David Friedman

I, the imperfect, adore my own Perfect.

Emerson

Is it surprising to hear that I just finished an Emerson book, and do I need to mention that I loved it?

Josch Hambsch, a Belgian astronomer, took this all-night exposure photo of the star trails around the Southern Celestial Pole

Our task must be to free ourselves -- by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Einstein

Everything good is on the highway. The middle region of our being is the temperate zone. We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, of spirit, of poetry,- a narrow belt.

Emerson, yet again.

shadows

a shadow has caught my silhouette again
it is the tree this time that has engulfed me
on the hot sidewalks of our street

kozi wolf

The real reggae Hasidic rapper

Matisyahu

King Without A Crown

You're all that I have,

And you're all that I need.

Each and every day

I pray to get to know you please.

Want to be close to you,

Yes I'm so hungry.

You're like water for my soul,

When it gets thirsty.

Without you, there's no me,

You're the air that I breath.

Sometimes the world is dark,

And I just can't see.

With these demons surround all around,

To bring me down too negativity.

But I believe yes I believe,

I'll say that I believe.

I'll stand on my own two feet,

Won't be brought down on one knee.

I'll fight with all of my might,

To get these demons to flee.

Hashem's rays, fire blaze,

Burn bright and I believe.

Hashem's rays, fire blaze,

Burn bright and I believe.

Out of darkness comes light,

Twilight unto the heights.

Crown Heights burning up,

All through the twilight.

Say thank you to my God,

Now I finally got it right.

And I'll fight with all of my heart,

And all of my soul,

And all of my might.

What's this feeling,

My love will rip a hole in the ceiling.

I give myself to you.

From the essence of my being

And I sing to my God,

Songs of love and healing.

I want Mashiach now,

So it's time we start revealing.

What's this feeling,

My love will rip a hole in the ceiling.

I give myself to you,

From the essence of my being.

And I sing to my God,

Songs of love and healing.

I want Mashiach now.

Strip away the layers,

And reveal your soul.

You got to give yourself up,

And then you become whole.

You're a slave to yourself,

And you don't even know.

You wanted to live the fast life,

But your brain moves slow.

If you're trying to stay high,

You're bound to stay low.

You want God,

But you can't deflate your ego.

You're already there,

Then there's nowhere to go.

Your cup's already full,

Then it's bound to overflow.

If you're drowning in the water,

And you can't stay afloat.

Ask Hashem for mercy,

And he'll throw you a rope.

You're looking for help from God,

Say he couldn't be found.

Searching up to the sky,

Looking beneath the ground.

Like a king without his crown,

You keep falling down.

You really want to live,

But can't get rid of your frown.

You tried to reach unto the heights,

And wound down bound on the ground.

Giving up your fright,

Then you heard a sound.

Out of Light comes day,

Out of day comes light.

Nullify to the one,

Like sunlight in a ray.

Make room for his love,

Then a fire gone blaze.

Making room for his love,

And a fire gone blaze.

What's this feeling,

My love will rip a hole in the ceiling.

I give myself to you,

From the essence of my being.

And I sing to my God,

Songs of love and healing.

I want Mashiach now,

Time it starts revealing.

What's this feeling,

My love will rip a hole in the ceiling.

I give myself to you,

From the essence of my being.

And I sing to my God,

Songs of love and healing,

I want Mashiach now.

Said I lift up mine eyes

where mine help come from,

and I seen it circling on

down from the mountain.

Thunder, ya feel it in your chest.

Ya keep my mind at ease

and my soul at rest and not vexed.

I look to the sky,

where mine help come from . . .

seen it circling on down from the mountain.

Thunder, ya feel it in your chest

Ya keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest and not vexed.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard

The intellect, the conscience, the loving power of the soul- must initially be offered to God as a holy sacrifice. The firstfruits and the highest of our true thoughts must be continually devoted to remembrance of Him, engrossed in His love and in unutterable and boundless longing for Him. In this way we can grow and move forward day by day, assisted by divine grace. For by always cleaving to God in this way our intellect will become one spirit with the Lord, as St Paul puts it.

St Makarios of Egypt

tonbak solo video clip (modern)

The heart in thee is the heart of all; not a valve, not a wall, not an intersection is there anywhere in nature, but one blood rolls uninterruptedly, an endless circulation through all men, as the water of the globe is all one sea, and, truly seen, its tide is one.

Emerson

The same game, back and forth.

The difference between men is in their principle of association. Some men classify objects by colour and size and other accidents of appearance; others by intrinsic likeness, or by the relation of cause and effect. The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes, which neglects surface differences. To the poet, the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine. Every chemical substance, every plant, every animal in its growth, teaches the unity of cause, the variety of appearance.

(many----to----one)

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.
She hums the old well-known air through innumberable variations.

(one----to----many)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A day's pursuit of cultivation is one day's gain;
A day without cultivation is one day's lose.
True religious cultivation is part of the daily routine;
The "Buddhist" [fill in the blank accordingly] way lies, in fact, in our daily life.

Ven. Master Hsing Yun

Man is nature expressing itself.

Alan Watts

A new moon teaches gradualness
and deliberation and how one gives birth
to oneself slowly. Patience with small details
makes perfect a large work, like the universe.

Rumi

So keep quiet, and hoard life’s subtleties.

Hafiz