I Send You Peace and Love
Parting Shot: 111016
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Booty: 111016
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John Wahlberg from Bel Ami: 111016
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Beauty: 111016
photo by my friend, Marcus Mok
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MUSIC: Symphony no. 6 "Pastoral" 2nd Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
PEACE and LOVE from B&B
I am finding that listening to this over and over
Is helping soothe my heart and soul
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonard Bernstein, conducting
Symphony no. 6 "Pastoral" 2nd Movement
Vienna Philharmonic
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AOM Meditations: 111016
Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful photograph
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Fear
keeps us focused on the past
or worried about the future.
If we can acknowledge our fear,
we can realize that right now we are okay.
Right now, today, we are still alive,
and our bodies are working marvelously.
Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky.
Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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“When I despair,
I remember that all through history
the way of Truth and Love
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Fear
keeps us focused on the past
or worried about the future.
If we can acknowledge our fear,
we can realize that right now we are okay.
Right now, today, we are still alive,
and our bodies are working marvelously.
Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky.
Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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“When I despair,
I remember that all through history
the way of Truth and Love
have always won.
There have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they can seem invincible,
but in the end,
they always fall.
Think of it -
Always.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
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"Many people
would undoubtedly consider it foolish and superstitious
to go on believing in a change for the better.
It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says,
'The cold is too awful for me to care
whether summer is coming or not;
the harm outdoes the good.'
But with or without our approval,
the severe weather does come to an end eventually
and one fine morning
the wind changes and there is the thaw.
When I compare the state of the weather
to our state of mind and our circumstances,
subject to change and fluctuation like the weather,
then I still have some hope that things may get better."
– Vincent van Gogh
There have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they can seem invincible,
but in the end,
they always fall.
Think of it -
Always.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
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"Many people
would undoubtedly consider it foolish and superstitious
to go on believing in a change for the better.
It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says,
'The cold is too awful for me to care
whether summer is coming or not;
the harm outdoes the good.'
But with or without our approval,
the severe weather does come to an end eventually
and one fine morning
the wind changes and there is the thaw.
When I compare the state of the weather
to our state of mind and our circumstances,
subject to change and fluctuation like the weather,
then I still have some hope that things may get better."
– Vincent van Gogh
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Hey Sweetie! Peace Be With You (111016)
Tom's still as cute as ever
Makes me feel good
Hey Sweetie,
I am dealing with pain, anger, and fear at the moment
I haven't allowed these feelings to consume me
But these emotional "wild horses" are running through me
And I'm trying my best not to grab on and ride them
Because there is no taming them
When you have finished your visit here at AOM
I suggest visiting
SoulFood Tea Garden (link)
To find comfort and help
In dealing with current events
Let us continue to promote Peace and Love
~*~
"Listen.
Behind the thoughts.
Deeper than the worries . . .
Be still and listen.
There is a note
that is singing in the core of your being.
Feel it fill your body and bathe your mind.
Let that note breathe through you
and resonate out into the world."
~Eric Hanson
(Wisdom Heart)
I wish you a peace-filled day
Peace and Love,
AOM
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I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line
I am dealing with pain, anger, and fear at the moment
I haven't allowed these feelings to consume me
But these emotional "wild horses" are running through me
And I'm trying my best not to grab on and ride them
Because there is no taming them
When you have finished your visit here at AOM
I suggest visiting
SoulFood Tea Garden (link)
To find comfort and help
In dealing with current events
Let us continue to promote Peace and Love
~*~
"Listen.
Behind the thoughts.
Deeper than the worries . . .
Be still and listen.
There is a note
that is singing in the core of your being.
Feel it fill your body and bathe your mind.
Let that note breathe through you
and resonate out into the world."
~Eric Hanson
(Wisdom Heart)
I wish you a peace-filled day
Peace and Love,
AOM
~*~
I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line
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Parting Shot: 111116
Viggo Mortensen from the film, Captain Fantastic
Now that is the attitude
I wish everyone had
Now that is the attitude
I wish everyone had
Peace and Love to you
((((HUGS))))
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Booty: 111116
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Talan from PerfectGuyz: 111116
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Beauty: 111116
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MUSIC: "Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" II. Adagio cantabile" by Ludwig van Beethoven
More Peace and Love to You
The Beautifully Soothing 2nd Movement
from
The Beautifully Soothing 2nd Movement
from
Ludwig van Beethoven's
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" II. Adagio cantabile
performed by pianist,
Murray Perahia
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AOM Meditations: 111116
Love (2016) painted by TM Davy
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"And if you help everyone else in your worlds to do that,
by helping them to learn and understand about themselves
and each other and the way everything works,
and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel,
and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly,
and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious . . .
