Your Reality = A Reflection of your Mind

Life is good.

Take a deep breath.

2 Easy Steps to Living A Happy Life

1. If it looks like bullshit, smells like bullshit, and tastes like bullshit,
    you are probably eating bullshit.

2. Eliminate the bullshit from your life.

Real Beauty Sketches

Here is an interesting little psychological experiment on self perception and esteem in American society. Is the face you gaze upon in the mirror every morning really the same face that the rest of the world sees everyday?

Remember to smile      
Love and be Loved. Aloha~

Thinking On A Saturday.

My Brothers & Sisters of Earth:

The boundaries of your enlightenment are constricted by the worldly dogma produced by the hegemonic powers of your own species' history, which you tacitly accept.

Free your mind.

Aloha. ♥

National Geographic -- Extreme Photo of the Week

Here's a little something the adrenaline junkies and photogs will surely enjoy. The National Geographic website selects an extreme photo of the week and posts them here for all to enjoy. There truly are no limits to what the human body/mind/soul can accomplish. If only our species could invest the same amount of energy into our interpersonal relationships...

Imagine what a world that would be.

Mishka - 3rd Eye Vision

Continuing along in today's theme of the human mind: What does it mean to be "third eye blind?" Although many associate the concept of the third eye with mysticism and Eastern philosophy and religion, there have also been many well-known Western discussions on the concept of the human soul and consciousness. René Descartes actually called the pineal gland the "principle seat of the soul."

By the way, Mishka is probably the reggae artist today who reminds me the most of Bob Marley's musical style and content. Enjoy!



LYRICS: 

[Verse 1]
I heard you saying it won't make a difference
It's only you and it's just this once yeah
It's only this time
Don't you think that it all adds up
There's a reaction for each action many drips fill the cup
Where do you draw the line
Know thyself and to thine own self be true
Any other way is gonna make you feel blue yeah
Ya gotta reason to be here
Hey maybe if we focus and we get it together
We could raise the human consciousness and make things better yeah
I know you think I'm a dreamer 

[Chorus]
But I know that you're also seeking peace of mind
Wonderin' why you feel so tired why your third eye's blind
I know that you're also trying to find your place
Somewhere out in time and somewhere out in space 

[Verse 2]
Get so exhausted from all the exhaust
From living in fear yeah from living in a box hey
How come we always have to drive
I keep wishing corporations, and the politicians
Would make tighter restrictions on our fossil fuel emissions and meanwhile
Why don't we walk
If we all did a little then a lot would be done
We could clean up the mess and try to have some fun yeah
I'm off to plant a tree now
Cause if everybody takes and nobody gives
There'll soon be no air to breathe and no where to live
But you can't stop mother nature

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Did you remember to give thanks for the food
The earth, the air, the water, and everything good
The fire's still burnin'
Talk to yourself cause no one knows you better
Even take the time to write yourself a letter
To know the wheels are still turnin'
There's no better time than now to stand up straight
Take a deep breath Lord it's never too late to
Exhale your confusion
They say its all been done and there's no sense trying
But they don't really know you and they're probably lying
You got to see for yourself yeah

[Chorus]

I know that you're also seeking
I know that you're also out there
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Brain Tricks - This Is How Your Brain Works

Have you ever stopped to think about why you think about the things you think about?
Do you ever think about how exactly you are able to think?
Or how about why it is you think the way you think?

It is all a beautiful mess of ontology, epistemology, and etymology. THINK! Your brain is a wonderful miracle of science. So use it! :)

Here is a fun little web demo on how your brain tends to operate. Check out the book recommendation in the link below!


Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
...
"Cogito ergo sum"

Yosemite Nature Notes - One Day in Yosemite

Visit a National Park or a State Park near you today! These beautiful landscapes are maintained and preserved for the public to enjoy, and I urge you to take advantage of them. Nothing compares to that feeling, that connection to the natural 'forces' that we are sometimes aware of deep down within our soul. It is a feeling that we can train, nurture, and recall at will if we just invest the time and energy to become more attuned to it. Try it! Your mind, body, and soul will love you and thank you for it later - I promise. :)

Infinite Possibilities

TAKE A MOMENT to meditate on this. Is it true?

Be Convicted

And don't forget: Repetition is the Mother of all Learning~

The 7 Wonders of the World

Now, go out and explore the world!

To Thy Own Self Be True

In this world, no one is perfect - there are only those with greater work ethic, discipline, and passion.
Not knowing your weaknesses is far more detrimental to your success than your weaknesses themselves. Be stronger, better in spite of fully understanding your own areas of lacking. In order to grow, one must "accept [his] limitations for what they [are] and capitalize on them." This my friends is wisdom. Now shall we endeavor to put the words into practice. Do what you can do and continue perfecting your strengths in light of your weaknesses.
...
If can can. If no can, no can.

Brother Ali - Forest Whitiker

Don't buy into the hype! YOU are BEAUTIFUL just the way you are.
Love and you will be loved~
...

Wandering Souls

The Garden

In the garden ideas sprout and ideas grow.
Some yield fruit
harvested to nourish the body
& soul.

Others bud, and bloom
into bright, colorful flowers.
Their pollen is collected
taken beyond the garden on the wings of knowledge.

But let us not forget,
that among the flowers and the fruit
weeds spring up with the slightest change in winds
stealing nutrients and spoiling the soil.

Who is planting the seeds in your garden? And have you tended your garden today?

Knowledge & Wisdom

Knowledge crawls in increments - but wisdom, destroys the prevailing structure of the mind with a stroke of furious brutality. Wisdom is exposed in sporadic moments of clarity in the eye of the storm. It spurts up and out in leaps and bounds -- Wisdom transforms the mind, body, and soul. Seek knowledge, brothers & sisters, and pray for wisdom.