right Caroline Neuber, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Konrad Ekhof and August Wilhelm Iffland [all by Josef Lax]).
On the stairs are actor busts: left Friedrich Halm, Friedrich Hebbel, Eduard von Bauernfeld, Franz Grillparzer (all by Viktor Tilgner), Gerhart Hauptmann (by Gottfried Behn), Anton Wildgans (by Georgi), Adolf Wilbrandt (by Caspar von Zumbusch); on the right Josef Kainz (by Sandor Jaray), Hugo Thimig (by Stemolak), Josef Lewinsky and Charlotte Wolter (by Viktor Tilgner), Max Devrient and Ernst Hartmann (by Hans Dietrich) and Georg Reimers (by Kaminsky), at the stair entrances busts of Raoul Aslan and Albert Heine (both by Andre Roder).
Above the entrance doors to the ground floor boxes allegorical marble groups by Johannes Benk (left: truth and poetry, right: wisdom and beauty), in the vestibule of the lodge house, portrait statues of stage stars (among others Joseph von Sonnenfels and Friedrich Schreyvogel by Johann Silbernagl, Heinrich Laube and Franz Dingelstedt von Heinrich Natter); the ceiling paintings in the foyer are by Eduard Charlemont and the marble thermal baths in the vestibule of the Emperor's staircase by Viktor Tilgner; the frieze on the stairwell was painted by August Eisenmenger; in the first and second foyer hang actor portraits (see Burgtheater gallery).
On 12 March (bombing hit) and 12 April 1945 (artillery hit, fire), the premises of the auditorium were largely destroyed. The operation was already resumed on April 30, 1945 in the Ronacher, which Buschbeck had found as an alternative stage (opening with Grillparzer's "Sappho").
Reconstruction (1948-1955) was carried out by Michel Engelhart (whose plans paid the most attention to the structure) as a result of a call for tenders to which twelve architects had been invited; acoustic deficiencies and the poor visibility of the originally lyre-shaped log theater were resolved (omission of the court lodge, introduction of two ranks), also installed a lift-transfer table of high technical standards. The reopening of Mozart's Kleiner Nachtmusik (a small night music) took place on October 14, 1955 under director Rott, and a day later the first play (Grillparzer's "King Ottokar's Luck and End") was played in the restored "Castle".
Gebäude des Burgtheaters (1, Franzensring 12, Universitätsring 2; 1888 k.k. Hofburgtheater; 16. November 1918 Hof-Burgtheater; 3. Dezember 1918 Burgtheater).
Mit der Anlage der Ringstraße wurde der Bau eines neuen Gebäudes für das Burgtheater geplant. Das Alte Burgtheater war Bestandteil der Hofburg und musste der Neuplanung des Michaelertraktes weichen. Nach fast einem Vierteljahrhundert des Planens und Bauens wurde das neue Burgtheater am 14. Oktober 1888 mit Franz Grillparzers "Esther" und Friedrich Schillers "Wallensteins Lager" eröffnet.
Der erste Spatenstich zum neuen Burgtheater, das teilweise auf den Gründen des ehemaligen Paradeisgartels am damaligen Franzensring erbaut wurde, erfolgte am 16. Dezember 1874; die Pläne stammen von Gottfried Semper und Carl von Hasenauer (Innengestaltung); der Zuschauerraum musste wegen schlechter Akustik 1897 umgebaut werden.
Während des Baues wurde in die linke Unterfahrt ein Quaderstein von der alten Löwelbastei ("1544") eingesetzt, die sich ehemals hier ausgedehnt hatte.
