Power

April 14, 2017, 3:54 am

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Just what Power is I cannot explain,
for it is beyond my comprehension.
Those who seek it go alone that they
may be tested for worthiness. It is
a gift to be bestowed not only for
virtue but for prayer and courage.

source: Victorio,  Apache 1820-1880
image: Eddie’s Image Collection, Master with Tiger

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My Heart is Glad

April 15, 2017, 4:01 am

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In time of rain I come:
I can sing among the flowers:
I utter my song: my heart is glad.

Water of flowers foams over the earth:
My heart was intoxicated.

source: Aztec
image: Eddie’s Image Collection
please note: this is reposted from ETH April 2013

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The Silence Within

April 16, 2017, 4:00 am

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Learn to get in touch with the silence
within yourself and know that
everything in this life
has a purpose.

source: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, April 2016

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A Pure Heart

April 17, 2017, 3:26 am

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Whoever, in devotion, offers Me a
gift, whether it be a flower, a fruit
or water, I accept it as coming from
one who has a pure heart.

source: The Bhagavad Gita
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, White Rose

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Imagination

April 18, 2017, 3:27 am

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Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination

will get you everywhere.

source: Albert Einstein
image: Eddie’s Image Collection, Sego Canyon Petroglyphs 8000 years old

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Hold Someone

April 19, 2017, 3:20 am

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Hold someone, starting with yourself,
and tell them you love them.

source: Eddie’s Journal
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Red Rose

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First Love

April 20, 2017, 2:53 am

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The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.

source: Jalaluddin Rumi
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Red Roses

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Two Full Jars

April 21, 2017, 3:24 am

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Be not satisfied with partial contentment,
for he who engulfs the spring of life with
one empty jar will depart with two full jars.

source: Kahlil Gibran, Secrets of the Heart
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Amaryllis

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Gardeners know that

April 21, 2017, 8:55 am

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all seeds do not bloom
every spring is not the same
similar flowers do not look alike
and
today is different than yesterday.

source: Eddie’s Journal
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Bromeliads Spring 2016

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Mercury Retrograde Spring 2017

April 22, 2017, 4:52 am

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Mercury is relevant to communication and travel.
Mercury turns retrograde three times each year.
It appears to stop its forward motion and reverse.
This is only as it appears to earthlings.
‘Retrograde’ motion may apply to any of the planets.
Three weeks before and three weeks after Mercury goes
retrograde it has the same effect.
This Spring, Mercury went retrograde April 9th and will
remain so until May the 2nd. Travel plains may be disrupted.
Security issues will affect millions as populations
seek understanding.  Guard against verbal abuse, personal threats,
or over reaction caused by delays. Endeavor to maintain inner peace.
It is important to keep channels of communication open
and clear with those who matter most in your life.

 

source: Eddie’s Journal, original post Spring 2010
image: Eddie’s Image Collection

 

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Along the Road

April 23, 2017, 4:05 am

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There are only two mistakes one can
make along the road to truth; not
going all the way, and not starting.

source: The Buddha
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Spring 2016

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Expect the Dawn

April 24, 2017, 2:53 am

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We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves
awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an
infinite expectation of the dawn, which does
not forsake us even in our soundest sleep.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the
unquestionable ability of man to elevate his
life by a conscious endeavour. It is something
to be able to paint a particular picture, or
to carve a statue, and so to make a few
objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious
to carve and paint the very atmosphere and
medium through which we look, which morally
we can do. To affect the quality of the day,
that is the highest of arts.

source: Henry David Thoreau, Walden
image: Eddie’s Image Collection
please note: all images from ‘Eddie’s Image Collection’ are from other sources

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The One Thing to Be Known

April 25, 2017, 3:15 am

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I Am the Father, the Mother, the
Sustainer, the Grandfather, the Purifier,
the One thing to be known.

source: The Bhagavad Gita
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Aloe Spring 2015

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In Your Garden

April 26, 2017, 3:10 am

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There is no need to go to India or anywhere
else to find peace. You will find that
deep place of silence right in your
room, your garden or even
your bathtub.

source: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Frangipani Tree Spring 2017

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Heart and Soul

April 27, 2017, 2:46 am

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Your purpose in life is to find your
purpose and give your whole
heart and soul to it.

source: The Buddha
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Fresh Flower April 2017

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Hear the Whispers

April 28, 2017, 3:28 am

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What you seek is seeking you.

source: Jalaluddin Rumi
image: Eddie’s Photos, Palenque, Chiapas Mexico
1998 ancient Mayans ruins, transferred from 35mm

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All Things Are Equal

April 29, 2017, 3:50 am

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With one’s heart focused on yoga
(union) and recognizing all things
as equal, then you will see the
Self within-and within all being.

source: The Bhagavad Gita
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Spring 2015

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Dear Readers

April 29, 2017, 4:34 am

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WordPress gives awards for a variety of
things and also indicates when a certain
number of posts have been published.
Why it marks 1337 posts published
is beyond me.

 Only you have made this possible.
Thank you everyone.

Eddie

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The Eternal

April 30, 2017, 3:31 am

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Listen to the Way
which is called the eternal.

source: The Upanishads
image: Eddie’s Image Collection, The Eternal Sea

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Everything is a Miracle

May 1, 2017, 2:57 am

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There are only two ways to live
your life. One is as though nothing
is a miracle. The other is as though
everything is a miracle.

source: Albert Einstein
image: Eddie’s Garden, Eddie’s Photos, Gardenia Flowers May 2015

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