Surfing with Wind

[O Donna]

“Our sense of wonder is a blessing from God, given so that we would be continually amazed at His beauty and creation.”
— Ravi Zacharias

Create everyday





The Ass King for it. What are you going to do?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
- Snow Patrol

[Wind]

"Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances complete it. That is why every being spontaneously honors the Tao.

The Tao gives birth to all beings, nourishes them, maintains them, cares for them, comforts them, protects them, takes them back to itself, creating without possessing, acting without expecting, guiding without interfering. That is why love of the Tao is in the very nature of things."

~ Tao Te Ching, Chapter 51
(Lao Tzu, approx. 500 BC)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=81rDsHT5Tkg

[O Donna]

The weaver not only weaves the path(s) but the home(s) along the journey.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n-DmAh0dObI

I've just closed my eyes again

[O Donna]

Found illusion

Me: Fond u, illusion!
Illusion: Who?


(Retitled: You and I, the De-vase)



900-year-old optical illusion found in India reveals a lot about your personality



(That is a fun illusion, still believe your eyes?)

Fly in the ointment?
Nah, that just a fly pretending it does not belong.

"The Shining (1980)", not just a movie, but then again, you knew that.




Hanging out to dry, thanks.

[Wind]

Damn Thirsty


First
The fish needs to say,

"Something ain't right about this
Camel ride -

And I'm
Feeling so damn

Thirsty."

~ Hafiz

Posted by O Donna (here)
Fly in the ointment?
Nah, that just a fly pretending it does not belong.

Every being in existence has it's part to play.

Including the fly in the ointment and pink elephant.

Or court jesters, clowns, priests, kings, queens, soldiers, peasants and what have you.

"The Shining (1980)", not just a movie, but then again, you knew that.

Don't get me started! I suppose even these have their parts.



Sometimes or quite often people have secrets hidden right under their noses.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=riuZHZPcZsg

You want to be fooled...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GZc3EsElqeA

Remember the cherish and loving part. Never mind me, I'm just a Fool...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q4Ow69QWJmo

[O Donna]

Do you remember default setting?
Default setting:: Do not talk about fight club.




Indirectly talking about fight club satisfies setting.
Parrot: Do not discuss fight club.
Never ever have I mention fight club.
Yep, you got it; this is not a discussion about fight club.




Perfect. The roadless travel, intact…… as always.





Which way?

Perfect
………………………

Incarnation, was it the apple?

[Wind]

Faithful Lover


The moon came to me last night
With a sweet question.

She said,

"The sun has been my faithful lover
For millions of years.

Whenever I offer my body to him
Brilliant light pours from his heart.

Thousands then notice my happiness
And delight in pointing
Toward my beauty.

Hafiz,
Is it true that our destiny
Is to turn into Light
Itself?"

And I replied,

Dear moon,
Now that your love is maturing,
We need to sit together
Close like this more often

So I might instruct you
How to become
Who you
Are!

~ Hafiz

[O Donna]

Gift Received
The greatest of gift, often right under the nose
Hallelujah!!



Like the first time.......

What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?

See how it sings like a sad heart
And joyously screams out its pain
Sounds that build high like a mountain
Or notes that fall gently like rain

I can't wait to share this new wonder
The people will all see its light
Let them all make their own music

Unimaginable gift!



(Note to Mods/ Bill: if the size of earth image is too big, please feel free to edit to smaller size)

The irony of such a 'note' is not lost.

[Wind]

Posted by O Donna (here)
Gift Received
The greatest of gift, often right under the nose
Hallelujah!!

That's very perceptive of you, Echo. You're just a gift that keeps on giving.

Life is a gift, I truly hope people know how to value it. If only they felt the love behind it...

"You know, sometimes, when you're young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you're living in someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up and our hearts break in two."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SOVqhVVavTc

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=221dxsz34eg

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xMlJAXaAgSA

[O Donna]

Posted by Wind (here)

Ocean does not have part-waves, all waves, always. Not just mind, not just heart. Gift that's all in, around.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WHPEKLQID4U

There's the gift and the gift that gives.........infinite-fold.

[O Donna]

The gift is not about the giver. If it were, conditional love.







