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A lighthouse, akin to a "Salvation Station" in the voyage of life, serves as a guiding beacon to illuminate our personal pathways through the vast, tumultuous sea of existence. Just as ships rely on its steadfast presence to navigate treacherous waters, we, too, search for that inner light to lead us through life's challenges and tempests. It symbolizes the unwavering principles and virtues that help us chart our course, offering clarity in times of obscurity, and safety when we might be adrift in the fickle tides of experience. In our pursuit of self-discovery and personal salvation, this beacon, like a lighthouse, stands as a constant reminder of hope, offering a refuge from the tempests and providing the guidance necessary to reach the shores of our own inner sanctuaries.
Where Our Journey Begins
Leonard Knight, the man who began creating Salvation Mountain in the 1980's near the Salton Sea, painted everything with brightly colored latex paint. His messages about God, Love and Bible verses were not affiliated with any organized Christian denomination. Since Knight's death in 2014, a dedicated group of volunteers has attempted to maintain the mountain. It is a huge undertaking as the desert sun and occasional downpours of rain are taking a toll. To learn more: salvationmountain.org/home/about-salvation-mountain/
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Took the family down to Southwold early this morning for a walk on the beach. The sky was pretty spectacular when we arrived so got a couple of sneaky sjots off before doing my fatherly stone skimming duties
In my time I have seen many things hard to believe
Is there an answer to this life we lead
We break before we bend as we struggle to defend
The little time we have until the end
Animal Instinct
The Cranberries
So take my hands and come with me
We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you away
They will never make me cry, no
They will never make me die
And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt
The animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, it's the animal, it's the animal instinct in me
I looked out of the kitchen window to see a squirrel upside down and halfway down the pear tree trunk. It was motionless and this only means one thing - cat ! It took quite a while for me to take my cooking pot off the cooker, make it safe, grab my camera, walk through the house and the conservatory, put on my outdoor shoes, go out through the side gates and into the front garden. I was surprised to see the squirrel still there, but as I approached the tree, a local predatory cat streaked out of the undergrowth, out into the street and away. It went fast, having experienced my hose too many times ! The squirrel now gingerly descended the tree, quickly scampered along to the next tree, up it went and along the top of the gate to the neighbours' wall. From there it went its own route but if it was wise, it would have found it's way to our mature oak and its drey as soon as possible.
If I ever hit the jackpot...this is where I'll be...somewhere in the middle of nowhere...up in the Himalayas.
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Gabrielle Aplin: Salvation
I never meant to fall for you but I
Was buried underneath and
All that I could see was white
My salvation
My, my...
My salvation
My, my...
Visiting a small church in Dortmund/ Germany I was fascinated by this tiny crucifix and the beautiful colors of the windows in the background.
LARGE view and read tags at right.
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"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from u s in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -Sam Adams
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Blushing at this end from the joy of reading your latest epistle. Twas cool. Improving toward Perfection is a life time goal of many. Never achieved but trying, right? Some need so much help. If we each do our part, maybe Hades will be a little less full during that long eternal party without air conditioning.
Though at any party on this planet, I do not hang with every body. I stay in the corner, spy a few prior acquaintances or friends, and talk the night away. I am not too much on meeting and making great new friends from a large crowd. In fact, few parties do I attend. Who needs that or them? I am busy partying on Flickr.
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Scripture Needs to Be Read Spiritually, Says Preacher
Delivers Final Lenten Meditation for Pope and Curia
ROME, MARCH 14, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Scripture is not only inspired by God, but also "breathes forth God," that is, the Holy Spirit inhabits Scripture and animates it, says the preacher of the Pontifical Household.
Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa said this today in the Lenten meditation he delivered to Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace.
The sermon was the last in a series of meditations the preacher gave this Lent.
The series, titled "The Word of God Is Living and Effective," reflects the theme of the next Synod of Bishops on the word of God, to be held in October.
Father Cantalamessa spoke about the two meanings implied by 2 Timothy 3:16 "all Scripture is inspired by God."
He explained that the more common meaning is the "passive" one, referring to the way that God directed the writers of the holy texts.
The second meaning, the preacher explained, is "active": Scripture, is not only "inspired by God" but also "spirates God." "After having dictated the Scripture, the Holy Spirit is in a way contained within it; he ceaselessly inhabits it and animates it with his divine breath."
Setting him free
Father Cantalamessa then asked, "How do we approach the Scriptures in a way that they truly 'free' the Spirit that they contain?"
He said that "in Scripture, the Spirit cannot be discovered if not by passing through the letter, that is, through the concrete human vesture that the word of God assumed in the different books and inspired authors. In them the divine meaning cannot be discovered, if not by beginning from the human meaning, the one intended by the human author, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Luke, Paul, etc. It is in this that we find the complete justification of the immense effort in study and research that surrounds the book of Scripture."
But, Father Cantalamessa affirmed, there is a "tendency to stop at the letter, considering the Bible an excellent book, the most excellent of human books, if you will, but only a human book. Unfortunately we run the risk of reducing Scripture to a single dimension."
The Pontifical Household preacher pointed to a sign of hope: "That the demand for a spiritual reading of Scripture and one guided by faith is now beginning to be felt by some eminent exegetes."
The Capuchin urged a furthering of this "spiritual reading."
He explained: "To speak of the 'spiritual' reading of the Bible is not to speak of an edifying, mystical, subjective, or worse still, imaginative, reading, in opposition to the scientific reading, which would be objective. On the contrary, it is the most objective reading that there is because it is based on the Spirit of God, not on the spirit of man.
"Spiritual reading is therefore something that is quite precise and objective; it is the reading that is done under the guidance of, or in the light of, the Holy Spirit that inspired Scripture. It is based on a historical event, namely, the redemptive act of Christ which, with his death and resurrection, accomplishes the plan of salvation and realizes all of the figures and the prophecies, it reveals all of the hidden mysteries and offers the true key for reading the Bible."
Toward all truth
Father Cantalamessa said that this "spiritual reading" of Scripture applies to both the Old and New Testaments.
"Reading the New Testament spiritually means reading it in the light of the Holy Spirit given to the Church at Pentecost to lead the Church to all truth, that is, to the complete understanding and actualization of the Gospel," he said.
The preacher affirmed that spiritual reading both integrates and surpassed scientific reading: "Scientific reading knows only one direction, which is that of history; it explains, in fact, that which comes after in light of that which comes before; it explains the New Testament in the light of the Old which precedes it, and it explains the Church in the light of the New Testament.
"Spiritual reading fully recognizes the validity of this direction of research, but it adds an inverse direction to it. This consists in explaining that which comes before in the light of that which comes after, prophecy in the light of its realization, the Old Testament in the light of the New and the New in the light of the tradition of the Church."
Father Cantalamessa contended, then, that "that which is necessary is not therefore a spiritual reading that would take the place of current scientific exegesis, with a mechanical return to the exegesis of the Fathers; it is rather a new spiritual reading corresponding to the enormous progress recorded by the study of 'letter.' It is a reading, in sum, that has the breath and faith of the Fathers and, at the same time, the consistency and seriousness of current biblical science.
The Pontifical Household preacher ended his reflection with a word of hope regarding a return to a spiritual reading like that of the Church fathers.
The Capuchin said "from the four winds the Spirit has begun unexpectedly to blow again" and we "witness the reappearance of the spiritual reading of the Bible and this too is a fruit -- one of the more exquisite -- of the Spirit."
"Participating in Bible and prayer groups, I am stupefied in hearing, at times, reflections on God's word that are analogous to those offered by Origen, Augustine or Gregory the Great in their time, even if it is in a more simple language," he said. "Let us conclude with a prayer that I once heard a woman pray after she was read the episode in which Elijah, ascending up to heaven, leaves Elisha two-thirds of his spirit.
"It is an example of spiritual reading in the sense I have just explained: 'Thank you, Jesus, that ascending to heaven, you do not only leave us two-thirds of your Spirit, but all of your Spirit! Thank you that you did not give your Spirit to just one disciple, but to all men!'"
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Church of Bravães, Ponte da Barca, Portugal.
The church is what remains of the former Benedictine Monastery from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. It is considered one of the masterpieces of Romanesque art in Portugal.
Classified as a National Monument since June 23, 1910.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
-John 3:16
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A handmade ladder found leaning against this wall in the Al Ain palace museum.
The view of the ladder against the ancient old wall made me think of could this be the way to salvation? up this old handmade ladder or does it just lead to no where as every other way does?!
The opposite side of the Chruch of St. Michael de Rupe on Dartmoor. Liked how these Hawthorns tell a windy tale, without even a word.
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My Wife always says that folks like my landscapes, she is not sure why I post anything else. I am not sure that folks online know me from Adam, so I am not sure I subscribe to the idea that anyone expects anything from my posts. Seems too romantic. So I like to post some odd-ball stuff too. You can't get much more odd than Salvation Mountain. I stumbled across this image and thought it was time for me to post it. My stream needs some color.
Why the title of the photo? Well, this image was shot in 2020 and even then it was very apparent that this unique desert site called Salvation Mountain, near the Salton Sea in Southern California, was already fading.
The creator had passed away in 2014. He was a BIG fan of Christianity, he called bestowed this place with its name. Well, since he died the place has started to crumble. The desert sun is not very discriminating, it tends to destroy everything. Salvation Mountain is no exception. A team of people try to keep it up, but most the of interesting caverns and cool nooks and crannies have been closed because they are not safe anymore. I have read that since 2020 it has just gotten worse, fast. Sad. Humans can be so very interesting, especially when they are a little...different.
I like to celebrate the things of nature, but I also like to celebrate the things of man. Leonard Knight made magic in the middle of nowhere, and I am glad we can make it last in photos. Here's to you Leonard.
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This picture is captured from the prayer hall of 'Raj Bana Bihar', a famous Buddhist Temple situated in Rangamati district, Bangladesh.
I was sitting in a corner of the hall observing the activities of Buddhist Monks and the followers. When the prayer started I found this little girl wondering around. On that big hall, echoing recitation of the Dhamma, sunlight falling on her, I was thinking whether she is an angel, all by herself, blased, serene and unbound.