I studied abroad in Capetown, South Africa and took a class on post-apartheid South Africa. I was able to get the most eye-opening stories and experiences from random cab drivers, restaurant owners and strangers during my day to day in Capetown. I learned despite the burden and struggle a country and its people can go through, humans constantly seek to share and connect with each other.

That made me smile.

Johnny Rivers` REALIZATION from 1968. His voice is what makes his music. Good feelings from hearing him sing his songs. Good songs, good arrangements too. The great one on this album is SUMMER RAIN which was a hit single. A song about the summer of `67 and how "everybody kept on playin` Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band". He is mostly known for top 40 hit singles which were always a part of growing up for me and enjoying hearing his songs on the AM radio. They were good songs that were always a pleasure to hear and not one of the ones that made you change the station. This album is not a psychedelic album but Johnny`s way of embracing the psychedelic era. A great original, "Going Back To Big Sur." A few great covers, A Whiter Shade of Pale and Dylan`s Positively 4th Street. Dylan has said in his book "Chronicles: Volume One" that he preferred Johnny Rivers' version of "Positively 4th Street" to his own recording of the song.

What is Self-realization (Atma-sakshatkar)? It is to know 'who am I?' Are you the name given to you? No, you are a Pure Soul.

Self-realization is to be aware of the Soul. Such a state of awareness will be a gradual development. No suffering / negativity would touch you when you are totally aware of the Soul. Atma-sakshatkar is to keep observing the non-self part, the mind-body-speech-intellect, and observe what they are doing. Watch this video to find out more about what 'Atma-sakshatkar' is exactly.

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At the top of the meditation gardens at Self Realization Fellowship, looking out at Swami's.

Great details here as well.

He has plenty of points of articulation: ball-jointed neck, shoulders, wrists, thighs and ankles; additional joints on the elbows, waist and knees.

Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. 2 action sampler photos taken 1 right after the other while on an electric walkway. I love airports.

The walkways going to the main parts of the airport had the silver metal diagrams of different planes on the windows that looked over the runways. The black lines from the first photo are from those metal planes. I thought it was a really cool way of decorating =)

meaning is sometimes hard to spot

it begins with the flickering of cigarettes, in the darkness of a dorm room, somewhere in the suffocated mid-west

and if this is real then i was mistaken, and if there is truth then why can't we find it?

beauty comes to those who have been waiting for something bigger than themselves

this is the sound of the hopeless kids as they scream from the basements of the houses of their parents

and this is the sound of the hopeless ones as they stare down at their books

and realize they have been lied to

but if this is real then I was mistaken, and the vision fades as quickly as it came

consistency like that which I have craved, is that people change so unexpectedly

realization finds you in a drunken airport, some planes depart and others never arrived

so with this in mind I don't plan on waiting, if its time to leave and break these old ties

without something else this vision is fading, but until its gone the pain will make us try

but this is the hope I have been searching for

as the wings catch the sunlight of this cold Nebraska skyline

this is the dream I am dying in

I will wake to find tomorrow, be content without perfection

but if this is real then I was mistaken, and if the vision is gone then I was not aware

Photo by Mikhail Mokrushin / Strelka Institute

He comes with several hand attachments that connect on the ball-joint so he can switch between his blaster and katana.

friday 20th february 2015

on realization and time

we concluded part 3 by comprehending that any primitive alter-universe has an ‘elementary moment’ - a pattern which governs how its constituent differentials extend and understand each other.

we also comprehended that at the ‘moment of realization’, each is real as the auto-understanding of the other.

in other words, by being constitutionally nothing but a differential extending of the other, each realizes its own exteriority as a spacing from the other. in this way each understands space.

our task is now to show how the constituent differentials understand time - as progressive reiterations of the moment of realization - as moments of presence.

saturday 21st february 2015

elementary moment:

the pattern of differential extending of an alter-universe.

(graphic)

moment of realization:

the differentials realize their pattern, becoming spatially real for each other.