Äußeres
Der Bau ist durch einen mächtigen vorgewölbten Mittelteil geprägt, auf dessen hoher Attika sich ein 18 Meter langes Basrelief von Rudolf Weyr ("Bacchantenzug") befindet, darüber auf der Balustrade die Kolossalgruppe "Apollo mit den Musen Melpomene und Thalia" (tragische und komische Muse) von Carl Kundmann. Nach beiden Seiten erstrecken sich weitausladende Flügelbauten, die unter anderem die beiden Logentreppen aufnehmen; an den äußeren Enden besitzen sie Durchfahrten mit darüberliegenden Loggien, an den Stirn- und Rückenfronten sind sie durch allegorische Figurengruppen von Johannes Benk geschmückt, die Tugenden und Leidenschaften symbolisieren, die gleichermaßen das Leben und das Drama beherrschen (Liebe/Hass, Heroismus/Egoismus, Demut/Herrschsucht).
In den Nischen der Seitenfassaden befinden sich Statuen von Viktor Tilgner (Hanswurst, Falstaff, Phaedra, Don Juan) und Hanns Gasser (Prometheus, Genoveva). Die Kolossalbüsten oberhalb der Fenster des ersten Stocks im Mittelbau schuf Viktor Tilgner (Mitte: Goethe, Schiller, Lessing; links: Calderon, Shakespeare, Molière; rechts: Halm, Grillparzer, Hebbel); in den Zwickeln darunter Gestalten aus Dramen der jeweiligen Dichter, die vorderen von Weyr, die anderen von Tilgner, Silbernagl und Costenoble.
An der Vorderseite der beiden Flügel sind Zwickelfigurenpaare von Tilgner angebracht (links Kleist und Otto Ludwig, rechts Kotzebue und Bauernfeld); auch alle übrigen Bauteile tragen reichen figuralen Schmuck.
An der zur Löwelstraße gerichteten Fassade befindet sich beiderseits der Tornische je eine Gedenktafel: Die linke erinnert an die Löwelbastion und hat folgende Inschrift: "An dieser Stelle erhob sich die im Jahre 1546 erbaute und im Jahre 1872 abgebrochene Loebelbastei". Von der alten Bastion stammt auch der Ziegel, der in der, vom Ring aus gesehen rechten Durchfahrt rechts hinter dem Gitter eingemauert ist. Der Stein trägt die Jahreszahl MDXXXXIIII (1544). Die rechte Tafel ist der Erinnerung an die Türkenbelagerung 1683 gewidmet: "Vom 8ten bis 11ten Sept. 1683 wiesen von hier aus die tapferen Vertheidiger Wiens die heftigsten und letzten Angriffe der Türken zurück".
Inneres
Der ursprüngliche Zuschauerraum war eine Verbindung von Logen- und Rangtheater (1945 zerstört). Die prachtvollen Feststiegen in den Seitenflügeln sind original erhalten geblieben (Deckengemälde, welche die Entwicklung des Theaters darstellen; rechts [Volksgartenseite] "Dionysostheater in Athen" von Franz Matsch, Globetheater in London von Gustav Klimt und Molièretheater in Paris von Ernst Klimt; links Theater in Taormina von Gustav Klimt, Mysterienbühne des Mittelalters von Franz Matsch und "Hanswurst auf dem Jahrmarkt" von Ernst Klimt).
Auf den Mittelpodesten der gleichartig gestalteten Stiegenhäuser stehen in Wandnischen Standbilder bedeutender Schauspieler (im linken Stiegenhaus links von Carl Costenoble: Thespis, Kallipides, Quintus Roscius, Richard Burbadge, rechts von Anton Paul Wagner: Sebastian de Prado, Maria Calderon, Jean Baptiste Poquelin [Molière], David Garrick; im rechten Stiegenhaus links Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Fleck, Ferdinand Johann Baptist Esslair, Ludwig Devrient und Carl Seydelmann [alle von Josef Fritsch], rechts Caroline Neuber, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Konrad Ekhof und August Wilhelm Iffland [alle von Josef Lax]).
