#oud&nieuw

[elkedageenfotovanluus]

's avonds nog regenboog cupcakes bakken voor het feestje morgen

[nedermemes]

gelukkig nieuw jaar ik hoop dat iedereen die die bommen afsteekt z'n handen verliest

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Urban fantasy pets on New Year's Eve:

Griffin - Stubbornly pretending that it does not care and just...doesn't feel like going for a walk or a flight right now. For no reason at all. Just because it happens to feel like staying inside right now

Salamanders - Keep trying to climb up through the chimney of their fireplace because the airs smells so unusually delicious tonight. Must be bribed with hard coal to keep them inside

Kirkegrim - Circling its home in protection, thereby roaming through the dark like a ghostly canine shape in the smoke and dust filling the air, its red eyes lit up under every flicker of light from above. Probably absolutely terrifying the neighbours

Hippocamp - Still just chilling in the water. Really not that bothered, as long as it can dive down deep enough when there's too many flashing lights

Dragon - Thinks roman candles are a delicious snack. Chews on sparklers. Will end up spitting out spinning balls of coloured fire. Must be locked inside the house and is so so sulky about it

Jackalope - Having a very bad no good horrible time due to all the sudden noises. Prefers to burrow away or hide against its human. At risk of bolting at accidentally driving its antlers through random objects

Phoenix - Escaped its aviary. Soaring among the fireworks. Having the time of its (current) life

[polldermodel]

Heb jij last van vuurwerk? (Deze vraag is geïnspireerd door de klootzak die net mijn brievenbus heeft opgeblazen)

Nee

Ja, prikkelgevoelig of angst

Ja, schade of geweld

Ja, allebei

Anders

(Je mag de antwoorden aanpassen naar eigen inzicht, dit is alleen een suggestie)

[wouldiweresteadfastasthouart]

Did I mistake you for a sign from God?

[mindfullofyoga]

The value of community: Remove the illusory gap 

As you sit down on your yoga mat.. there is the tendency to immediately close the eyes and turn in. But for once.. please look around, with your eyes wide open. Notice the value of community. Notice the people around you.

‘’The eye can see what we have in common or focus on what keeps us apart. And the heart can feel what joins us with everything or replay its many cuts. And the tongue can praise the wind or warn against the storm. It can praise the sea of dread the floods. It’s not that there are no differences – the world is made of infinite variety – rather it is the fearing of differences – that keeps us from feeling grace. Paradoxically everything in life touches the same centre through its uniqueness – the way no two souls are the same, though every soul breathes the same air’’.

Mark Nepo wrote this in his book ‘’The book of awaking’’ that he wrote during his battle with cancer.

So, as you sit on your mat, relax your heart, breathe deeply.  You know, I’ve cried so deeply these last weeks. During Christmas I couldn’t stop crying anymore. I was frustrated and angry. I wanted the bullshit to stop, the fire to cease. I guess I ruined Christmas for my family members around me, with my torment.. I texted the wise friend about my despair. He said; ‘Rejoice the fact that you cry – if we wouldn’t in the face of current wounds of our fellow humans – who are we? What is left of us?’

Everything that removes the illusory gap between you and all those around you – is spiritual. When we fall into the illusion that one creation is better than the other – we enter the minds worst disease  - the endless deciding between want and don’t want – the endless war between for and against. In the Yoga Sutra’s of Patanjali this disease is referred to as Raga and Dvesha as the effects of Avidya or ignorance.

My friend made me realize that all I have is the gift to be fully open. To let life touch me – to empathize. Not to numb, not to walk away, not to wash my hands in innocence ánd not to wallow in pity. Just to let life touch me and trust that the heart is big enough to hold it all. To empathize as my motor for knowing and living truth. 

The Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield shares: ‘’Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot touch one another and the life we have been given with our hearts. In undertaking a spiritual life, what matters is simple: We must make certain that our path is connected with our heart. In the end, spiritual life is not a process of seeking or gaining some extraordinary condition or special powers. In fact, such seeking can take us away from ourselves. If we are not careful, we can easily find the great failures of our modern society—its ambition, materialism, and individual isolation—repeated in our spiritual life. In beginning a genuine spiritual journey, we have to stay much closer to home, to focus directly on what is right here in front of us, to make sure that our path is connected with our deepest love.

When people come to the end of their lives and look back, the questions that they most often ask are not usually, “How much is in my bank account?” or “How many books did I write?” or “What did I build?” or the like. If you have the privilege of being with a person who is conscious at the time of their death, you find the questions such a person asks are very simple, “Did I love well?” “Did I live fully?” “Did I learn to let go?”

These simple questions go to the very core of spiritual life. When we consider loving well and living fully, we can see the ways our attachments and fears have limited us, and we can see the many opportunities for our hearts to open. Have we let ourselves love the people around us, our family, our community, the earth upon which we live? And, did we also learn to let go? Did we learn to live through the changes of life with grace, wisdom, and compassion? Have we learned to shift from the clinging mind to the joy of freedom?

We must look at the values we have chosen to live by. Where do we put our time, our strength, our creativity, our love? We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration, or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value? If we are still and listen deeply, even for a moment, we will know if we are following a path with heart. All other spiritual teachings are in vain if we cannot love. Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if, we cannot touch one another and the life we have been given.

