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The way to which mankind may hold
Is not the eternal way.
Eternal truths cannot be told
In what men write or say.
The name that may be named by man
Is not the eternal name
That was before the world began
Or human language came.
In that the namable took root,
The tree of fire and force,
Which, having blossomed and borne fruit,
Returns then to its source.
Who warms his body at that fire,
Sees nothing but its smoke;
But he who puts aside desire,
The flame’s self will invoke.
These two things are the same in source
But different in name;
Who solves this mystery has recourse
To that from whence he came.
................................. Charles H. Mackintosh (1926)
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God (the great everlasting infinite First Cause from whom all things in heaven and earth proceed) can neither be defined nor named.
For the God which can be defined or named is but the Creator, the Great Mother of all those things of which our senses have cognisance.
Now he who would gain a knowledge of the nature and attributes of the nameless and undefinable God, must first set himself free from all earthly desires, for unless he can do this, he will be unable to penetrate the material veil which interposes between him and those spiritual conditions into which he would obtain an insight.
Yet the spiritual and the material, though known to us under different names, are similar in origin, and issue from the same source, and the same obscurity belongs to both, for deep indeed is the darkness which enshrouds the portals through which we have to pass, in order to gain a knowledge of these mysteries.
................................. G.G. Alexander (1895)
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Existence is beyond the power of words
To define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them absolute.
In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,
Words came out of the womb of matter;
And whether a man dispassionately
Sees to the core of life
Or passionately
Sees the surface,
The core and the surface
Are essentially the same,
Words making them seem different
Only to express appearance.
If name be needed, wonder names them both:
From wonder into wonder
Existence opens.
................................. Witter Bynner (1944)
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That Which Is Called The Tao Is Not The Tao
The flow of energy . . . . .
Here . . . . .
It . . . . .
Is . . . . .
Nameless . . . . .
Timeless . . . . .
Speed of Light . . . . .
Float . . . . . beyond fear . . . . .
Float . . . . . beyond desire . . . . .
Into . . . . . this Mystery of Mysteries
through this Gate . . . . . of All Wonder
................................. Timothy Leary (Psychedelic Prayers, 1966)
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Personal Thoughts from August 07, 1976
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Energy is one.
Individuals are parts of that one.
Individuals through a source such as Love
(or other emotion or virtue) are one.
Thoughts are a source of energy.
Energy is neither created or destroyed.
Thoughts are neither created or destroyed.
Individuals are tuned-in to thoughts.
We do not think; we experience thought.
Our level of development is how we use
these thoughts to experience other
thoughts.
We are actually experiencing energies.
Our level of development is how we can
tune-in to these energies.
Our true purpose is to think and develop;
think and develop; become the source of energy.
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A Personal Haiku (05/05/2021)
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The Dao to humans
as lakes and oceans to fish
existence unknown
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A Couple of Haiku Notes:
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Tao gives birth to One
One gives birth to yin and yang
then birth to all things
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The Yin and the Yang
they're not really opposites
complementary
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A Yin/Yang Perception of Opposites
Tao Te Ching -:- Verse 2
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When people see things as beautiful,
ugliness is created.
When people see things as good,
evil is created.
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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A Cybernetic Thought
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The creation of negative entropy through
complimentary forces of energy.
Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
darkness --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
expands --- contracts
fat --- muscle
feeling --- knowledge
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
heart --- brain
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inner --- outer
inward --- outward
left --- right
liquid --- solid
low --- high
magnetic --- electrical
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum --- position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
negative --- positive
new testament --- old testament
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
passivity --- aggressiveness
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- projecting
relaxed --- tense
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
soft --- hard
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- ice
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
zero --- one
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A haiku question
Is it wise to seek wisdom?
Ask someone who knows
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Seek and you shall find
ask and it will be given
those who are wise know
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真理应该是唯一的宗教
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Zhēnlǐ yīnggāi shì wéiyī de zōngjiào
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The theme for Macro Mondays is "Guilty Pleasures".....One of mine is, I'm a collector.....of documents, stamps, coins, vintage photos.