Auf den Treppenpodesten stehen Schauspielerbüsten: links Friedrich Halm, Friedrich Hebbel, Eduard von Bauernfeld, Franz Grillparzer (alle von Viktor Tilgner), Gerhart Hauptmann (von Gottfried Behn), Anton Wildgans (von Georgi), Adolf Wilbrandt (von Caspar von Zumbusch); rechts Josef Kainz (von Sandor Jaray), Hugo Thimig (von Stemolak), Josef Lewinsky und Charlotte Wolter (von Viktor Tilgner), Max Devrient und Ernst Hartmann (von Hans Dietrich) und Georg Reimers (von Kaminsky), bei den Stiegeneingängen Büsten von Raoul Aslan und Albert Heine (beide von Andre Roder).
Über den Eingangstüren zu den Parterrelogen allegorische Marmorgruppen von Johannes Benk (links Wahrheit und Dichtung, rechts Weisheit und Schönheit), im Vestibül des Logenhauses Porträtstatuen von Bühnengrößen (unter anderen Joseph von Sonnenfels und Friedrich Schreyvogel von Johann Silbernagl, Heinrich Laube und Franz Dingelstedt von Heinrich Natter); die Deckengemälde im Foyer stammen von Eduard Charlemont und die Marmorhermen im Vestibül der Kaiserstiege von Viktor Tilgner, den Fries auf der Stiegenrotunde malte August Eisenmenger; im ersten und zweiten Foyer hängen Schauspielerporträts (siehe Burgtheatergalerie).
Am 12. März (Bombentreffer) und 12. April 1945 (Artillerietreffer, Brand) wurden die Räumlichkeiten des Zuschauerhauses weitgehend zerstört. Der Spielbetrieb wurde bereits am 30. April 1945 im Ronacher, das Buschbeck als Ausweichbühne gefunden hatte, wieder aufgenommen (Eröffnung mit Grillparzers "Sappho").
Der Wiederaufbau (1948-1955) erfolgte aufgrund des Ergebnisses einer Ausschreibung, zu der zwölf Architekten eingeladen worden waren, durch Michel Engelhart (dessen Pläne auf den Bestand die größte Rücksicht nahmen); akustische Mängel und die schlechten Sichtverhältnisse des ursprünglich lyraförmig angelegten Logentheaters wurden behoben (Weglassen der Hofloge, Einführung von zwei Rängen), außerdem eine Hub-Schiebebühne hohen technischen Standards eingebaut. Unter Direktor Rott erfolgte am 14. Oktober 1955 die Wiedereröffnung mit Mozarts Kleiner Nachtmusik, einen Tag später wurde das erste Theaterstück (Grillparzers "König Ottokars Glück und Ende") in der wiederhergestellten "Burg" gespielt.
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“Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck” ~ Lord Buddha
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Early morning runs for me, is always a great time to sit (figuratively) with my thoughts and simply think. This morning hope and change was on my mind and this brought emotions of excitement, joy, and fear. For me fear is always present, it isn't necessarily a bad feeling, I actually have learned to embrace it. Fear is telling me that im doing something right because I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and looking at myself honestly. For many years I consumed myself with lies, thievery, and cheating, throughout this time the only person I was lying and cheating with was myself. Im now being mindful of my days, living in each moment and not taking anything for granted. I dont want to project into the future but the thought of it just brings upon anxious anticipation. I love my life, I love my family and my friends. Trying times are times for trying and right now im making it a goal to live by that and not give up hope. With humility and a dash of courage, we can accomplish anything, just remember that action precedes motivation and with each step you take out of yourself, the more smooth your life will roll. So on this day I ask you to try out something new, something you wouldn't call yourself an expert on. Get uncomfortable and remember to not stop moving!!
beautiful are all families...in humility who rather pour one's love...in affection and care for one another...
I didn't hesitate long, I was back on my feet in less than a minute climbing back up the stairs. Stairs with no rail to speak of, stairs of old wood, stairs with sizable gaps. Ha, ha, I thought to myself, the Mountain has smote me for my ignorance. I shall make a joke at the next stop and everyone shall laugh. I was not perturbed in the slightest, the loss of the stick did hurt me, but I thought to myself, if that's what it takes to appease the Mountain, fine by me.
I did not realize that the mountain was not looking for appeasement from me, but for punishment for me.
