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Warmth deep beyond the center! Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
A man without a warm, caring heart is like a musician without thumbs!
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(Multi-photo): True poetic insight is graceful because its sensitivity crosses boundaries and perceives all as one.
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. True poetic insight is graceful because its sensitivity crosses boundaries and perceives all as one.
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Don’t count your chickens… — photo by Thomas Peace 2014
… before they hatch! —– (Robin Fledglings) … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The pointing finger isn’t the moon, and symbolic thoughts aren’t the realities. Go beyond the pointer!
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. The pointing finger isn’t the moon, and symbolic thoughts aren’t the realities. Go beyond the pointer!
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Don’t get lost in the details! …. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
An ordinary mind will see things as being stale and humdrum; a profound mind will perceive things as being majestic and wonderful!
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. An ordinary mind will see things as being stale and humdrum; a profound mind will perceive things as being majestic and wonderful!
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There’s fungus among us! … cup fungi … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
To observe directly without deluding oneself with false images and beliefs is rare in this world… and is wisdom in action.
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. To observe directly without deluding oneself with false images and beliefs is rare in this world… and is wisdom in action.
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Open wide, far beyond common, limited awareness! … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Awareness and compassion are priceless gifts for a consciousness to be, and with them comes great responsibility!
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. Awareness and compassion are priceless gifts for a consciousness to be, and with them comes great responsibility!
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Hungry fledglings and a late bloomer… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
I don’t hug trees, but I do hug grandmothers, grandfathers, children, and the multiply handicapped!
. . . . . . I don’t hug trees, but I do hug grandmothers, grandfathers, children, and the multiply handicapped! . .
“We don’t want hugs; we want sun, water, and nutrients!” … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
First thing in the morning, many birds sprightly sing to the joy of the new day, returning sun, and the exhilaration of being and sharing! :)
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. First thing in the morning, many birds sprightly sing to the joy of the new day, returning sun, and the exhilaration of being and sharing! 🙂 Namaste!
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“You two don’t ever sing to the sun in the morning. Are you atheists?” … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Carry too many thoughts about “how things are” with you… and you won’t ever actually see where you are going!
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. Carry too many thoughts about “how things are” with you… and you won’t ever actually see where you are going!
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The center of attention… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
(Multi-photo)… In compassion, there is no separate “you” and “I”!
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. In compassion, there is no separate “you” and “I”!
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Who’s zoomin’ who? … (Saltwater Tang Fish, Blue Tang) photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Close-up photo of Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Nemo…
Dorothy: How do you talk if you don’t have a brain? Scarecrow: Well, some people without brains…
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. Dorothy: How do you talk if you don’t have a brain?
. Scarecrow: Well, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t they?!
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Scarecrow: Boo! Scat! Boo! You see, I can’t even scare a crow. (Photo by Thomas Peace 2014)
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. — Oscar Wilde
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. Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
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Explosion of compassion!… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Marvel at life and nature! If things get you down, take a walk in the woods and drop the hurts behind (like dead weights)!
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. Marvel at life and nature! If things get you down, take a walk in the woods and drop the hurts behind (like dead weights)!
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Hidden in the micro-forest… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The giver is the gift. The seer is the seen. The helping is the love.
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. The giver is the gift. The seer is the seen. The helping is the love.
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Morning Glory by the woods… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Being in the unseen… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
They say that location is everything! Location! Location! Location! ;)
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. They say that location is everything! Location! Location! Location!
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They say that location is everything! …. Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Never ever grow up! Never ever let them contaminate your youth and inner joy with their old words and systems!
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. Never ever grow up! Never ever let them contaminate your youth and inner joy with their old words and systems!
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Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly (male)… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Cleanliness is not next to godliness… but genuine, heartfelt compassion is!
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. Cleanliness is not next to godliness… but genuine, heartfelt compassion is!
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Clouded Sulphur Butterfly (male) on pink clover… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Would you rather wake up while you’re you, or afterwards? – E.E.Cummings
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. Would you rather wake up while you’re you, or afterwards?
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Flagtail Prochilodus, large tetra, South America species… 1 1/2 feet long… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
You can’t climb to the top of the mountain of wisdom while carrying the burden of…
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. You can’t climb to the top of the mountain of wisdom while carrying the burden of thought, fear, and memory.
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Climbing to the summit! Green Grasshopper photo by Thomas Peace 2014
We teach kids math and spelling… but we don’t try enough regarding crucial and vital education involving empathy, compassion, and…
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. We teach kids math and spelling… but we don’t try enough regarding crucial and vital education involving empathy, compassion, and sensitivity.
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Easter will be here soon!…(Wild Rabbit) photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Please do not merely look through the contaminated screen of what you were taught!
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. Please do not merely look through the contaminated screen of what you were taught!
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Even a butterfly can look beyond what it’s programmed to see! … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
To the dull mind, nature is leaden. To the illumined mind, the whole world burns and sparkles with…
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. To the dull mind, nature is leaden. To the illumined mind, the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
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Mundane, dark, sameness, or radiant, sublime, splendor…. photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Quietly and effortlessly sit and look with keen awareness (and unity) at nature; see its…
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. Quietly and effortlessly sit and look with keen awareness (and heartfelt unity) at nature; see its conflict and (especially) its deep harmony.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Judging a person by the color of his skin is like judging the sun by the color of the clouds.