Note the figures on the 1910 bill for plumbing work. Dec. 22- 30...dig a ditch and install 33 ft of pipe $26.50 for parts and labor and not the digger made more that the plumber did. HMM.
We shared a pie and a couple of Ninkasi Sleigh'rs at Mezza Luna in Eugene. Afterwards we dropped into Voodoo Doughnuts for desert. She had the Voodoo Doll and I a bavarian cream. Well at least I was good for the first half of the holidays. ;-)
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This photo may not be used in any form without permission from the photographer.
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Le grotte di Toirano, in provincia di Savona, sono un complesso di cavità carsiche di rilevanza turistica, note per la varietà di forme di stalattiti e stalagmiti, per la loro estensione, per il ritrovamento di tracce dell'"Homo Sapiens Sapiens" di oltre 12.000 anni fa e resti di Ursus spelaeus di circa 25.000 anni di età. Il complesso delle grotte di Toirano è gestito direttamente dal Comune. Nelle grotte di Toirano si possono trovare impronte di uomini preistorici e di ossa di orsi che vi si rifugiarono per sfuggire all'ultima glaciazione, risalente a 30.000 anni fa.
فرصـﮧ لآ ٺعۈض ..
عن معآذ بن جبل رضي آللـﮧ عنـﮧ
عن آلنبي - صلى آللـﮧ عليـﮧ ۈڛلم - قآل :
يطلع آللـﮧ إلى جميع خلقـﮧ ليلـﮧ آلنصف من شعبآن فيغفر لجميع خلقـﮧ إلآ لمشرڪ آۈ مشآحن
[ رۈآه آلطبرآني ۈآبن حبآن ۈۿـۈ حديث صحيح ]
فبآدر بآلٺڛآمح من آخۈآنڪ فۿـذه آلدنيآ لآ ٺڛآۈي عند آللـﮧ جنآح بعۈضـﮧ ،
آللۿـم آني قد عفۈٺ مآبيني ۈبين آلنآڛ فآعفۈآ مآبيني ۈبينڪ .
ڛـآمحٺ آلجميع فڛـآمحۈني ~
*صۈري ملڪ للجميع من دۈن آنٺڛآب آلحقۈق
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Condone Any Acts Of Vandalism Nor Do I Participate In Such Criminal Activity. I Am Simply An Observant and Take Photos Of This Graffiti. ALSO I Will Not Condone Any Usage Of My Photos To Support Any Legal Matter Involving These Acts Of Vandalism Therefore YOU ARE NOT WELCOME TO TAKE THIS MATERIAL For ANY Purpose.
This is old pink Fanning Mill was made in Berlin,Ontario.
Berlin, Ontario changed its name in 1916 to Kitchener,Ontario.
So this is actually over 100 years old.A fanning mill is something that was used by farmers of that day to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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#ALAD265 - Touché Amoré - Hipsterectomy
This is my everyday project for 2010. Taking one lyric from a song every day and creating art or taking a photo inspired from that lyric.
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I was uploading flickr and ik uploade was bezig met een zon en net zong Elvis Presley Bright shining as the sun.
Das was knal vet gaaf want ZON was er VANDAAG en op die foto
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Waar ken ik dat couplet juist Goed van? Van deze kaart waarin veel zinnen uit Amazing Grace in verwerkt zijn.
Amazing Grey is de naam van mijn nooit operabal geworden tot dusver web site.
Ik zong dat lied tentousend maal
I have some pens and pencils.
A moleskine.
And a head full of quotes, lyrics and the like.
Come and see them at Quoteskine.tumblr.com
the same book, the same page, the same place
as a year ago.
the same feeling
as a year ago,
as ten years ago,
my valentine.
Ilford Fp4 film
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I am trying really hard to count my blessings these days. I have had a challenging job change due to a merger and my whole life has been turned upside down. I will keep on plugging, though