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Suffering - All existence is suffering. Our lives are a struggle.
Craving, Desire and Attachment cause suffering.
Ceasing Craving, Desire and Attachment is the solution. We are the solution to our own suffering.
There is a Path - Although it is our responsibility to end our own suffering, a path exists.
“We’re Here!” -- reflecting on all things Existential .
Photographic topic 71/120 is “Meditation / meditative” at 120 pictures in 2020
Entered in the May/June 2020 Mystic Challenge Group Contest, “The Buddha in Art.”
Solara - Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA - USA (Sony a7 Mark II - Voigtlander 110mm F2.5 APO Macro + Atomos Shinobi External Monitor)
both 11 and 16mm macro extension tubes employed
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All true North American oaks are either white oaks or red oaks. The California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) is a red oak. This makes perfect sense, right? In any event, this particular specimen, less than a mile from my Janesville California home, is one of my favorites. Sitting in hay field pretty much by itself, it has grown to be quite shapely and should continue to for years to come as it’s still a fairly small tree for its species (I’m blessed with a couple that are twice the size of this one in my yard but they aren’t the easiest to photograph with all my clutter around them). The wheel and pipe structure off to the left is an irrigation “wheel line” used to water the field during warmer months and I think it adds to the overall “pastoral” “rural America” feel of this scene.
Don’t let the wonderful warm tones of that sun coming through the tree fool you. On this particular morning it was a less-than-balmy 9 degrees Fahrenheit as it had snowed much of the day before then cleared up right at dusk and stayed clear all night. Have no doubt in your mind that I got out of my vehicle, grabbed this image QUICKLY and got back in!
Hier ist das Kontrastprogramm zum Jahrmarkt. Ort, Raum und Zeit für das achtsame meditative Beobachten und Entspannen. Können wir Menschen das noch oder müssen wir immer aktiv sein, beschäftigt sein?
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Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
-Thomas Merton, Love and Living
A dragonfly perched on the tip of a thin, vertical stem—wings outstretched like stained glass in a cathedral of air. The background melted into soft blues and greens, probably water and vegetation, though I was too enchanted by the wing patterns to care.
I spotted it mid-hover, just before it landed with the kind of precision that would make a gymnast jealous. I crept closer, trying not to breathe too loud, convinced that one exhale would send it zipping off into the ether. But it stayed. Just long enough. The wings shimmered with dark brown and yellow bands, like nature’s own branding.
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Nature does that for me. I am thankful for macro photography and the kind of meditative peace it brings me.
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
Is this Great Blue Heron:
a) in a serious meditative trance
b) ready to execute a karate move
c) experimenting with mind control
d) just catching some rays
What do you think?
seen on an early morning walk on Sunday .. ..a.very simple image... .....just thought it looked meditative and peaceful ...
Sporting and meditative. Everyone wins.
The lighting, stillness, evening sounds and warmth lend to a wonderful time outside, on the water.
Star Lake MN
August 2015
Samsung Galaxy S7
In the gentle light of dawn, the sand reveals the footprints, still fresh and immortalized in a meditative silence. Each step, marked by the unknown past, shapes a recent story, like a fleeting memory of the night’s adventures.
The adventures of the night have ended. I thank you for walking beside me through the darkness that was, but now it's time to embrace the light."
The sand, a silent witness, says to the sea, "Good morning. Listen to the breath of these footsteps, to the stories they carry. Let them bask in the light a little longer before your waves erase them completely."
The sea, calm and wise, responds: "Good morning, dear friend. You are always here to remind me that each grain of sand is a timeless gem, as unbreakable as the dreams of strong people. You know well that my power is intertwined with that of the sun, and together we bring change, but the adventure, that journey into the unknown, remains eternal."
In this quiet conversation between the sea and the sand, between the past and the present, ancient and simple wisdom of nature is revealed: that each step, whether toward darkness or light, is part of an endless cycle of transformation. And these footprints, whether fleeting or enduring, carry not only our stories but also the eternal dialogue between who we were and who we are yet to become.
Tso Kar high altitude Himalayan salty lake panorama (Ladakh, India). Please, see the illustrated Tso Kar story.
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