(or equivalent)

[O Donna]

Body comes from body within body ad infimum. Turtles all the way.
Body, one, represented in multirole.



Adults often believe they are past all that is child’s play
All one has to do is look around.
See for yourself
A child of the world.

There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one

The world, a child in verse.
Like the birth of a song.




This post, that post?
Children themselves,
Eventually having their own.

[O Donna]

Existential Tilt

This: the manifested
Having said, would hate to ‘see’ what the unmanifested ‘looks’ like.

[O Donna]

Shake it off





Shampoo, rinse, shake it off, repeat.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HlzEHobggRs

When chess plays itself…..

[Wind]

Sometimes you gots to me-me.



Before the incarnation.









During the incarnation.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WB27bqr7kJQ

[O Donna]

Now, THAT's the spirit!

Posted by Wind (here)

This reminds me of...



I mean....



Errr..... Jobu Tupaki




(Full reference comes from seeing the movie)

What’s the difference between a plain bagel and one with everything on it?
The story goes that it ‘started’ as a plain bagel and ‘finished’ with everything on it.

Shake it off.

Shall we start from scratch?
Bagel are made from scratch;
Its consistency.
Its composite.
Its complexity.
Scratch, scratch, scratch


Infinity in a moment. How far can a moment be stretched?


Art sure does nurture when allowed to nurture. Of course it can be neglectant as your last post memes hint at. Art can grow stale just like all things unless new life is not breathed in.

Don't know a lot of artist personally but I bet they are appalled a great deal by social media. Like all things it will abate into the shadows some day...... though probably not in this go-round.

[Wind]

Posted by O Donna (here)
What’s the difference between a plain bagel and one with everything on it?
The story goes that it ‘started’ as a plain bagel and ‘finished’ with everything on it.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cRNJ46MuREk

Scratch, scratch, scratch

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EENhbhFcg7o

Infinity in a moment. How far can a moment be stretched?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hOD6j5Zdor8

Art sure does nurture when allowed to nurture. Of course it can be neglectant as your last post memes hint at. Art can grow stale just like all things unless new life is not breathed in.

God only knows what becomes of AI art, but then again AI itself is another can of worms which already has been opened, both terrestrial and extra, the latter especially having extreme negative connotations. There is potential in technology and yet personally my opinion is that art without soul is hollow, but if a human is behind the algorithm which "creates" the art then does it have soul if code created by humans created it?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=W2XtrsBU-H4

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T1JwlUNF9o0

Who might be the great composer?

[O Donna]

A gift scribe(s), regardless of their role, eventually receive in the endeavor at perfect scribble.



A gift into the nature of all scribble without knowing details, individually.



Side note: Intriguing that one de-scribe of money is that of scratch.
Bill Gates has to believe his wealth is worth more than scratch.
Why? Because he has to. To pay Bill for his product, we all play that monopoly.
The codependency of scratch.

Hey! Just thought of a fun way to design money. Make all money like a scratch ticket.
You do not know how much your (dollar) bill is worth until you scratch where the number is.
You get say three bills back in change [delta] from a purchase.
Maybe it is worth three dollars or variations upwards. That would put some life into scratch, that is for sure!



Speaking of addiction, the ‘have to’ to get and keep that fix going....

From another Bill, Mr. Hicks:

There is a point.
Is there a point to all this?
Let’s find a point.
Is there a point to my act? I would say there is.
I have to.

Do I have to believe this post was worth composing? On at least one layer, “I have to”.



If mundane has to be mundane, let’s put lipstick on it. What’s the worst that could happen?

[Wind]

A Suspended Blue Ocean


The sky
Is a suspended blue ocean.
The stars are the fish
That swim.

The planets are the white whales
I sometimes hitch a ride on,

And the sun and all light
Have forever fused themselves

Into my heart and upon
My skin.

There is only one rule
On this Wild Playground,

For every sign Hafiz has ever seen
Reads the same.

They all say,

"Have fun, my dear; my dear, have fun,
In the Beloved's Divine
Game,

O, in the Beloved's
Wonderful
Game.

~ Hafiz

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xhyFMqKXY_8

[william r sanford72]

And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3V_8FByoT4g