Rose with the Son before sunrise

Photo & text credit: Return To Eden on Facebook

“We judge everyone by surface appearance when we live in a world of “invisible” people. Thoughts, feelings and our inner life in general constitute the “real” person.”

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An unfocused (distorted) mind looking at a well-focused photograph is — interestingly enough — simultaneously focused and unfocused.

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[Differential Grasshoppers have relatively large bodies; the females are larger than the males.  Differential Grasshoppers inhabit grasslands, rural meadows, and weedy areas and are most abundant in the central states. The one in the photograph is a male.  Male Differentail Grasshoppers have bootlike appendages on the abdomen tip.]

Male Differential Grasshopper. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

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The implicate, illimitable order always exists beyond limited, crass confinement.

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[This is a Red-eyed Planthopper, Acanalonia conica.  The Planthopper hops with gigantic leaps to get away from danger.  This rapid form of transportation is only used when it needs to make a quick getaway, though. Usually, Planthoppers move very slowly so as not to attract any unwanted attention from birds or other predators. I noticed this one temporarily resting on our cement porch; then I quickly ran in the house to grab my camera!]

Planthopper. Enlightenment personified (1). Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

Planthopper. Enlightenment personified (2). Photo by Thomas Peace 2014

“If we know the divine art of concentration,
if we know the divine art of meditation,
if we know the divine art of contemplation,
easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.”

Photography Credit

artfreelancelife:

Paulo Mendona

“People Are Lonely Because They Build Walls And Not Bridges”
Thanks to Alan Markovich for the image.

Pain makes walls

Between lovers and friends

Pain makes wars

Between Nations and peoples

Pain makes rips

In the fabric of society

Pain makes addictions

In the young and old

Pain makes riffs

In the Mother’s skin

Pain makes distance

From God

Bridges make unity

Between lovers and friends

Bridges make peace

Between Nations and peoples

Bridges weave

The fabric of society

Bridges bring recovery

To the young and old

Bridges heal the riffs

In the Mother’s skin

Bridges bring closeness

To God.