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. — Tung-Shan (807-869 A.D.)
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Dorothy to Glinda (in Oz): “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own backyard, because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” … Photo (from the backyard) by Thomas Peace 2014
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. Judging a person by the color of his skin is like judging the sun by the color of the clouds.
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Beyond superficial labels… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. You can travel the whole world in pursuit of happiness, but happiness is where you are (in the first place) or not at all.
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A non-traveling Monarch… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. “I do not doubt that I am limitless, and that the
universes are limitless.”
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Endless trout (i.e., rainbow trout)… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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4 Ever Yours…. photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. You don’t have to believe in anything to enjoy and love nature; you don’t have to swallow dead doctrines to love others and all of life’s creatures.
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John the Baptist – whom the historical Christ followed – was far from the bureaucratic temples, and didn’t believe in them. J.C. tore up temples. …photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. White butterfly
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. whose spirit?
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Just another me… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. Don’t waltz through life eternally numb… with a paralyzed heart.
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Entwined in too much Security… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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. Although one lives in a violent and unfair world… one can be nonviolent and fair.
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Safe in the evergreen… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
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