So, what matters is what we see and how we live. Ask yourself concerning the year that has past “Did I love well?” “Did I live fully?” “Did I learn to let go?” And let it be your guide for the year to come. For our passionate engagement in life. Keep opening up. Letting things in. Move. Protest. Care. Everything that removes the illusory gap between you and all those around you – is spiritual.

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

Much warmth, 

Ida and All SvahaYoga staff

[sofyarostova]

TRICK OR TREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDD

treat!! here's a cheesecake with fruit sauce

unfortunately I can't put this in your basket or it'll get smushed, so you may sit here and also behold the Safe Cat

[kropotkindersurprise]

now i have to share this piece of dutch heritage with you

so the dutch are very, very enthusiastic about fireworks. as a result new year's is usually not a great time for pets or people sensitive to noise. we've recently moved to a less populated area and expected our dog to have a nicer time with the fireworks being more distant. anyway today i've learned that in this part of the countryside people like to spend the day firing homemade carbide cannons built out of old milk jugs

[eltjedoddema]

Buurman Jan - Nij- joar

“Veul Zegen in t Nij-joar. Dastoe der mit dien Griet gezond deurhìn flottern magst.” Buurman Jan zat aan de keukentoavel achter zien kop kovvie. Dit moal mit n schuddel vol Nij- joarsrollechies. “Dou die der zulf mor even n dikke flodde slagroom in of op,” zee ik.  “Man, begunst ook al mit dij Veul Zegentjederij?” zee buurman Jan vranterg. “k Bin al zo flaauw as n porre van aal t…

[booksometea]

Fijne reading journal spreads om het jaar goed mee te starten

Laten we het nieuwe jaar goed maar ook rustig starten. Als zin hebt om wel iets te doen, dan is het misschien leuk om je Reading Journal op te zetten. Geen zorgen: als je geen zin hebt om te knutselen kun je ook gewoon de filmpjes en plaatjes kijken.

Gelukkig nieuwjaar!! Foto door Djordje Vezilic op Pexels.com Laten we het nieuwe jaar goed maar ook rustig starten. Heb je zin om lekker te lezen op deze Nationale Pyjamadag? Dan kan ik je deze boeken enorm aanraden. Maar als zin hebt om wel iets te doen, maar niet iets waarvoor je kleren aan moet trekken, dan is het misschien leuk om je Reading Journal op te zetten. Een beetje knutselen is…

[rudyboxman57]

Vandaag even wat nostalgie: Ik heb oude leesplankjes even omgezet naar HD 1920x1080 High Definition voor iedereen.

TIP : print of Download.

Rudy Boxman

#leesplankjeAAPnootMIES #HD #HighDefinition #RudyBoxman #RJHBTEAM #Download #Print #Nostalgie #school #nieuws #news #Holland #NL

[nedermemes]

ik vind het wel heerlijk hoe het idyllische imago van Nederland steeds meer omlaag keldert, like eerst werd de wereld bewust van zwarte piet crap, ondertussen is Geert Wilders internationaal de meest beruchte NLse politicus, toen las men over Mark Rutte en hoe sterk hij samenwerkte met Israël, op tiktok trende(?) het hoe eng de noordzee is?, men is nu bang voor Nederlandse trappen omdat ze stijl zijn?, mensen ontdekken snert en maken het belachelijk, zelfde geldt voor de taal, iemand maakt tiktoks over hoe grappig NLse "directheid" is en het werkt averechts want mensen worden bang van hoe onbeschoft het is, de reputatie van Europa / EU ligt sws aan diggelen nu meer kids leren wat voor gewelddadige dingen het voor staat, en nu bij Olympiër Steven van der Velde vraagt men zich af waarom er bijna geen gevolgen zijn voor p*do's en waarom hij niet gewoon 'op de lijst staat' en waarom in hemelsnaam Nederlanders hem verdedigen en het over hebben bij '"hij is al gerevalideerd". de reputatie van t land mag helemaal kapot

petitie tegen die vent btw

[mijnmobielemoleskine]

Alles was anders, en toch leek het als vanouds.

- David Van Reybrouck (Odes)

[polldermodel]

Het is weer december, hoe sta jij tegenover de feestdagen?

Leuk, ik verheug me!

Meh, het zal wel.

Bah, ik kijk er tegen op!

[dutchjan]

August 25, 2024

[expeditiemuziek]

De 15-minutenstad als ideaal en wat bewoners belangrijk vinden (7/7).

Bij de ontwikkeling van de bebouwde omgeving is het nodig om idealen van politici en stedenbouwkundige te blijven confronteren met die van bewoners. Bewoners op hun beurt moeten doordrongen zijn van de randvoorwaarden, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van dich

Het gedrag van stedenbouwkundigen en politici, maar ook van bewoners is decennialang bepaald is door beelden van de ideale woonomgeving, zeker voor wie zich die kan permitteren. De eengezinswoning, een eigen tuin en de auto voor de deur traden daarin sterker op de voorgrond dan wonen in een inclusieve en volledige wijk. Niettemin is zo’n wijk, inclusief een ‘jaren ’30 huis’, nog steeds gewild.…