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“In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that disguise their divinity. They show up in robes, rags, silver sashes, or with muddy feet. They show up with skin dark as old wood, or in scales made of rose petal, as a frail child, as a lime-yellow old woman, as a man who cannot speak, or as an animal who can. The great powers are testing to see if humans have yet learned to recognize the greatness of soul in all its varying forms.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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"The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire." ~Rumi

龙年快乐！

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Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous New Year of the Water Dragon!!!!

Image by, Madelyn Mulvaney

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Good Sleep

Discovered this group and song through my friend Aron's blog make it easy. This is the video I saw on YouTube. However, for a real treat (and how it should have been really done) go to Aron's blog and his video take on it.

"If your mind is happy, then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see. Truth wherever you look. Truth's all there is. It's like when you've learned how to read -- you can then read anywhere you go." ~Phra Ajarn Chah, Thai Buddhist Monk

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Out of nowhere and for no particular reason, I've been dreaming of Cairo again.

You burst into a
million seeds,
poured over the hot
stove of rancour,
Cairo.

When the walls no longer
withstood your curses,
you awakened the streets
with your boots,
Cairo.

Your cries brought the
sky down at Tahrir Square,
the Pharaoh shook
in his dreams,
Cairo.

With you the square
was a fortress of the heart,
engraved in
rebellion’s calligraphy,
Cairo.

~Manash Bhattacharjee