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When you miss the bass drop

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A logo can seriously ruin your childhood… Or not, if you’re into that kind of stuff.

15 Cartoon Images Made Inappropriate by a Single Logo by Joel Stice

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Fifteen minutes to show time! Running spotlight. #illusionist #jasonbishop #SUCO #foothills #FPAC (at Foothills Performing Arts Center)

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Camera sucks. Setting up Jason Bishop Illusionist show at Foothills Performing Arts Center. #FPAC #foothills #illusionist #theater #magic #oneonta #SUCO (at Foothills Performing Arts Center)

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I hit the very center of the bullseye. #darts #bullseye #blackoaktavern #bars (at Black Oak Tavern)

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The electronic musicians! We created the ambience that drove the EMG performance! #emg #suco #suny #finearts #experimental #microkorgxl #mac #maschine #traktor (at Fine Arts Center)

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The MicroKorg XL set up at the EMG show. That was an amazing performance. #korg #microkorgxl #mac #suco #suny #oneonta #emg #experimental (at Fine Arts Center)

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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via lazyyogi)

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Mister F performing at the Black Oak Tavern. #misterf #blackoak #livemusic #oneonta #suco #moog (at Black Oak Tavern)

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Here is a side by side comparison of how The New York Times has profiled Michael Brown — an 18 year old black boy gunned down by police — and how they profiled Ted Bundy, one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. 

Source for Brown, Source for Bundy.

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Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. There is no need to explain or make sense of it. Just trust what you feel.

unknown (via sleepingtigers)

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Single or not, reblog to see what you get.

<3 = I’m falling for you.

:) = I wanna cuddle up with you while watching movie.

;) = I like you a lot.

:( = You should talk to me more.

:D = You’re beautiful.

;O = I want to be best friends.

:P = I want you more than anything.

:K = Kiss me.

:| = You annoy me.

* = We need to make out!

<*3 = I want a relationship with you.

8D = I want to do sexual things with you.

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Watched a B&W bootleg version, but this episode was still amazing nonetheless!

"For me, help him. Go on. And don’t be afraid."

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Took a night walk last week and found this little guy on the Mottville nature trail. #spider #web #nightime #adventures #naturetrail #mottville (at Charlie Major Nature Trail)

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Lazyyogi, I've transitioned to a more spiritual rather than religious lifestyle in the past few months. But now I find myself missing prayer and less connected to God. I like the practice of yoga and meditation, but how can I incorporate the two? What are your opinions on the subject?

"Love itself is the actual form of God." ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

You are not less connected to God. You are less connected to your previous concept regarding God.

The Individual, the Prayer, the God. They seem as three but they are not separate from one another. 

Who you take yourself to be limits the way you perceive and conceive of God. This then dictates the approach and form prayer takes. 

However, altering any one of these things will alter the other two. Change your perspective on who you are and you will change your perspective on what God is. Change the way you approach prayer and you will change the way you perceive yourself and therefore God. Change the way you approach God and it will change the way you know yourself. 

This is the meaning of spirituality and the practices of devotion (love), meditation (clarity), and karma (mind-body activity/perception). 

Know that whatever form your religious lifestyle took before now, you do not have to reject it. Spirituality is not about saying no to one religious set of beliefs and yes to another. The spiritual way is a sincere endeavor to unlimit daily life in divinity and divinity in daily life. 

Part of the spiritual path is its changefulness. We must not be too attached to whatever forms our path takes along the way. Not only will such attachments impede any actual clarity or compassion but it will also isolate you from other avenues of inspiration. 

Jesus changed my life. So did Buddha and Rumi and Osho and Nisargadatta and many others.

So what would I suggest? Pray! Often. Be creative, sincere, loving, and grateful. That is the way prayer becomes its own answer. 

Daily meditation, sitting in easy stillness with whatever the mind may be doing, will be another helpful practice. It hones the mind’s insight, gives sanity to our emotions, and enacts innumerable other benefits. 

Yoga, meditation, prayer, god, none of them are mutually exclusive. People will always agree or disagree. Some will teach one perspective while others teach another. Don’t believe anyone. Listen to them. Learn from them. Put their teachings to the test. Take what works and follow your insightful inspiration. Yet another useful way daily meditation helps to keep our mind clear of confusion. 

The perception of spiritual/religious contradiction comes from perceptual limits. When you feel as if certain aspects of your spiritual life are in conflict, examine them closely until you find your delusional boundary and level it. 

I shall leave you with a favorite quote of mine by Terence McKenna: “You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.”

Namaste sis :) Much love.