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The Universe sent this:

"Practice. Study. Prepare yourself. Think. Act. Face the beasts. Pay the piper whatever dues you think you have to pay. Do the dance, walk the fire, wait in line. Plant the seeds, hoe the field, go to market." 
Sounds like a good plan to me. "Wax on. Wax off".

Quotes: 

"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think." ~ Dorothy Parker
 
"If you cannot find a a good companion to walk with, walk alone like an elephant roaming the jungle.  It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress."  ~ Buddha
 
"Follow the light bringers...
Magic is afoot greater than you can imagine." ~ Colette Baron Reid

A thing I thought: 

Pay it forward is a powerful tool for changing the world. I've been paying it forward ever since some people helped me years ago and taught me about pay it forward.  If someone helps you pay it forward and help another.  It's good for your soul. 

Photography: 

If you like photo contests you might enjoy playing on Viewbug:  Collaborate in the World's Best Photo Contests 

One of my favorite photographers is Drew Hopper, an Australian photographer. Check out his site.

Three pictures I took at DeSoto Caverns Family Fun Park.
  

Fun song! 

She has to milk her cow on a Monday
She has to roll her hair on a Tuesday
She has to feed her pig on "Let's be friends day"
She has to ????? on a Thursday
hmmmm?
It won't be long now?



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Update at the bottom.
 
I'm not an authority on this subject.  This is just what I think.  

My friend John from Owl and Terrapin had a yin to hear about Yin. I didn't think that would be a big deal, but it has turned out to be more Yang than I imagined. I've spent a few days doing a little research, consulting with one of my mentors, and getting my thoughts together.

A very little bit of history.

Yin is part of both Confucianism and Taoism. Confucius didn't know about Yin. It became part to that system of thought after his death. Confucius taught moral and ethical behavior.  When Yin/Yang was absorbed by Confucianism, both Yin and Yang were endowed with moral attributes.  Yin and Yang, as part of a ethical dichotomy carry moral judgements.
Taoists see Yin a bit differently.  Yin is part of a wave, an oscillation. It isn't part of the dichotomy of good and evil or black and white.

Yin has been described as feminine, cold, wet, slow, soft, passive, yielding, and diffuse. It has been associated with darkness, water, earth, the moon, and night.
 
In either system Yin has no meaning apart from Yang.  They give rise to each other. They compliment each other.  The difficulty in discussing yin arises from Yin's reliance on Yang for its existence and meaning.  There is no wave it one half is missing.


Yin and Yang try to look as different as possible while being identical.  And reversible. It's the idea of identical differences. Check out Alan Watts for more on this. 
Yin is part of an energy wave.

Before "let there be light" (Genesis 1:3) was there only dark.  No....there was no dichotomy.  There was no dark.  "Let there be light" Yang and Yin.
If there was only Yang, you would create Yin.
There is nothing to do
and everything to do
Now
Tao
The Universe
God
Spirit
The Divine
The word is not the thing
Don't grasp
Expand containing all things

What can you know?  Words are obscured by their proliferation.
The 10,000 things
This from that
That from this
The affirmation is rooted in denial of the other?

They ate from עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע? (Genesis 3:6).  God tried to warn them.  Avoid the dichotomy. They didn't.  And we still eat there.

It's this and that.
Not this or that.

Yin/Yang
Mind/Universe
Wave/Particle
UIDst = 7hd + 4hd

The illusion that one will win over the other is a silly illusion.

UPDATE

Same Differences

"Which meaning brings meaning
when brought to mind?
Which meaning brings meaning
when brought to heart?
Feel meaniong, know purpose.
Know meaning, feel purpose.
Witness the qualities within their differences
and know that the Tao...rests in their sameness."
~ The Tao of Circles by Carl Garant

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People who can see me in non-cyber space know I love shiny rocks.  I pick them up.  I carry them with me. I randomly give them away. I accept them as gifts.
This is the second in a series of biweekly features about sharing the gems and jewels I find along the way  (quotes, songs, thoughts, notes, websites, photos i take, photos I see).   I hope you like the shiny cyber rocks. I may update Shiny Rocks all during the day as I come across new shiny things.
If you have some shiny rocks you'd like to share leave them in the comments.   Let me know what you think.
May truth, love, and light embrace you and emanate from you.

Hurray for the Riff Raff is a new group to me.  I love the honest feel I found in their music.  Listen to their new album, Small Town Heroes.  Then buy it!
   


Down sizing my life and moving into an RV has brought a lot of interesting ideas into my life.  One of those is the tiny home.  Tiny Diamond Homes is good place to start exploring this.

I put these in the metaphysical suitcase: 
The Monkey Buddha turned out to be not metaphysical when I got there.
I plan to spend some time exploring the IONS site. 
And finding universal wisdom might be worth a peek.   ;-)
 
For only $4.97 you can have adventure or inspiration.
  
Toothpaste has risen to a whole new level.  hahahaha

I think everything you need to know resides within you.
 
Arty stuff:
Whatever your art is, Wayne White is worth checking out.  
If you haven't seen Beauty is Embarrassing you should.
  

 Things I thought:

• Could it be that our culture purposely separates us from spiritual things so we will be better cogs and consumers?  
• Is it in the corporate interest to keep us from thinking and to keep us evolving and growing spiritually?
• Do not be afraid.  Slay your dragon. Take off your armor. Jump!

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