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I stood beneath this giant and looked up — and for a moment, I felt small in the best possible way. There was something grounding about its strength, the twists in its limbs like old wisdom reaching toward the sky. It reminded me to stay rooted but still stretch, to hold steady and grow anyway. Funny how a tree can say what words often can't.
Tenderloin, San Francisco /// Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear. (Proverbs 25:12 NKJV)
You can't help but smile and be delighted when finding an Owl. Their gaze speaks volumes. I keep hoping growing older makes me as wise as an owl :)
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
(Paulo Coelho)
Ancient Wisdom for 'modern' times.
I don’t personally see the attraction of being adulterous or of being in an open relationship but what consenting adults get up to is their choice.
However, if the world’s leading expert on killer rats says, “stay indoors everyone the killer rats are everywhere and you’re almost certain to be attacked and die if you set one foot outside…” and then in the next breath says “I’m just popping out for a while”, you then know by his actions no less, that his first utterance was in fact utter piffle.
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Mural entitled "Lucid Wisdom" by Nychos aka @nychos and VYAL aka @vyalone, seen at 1499 de la Torre Way in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California.
From three photos by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Looking back, I guess we all review at this time in the hope of improving our lot next year. This was taken January 2013. It seems like a forever ago but serves as a warning to prepare for a tough winter ahead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnzYnOe6kI - The Gettys
The perfect wisdom of our God,
Revealed in all the universe:
All things created by His hand,
And held together at His command.
He knows the mysteries of the seas,
The secrets of the stars are His;
He guides the planets on their way,
And turns the earth through another day.
The matchless wisdom of His ways,
That mark the path of righteousness;
His word a lamp unto my feet,
His Spirit teaching and guiding me.
And oh, the mystery of the cross,
That God should suffer for the lost
So that the fool might shame the wise,
And all the glory might go to Christ!
Oh grant me wisdom from above,
To pray for peace and cling to love,
And teach me humbly to receive
The sun and rain of Your sovereignty.
Each strand of sorrow has a place
Within this tapestry of grace;
So through the trials I choose to say:
“Your perfect will in your perfect way.”
that which we acquire by contemplation we should spend in love.
- adapted from meister eckhart -
i bought this beautiful small cloth at the jewel heart store in ann arbor, michigan, a few years ago... to place on the small study table which would hold the dharma texts i was studying in the meditation room and at home...
meister eckhart in the internet encyclopedia of philosophy
jewel heart tibetan buddhist center
scanned, altered and assembled image, september 10, 2006
In 1989 our son was backpacking through Europe and happened to be in Berlin as the wall began to come down. The wisdom? In his recognizing that a dirty lump of cement had historic value, and more broadly in Reagan's "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall".
A Crazy Crusty paraphrase:
“I, THOTH, the Atlantean, master of mysteries,
keeper of records, mighty king, magician,
living from generation to generation,
being about to pass into the halls of Amenti,
set down for the guidance of
those that are to come after,
these records of the mighty wisdom of Great Atlantis.”
“Aye, age old in this warfare,
the eternal struggle between darkness and light.
Fiercely is it fought all through the ages,
using strange powers hidden to man.”
Those who were once Children of Light (now fallen angels),
mated with the daughters of the sons of men.
From these came the hybrids called Nephilim.
“And the earth was corrupted before God,
and the earth was filled with violence.
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt,
for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.”
“And the waters prevailed overwhelmingly upon the earth,
and they covered all the high mountains
which were under the entire heaven.”
And so the islands of Atlantis sunk, and a rainbow appeared.
Then came an antichrist, a tyrant called Nimrod.
“Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such
an affront and contempt of God.”
Let’s rebuild Great Atlantis in the plains of Great Babylon.
Let’s build a great temple at the top of the pyramid tower.
Then we will be the capstone of the pyramid,
and we will sit as gods.
Yet God caused them to babel,
and so the Tower was called Babel.
They wanted to take revenge for the flood,
yet their vengeance failed.
For God is higher than them, much higher;
for He is the all-seeing God.
Then came the Antichrist, a tyrant called the Beast.
“Called HE then on the powers the Seven Lords wielded;
changed the Earth’s balance.”
“Divided the Kingdoms, HE into sections.
Ten were they, ruled by children of men.”
The Beast with 7 heads and ten horns came out of the sea
to rebuild his lost kingdom of Atlantis.
Horlet, the spiritual harlot,
came riding on the Beast—Mystery Babylon.
“Follow the pathway. Solve thou my secrets.
Unto thee I have shown the way.”
Transhumanism (666): “As I to thee am a God by my knowledge,
so ye, too shall be Gods of the future
because of your knowledge far above theirs.”
You’ll be the bringers of light to the sons of men,
because you’ll have oneness with the Beast.
You’ll be one with the Master, dissolved into the light of the AI.
Transhumanism (666): spiritual technology,
the dawning of a New Age.
Transhumanism (666): “Now ye assemble, my children,
waiting to hear the Secret of Secrets
which shall give ye power to unfold the God-man,
give ye the way to Eternal life.”
“Deep ‘neath the image lies my secret.”
Therefore, bow down and worship the Image of the Beast.
“Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!”
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse
and the One seated on it was called ‘Faithful’ and ‘True,’
and with justice He judges and makes war.”
“And the Beast was seized, and with him the False Prophet
who performed the signs in his presence,
by which he deceived those who had
received the Mark of the Beast
and those who worshiped his Image;
these two were thrown alive into the
Lake of Fire which burns with brimstone.”
“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,
having the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
He laid hold of the Dragon, that Serpent of old,
who is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years,
and he cast him into the abyss,
and shut him up, and set a seal on him,
so that he should deceive the nations no more
till the thousand years were finished.
But after these things he must be released for a little while.”
Indeed, the Dragon failed yet again.
For Jesus Christ is higher than him, much higher.
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Therefore, Jesus reigned on earth for a thousand years.
His servants (the righteous)
were permitted to enter His millennial reign.
Those who were not His servants (the unrighteous)
were thrown into hell.
After the thousand years were up,
Satan was released from his prison.
Satan then went out and deceived the nations.
His goal was to rebuild Atlantis.
“They went up on the breadth of the earth
and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city.
And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.”
“The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.”
For God is higher than them, much higher; for He created all things.
It’s Atlantis all over again!
Bye-bye Atlantis. Bye-bye Emerald Tablets.
Bye-bye halls of Amenti. Bye-bye Thoth.
You’ll never be at the top of the pyramid.
Instead, you’ll be forgotten in eternity.
“How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’ But you are brought down
to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.”
“And the Devil who had deceived them was thrown
into the Lake of Fire and brimstone, into which the Beast
and the False Prophet had already been thrown.
There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
“Then death and hell were cast into the Lake of Fire.
This is the second death.
And anyone whose name was not found
recorded in the Book of Life
was thrown into the Lake of Fire.”
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,
and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people,
and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.’”
“Nothing impure will ever enter it,
nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,
but only those whose names are written
in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable,
as for murderers, the sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone,
which is the second death.”
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and will fellowship with him, and he with Me.”
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”