Anyone who is interested in how the Chinese think, this is very worth the (long) read. 🙂 Except: "What I want to conclude with is to say that as the I Ching [Book of Changes, an ancient Chinese divination text] teaches us, there are cycles within cycles. China may be on the way up today.… Continue reading A Window into how the Chinese think – Society based on li – li mao de li [politeness and etiquette]
A day already gone = Poem – Eihei Dogen
Yama fukami.....................Rising, as the mountain Mine ni mo tani ni mo.......Peaks and valleys deepen— Koe tatete ........................The twilight sound of the cicada Kyō mo kurenu to.............Singing of a day Higurashi zo naku............Already gone by. -- Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), tr. Steven Heine Thank you Andy McLellan
Brazilian indigenous man talking about Nature
Lakota – Living on a reservation
List of Extra-canonical texts – Old and New Testament
The Secret Book of James http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/secretjames.htmlExcerpts: "The Secret Book of James is preserved in a single Coptic copy found in Codex III of the Nag Hammadi codices. It is also known as the Apocryphon of James. " "It is clear that the person for whom the tractate was written made a distinction between themselves and… Continue reading List of Extra-canonical texts – Old and New Testament
Take time to center yourself
Just as our body has a self-cleaning mechanism, our mind has a self-cleaning mechanism, but we need to daily give it time and a type of "approval" to really do its work.... so it needs to be attentive in nature..... we all need to find a practice that works for us, and make it a… Continue reading Take time to center yourself
Gourd Rattles – Sacred Peyote Rattle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6cKAYuDEk https://www.crazycrow.com/site/craft-focus-preparing-gourds-for-peyote-gourd-rattles/
Dennis J. Banks – Russell Means
American Indian Holocaust
Climate alarmism – a small collection of articles, to be compared with the actual outcome….. because some scientists just don’t like to admit they changed their minds
There are a number of theories relating to the current climate changes we are experiencing. Many and changing names have been spun, to create an alarmism about it. "Greenhouse effect" and "Global warming" and "Climate change" and "Extreme weather" and "Global Heating" are just among the few. There is no doubt that we need to… Continue reading Climate alarmism – a small collection of articles, to be compared with the actual outcome….. because some scientists just don’t like to admit they changed their minds