Then they will renew enough to replace what is lost...”
~Phillip Pullman
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"And if you help everyone else in your worlds to do that,
by helping them to learn and understand about themselves
and each other and the way everything works,
and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel,
and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly,
and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious . . .
Then they will renew enough to replace what is lost...”
~Phillip Pullman
(His Dark Materials)
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This life is for loving, sharing,
learning, smiling, caring,
forgiving, laughing, hugging,
helping, dancing, wondering,
healing, and even more loving.
I choose to live life this way.
I want to live my life in such a way
that when I get out of bed in the morning,
the devil says, ‘Aw shit, he’s up!’
~Steve Maraboli
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“Letting go gives us freedom,
and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
If, in our heart, we still cling to anything -
anger, anxiety, or possessions -
we cannot be free.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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This life is for loving, sharing,
learning, smiling, caring,
forgiving, laughing, hugging,
helping, dancing, wondering,
healing, and even more loving.
I choose to live life this way.
I want to live my life in such a way
that when I get out of bed in the morning,
the devil says, ‘Aw shit, he’s up!’
~Steve Maraboli
~*~
“Letting go gives us freedom,
and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
If, in our heart, we still cling to anything -
anger, anxiety, or possessions -
we cannot be free.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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Hey Sweetie! 111116
Hey Sweetie,
Happy Friday, my Friend!
Today I'm going with
Life's too short and the moments too precious
To waste time being angry or fearful
There is so much beauty, love, and joy to experience
I'm aware of the anger and fear
That's running around like "wild horses"
Through my heart and mind
But I still ain't gonna take 'em for a ride
Also - just a suggestion
I highly recommend staying away from
Watching or Reading the News
(Just make ya mad - and who needs that)
~*~
My Razorbacks have another tough game this Saturday
On paper it looks tougher than last week
And could be the toughest of our remaining games
The team we play this week
Looks to have a stouter defense than the last team we played
The experts are picking us to lose this one (again)
And it doesn't look good for us
But I am feeling cautiously optimistic
Hope springs eternal!
We shall see
Win or Lose
I Love My Hogs!
Woooooooo PIG! Sooie!!!
!!!!!GO HOGS GO!!!!!
~*~
No posts over the weekend
My plan is to resume posting on Monday
~*~
When you've finished your visit here at AOM
I suggest visiting
SoulFood Tea Garden (link)
To find comfort and help
In dealing with current events
Let us continue to promote
Peace and Love
I wish you a beautiful day
And a wonderful weekend
Peace and Love,
AOM
~*~
I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line
Happy Friday, my Friend!
Today I'm going with
Life's too short and the moments too precious
To waste time being angry or fearful
There is so much beauty, love, and joy to experience
I'm aware of the anger and fear
That's running around like "wild horses"
Through my heart and mind
But I still ain't gonna take 'em for a ride
Also - just a suggestion
I highly recommend staying away from
Watching or Reading the News
(Just make ya mad - and who needs that)
~*~
My Razorbacks have another tough game this Saturday
On paper it looks tougher than last week
And could be the toughest of our remaining games
The team we play this week
Looks to have a stouter defense than the last team we played
The experts are picking us to lose this one (again)
And it doesn't look good for us
But I am feeling cautiously optimistic
Hope springs eternal!
We shall see
Win or Lose
I Love My Hogs!
Woooooooo PIG! Sooie!!!
!!!!!GO HOGS GO!!!!!
~*~
No posts over the weekend
My plan is to resume posting on Monday
~*~
When you've finished your visit here at AOM
I suggest visiting
SoulFood Tea Garden (link)
To find comfort and help
In dealing with current events
Let us continue to promote
Peace and Love
I wish you a beautiful day
And a wonderful weekend
Peace and Love,
AOM
~*~
I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer
Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings
Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind
And focus on the here and now
This present moment
Now
Breathe in
Filling your being with peace and love
As you begin each line, breathe out slowly
Breathing these thoughts into the world
Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love
Sending them from your heart
Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings
Breathe in and repeat the process for each line
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Parting Shot: 111416
Having Fun Conserving Water!
Sending you Peace and Love
Pass it on!
