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Slowly walk barefoot

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BLACK LIVES MATTER. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW. @ noturjacky on IG

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thank you, light through the window more

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“There is ecstasy in paying attention. Where you see in everything the essence of holiness.”

—Anne Lamott

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“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.”

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Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology.

His name is derived from the Japanese words rai (“thunder”) and “god” or “kami”. He is typically depicted as a demon-looking spirit beating drums to create thunder, usually with the symbol tomoe drawn on the drums.

Raijin was created by the divine pair Izanami and Izanagi after the creation of Japan. There is a legend which says the eight lightning gods were charged with protection of the Dharma by the Buddha. This kind of syncretism is not unusual in Japan, even after the Buddha-kami separation order. The iconography of the Raijin and Fuujin gods has been heavily influenced by Buddhist art, itself influenced by Greek and Indian art.

Some Japanese parents tell their children to hide their belly buttons (or navels) during thunderstorms. This is due to a folk belief that Raijin is sometimes credited with eating the navels or abdomen of children, and in the event of thunder, parents traditionally tell their children to hide their navels so that they are not taken away. Raijin’s companion is the demon Raiju. In Japanese art, the deity is known to challenge Fūjin, the wind god.

In Western culture, Raijin is usually known as Raiden (rai (thunder) + den (lightning)), and depicted as a tall monk wearing a large straw hat (these hats are used widely throughout Asia to keep off rain), with the power to create storms, thunder, and lightning.

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Shengsi, an archipelago of almost 400 islands at the mouth of China’s Yangtze river, holds a secret shrouded in time – an abandoned fishing village being reclaimed by nature. These photos by Tang Yuhong, a creative photographer based in Nanning, take us into this lost village on the beautiful archipelago.

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Milli Proust

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STARRY STARRY NIGHT by michelphotography_ch

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Moon During Total Solar Eclipse With Solar Corona

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Freedom and peace   By  paulbarson

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Dream spot

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