Pictured is small well/pool of collected water from a tiny mountain stream. It is blessed pure water, and also nice and cold to drink and wash in. It is also possibly an insult against the mountain to drink from it if you are unclean, but then again, since I thought the Mountain had already taken it's due, I drank from it.
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all his life
lived in
humility and gratitude
its clothes his shame
that fucked him
forever gave him
immorality and attitude
his postured pretentious
testicular fortitude
this world would be
a safer place to live
in without wars crimes
of passion rectitude
between nations
between gender
between races
no fights or feuds
all born equal
looking equal
ugly and beauty
customized to suit
love bearing harmony
humanity beatitude
no suicide bombers
no acid rain
no purple haze
nothing crass or crude
no fucked designers
dictating their pompous
styles fucked and imbued
nothing loud or lewd
another world a planet
of human apes is
possible peace plenitude
living in compatibility
mutual coexistence
my poetic imagination
on my fucked mind intrudes
without being crass or crude
being human and polite
is better than being rude
I hate clothes would
have been a better title..
if i was not poetically
misunderstood
be happy be good
an after thought
seminal soliloquy
wasted fluid
For the Macro Mondays challenge this week, the theme is Humility. This was to take the form of an expression of humbleness.
For this subject, I decided on showing one of my first USB thumb drives, a 128MB stick. Compare it with the 16GB SD card that I use with my camera. [Even that card is 2 years old.] Also note the beat up skin of the device, showing lots of ab/use over the years. It's not pretty, yet it's still functional.
Interestingly, I still use this 128 MB stick. If I have to install drivers, it is so small that there are no compatibility issues with old machines or BIOS. This also makes it convenient to use when going to a photo kiosk to print some pictures. At 128 MB, I can't put too many "important" files on it so there's no hesitation to reformat periodically to wipe all cruft from strange machines.
Taken with the Pentax K10D camera using the smc P-D FA 100mm F2.8 lens. Lighting was with the Pentax AF540FGZ at 1/8 power shooting through a 30'' umbrella at camera left. Also at camera left is the Pentax AF160SA with a Just Blue gel. At camera right is the Sunpak auto 144PC with Birght Red gel. All three were controlled with the Cactus V 5 wireless triggers. See this setup here. No PP, this is the jpg straight from the camera. I tried to match it with LR after the fact but I can't get the smooth reds that are seen on the SD card.
Now we all need patience, forbearance, forgiveness, humility, charity, love unfeigned, devotion to the truth, abhorrence of sin and wickedness, rebellion and disobedience to the requirements of the gospel. These are the qualifications requisite to Latter-day Saints and to becoming Latter-day Saints and members in good standing in the Church of Jesus Christ and heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. No member in good standing in the Church will be drunken or riotous or profane or will take advantage of his brother or his neighbor, or will violate the principles of virtue and honor and righteousness. No member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing will ever be chargeable with such offenses as these, because members will avoid these evils, and they will live above them. Then we have a mission in the world: each man, each woman, each child who has grown to understanding or to the years of accountability, ought to be an example to the world. They ought not only to be qualified to preach the truth, to bear testimony of the truth, but ought to live so that the very life they live, the very words they speak, their every action in life will be a sermon to the unwary and to the ignorant, teaching them goodness, purity, uprightness, faith in God and love for the human family.
Source: Explaining Mormonism
...a long lesson in humility. (JM Barrie)
something i just laid-out, for an inspiring quotation i read somewhere.
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"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes".
-- Edward Frederick Halifax
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
-- Socrates
To ask a question is but a moment's shame, but to live in ignorance is lifelong shame.
-- Unknown
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"It is with great humility that I file my petitions today to be the next Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court,” Brown said. “Ohio families deserve a voice at the helm of the Ohio Supreme Court, and I will be that voice. As Ohio’s next Chief Justice, I will bring to the court a viewpoint that challenges the thinking of the other justices. I will add the balance needed so that the court can truly reflect the hardworking Ohioans it serves. I will also bring to the court a lifetime of experience as a judge, an administrator, a small business owner, and an understanding of how the courts impact the everyday lives of ordinary Ohioans."
