Someone asked me today, ” Are you okay, still? ” And I smiled, thinking… What does she mean by that? Am I supposed to not be okay? I feel myself getting softer, kinder and getting less perplexed about the past or questions such as this- I knew she meant no harm. So yeah, ask away. I am hoping for a gentler and better, month ahead. Maybe less sadness, more joy. If I want it, and mindfully try to have it, it will come.
Tread Softly
Reimagine life unabashedly.
Yet, still be mindful.
And be true.
A photographer's morning pages and visual diary for everyday inspiration. All photographs are taken with a vintage Rolleiflex, unless, otherwise noted. It is my conscious effort to slow down the modern pace of life; to capture when the world stops and precious life begins...
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Jed Devine, Restaurant Dining Room with Tables and Curtained Windows, 1980
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(Source: tmarie)
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(via desire to inspire - desiretoinspire.net - Martyn Thompson - Interiors)
A beautiful book. Look Eli! A foreword by Ilse Crawford!
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(via Martyn Thompson - Interiors)
Unstuck yourself. Add excitement / learn to see, by adding colors and different textures to your world. The way we design our lives are truly in the details.
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Be in love with your life. Every detail of it.
— Jack Kerouac (via spycnsweet)(Source: andallapologies, via meeshelephant)
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The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (via sorakeem)(Source: mostexerent, via meeshelephant)
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Istanbul at night, seen from space.
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the De Young, 2011
Angelah Limon
Looking for pockets and green patches of inspiration today, little sparks to open up creativity!
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A conversation.
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Slumber, January 2012
Angelah Limon
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Pictures in my head, January 2012
Angelah Limon
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Imagined, January 2012
Angelah Limon
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Sanskrit word: Kosa
Also kosha. From the root kus, “to unfold,” the term also means “sheath,” “layer,” “subtle body,” or “treasury. Three thousand years ago, the kosas were first written about in the Upanisads as a kind of roadmap of the inner landscape. There are five layers of subtle energy that envelop the individual from the periphery of the physical body to the center, or innermost core. Each sheath exists inside another, and as they are peeled away like the layers of an onion, energies become more and more subtle until the center sheath- the layer of bliss ( ananda-maya kosa )- is reached. The anna-maya kosa is often referred to as the sthula-sarira, the “gross body” while the next three layers are considered the suksma-sarira ( the “subtle body” ). In yoga practice, we seek to shift our awareness gradually from outer to inner. The sheaths of the body ( from the outer layer inward ) are:
Anna-maya kosa
The physical body, or food sheath. This is the layer of skin, muscle, tissue, and bone. Expression is through movement and the workings of the body ( such as digestion and elimination ).
Prana-maya kosa
The vital body, or breath sheath. This is the layer of the circulation of the breath and of life-force energy. Expression is through the breath and movement of energy.
Mano-maya kosa
The mental body, or sheath of the mind. This is the mental layer, encompassing the nervous system. Expression is through thought patterns.
Vijnana-maya kosa
Consciousness, or the sheath of intellect. This is the layer of higher states of awareness, or the “wisdom self.” Expression is through observation or awareness. This is known as “witness consciousness,” or the ability to stand outside the self and watch the fluctuations of mind, body, and breath objectively, observing them without judgement or attachment, as a witnessing awareness.
Ananda-maya kosa
The sheath of bliss. This is the subtle core, the innermost layer where we exist purely in the moment, without thought, sensation, or judgement. Rather than “feeling” such states as bliss, wholeness, integration, contentment, joy, and love, we embody them, and simply are them.
Namaste.
Taken from: Sacred Sanskrit Words
Leza Lowitz and Reema Datta
Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA
