Not much going on of any importance, so I'm posting a few rugs.
27.9.12
Great colors. Natural dyes mostly. Qashqai rug and salt bag. Iran. Around 1960. Hand knotted by nomadic tribes. I'd love to meet these artisans!
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
26.9.12
In the morning, sea lion catches silver and Melvin carves peace pipes at the beach!
The pigeons huddle together on the beach. Sea lions, magnificent creatures fish and catch Coho salmon.. fishermen fish from boats and on land, and this lovely man makes peace pipes by the fire.
My new friend Melvin.. maybe in another life he was a mystic poet,
now he lives his life freely and has never been happier.
When we hear our own voice, we love the world.. and all it's creatures naturally.
I think this wraps up Melvin's way of seeing life.
I have to agree.
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
24.9.12
Silver run. Coho salmon.
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
23.9.12
Awakened this morning early laughing.
Spontaneous enlaughterment! And look, a sunshiny day!
Must have been fore-unshadowing! (For great literary minds only! ;~)
It will always be The Mukilteo Coffee Company to me!
Large tables for community members to congregate..
Button bouquets...
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
21.9.12
Beautyberry, or Snowberry? And some Tao for today..
We found this beautiful berry outside our local REI store (Lynnwood) where we have been members forever..
Everything alive reminds me how perfect we all are in our true nature, and yet we have to see how humanity has lost it's way, how it has forgotten it's beauty, and how it clings to judgement; comparison, rationalization, lying, believing lies, basically acts of desperation etc. largely due initially to religious thought, manipulated to control people, until they finally bought it, and the whole society suffers from the delusion, whether religious or not, because this need for control is so prevalent. The fears people have are so desperate, and they project these fears onto one another.
But the truth of each human is under all that which has been added on as a coated shell, added hoping that feeling safe will come from chastising others, demonizing others, talking about others, criticizing them, making excuses for lack of accomplishment that is only their own idea of themselves based on cultural ignorance, as well as thinking some jobs or actions taken are more more import than others are, or that some are less than. All these and more, infidelity for example and the lies that correspond with that action, the rationalization created falsely to deceive and those who settle for an affair with an infidel believing lies, both are desperate and not seeing their true nature. That's only one example of such beliefs in lack and seeing ones self as small and grasping, but bent to seem large and even good.
But the truth of each human is under all that which has been added on as a coated shell, added hoping that feeling safe will come from chastising others, demonizing others, talking about others, criticizing them, making excuses for lack of accomplishment that is only their own idea of themselves based on cultural ignorance, as well as thinking some jobs or actions taken are more more import than others are, or that some are less than. All these and more, infidelity for example and the lies that correspond with that action, the rationalization created falsely to deceive and those who settle for an affair with an infidel believing lies, both are desperate and not seeing their true nature. That's only one example of such beliefs in lack and seeing ones self as small and grasping, but bent to seem large and even good.
The truth is that all things are God, or the creator, whatever you want to call it, Life itself, everyone is That, everything is That. How could it be otherwise?
We only need trust our hearts to know this....then respect everyone and everything as that great life expressing...It isn't easy sometimes to do this, but it is the best approach, and you can't expect anything to come of it. It is simply a seed you plant, and water with hopes it will grow. But done everywhere with everyone, and striving to be honest, and to get your needs met is honorable. I suggest Non Violent Communication By Rosenburg
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1892005034/?tag=hyprod-20&hvadid=15473565099&hvpos=1o1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1823948826986645159&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&ref=asc_df_1892005034
This book and workshops, etc are important for any use, and Rosenburg himself has created schools and worked with governments and organizations to create a more peaceful world through awareness and kind effective communication. I recommend it to everyone especially those in any professions dealing with people and their needs of any kind, to corporations and those who work in them, and to anyone who thinks they are somehow better than others, which is usually a sign they think they aren't as good, and for those who are fairly aware and who always try to promote awareness and become more conscious in living at their best, which has not much to do with anything you do for a living actually, it has to do with respecting your self for simply being. For being is what you are, the Life that is your intrinsic value. Meaning every life is That, and no life is worse or better than another. When seen, you can hardly go about disrespecting others, or yourself. Then respect means seeing your perfection, Thats all it means. Dropping beliefs and just being.