O God, as a family we kneel in reverence before You in prayer.
We pray The Holy Rosary of The Ever-Blessed Virgin Mother Mary.
We pray to God the Father as Our Creator and Maker –
That God’s Kingdom of Love and Peace may reign in all families.
We pray to Our Lord Jesus Christ Son of God as Our King and Lord –
That we may be compassionate, merciful and just for the Poor and the Needy.
We seek the intercession of Mother Mary as Our Queen and Mother –
That we may learn to be humble, meek and gentle and pure in Heart.
We seek the intercession of Saint Joseph –
That Humanity may be united as a Universal Church of Love and Peace.
We seek the Power of God’s Holy Spirit –
That we may be filled with Holy Virtues of Humility, Love, Peace and Joy.
That glory be to The Holy Trinity!
And glory be to The Holy Family as One God!
Amen.
We ignore refused consent
animals do not repent
courtesy to intervene
weathered down my selfish needs
I suffocate
and promise me you won’t resuscitate
and if I change my mind it’s far too late
I’m wasting my days as I’ve wasted my nights and I’ve wasted my youth
you’re waiting for something you’ve waited in vain because there’s nothing for you
Humility yet to be seen
models made of plasticene
morality disgrace us now
entertain and take a bow
I suffocate
and promise me you won’t resuscitate
and if I change my mind it’s far too late
I’m wasting my days as I’ve wasted my nights and i’ve wasted my youth
you’re waiting for something you’ve waited in vain because there’s nothing for you
O God, thank You for blessing us with our mother...when we were a child that suckled on our mother's breasts...that we may be nurtured with breastmilk...but more importantly we have been dependent for our mother's warmth and affection...and Spiritually we still depend on women, especially all of our mothers...that we may be Spiritually nourished with Holy Virtues of Humility, Love, Peace and Justice...for the Spiritual Health of Humanity...
Seems like you find them the most where you might expect them the least.
It's a little hard to imagine Mark Zuckerberg letting God handle his problems, or praising God for putting him in the position he's in as one of the richest, most powerful men on the planet.
Nancy Pelosi says she prays every day for the President, but I'm not sure praying he will choke to death on a hot dog qualifies as "praying"...
But people like this guy - the unwashed, deplorable, uneducated and faithful, who foolishly cling to their God and their guns, and who still love their country regardless of what the media tells them. These people are full of gratitude for the little they have, and they have no problem humbling themselves before their God.
In spite of having to scratch out living patching flats and reselling used tires and found hubcaps, most people in jobs like this are happy with what they have. And why not?
They don't have to worry that someone's going to hack their identity and steal their millions. They don't have to worry about finding a good pool guy or firing the maid. As long as there's food to eat and beer to drink.. As long as they have love at home and people need cheap tires, they'll be happy.
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I shot these pictures of my dearest friend Mr Dinesh Pai, whose untimely death touched us all, as he touched us leading from the front , in humility and gratitude..
Most of these pictures would have not seen the light of day, I had not come here to shoot pictures I had come to offer condolences to a normal loving man a father like me..
I came to the Shivaji Park crematorium as instructed by Dr Bhujang Pai, I wore my traditional Malang clothes and came barefeet.
Before the cortege entered the crematorium the photographer who also shoots the GSB Seva Mandal Ganesha , armed with his camera told me to take some pictures of the cortege and so I decided to share this with those millions of friends of Dinesh Pai who are still not aware of his death or his funeral rites..
It happened too fast too suddenly, an accident and the flame of life was extinguished forever , and yet this flame glows effervescently in the hearts of his daughter Anita son Amit and the immediate family close relatives.
I met Dinesh Pai through a comedy of errors I was never close to him I did meet him many years back through my dear friend Dr Bhujang Pai.. but I was close to another Pai Dilip Pai who handles the security and surveillance at theGSB Seva Mandal Kings Circle..
