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EXPLORED ON 05 November 2009 - #347
Sometimes its important to just take a moment to reflect on what we want in life. Life isn't a game where we play with it or its characters eternally. At some point we must know what we want. The mind may play a game of hide and seek. But the heart, knows where it wants to be.
So Listen to your heart when you are mind is silent. The heart does speak words of wisdom in these silent moments.
Let love lead life. Let Life lead Love.
Photograph © Kausthub Desikachar
Photographed with a Canon EOS 20D, and Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 DO IS USM Lens. Handheld. Shot at Singapore Botanical Gardens
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What an eventful year you've been. I was lost. I was bored. I was sad. I was feeling isolated. But you sent changes my way. So, I adapted. I flourished. And life was better once more.
However, you're not leaving me without regrets. There are things I should have done. People to whom I should've said goodbyes, or hellos. I will look back with sadness, but I'll try not to dwell. Because that's not who I am.
Here's to 2016. May you be just as exciting.
For some reason there is a piece of a mirror hanging on the fence in the farthest corner of my backyard.
Wracking my brain for a photo idea... must think of something before midnight...
Thanks to Niav for keeping the demons trapped in the mirror or is the demon on the other side ;-)
Latest in my 365 project - www.flickr.com/photos/fearghal_breathnach/sets/7215763240...
As always all comments, advice & suggestions welcome...
Thanks to all for your views, comments and favs - it is very much appreciated.
On one of the few really cold days we have had (thankful for this) I went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Good thing I always have a spare sweatshirt in my cars it really was freezing! I think it was 29 degrees when I left my car (warm car that is) I think my hands were ice cubes but I wasn't leaving! lol The sun was warm as it got later (3 hours later!lol)
It was a really beautiful day wandering!
Be well and...and always have extra clothes!! haha
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I'd much rather be behind the camera but couldn't resist taking a "portrait" of me taking in the wonder that is the Enchantments.The contrasting beauty of Colchuck Lake and shear power of Dragontail Peak provides quite a juxtaposition. I look forward to hopefully spending more time exploring here in the near future.
Self Reflections during the 2017 Victorian Christmas in Nevada City, Calif. Taking a moment to reflect on what's important in one's life.
“If I make the lashes dark
And the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet,
Or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed:
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.” ~ William Butler Yeats
Thank you to www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz, www.flickr.com/photos/madheleninastock and www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess for their texures!
As I get more accepting of myself & more confident of who I am, I enjoy the selfie more and more as a means of expressing myself.
day 4
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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account
I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.
.......It's good for you :)
"It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts." ~K.T. Jong
“Hamlet has to die”, the Alchemist said. “Hamlet is your self-reflection.”
He took the hammer with a strong grip.
“When deep and dark thoughts turned into wisdom there is no longer need for them.”
“I think I am not wise enough”, I said.
The Alchemist laughed and put the hammer back.
“Take the skull and the hammer and use it, whenever the time has come…”
HKD
From meditation point of view the hammer is the power of now.
HKD
Falls Psychologie von Interesse ist.
Der „Hamlet-Komplex“ (B3) motiviert Menschen zu Tiefsinnigkeit, Gefühlen von Neid, Eifersucht, Zweifel und heimlicher Rache. All diese Emotionen begleiten Menschen´, die sich auf dem Pfad philosophischer und tiefsinniger Selbsterkenntnis befinden.
Der lange Pfad der Selbsterforschung führt über Selbstanklage und diversen Formen von Autoaggression schließlich zu erhöhter und sensibler Selbstwahrnehmung und Selbsterkenntnis. Das alles sind die philosophischen Früchte der Tiefsinnigkeit oder die Geschenke, die der Hamlet-Faktor mit sich bringt.
Doch es gilt, von der Introversion (die Hamlet und auch Ophelia verkörpern) Abschied zu nehmen. Die Energie der Aufmerksamkeit muss zu 50% wieder in die Außenwelt (Samsara oder Egoaktivitäten) fließen. Das kann sie aber nur, wenn Hamlet in seiner absoluten Form zerstört wird. Ein Gleichgewicht von Eros und Thanatos ist dem inneren Frieden sehr förderlich… ;-)
Im oben gezeigten Bild ist der Schädel eine Metapher für Thanatos und der Hammer repräsentiert den Lebenswillen, mithin Eros.
Die Ratte steht für die Schattenwelt und ihre Gedanken und der Esel für das geduldige Tragen vorn schweren Lasten und Leiden des Lebens. Beide Tiere gehören in die Zeiten des Leidens und der Depression.
Das Bild aber zeigt den Lebenswillen (Eros) der sich in einer klaren Entscheidung gegen Thanatos wendet. Ein harmonischer Tanz der beiden Kräfte von Eros und Thanatos kann sich erst ergeben, wenn beide Seiten im Gleichgewicht schwingen. Wo dunkle Energien noch überwiegen, muss der Lebenswille und mit ihm der Ego-Wille gestärkt werden.
„Also… Wer braucht einen Hammer?”
HKD
Natürlich kann man dieses Bild auch als eine Botschaft ansehen, ähnlich wie ein Traumbild eine Botschaft an das Ich-Bewusstsein sendet. Das Bild spricht ohne Worte an den Wesenskern eines Menschen und hat daher eine symbolische Wirkung. Ich spreche nicht von einer Bedeutung, das wäre intellektuell. Ich sage bewusst Wirkung, da es sich um einen emotionalen Wert handelt. Eine Emotion also im Gegensatz zu einem rationalen Wert.
Bewusster Umgang mit Bildern
Hier bei Flickr gibt es zwei große Kategorien von Bildern: Jene, die auf den Kopf abzielen und jene die es auf den Bauch abgesehen haben. Verstand und Gefühl.
Ich halte es für eine lohnende Aufgabe, sich ein Beispiel dafür zu suchen und sich diesen Gegenasatz einmal zu verdeutlichen.
HKD
"The answers for your questions are often found from within."
-Unknown
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A dull damp day, a quiete coffee shop and a cheap mirrored wall.
(Bristol 2019).
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Mirrors are commonly used for personal grooming or admiring oneself (where they are also called looking-glasses).
The poor image quality of ancient mirrors explains 1 Corinthians 13's reference to seeing "as in a mirror, darkly."
In China, people began making mirrors by coating metallic objects with silver-mercury amalgams as early as 500 AD. This was accomplished by coating the mirror with the amalgam, and then heating it until the mercury boiled away, leaving only the silver behind.
Poznan, Poland
Winter
Bigfoot Coffee Shop
Literal moment of self reflection. On my way to say goodbye to a wonderful man and support him family, hence the suit. But, I also needed to be at my coffee shop in the morning to take care of some business. Decided to catch the moment in the window. Interesting day to say the least.
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"Search of Self", 3ème photographie de la série.
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I don’t know... Perhaps the opposite can also be said: if something is not meant to be, it will never find its way. Just like every word has synonyms and antonyms, the same can be true for life. But sometimes a sunset is so beautiful, and if one is fortunate enough to catch its reflection in the water, I suppose that is meant to be as well. Maybe “meant to be” isn’t always about the big events in life but rather about the small coincidences that we are lucky enough to experience.