We only need trust our hearts to know this....then respect everyone and everything as that great life expressing...It isn't easy sometimes to do this, but it is the best approach, and you can't expect anything to come of it. It is simply a seed you plant, and water with hopes it will grow. But done everywhere with everyone, and striving to be honest, and to get your needs met is honorable. I suggest Non Violent Communication By Rosenburg
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1892005034/?tag=hyprod-20&hvadid=15473565099&hvpos=1o1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1823948826986645159&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&ref=asc_df_1892005034
This book and workshops, etc are important for any use, and Rosenburg himself has created schools and worked with governments and organizations to create a more peaceful world through awareness and kind effective communication. I recommend it to everyone especially those in any professions dealing with people and their needs of any kind, to corporations and those who work in them, and to anyone who thinks they are somehow better than others, which is usually a sign they think they aren't as good, and for those who are fairly aware and who always try to promote awareness and become more conscious in living at their best, which has not much to do with anything you do for a living actually, it has to do with respecting your self for simply being. For being is what you are, the Life that is your intrinsic value. Meaning every life is That, and no life is worse or better than another. When seen, you can hardly go about disrespecting others, or yourself. Then respect means seeing your perfection, Thats all it means. Dropping beliefs and just being.
Everyone is perfect, and everything is perfect, except in not knowing, the perfection gets skewed. In not knowing we are not free to be ourselves and express that innate beauty which is life itself, and then we try to make others conform to us, and we strive to be better then, and we push and pull, and war.
This is not the natural respect coming from knowing the perfection and divinity in all.
The Tao says,
Naoto Matsumoto tells it truthfully, I love him so much, he is good friend
Watch his videos, he is a master, you can see, the gentleness and love ....
Less and less do you need to force things,
until finally you arrive at non-action.
until finally you arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.
nothing is left undone.
True mastery can be gained
by letting things go their own way. [*]
It can't be gained by interfering.,
by letting things go their own way. [*]
It can't be gained by interfering.,
translated by J. H. McDonald (1996)
One who seeks knowledge learns something
new every day.
One who seeks the Tao unlearns something
new every day.
Less and less remains until you arrive
at non-action. [*]
When you arrive at non-action,
nothing will be left undone.
new every day.
One who seeks the Tao unlearns something
new every day.
Less and less remains until you arrive
at non-action. [*]
When you arrive at non-action,
nothing will be left undone.
Mastery of the world is achieved
by letting things take their natural course. [**]
You cannot master the world by changing the
natural way.
by letting things take their natural course. [**]
You cannot master the world by changing the
natural way.
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
13.9.12
Trip Down the coast to CA and to Ashland Oregon, and back up the coast via dunes, waves, hikes, and smiles
Canopies of giant redwoods..
Dyerville Giant, seen as folks walk by revealing it's size. Google it, it's amazing, largest living thing on earth when it fell in 1991, larger than Statue of Liberty and also Niagara Falls..
Succulents on beach
Redwood Beach CA
Fern Canyon in CA.
400 species of fern
sand dunes, southern Oregon
At Depoe Bay (Oregon) we spotted gray whales..
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
Happy days are here again!
After a few minor inconveniences, knat like......
Life is Good! Crazy, but good!
I cannot begin to tell you what craziness I have experienced for awhile now.
And just how desperate some people are for something that isn't theirs to have.
(including, but not limited to, a view of water)
No wonder we have wars!
I have bumped into some very desperate people lately, and believe me, desperate people DO desperate things, and project amazingly!
But onward, into nature, where we can always walk to a beach nearby.
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
10.9.12
Benbow inn at Graberville CA and avenue of the giants(sequoias) wow! Built in 1930's. Really beautifully restored.
We plan to go back soon tour CA coast more, stay at Benbow again.. Benbow Inn, http://www.benbowinn.com/
They did such a nice job renovating,, I love it.. Want to stay for a few days, maybe 3..
Wall Paper and drapes match, and ceilings in 3rd story are still 10' tall, downstairs much taller, like my family Victorian home, with 12' ceilings, I love spaciousness is that way..
The Redwoods!
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
9.9.12
Ashland Oregon.
This was from my backyard before we left on our trip to CA, Oregon etc.
Below, Oregon:
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
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