When son Saif was getting married at IES grounds I took the address of the security handling Dilip Pai and sent the wedding card and it turned out to be Dinesh Pai.. I never told him that as we knew each other and thus began a very close friendship.
For the last two years Dinesh Pai would personally phone me invite me to the GSB Lord Ganesha celebrations , and I would come shoot the Lord and his last journey, being a diabetic I could make it barefeet following the Lord from King Circle till Sena Bhavan than would take a taxi home..
And he would call me find out how I was doing , I was close to his daughter Anita till I was on Facebook, but than I moved to Google+ lost touch and the last call Dinesh Pai made to me was to tell me his daughter was in town I told him to bring her to my house to meet my wife family and grand kids .. but it never happened .. the Lord had decided to call Dinesh Pai home..
I am inspired by the Gaud Sarswat Brahmin story of struggle and success in Mumbai, they came from the South worked hard and made Mumbai a peacful place with their contribution offering employment hope to the citizens of Mumbai.. they became part of the ethos of Maharashtra Mazha ..and so I would shoot this at the GSB Seva Mandal .. and most of the older GSB initially were wary about me I dressed like a exotic being and mostly because photography is not allowed in the GSB Seva mandal premises Dinesh Pai Bhujang Pai and other senior members gave me the requisite permission..
And I shot passionately I shot through the eyes of the GSB and I am a Shia Muslim .. I became a GSB myself behind the camera I shot hope the future of this loving community I shot the volunteers the mothers searching for prospective grooms invoking the Lord .. and the Lord used me as his instrumental tool to tell the story of his people..
And today I have tears in my eyes I have not stopped crying since I came from the funeral pyre I called Anita told her I was sharing those moments to remind people of a Lost Journey.. How can I glorify Death.. I can only glorify God who chooses the time and place to call us back after we have completed our stint on this rang manch of Life.
I collapsed when I saw the body of my dear friend Dinesh Pai..I was not close to him but his death hit me the hardest..I have no answers .. no questions .. And the only time I cried like this was when my childhood friend Ramesh Alva died .. and left me his memories ..
I am a poet and I was shooting the poetry of a kind mans vision his humility that he leaves for us.. he was the server of Lord Ganesha .. he prayed for us .. and now I pray for him and wish him a very long spiritual life with Lord GSB Lord Ganesha.
I wish Anita Amit and the rest of the family the strength to bear this irreparable loss ..
Om Shanti Om ..
Sri Vakratunda Mahakaaya
Koti-soorya samaprabha
Nirvighnam kuru me Deva
Sarva-karyeshu Sarvadaa
The Way of Philosophy according to Christ
"A holy combination: love and humility"
San Massimo the Confessor
The Devil has nothing in hatred as much as the love between brothers and sisters in Christ, harmony, peace, unity and harmony.
He is always vigilant, plotting the most incredible actions, in order to break the spiritual bonds, sow hatred and antipathy, confusion and disorder, vain suspicions and anguished prejudices.
Christ immolated himself "so that the scattered children of God may be brought together as one" in peace and love, while the murderer never rests in his attempt to afflict them and scatter the children of God, who are gathered in Christ .
The following episode is very typical, and shows that it is satanic action that fosters anger, impatience and the breakdown of the bonds of love and peace with our brother:
“A certain brother, moved outraged against another, began to pray, begging [that the Lord help him] to bear his brother, going unharmed through temptation; and immediately he saw smoke coming out of his mouth. At which, his anger ceased. "
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Now, how is it possible to avoid all the pitfalls of the torment-loving enemy? What is the safe antidote?
The Holy Fathers teach us that only with love and humility can we be protected and liberated.
The holy combination of love and humility elevates us spiritually above the pitfalls of evil spirits, and above all above meanness and misunderstandings, which, for the most part, arise from our self-love.
In the same way, this holy combination in the Grace of God, which gives us a peaceful, humble, merciful heart, ready to forgive and tolerant.
"A holy combination is love and humility," says St. John Climacus; "One in fact exalts, and the other, giving strength to those who are exalted, does not allow them to fall."