(graphic)

first moment of presence:

(auto-reiteration of the moment of realization)

the beginning of time for a spatial alter-universe,

for which each presents itself for the first moment of time

to the other as the other

but - so

each differential auto-understands as a spatiality-with the other (by extending constitutionally as the other) but pure singleness extends instantaneously, so the other which the one is spatially real as, is already spatially real as its ownmost other ...which is the one.

in other words, for a moment of presence in a violet-red, two-fold alter-universe, violet is real as that which red is already real as - which is violet. (and the same is true for red-violet) this is what we mean by the instantaneous symmetrical entanglement of pure singleness; and although a moment of time seems to pass for red and violet as an accumulative alternation of their spatial realities, this moment is only how each understands and realizes the presence of the other

pure singleness does not extend spatio-temporally, and is not effected. hence their entanglement extends into itself instantaneously.

sunday 22nd february 2015

eight moments of a violet-red alter-universe.

elementary :

violet red

realizing :

violet is (real as red) but red is already (real as violet)

red is (real as violet) but violet is already (real as red)

first present:

so (real as red) is presently (real as (real as violet))

so (real as violet) is presently (real as (real as red))

second present:

but (real as violet) is already (real as (real as red)) so (real as (real as violet)) is presently (real as (real as (real as red)))

but (real as red) is already (real as (real as violet)) so (real as (real as red)) is presently (real as (real as (real as violet)))

third present:

but (real as (real as red)) is already (real as (real as (real as violet))) so (real as(real as (real as red)) is presently (real as(real as (real as (real as violet)))

but (real as(real as violet))

is already (real as(real as (real as red)))so (real as (real as (real as violet))) is presently (real as(real as (real as (real as red)))

to abbreviate the rest…

fourth present:

but (((violet))) is already ((((red)))) so ((((violet)))) is presently (((((red)))))

but (((red))) is already ((((violet)))) so ((((red)))) is presently (((((violet)))))

fifth present:

but ((((red)))) is already (((((violet))))) so (((((red))))) is presently ((((((violet))))))

but ((((violet)))) is already (((((red))))) so (((((violet))))) is presently ((((((red))))))

sixth, seventh, etc., red and violet continue accumulating the momentary spatial realities of each other as the time of their alter-universe.

the complete photo/video collection (1972-2016) of Stan Bonnar's artworks is accessible here :

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Goofball idiots wearing the Republican banner have opened their mouths about women's issues and were called to task for it. Rightly so. But to think the 'other' party is free of guilt is being naive. They've acquired your services in the promotion of their own agenda. Think! Genuine Right Memes™

Buddhism

Self Realization Fellowship Pacific Palisades, CA 2-3-06

Realization. Guilt. Self-loathing. Regret.

Yangleshö cave

We the people are but the puppets of our needs and whims. We worship god for whatever he gave us and for the ability he bestowed us with.

The image above depicts an event when the god is giving a strong punch to the person who is involved in the immersion. He is being pulled up by the almighty for the filth he is spreading in the river.

We should stop spreading filth here and there and worship god so that we attain peace and prosperity. This should not be done at the cost of many lives who unknowingly suffer from the dirt caused by the people.

Disclaimer: I have not tried to hurt anyone's religious sentiment. I have just endeavored to convey a message (mentioned above)

Encinitas, California

The Self-Realization Fellowship Encinitas Hermitage, and Meditation Gardens is a monastic ashram and meditation gardens in Encinitas, California, United States created by Paramahansa Yogananda. Its golden lotus towers rise above the white wall along Highway 101 near Swami's Seaside Park.

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"I was ill with cancer and had lot of fear. After attending the Self realization ceremony, felt really good. At times of fear, an internal voice came saying that you are a pure Soul.The illness is still not cured completely but i am not affected by anything as much as before. I am so grateful that this light of Pure soul within me acquired through Self-Realization has helped a lot.

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Sword Art Online: HOLLOW REALIZATION reached America in 2016

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Project realization: 2017

Architect: @Gillespies, London

Project: Since 1779, The Piece Hall has stood proudly at the heart of Halifax. Originally built to support the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth, it has been a meeting point of Halifax’s commercial, civic and cultural life for almost 250 years. In an ambitious and exciting new chapter, The Piece Hall has been reimagined as a new cultural and commercial centre. The Piece Hall has recently undergone a £19 million conservation and transformation programme.