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Booty: 111416
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Jason Bacall from Bel Ami: 111416
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Beauty: 111416
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Music: "Sempre libera" performed by Anna Netrebko
Brilliant!!!
Party Girl, Violetta, is falling in love with Alfredo
But she's unsure about falling in Love
She's a Party Girl and should live wild and fancy free
Hmmm - What to do?
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LYRICS: English Translation
[Violetta:]
Free and aimless I frolic
From joy to joy,
Flowing along the surface
of life's path as I please.
As the day is born,
Or as the day dies,
Happily I turn to the new delights
That make my spirit soar.
[Alfredo:]
Love is a heartbeat throughout the universe,
mysterious, altering,
the torment and delight of my heart.
[Violetta:]
Oh! Oh! Love!
Madness! Euphoria!
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Anna Netrebko as Violetta
Rolando Villazon as Alfredo
singing
"Sempre libera"
from the opera, La Traviata,
Party Girl, Violetta, is falling in love with Alfredo
But she's unsure about falling in Love
She's a Party Girl and should live wild and fancy free
Hmmm - What to do?
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LYRICS: English Translation
[Violetta:]
Free and aimless I frolic
From joy to joy,
Flowing along the surface
of life's path as I please.
As the day is born,
Or as the day dies,
Happily I turn to the new delights
That make my spirit soar.
[Alfredo:]
Love is a heartbeat throughout the universe,
mysterious, altering,
the torment and delight of my heart.
[Violetta:]
Oh! Oh! Love!
Madness! Euphoria!
~*~
Anna Netrebko as Violetta
Rolando Villazon as Alfredo
singing
"Sempre libera"
from the opera, La Traviata,
by
Giuseppe Verdi
Salzburg Festspiele 2005
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Salzburg Festspiele 2005
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
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AOM Meditations: 111416
by William Blake
Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art
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"During difficult times like this,
I'm feeling that the most important thing
is our love for each other
and remembering to express that
and avoid the temptation to get caught
in negative and aggressive thinking.
Instead of polarizing,
this is a chance to stay with the groundlessness (1).
I've been meditating and getting in touch
with a deep and profound sadness.
It's hard to stay with that much vulnerability
but that's what I'm doing.
Groundlessness and tenderness and sadness
have so much to teach us.
I'm feeling that it's a time to contact our hearts
and to reach out and help in anyway we can".
~Pema Chödrön
(1) Groundlessness: (a short definition)
When life pulls the rug out from under you,
leaving you in a free fall into uncertainty
and the constantly shifting sands of
impermanence and change
To better understand “Groundlessness”
and how to learn to live with it,
I suggest reading this article:
Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art
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"During difficult times like this,
I'm feeling that the most important thing
is our love for each other
and remembering to express that
and avoid the temptation to get caught
in negative and aggressive thinking.
Instead of polarizing,
this is a chance to stay with the groundlessness (1).
I've been meditating and getting in touch
with a deep and profound sadness.
It's hard to stay with that much vulnerability
but that's what I'm doing.
Groundlessness and tenderness and sadness
have so much to teach us.
I'm feeling that it's a time to contact our hearts
and to reach out and help in anyway we can".
~Pema Chödrön
(1) Groundlessness: (a short definition)
When life pulls the rug out from under you,
leaving you in a free fall into uncertainty
and the constantly shifting sands of
impermanence and change
To better understand “Groundlessness”
and how to learn to live with it,
I suggest reading this article:
in the face of uncertainty and insecurity” (link)
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"If you send out goodness from yourself,
or if you share that which is happy or good within you,
it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times.
In the kingdom of love there is no competition;
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have."
~John O'Donohue
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Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine,
Under every grief and pine,
Runs a joy with silken twine.
It is right it should be so,
We were made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know,
Through the world we safely go.
~*~
"If you send out goodness from yourself,
or if you share that which is happy or good within you,
it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times.
In the kingdom of love there is no competition;
there is no possessiveness or control.
The more love you give away,
the more love you will have."
~John O'Donohue
~*~
Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine,
Under every grief and pine,
Runs a joy with silken twine.
It is right it should be so,
We were made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know,
Through the world we safely go.
~ by William Blake
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A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ
Trying to make sense of what just happened?
Here’s one of the best articles I’ve read
explaining the election of 2016
and how to move forward.
(Love and Understanding)
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A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ
Trying to make sense of what just happened?
Here’s one of the best articles I’ve read
explaining the election of 2016
and how to move forward.
(Love and Understanding)
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