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by Welles
Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:49 pm
Forum: Inspiring Poetry
Topic: In the Dark — by Pavithra K. Mehta
Replies: 2
Views: 2630

In the Dark — by Pavithra K. Mehta

In the Dark — by Pavithra K. Mehta tonight thoughts run loose the mind is a zoo and someone has unlocked all the cages. moon, what is it you have done that some nights you must hide your face? starlight has crept into every corner, do you see it? a silver haunting. this is what it looks like when t...
by Welles
Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Inspiring Poetry
Topic: Antidotes to Fear of Death — by Rebecca Elson
Replies: 1
Views: 3442

Antidotes to Fear of Death — by Rebecca Elson

Rebecca Elson was a Canadian-American poet and astronomer. In the 1990s she was among the first researchers to study images. She passed away at age 39. "A Responsibility to Awe," was published posthumously. It is a volume of Elson's poetry and essays, ranging from her teenage years until ...
by Welles
Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: You Are Always the Other Person — by David Cain
Replies: 1
Views: 1205

You Are Always the Other Person — by David Cain

You might like this or not. David Cain is one of those writer/thinkers who often engages my mind and sometimes my heart. I thought this point of view was fascinating. Imagine that when you die your life is converted into an extremely long, first-person YouTube video, which you may review at your le...
by Welles
Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Faith Is Different Than Beliefs — by Reb Zalman
Replies: 1
Views: 990

Faith Is Different Than Beliefs — by Reb Zalman

Where there is faith, there are fewer beliefs. We use beliefs to shore up opinions, rather than a relationship with the cosmos. Faith is what we call the relationship with the cosmos. It's different than beliefs. Beliefs would be sort of the candy that comes in a candy wrapper, out of faith. But fa...
by Welles
Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:01 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: AMKK Botanical Animation “Story of Flowers”
Replies: 3
Views: 1630

AMKK Botanical Animation “Story of Flowers”

This is a beautiful animation. I predict that anyone might love this, as I did.

AMKK Botanical Animation “Story of Flowers”

https://vimeo.com/219961246?embedded=tr ... er=2348491


:loves :sunflower: :loves :sunflower: :loves :sunflower: :loves
by Welles
Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Three States Of Water — by Natureza Gabriel Kram
Replies: 2
Views: 1452

Three States Of Water — by Natureza Gabriel Kram

I thought this is a fascinating thought... Imagine that you’ve never been to Earth. You visit first in winter, where someone introduces you to water. From a glass, they pour it out over your hand. You drink. Remarkable. Imagine that you walk outside onto a frozen lake. You’ve never seen this substa...
by Welles
Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:52 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Deeper You Go The More You Will Find — by Eileen Caddy
Replies: 1
Views: 1046

The Deeper You Go The More You Will Find — by Eileen Caddy

The Deeper You Go The More You Will Find — by Eileen Caddy Be spiritually minded so you are able to see through the outer conditions and situations and understand the cause operating in the unseen realm of the mind. Do this by being very still. Go into the silence, raise your consciousness and allo...
by Welles
Sun Jul 17, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Inspiring Poetry
Topic: Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn't Breaking — by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Replies: 1
Views: 2462

Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Isn't Breaking — by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Here's the first little bit... On Earth, just a teaspoon of neutron star would weigh six billion tons. Six billion tons equals the collective weight of every animal on earth. Including the insects. Times three. I was rather amazed by this poem and am linking the page on which I discovered it becaus...
by Welles
Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: A Nugget of Kindness — by Stuart M. Perkins
Replies: 1
Views: 982

A Nugget of Kindness — by Stuart M. Perkins

This is another little heart warming story. It is a reminder about little acts of kindness.

A Nugget of Kindness — by Stuart M. Perkins

https://storyshucker.wordpress.com/2022 ... -kindness/


:loves
by Welles
Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Monkey Stories, the Best Kind of Stories — by Snigdha Manickavel
Replies: 1
Views: 956

Monkey Stories, the Best Kind of Stories — by Snigdha Manickavel

This is just an amusingly fine piece of writing. I don't remember when the monkeys first started coming to our house. Possibly, it was while I was away at college. In those days something about the long, hot bus-rides home made me sleepy in a way that I could never shake off completely. At home, I l...
by Welles
Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:29 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Family Tree — by Stuart Perkins
Replies: 2
Views: 1056

Re: The Family Tree — by Stuart Perkins

Sandy,

I had the same momentary flash of doom. Then I remembered that Stuart never writes 'Bambi' stories. He is notable for heartwarming tales.


:loves
by Welles
Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:35 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Family Tree — by Stuart Perkins
Replies: 2
Views: 1056

The Family Tree — by Stuart Perkins

Here is another heart warming story from Stuart Perkins.

The Family Tree — by Stuart Perkins

https://storyshucker.wordpress.com/2021 ... mily-tree/


:loves
by Welles
Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:32 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: How Animals See Themselves — by Ed Yong
Replies: 4
Views: 1596

Re: How Animals See Themselves — by Ed Yong

That was my response too, Sandy. I took the time to actually think about the lives of things I could do without, ticks, mosquitos, rats and mice, poison oak etc.

