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The Divine Practice of Kundalini Yoga.

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The Chambers of the Mysteries. The ancient initiations were given in  three chambers which signified the worlds of the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit. After passing successfully through the hazards of the rituals, the neophyte ascended to a vaulted room in which stood the robed figure of the Great Mystery. Thus the secrets of self-mastery were revealed to the candidate.

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Jan Sadeler I - Planetarum Effectus et Eorum in Signis Zodiaci (The Seven Planets), 1585. 1. Title Page 2. Sol 3. Luna 4. Mercurius 5. Venus 6. Mars 7. Jupiter 8. Saturnus

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Always go too far because that’s where you ll find the truth.

 Albert Camus

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““When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.” All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.””

— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (via jillymomcraftypants)

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putting tape over my Webcam thinking about how the CIA agent watched me cry everyday for a year and didn’t once check up one me: cut toxic people out in 2018

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The Universe of Dante.

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Recently I had a dream about a stag in my dream, just looking at me. Still haven’t figured out what that means but should probably keep it in mind

Soft, warm light pushing through fog gives a feeling of majesty to this fantastical guardian of the forest. 

“Forest deer” by ElenaDudina: http://bit.ly/2nShFfd

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You have the power to heal, sometimes you might just need a little assistance with that healing. But always remember that YOU are incharge of your body, your health & your healing! Being an active participant in your life is essential. 

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Enigma - Amen (feat. Aquilo)

I'm out on a new road in search for a land with no name And I never look back cause I'm walking through sunshine and rain I'm a man who has lived in the tombs and who's broken the chains

Amen Amen I was blind but now I see What if God is not for me And I know it's time to go I've been used and I've been played I've been spied on and betrayed And I know it's time to go Watch out I feel the pain Watch out I'm alive again The past is gone for good, it's time to say Amen Amen Amen Amen I'm lost, I believe I will be found In the silence of my nights I can hear a distant voice Someone out there is calling my name Watch out I'm not afraid Watch out I'm beyond the dread It's time to turn the page and love again Watch out I can feel your pain Watch out In a crying game I'm leaving all my shadows behind Amen Amen Amen Amen

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Tips for Mindful Interaction with Others

1. Have no agenda.

This is a big one. You are not here to assert your opinions, preferences, or frame of mind. Changing others or having them really hear and understand you will not actually give you anything you don’t already have. You are still just left with yourself in the end.

2. Be present.

This goes hand in hand with the lack of agenda. Your primary place in interaction is not to be there as a function or a role. The less you have an agenda, the more this becomes obvious. You are simply a conscious presence. If you find yourself getting lost in thoughts, reactions, or whatever, bring your attention to your breathing or your body. Come back to this moment.

3. Listen.

I would say about half the conversations I have with people simply involve their need or wish to be heard. Not only do they seem to have little interest in my own thoughts or responses, but they are just talking to talk. Let them. It’s usually when people are no longer struggling to be heard that you can actually have a good conversation with them.

4. Be compassionate.

Trying to be peaceful or respectful is just contrivance. Every conversation is different. If you can be open and kind without judgment, peace and respect will follow naturally from of that.

5. Be mindful.

No matter what conversations are happening, keep some attention within yourself. You should be able to feel your reactions as they arise, whatever they may be. By being aware of them, they wont unconsciously leak into your thoughts and words.

For all of this, daily meditation is crucial as well as constant mindfulness practice. Peace and serenity come from before the mind. They come from you. You don’t need to show yourself as you really are or worry about appearing as a different self.

Know yourself as you truly are for yourself. Others will only see you to the extent that they know themselves. If they know themselves through body identification and judgments, that’s how they will see you. But that doesn’t need to be the way you see them. You free yourself and everyone by coming to know the reality of existence. Then all are known as the living undivided presence that they are.

Namaste

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DESIGN: Bioluminescent Forest 

Photographer Tarek Mawad and animator Friedrich van Schoor just spent six weeks embedded in nature to create Bioluminescent Forest. The filmmakers state that everything you see was created live, without any effects added in post-production.

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