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Quiet Spaces

6/3/2021

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Gobie & the Pistol Shrimp

5/2/2021

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Music made with others

4/30/2021

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Swell memory, Good nite

4/29/2021

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Revised Daily Practice Notes for 2021

3/2/2021

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Watching Intention Practice

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Counting the chanting beads

[Holysync Meditation Bells]
  1. Tune in: Ong Namu Guru Dev 
  2. Sat Nam 
  3. I am well, happy, at peace etc
  4. White Tara Mantra 
  5. Mul Mantra 
  6. Hari  108x  for health and success
  7. Shabad and/or Bellows Breath
  8. Contemplate the essence of this practice:
    Watch the mind.  What are the intentions behind thoughts,
    words, or actions as they arise? Watch objectively without
    reaction so that eventually you will be able to see things
    clearly for what they really are.
     
       Sit quietly.

 
  1. 3 deep breaths
  2. Wahe Gura Chant
  3. Remember how to think of past,  
        present, and future.
  1. Set intention for the day.
  2. Just one thing at the time.
  3. Remain non-reactive
  4. Keep quiet
  5. Watch
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Down to Earth Film

2/25/2021

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No Mud, No Lotus

2/3/2021

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"No mud, no lotus: Without struggling through the mud, you cannot find the happiness of the Lotus. Without grit, there is no pearl." - Thich Nhat Hanh
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Accepting certain things

1/6/2021

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Alberto Giocometti (?)
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The Mad Heathen of 8th Avenue

12/12/2020

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The Lamasery
8th Avenue and 47th Street in New York City



Took the E train across town to photograph this building, originally known as The Lamasery, which in the1870s became the home of the newly formed Theosophical Society with a spiritual center focusing on more esoteric practices. I'm hoping to do a concept painting and now will have to paint the ghost of Madame Blavatsky into the top floor window on the right. The New York Sun called Blavatsky 'The Mad Heathen of 8th Avenue."  From what I know, she was into some powerful and fascinating things.


When I was done shooting, I walked along Broadway, stopping in the first Army Navy Surplus store I've seen in I don't know how long. Took a left on 44th Street on into Times Square, now like a ghost town.

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Samaddhi

12/5/2020

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