Blue Butterfly Tree Photographer unknown
May we all open to the holiness of life all around us and in us!
Beauty in White
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| Baby Owl Feather B Upton |
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| Detail from "Our Waking Planet" B Upton |
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| Sombrero Galaxy M104 NASA |
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| Portland White Rose B Upton |
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| Barred Owl in the Sun B Upton |
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| Birch B Upton |
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| Mountain Laurel B Upton |
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| Super Moon B Upton |
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| Detail "Our Waking Planet" Acrylic by B Upton |
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| Another Portland Beauty B Upton |
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A mini-mini meditation for you, inspired by the color white!
White Light Meditation
Take three deep breaths. Inhale peace, exhale tension, growing more relaxed with every breath you take. Imagine you are in a beautiful forest that smells of pine and cedar. Hear the rush of a waterfall and go closer until you can feel the refreshing mist from the waterfall on your face. Now imagine this mist is filled with a glowing white, light filled with love, that gently surrounds you and comforts you. Let this light flow into your heart and then spread through you bringing vitality, harmony and health to your every cell. As you breathe the white light in, a growing sense of calm and well being flows through you.
Imagine a symbol of white that is beautiful to you. Let its beauty fill your heart as you give thanks for the blessings of this earth. Return to your day refreshed, calm and content!
Peacefully... |
Beauty in Red
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| Trinity of Self: The Mother B Upton |
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| Red Rose Nebula NASA |
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| Rose B Upton |
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| Pomegranates B Upton |
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| Red Trees with Pink Building B Upton |
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| Hibiscus with Bee B Upton |
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"Magical Feminine I" Detail B Upton
Red Spot on Jupiter B Upton
Red- the color of passion, excitement, enthusiasm, beauty and love. Wishing you all these things in copious quantities today!
It is also the color of our root chakra at the base of our spine that gives a sense of ground-edness and belonging in this world.
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| Feather of a Male Indian Peafowl Michael Maggs |
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| Indigo Lactarius Dan Molter |
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| African Grey Parrot Peeking Out From Under Its Wing Avenue |
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| Great Egret Nest with Three Chicks Mike Baird |
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| Henbit Deadnettle Masaki Ikeda |
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| Physalis Rudiger Krutz |
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| The Antelope Canyon in Arizona Lucas Loffler |
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| Swan with Nine Cygnets S Sepp |
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| Lilium martagon Bohringer Friedrich |
Most of the photos and artwork on this blog are my own, but it is always wonderful to be able to share what I think are some of the most beautiful photos on the internet, through Wikimedia Commons! Thank you to all the great photographers who choose to share in this generous way!
Nature beckons to us continually... come closer and see the intricate, exquisite artistry of life all around us! It invites us to slow down, breathe deeper, and to feel our oneness with our beautiful, sacred earth and all life! We can breathe in the brilliant shimmering color, explore the exquisite patterns, get lost in magical light and be charmed by the graceful lines of the natural world. We can let beauty have her way with us! Greater contentment, inner peace, connection to the earth and to your true, eternal self, are the gifts she gives in return.
When you really allow beauty in, you also are recognizing the ephemeral nature of life and the preciousness of every living thing, every moment. Gratefulness will naturally well up in your heart and that is a good thing.
The other night I heard a new bird singing, with a lovely trill at the end. I was listening with joy when I suddenly burst into tears. I didn't expect that! But the bird's song was just so perfect, yet so vulnerable. It made me want to protect the earth and all its life even more. I also felt blessed by the beauty all around me and sent out a prayer that more will be able to deeply connect to the beauty of our earth and find the healing that is waiting for them there.
Connect to mother earth to breathe more deeply Breathe more deeply to connect with beauty Connect to beauty to open to gratitude Open to gratitude to focus on what is working Focus on what is working to draw more if it to you Draw more of it to you to follow your heart Follow your heart to live your soul's purpose Live you soul's purpose to be you.
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