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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
You can travel the whole world in pursuit of happiness, but…
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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
4 Ever Yours…
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. 4 Ever Yours
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4 Ever Yours…. photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Ours!
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. White butterfly
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. whose spirit?
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Just another me… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Don’t waltz through life eternally numb… with a paralyzed heart.
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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
Although one lives in a violent and unfair world… one can be nonviolent and fair.
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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
Mediocrity thrives on indifference. True goodness thrives on compassion and intense awareness.
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. Mediocrity thrives on indifference. True goodness thrives on compassion and intense awareness.
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Freshwater Discus Fish … Turquoise Discus … photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The Carnival without gates…
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. What if, in the world, there were no such things as gates and rivers? What if there was pleasure, but no pain?
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The Carnival without gates… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Many, in the orchestra of life, are not harmonious (i.e., they are violent), but some are an ensemble of goodness and true order.
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. Many, in the orchestra of life, are not harmonious (i.e., they are violent), but some are an ensemble of goodness and true order.
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Standing above society’s masses… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
The littlest, weak creature — even though it may soon fall — contains and harbors the power of the entire multiverse.
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. The littlest, weak creature — even though it may soon fall — contains and harbors the power of the entire multiverse.
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Two Katydids’ perspective in the multiverse… (look closely)… Photo by Thomas Peace 2014
A true, effortless silence between two thoughts can be the immense awareness that…
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. A true, effortless silence between two thoughts… can be the immense awareness that perceives without symbolism, illusory control, conflict, and separation.
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Red Admiral Butterfly resting… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Hate not what is part of the perceptions that you are.
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. Hate not what is part of the perceptions that you are.
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Visiting Katydid (insects)… photo by Thomas Peace 2014
Life is much more precious than reason can conceive.
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. Life is much more precious than reason can conceive.
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Katy in the Daylilly… Katydid in Flower… photo by Thomas Peace 2013
Let your eyes listen; let your ears see; let the mind be silent and open.
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. Let your eyes listen; let your ears see; let the mind be silent and open.
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For though they may be parted There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it bee (like the beatles’ song)… photo by Thomas Peace 2013
If Nietzsche were alive today…
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. If Nietzsche were alive today, I’d, from behind, maybe gently kick him in the pants… to have him permanently understand how some things can truly come to an end. 😉
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Mushrooms amongst blades of grass… photo by Thomas Peace 2013
If, psychologically, the “perceiver” is “the perceived,”…
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. If, psychologically, the “perceiver” is “the perceived,” then when outdoors summoning someone… you may be “calling out to invite the color of the sky.” 😉
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Grand Haven Kite Festival… photo by Thomas Peace 2013
To socialize often is great. To be alone…
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. To socialize often is great. To be alone and still in innocent quietude — with (or without) nature — is even better.
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Clouded Sulphur Butterfly, Butterflies; these are all male butterflies; i was the sixth male in the group… photo by Thomas Peace 2013
Vicarious images…
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. Vicarious images about what others go through in life are not enough; one has to feel it in one’s heart.
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Female Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly … photo by Thomas Peace 2013
Being popular and self-confident…
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. Being popular and self-confident isn’t what is important; being caring, alive, compassionate, and aware is what’s important.
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Orange Anthias Fish – saltwater fish at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago – photo by Thomas Peace 2013
Enjoy life…
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. Enjoy life simply and lovingly and you won’t ever need to ask why we exist.
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Different kind of flowers … mushrooms … by Thomas Peace 2013
Understanding involves (and is) tremendous sympathy… otherwise it is…
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. Understanding involves (and is) tremendous sympathy… otherwise it is not true and integral understanding whatsoever.
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Sulphur Butterfly in flight … by Thomas Peace 2013
Getting old is a privilege and an honor; we’re brainwashed by advertising and don’t see the real beauty of age and…
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. Getting old is a privilege and an honor; we’re brainwashed by advertising and don’t see the real beauty of age and the elderly!
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South American Discus Fish (Pigeon Blood variety) … by Thomas Peace 2013
The treasure isn’t “out there”… the treasure lies within!
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. The treasure isn’t “out there”… the treasure lies within!
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Spined Soldier Bug Hunting for prey … by Thomas Peace 2013
A mind of infinite wisdom is infinite. An uncaring mind (full of limitation and enclosed selfishness) is…
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. A mind of infinite wisdom is infinite. An uncaring mind (full of limitation and enclosed selfishness) is essentially of transience involving limitation and the finite.
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The Bumble bee that isn’t bumbling awkward at season’s end … by Thomas Peace 2013
The beauty and sacredness that exists beyond this clockwork universe can visit you, but only if you are…
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. The beauty and sacredness that exists beyond this clockwork universe can visit you, but only if you are silent, innocent, and compassionate.
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Monarch Butterfly at her home-tree … by Thomas Peace 2013
A warmhearted company supervisor is a respected and cherished individual; a cold boss — mistreating…
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. A warmhearted company supervisor is a respected and cherished individual; a cold boss — mistreating mere vassals — is a dark, long shadow of grief on life.
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Praying Mantis (at the edge of life… literally) … by Thomas Peace 2013
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