I just came to the realization that skiing is just not my thing. Some people may be experts. I am not one of them. I wish, but I don't think I will.

Just the thought of having two uncontrollable long sticks attached to my legs is scary. Maybe Snowboarding. I should try that on my next trip there.

But I would love to learn cross country skiing - if only to get to Glacier Point and witness a sunset.

So that is why when I went to Badger Pass when it opened for the season right after fresh snowfall, I opted not to ski and instead went around shooting photographs. Not only was I trying to shoot some amazing cloud formations, I was looking keenly at the groomed tracks of the snowcat and patterns left by skiers above.

I loved the swishy patterns formed by skiers on a rather steep slope and was changing my lens to shoot it when a group of skiers crossed the path leading to other unwanted trails.

So I did the best I could

Badger Pass

Yosemite National Park

CA USA

This video shares historical information about the family, childhood, education, and early adult life of Pujya Niruma. It highlights her meeting with Pujya Dadashri.

To know more visit here at:

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This is another shot taken from an out look point at the Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens, Encinitas, CA

its simple

plain

and symbolizes something for me.

nuff said.

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Now serving as the Self-Realization Fellowship, this Spanish Colonial Revival building was built in 1920. It is on the corner of Chapman and Pomona, Fullerton, CA

Shot 7

The rules have changed a little, requiring a sequence of shots.

I set out on Sunday with three digital cameras and a bunch of friends for a couple of days of jetskiing and camping. We all had a great time, but my hopes of returning with loads of interesting images were dashed on Tuesday when I uploaded them and found that none were worthy of more than a blog...

Realization: Thierry Chekroun @ Jack Holt

Hair: Rachel, Moa and Mary @ Jack Holt Team

Photo: Jean Philippe Darbois, Héloise Peyre

Make-up: Sophie Nominé Bouteille

Artistic Direction: Laure Delvigo

Styling: Marine Sion

Tratto da: Estetica Hair Magazine

Réalization

The beautiful, tranquil, and awe-inspiring Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles), California

It's been weird...

Totally weird.

Things have been pretty much slow this time around.

Waiting for winter break to get over very soon.

But i lie down realizing so many things.. Its the phase that has turned on to me..

But hoping for better time ahead..

: )

< Realization of “Birth and Life“, monumental sculpture in stainless steel for the Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences in Niigata, Japan. Three elements : “The Life” 285 x 130 x 125, “Growth” 305 x 80 x 65, “Together” 105 x 185 x 105.

< Réalise «Naissance et Vie» à : Niigata university of pharmacy and applied sciences, à Niitsu-Niigata, Japon. Trois sculptures en acier inoxydable au cœur de l’université : «la Vie» 285 x 130 x 125, “Croissance” 305 x 80 x 65, “Amitié” 105 x 185 x 105.

< モニュメント作品「生命」ステンレス、守る、285×130×125cm

成長305×80×65cm集合105×185×105cm　新潟薬科大学新津校舎に設置（新潟市）

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"How could you not know my birthsign?"

"They've rigged these bloody cards!"

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Palm springs dining chair/ Bella oval dining table/ Tribecca sectional living set

Nikon D700 | Tamron Adaptall 17/3.5 SP

You know you are a big contender on the political scene when you roll deep in an Alto. As I've mentioned before, Japanese law limits the number of citizens you can simultaneously campaign to, so politicians often drive around or stand on street corners making campaign promises.

On the crest of Mt. Washington, five miles from downtown Los Angeles, Paramahansa Yogananda established the Self-Realization Fellowship headquarters and meditation grounds in 1925.

The first realization in MVRDV's home town Rotterdam is a rooftop house extension. On top of an existing monumental house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family.

The first realization in MVRDV's home town Rotterdam is a rooftop house extension. On top of an existing monumental house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family.

Tribecca sectional living set/ Palm springs dining chair/ Bella oval dining table