To be precise, we need to find patience and courage in the hour
of temptation; it is necessary to be long-suffering in prayer before the pains and have a heart ready to forgive those who have grieved us. We try not to be overcome by hatred, but rather to overcome it with love.
A pain is nothing but a cloud that will soon melt ... let's not get away from brotherly love ... Let us be long-suffering and pray ... We blame ourselves ... We humbly accept the apologies of our brother ... We remember his kindness and virtues and not let's move it away from our heart ...
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St. Maximus the Confessor splendidly guides us on the "way of philosophy according to Christ
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Hanuman is considered as siranjaeevi (to live eternally). He is the monkey God, strong, full of valour, with various skills and powers. At the same time, he is wise, a great gnani, yogi and a brahmachari. He had only one thought that of serving his Lord Rama with utmost humility and devotion. He is known as Siriya Thiruvadi. He is considered to be an amsam of Lord Siva. He is known by various names - Hanuman - (His jaw & cheek had gone in when struck by the Vajrayudha of Indra), Anumandhayya - (in Karnataka), Aanjaneyalu - (in Andhra Pradesh), Aanjaneyan - (son of Anjana), Maruthi - (son of Vaayu - in Maharashtra), Anumandhan, Vaayunandhan, Kesarinandhanan (son of Kesari), Aadhitasishyan and Siriya Thiruvadi (vahanam for Rama).
He is worshipped in the temples as Bhaktha Hanuman & Veera Hanuman. He is seen seated humbly in front of Rama vigrahmas in the Rama sannadhis. There are also separate temples for Hanuman. As Bhaktha Hanuman he is seen holding both hands together in prayer. He is seen as Veera Hanuman, holding the mace in one hand & the sanjeevi parvatham in the other. Devotees are blessed with courage, valour, wisdom, gnanam when they pray to him. He is very happy when he hears the Rama namam. Hence, repeating the Rama namam is one of the best ways to get his blessings.
Worship & offerings
Anjaneyar is worshipped with offerings of butter & Vadaimalai (a garland of vadais). Butter is applied to the mouth & tail of the Hanuman vigrahams in temples. Devotees pray to the Lord & apply dots of kumkumam to his tail (from the starting point to the tip) in the images kept at home.
A simple prayer to Anjaneya
Asaathya Saadhaka Swaamin
Asaathyam Thavakim vadha
Raama Dhootha Kribhaa Sindho
Math Kaaryam Sadhakka Prabho
Shree Hanuman Chalisa
Whoever recites Hanuman Chalisa (40 stanzas praising Hanuman), written by Shree Tulsi Das, for 40 mornings, will beget health, wealth, happiness, courage, valour and wisdom. Devotees reading this Chalisa 108 times will overcome all obstacles.
Hanuman Dhyanam
adhulitha baladhamam swarna sailaaba dheham
dhanu jvana krusaanum jgnaninaa makrakanyamõ |
sakala gunanithaanam vaanaraannamatheesam
raghupathy priyabakthim vaadha jaadham namaami ||
koshpatheekrutha varasim masakeekrutha rakshasam |
ramayana mahamalarathnam vandheh anilaathmajam ||
yathra yathra raghunatha keerthanam
thathra thathra kruthamathookanjjalim |
bashbaqwari paripoorna lochanam
maruthim namatha raksha-shanthakam ||
Shreeguru charana saroja raja
nija manu mukura suDhaari |
varanoun raghuvara vimala yasu