:duh :bana: :duh :bana: :duh
by Welles
Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:32 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: How Animals See Themselves — by Ed Yong
Replies: 4
Views: 1596

How Animals See Themselves — by Ed Yong

Nature shows have always prized the dramatic: David Attenborough himself once told me, after filming a series on reptiles and amphibians, frogs “really don’t do very much until they breed, and snakes don’t do very much until they kill.” Such thinking has now become all-consuming, and nature’s drama...
by Welles
Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:04 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Penpa Tang-ing with Neha — by Pavithra K. Mehta
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Re: Penpa Tang-ing with Neha — by Pavithra K. Mehta

Here's her latest... 943 — by Pavithra K. Mehta To be indiscriminately captivated means to be at home anywhere/everywhere/nowhere. Why fault this faculty? Single-mindedness is so often misapplied. Would she tell the bumblebee not to be so flighty? Would she command the butterfly to be less fickle? ...
by Welles
Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Penpa Tang-ing with Neha — by Pavithra K. Mehta
Replies: 2
Views: 1057

Penpa Tang-ing with Neha — by Pavithra K. Mehta

Pavithra is one of my very favorite poet/writers. After a hiatus of some years she is once again posting almost daily. I'd like to introduce you all to her work with this one recent little story. Neha is the recently-turned-eight-year-old across the street. Every encounter with her is an edifying e...
by Welles
Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Listening And The Crisis Of Inattention — an interview
Replies: 0
Views: 843

Listening And The Crisis Of Inattention — an interview

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee: Sounds Wild and Broken is a remarkably comprehensive book exploring the history and evolution of sound, the relationships embedded within sound, and the threat to much of the living world’s sonic diversity and experience due to the mass extinction of sound-generating species. ...
by Welles
Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:30 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Age of Stolen Salt — by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Replies: 0
Views: 847

The Age of Stolen Salt — by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Salt is an ancestor. Older than ocean, old as stars. Salt flows through your saltwater body even now like blood, as blood. Salt is nonnegotiable, necessary for the working of every single cell. Salt is time. Evidence of how long since evaporation. Resident time of water in basins. Measured future f...
by Welles
Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Turning Survival Inside Out — by Kerri Lake
Replies: 0
Views: 801

Turning Survival Inside Out — by Kerri Lake

You know how people will lament when they say, “Time to get back to reality,” or “…yeah, but that’s not how the real world works”? What is the real world? Who suggested that toil, despair and various flavors of enslavement are what’s “real”? That despair distills from a relationship with survival. ...
by Welles
Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:36 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Intelligence behind the universe
Replies: 21
Views: 6444

Re: Intelligence behind the universe

My thought about atheists: Most kids go through a phase during which they think they are smarter than their parents. Atheists are simply going through a phase when they think they are smarter than God. :lol: Any time I've been snookered into the 'atheist' debate my default logic is this. "Have...
by Welles
Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:25 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Uplifting Music
Replies: 116
Views: 74922

Re: Uplifting Music

Do you sing Welles? In the shower. Actually I did as a kid in church choir. I tried out for the National Cathedral Choir. With a lot of training I might have made it but my voice at 13 was a little lower than they wished. Oh well. I intend to be a musician somewhere along in my mansion experiences....
by Welles
Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:26 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Ask the Teachers: Is happiness really the central goal of Buddhist practice?
Replies: 1
Views: 976

Ask the Teachers: Is happiness really the central goal of Buddhist practice?

Question: Buddhist teachers, including the Dalai Lama, often speak of happiness as a goal (if not the goal) of Buddhist practice. I don’t begrudge anyone happiness, but making it so central to spiritual life feels self-serving. Am I misunderstanding what’s meant by “happiness”? Anushka Fernandopull...
by Welles
Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:18 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Uplifting Music
Replies: 116
Views: 74922

Re: Uplifting Music

I have two offerings. I spent fifteen years involved in the world of a cappella music, producing radio programs that went around the world, judging international competitions etc. In my opinion Pentatonix's "Hallelujah" is one of the most amazing pieces ever recorded. I'm also including a...
by Welles
Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Opening To Greater Life — by Thomas Berry
Replies: 1
Views: 956

Opening To Greater Life — by Thomas Berry

Tell the [future generations] that something new is happening, a new vision, a new energy, a new sacred story is coming into being in the transition from one era to another. Tell them in the darkness of this time, a vast transformation is occurring in the depths of human consciousness, which is lea...
by Welles
Tue May 24, 2022 6:38 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: How to Get the Magic Back — by David Cain
Replies: 1
Views: 961

How to Get the Magic Back — by David Cain

Each weekend of the summer I try to take a long bike ride to some part of the city I’ve never been to. I do this for three reasons. It’s several hours of exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise. It also gets me out doing and seeing things, which makes me feel like I’ve used the day well. The third...