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When the Shoe Fits ~ Chuang Tzu

When the Shoe Fits -- Chuang Tzu

When the Shoe Fits

Ch'ui the draftsman
Could draw more perfect circles freehand
Than with a compass.

His fingers brought forth
Spontaneous forms from nowhere. His mind
Was meanwhile free and without concern
With what he was doing.

No application was needed
His mind was perfectly simple
And knew no obstacle.

Respect Is Not A Commandment!

THOUGHT: How do you command the respect of others? You don't. Can one engage in self-respect? What does that look like, what does that feel like? Can we ever know that which does not change with experiences?

Yes.

Love transcends all things, all people, all circumstances and all experiences. Love includes and transcends all gods and devils of our own choosing or our making. Love is reborn in and as every moment that is life. There is nothing else, not really.

When did you think otherwise? Who are you to think otherwise?

Anna Ruiz/Kailashana

Take Me Back to the Sixties

Even if you weren't around then, you'll enjoy the music...

http://objflicks.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm

The Genius of the Crowd ~ Charles Bukowski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPzWLPAxn1o&feature=related

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

Quote by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass

"This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in an

(Over 900 TED Talks, on every subject you can imagine. If you haven't been introduced (I've posted several already, please make note of them now....they're all well worth your time and you'll find
what floats your boat, I'm sure!)

Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html?ga_source...

The Camel -- Wislawa Szymborska

The Camel

Don't tell a camel about need and want.

Look at the big lips
pursed
in perpetual kiss,
the dangerous lashes
of a born coquette.

The camel is an animal
grateful for less.

It keeps to itself
the hidden spring choked with grass,
the sharpest thorn
on the sweetest stalk.

When a voice was heard crying in the wilderness,

when God spoke
from the burning bush,

the camel was the only animal
to answer back.

Even the Rain

Even the Rain ( Spanish with English subtitles También la lluvia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gdMY7oiFYw (trailer)

All 8 trailers. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422032/videogallery

Barry and I watched this after a long day yesterday. I thoroughly recommend it.

Art imitates life, and it is ever-so-spot-on in this age where everything is privatized and soon
the air up there will be owned by some global conglomerate.

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