joa dhaayaku phala chaari ||
budhdhiheena thanu jaanikae
sumirou pavana kumaarae |
bala budhdhi viDhyaa dhaehu mohi
harahu kalesa vikaara||
jaya hanumaan nyaan guna saagara|
jaya kapeesa thihoon loka ujaagara|| 1
raama dhootha athulitha bala Dhaamaa|
anjani puthra pavanasutha naamaa|| 2
mahaveer vikrama bajrangee|
kumathi nivaara sumathi kae sangi|| 3
kanchana varana viraaja suvaeshaa|
kaanana kundala kunchitha kesha|| 4
haatha vajra ou dhvajaa biraajai|
kaanDhae moonja janaeoo saajai|| 5
shankara suvana kesari nandhana|
thaeja prathaapa mahaa jaga vandhana|| 6
vidhyavaana guni athi chaathur|
raama kaaja karibae koa aathur|| 7
prabhu charithra sunibae koa rasiyaa|
raam lakhana seethaa mana basiyaa|| 8
sukshma roopa Dhari siyahin dhikhaavaa|
bikata roopa dhari lanka jaraavaa|| 9
bheema roopa Dhari asura samhaarae|
raamachandhra kae kaaj sanvaarae|| 10
laaya sanjeevana lakhana jiyaayae|
shree raghuveer harashi ur laaye|| 11
raghupathi keenhee bahutha badaayee|
thum mama priya bharathahi sama bhaayee|| 12
sahasa vadhana thumharo jasa gaavain|
asa kahi Shreepathi kanta lagaavain|| 13
sanakaadika bramhadhi muneesaa|
naaradha saaradha sahitha aheesaa|| 14
jama kubaera dhigapaal jahaan thae|
kavi koavidha kahi sakae kahaan thae|| 15
thum upkaara sugreevahin keenhaa|
raam milaaya raja pada dheenhaa|| 16
thumharo manthra vibeeShan maanaa|
lankaeshwar bhayae sab jaga jaanaa|| 17
yuga sahasra yojana para Bhanoo|
leelyo thaahi maDhura phala jaanoo|| 18
prabhu mudhrikaa maeli mukha maahin|
jalaDhi laanDhi gaye achraja naahin|| 19
dhurgama kaaja jagatha kae jaethae|
sugama anugraha thumharae thaethae|| 20
raam dhuaarae thum rakhwaarae|
hoath na aagnyaa binu paisaarae|| 21
sab sukh lahai thumhaari charanaa|
thum rakshak kaanhoo koa darnaa|| 22
aapana thej samhaaroa aapai|
theenon loaka haank sae kaampae|| 23
bhooth pishaash nikata nahin aavai|
mahaaveer jab naam sunaavai|| 24
naashai roga harai saba peedaa|
japatha niranthara hanumatha veera|| 25
sankata sae hanumaan chudaavai|
mana krama vachana dhyaana joa laavai|| 26
sab para raam thapasvee raajaa|
thinakae kaaj sakala thum saajaa|| 27
aura manorath joa koee laavai|
soayi amitha jeevana phala paavai|| 28
chaaron jug parathaapa thumhaaraa|
hei parasidhdhi jagatha ujiyaaraa|| 29
saaDhu santha kae thum rakhwaarae|
asura nikandhana raam dhulaarae|| 30
ashta sidhdhi nava nidhi kae dhaathaa|
asa bara dheen jaanakee maathaa|| 31
raam rasayana thum rae paasaa|
sadha rahoa raghupathi kae daasaa|| 32
thumharae bhajana raam koa bhaavai|
janma janma kae dhukh bisraavai|| 33
antha kaala raghupathi pura jaayee|
jahaan janma hari bhakth kahaayee|| 34
aura dhaevathaa chiththa na Dharayee|
hanumatha saeyeesarba sukh karayee|| 35
sankata katai mitai sab peeda|
joa sumirai hanumatha bala veeraa|| 36
jai jai jai hanumaana goasaayeen|
krupaa karahu gurudaeva kee naayeen|| 37
joa sath baar paaTa kara koiyee|
chootahi bandhi mahaa sukh hoayee|| 38
joa yaha padai hanumaan chaaleesaa|
hoya sidhdhi saakhee goureesaa|| 39
thulalaseedaasa sadhaa hari chaeraa|
keejai naaTha hrudhaya maham daeraa|| 40
bhavana dhanaya sankata harana mangala moorthy roop
raam lakhana jaanaakee boaloa jai hanumaan kee||
Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It's thinking of yourself less.
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