levitation

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i'm a lucky little girl to walk along this planet earth

Shivoham

The power which turns galaxies into dust and simultaneously turns dust into galaxies has been explained in this sextet hymn by Jagadguru Bhagavatpada Adi Shankaracharya. It is referred to as both, Aatma shatakam and Nirvana shatakam. All of the Jagadguru's works (in Sanskrit) are available at: http://www.samatabooks.com/

This hymn is described at: http://happiness-beyond-thought.com/backgroundtexts/nirvanashatakam.html
as:
These verses are a personal declaration and celebration by Shankara of his own Self Realization. They are a powerful demonstration of the breadth and range of understanding encompassed of enlightenment. Many of the verses seem evident and easy to grasp and accept. Others challenge the depths of your identity and understanding.

In this approach, every attachment, belief, experience, sensation, bodily segment or function is systematically considered and negated. Realizing that you cannot be both the subject and the object, each of these objectified elements is in turn rejected as being not me. After negating everything that can be found to investigate, you are left with only the observer, and the investigation refocuses on the observer. When no observer is found, the entire dualistic structure collapses and everything is found to be That, One, or Beingness.

in the center

here we are
at the center of the hive--
painstakingly carving out
our own oases,
what is intuition besides decision:
cheese sandwich, going out.
your choice dear muse,
in the center of the center of this
angels call it their home
ground zero
namaste

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today

two of my favorite things in the world

crystals and bougainvilla

california nebula

i love my new bathtub

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surrender