tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58588106995446192352024-03-20T18:58:47.086-06:00Dances In ZliteIt is our purpose to fill our life with Light for there is no greater BeautyShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-61003561165048868672011-07-01T11:11:00.000-06:002011-07-04T08:51:22.704-06:00BlackWhiteDalasYou dance inside my heart where no one sees you.<br />But sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.~Rumi<br /><br />Come discover the dance between light and shadow<br />David Chidgey~<a href="http://www.artglassmosaics.com/index.htm">http://www.artglassmosaics.com/index.htm</a><br /><br />These wOMandalas are created from a color plate of a CMYK wOMandala. The number indicates the plate used.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcieWcUdhjgZhUifrWIk5s0jT0UMUX7nv0OWHqF_QD4W-x1ksoaFZFGWSP3u_PTCcuddvIiuEViTKSDuImTprj33DYaHgAktGoymXnFh0Js94cCbaWb7ViKH1joe0ZBh1xvYgCQ0ymP8/s1600/VessiKAstarDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcieWcUdhjgZhUifrWIk5s0jT0UMUX7nv0OWHqF_QD4W-x1ksoaFZFGWSP3u_PTCcuddvIiuEViTKSDuImTprj33DYaHgAktGoymXnFh0Js94cCbaWb7ViKH1joe0ZBh1xvYgCQ0ymP8/s200/VessiKAstarDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625507208016269314" /></a><br /><br />VessiKAstarDala3<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.toniallen.co.uk/vesica-pisces.html">Vesica</a> Pisces is an ancient symbol used in Pagan culture, Christian symbolism and sacred geometry, as well as various other belief systems.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLrVagLMLd_kwVkpH8cWN91815DlbAVpS6h2z8OXoNj9gzL-T0Lwt8k4NfJLmHiPBq-D0WeSN8ULm_s0iWBgS_cF8c5RFzsJdcpDl_cd7x-7qz5Twcw1RAEkTez8mzLbtXvjeuUyh75o/s1600/TreeLaceDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLrVagLMLd_kwVkpH8cWN91815DlbAVpS6h2z8OXoNj9gzL-T0Lwt8k4NfJLmHiPBq-D0WeSN8ULm_s0iWBgS_cF8c5RFzsJdcpDl_cd7x-7qz5Twcw1RAEkTez8mzLbtXvjeuUyh75o/s200/TreeLaceDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625171835111888930" /></a><br /><br />TreeLaceDala2<br /><br />The <a href="http://melissaborrell.com/cms/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=69#5">Tree Lace</a> form evolved from images of tree branches. Creating dynamic shadows, this unique shape will change your room!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwageIqh1_Ont6N5EYOVJepxHhrDFzaiDRvyGjuoOgEYRsVAsiwY25uI82V3SSvqEj3EXHuUcdF4EdxFSOh1Rnz6O3GK1cN0hlCrUqt1qav2IbmFJHzykumR1FgIi22gXAvdYCTmEPaAU/s1600/TreeBerryDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwageIqh1_Ont6N5EYOVJepxHhrDFzaiDRvyGjuoOgEYRsVAsiwY25uI82V3SSvqEj3EXHuUcdF4EdxFSOh1Rnz6O3GK1cN0hlCrUqt1qav2IbmFJHzykumR1FgIi22gXAvdYCTmEPaAU/s200/TreeBerryDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624793551054904370" /></a><br /><br />TreeBerryDala3<br /><a href="http://www.morethanalive.com/Chaste-Tree-berry-whole"><br />Vitex</a> (Chaste tree) has been used for thousands of years for its beneficial affect on the female glandular system, and its restraining effect on male hormones.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI2tdyUbyR1kBNLdEbG0BbYxGz-i26I6TeLcaWtk0ldIlAo36oPxHWJ5zLHTY9_ypv-d3zi_RUHIDlXiVeSJLMu8qEQXGiWusokI_WubXrcfZa4jkd127f1MP9nL_j3eJlQLYrCEygpY/s1600/shakRAdala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRI2tdyUbyR1kBNLdEbG0BbYxGz-i26I6TeLcaWtk0ldIlAo36oPxHWJ5zLHTY9_ypv-d3zi_RUHIDlXiVeSJLMu8qEQXGiWusokI_WubXrcfZa4jkd127f1MP9nL_j3eJlQLYrCEygpY/s200/shakRAdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623494858742486706" /></a><br /><br />shakRAdala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakra">Shakra</a> is a Swiss hard rock band founded in the late 1990s.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlQVsYT4o6dp5hGxlsjUXMQnbPriMxiGOguURVVJU0sETTLqwjH6HheaOfCUkCVe7yY4a5LJsgfMeR8M5H-bQog9uOr12vuk-2x4ToEwGSuqrqszadepJwWBgBripiCQ0bamFAf8OLQw/s1600/phaRAohDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlQVsYT4o6dp5hGxlsjUXMQnbPriMxiGOguURVVJU0sETTLqwjH6HheaOfCUkCVe7yY4a5LJsgfMeR8M5H-bQog9uOr12vuk-2x4ToEwGSuqrqszadepJwWBgBripiCQ0bamFAf8OLQw/s200/phaRAohDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622561504235913746" /></a><br /><br />phaRAohDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh">Pharaoh</a> is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term ‘’pr-aa’’ which means ‘’great house’’ and describes the royal palace.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWud6rPL8XSE4rtExgGDr0FypdvdTOfNjwTCUBGEZx_7vWaaN94otch9GehyZf2PHGObANXY2ApeSsBVtN7B4uEE3J95PHD4QTfs_KDkHNs1mibbAEnvuSZoGXjMC-3KR1JqrBMCOfDs/s1600/NewFaelDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWud6rPL8XSE4rtExgGDr0FypdvdTOfNjwTCUBGEZx_7vWaaN94otch9GehyZf2PHGObANXY2ApeSsBVtN7B4uEE3J95PHD4QTfs_KDkHNs1mibbAEnvuSZoGXjMC-3KR1JqrBMCOfDs/s200/NewFaelDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621450903074490850" /></a><br /><br />NewFaelDala2<br /><br />CADFAEL: Welsh name composed of the elements cad "battle" and <a href="http://www.20000-names.com/male_c_names.htm">fael</a>/"prince," hence "battle prince." This is a very rare name with only one instance found recorded, the name of a saint also known as Cadoc and Catmail. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkn1FkoIam9NXNNM17FE2U5BhHkbpRwOM4jPunv7_nzNc2xpUpVD7y1QzIomkCiMQgbcEgxd0Pd18Y40dZidO7LE5WFI5NQQlJEqr2B4fq2AazcYstN4jOH0yl1s-p148ZMS5k9fvi_4/s1600/PenitentDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkn1FkoIam9NXNNM17FE2U5BhHkbpRwOM4jPunv7_nzNc2xpUpVD7y1QzIomkCiMQgbcEgxd0Pd18Y40dZidO7LE5WFI5NQQlJEqr2B4fq2AazcYstN4jOH0yl1s-p148ZMS5k9fvi_4/s200/PenitentDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621449121744441810" /></a><br /><br />PenitentDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penitent">feeling</a> or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMFNUuiLki_htAxB3e20w1FAtL_0lRtPi5jwnRFpZtWZBHTljiaYotztXMMLtQom0Eet-5ZjK9bxpN-P7msi93kQHzVw2X8xyfKAPVc2mM5_j2N6Yr6xryenl1TGuyOG7rP8ncgO17RE/s1600/MedicineWheelDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMFNUuiLki_htAxB3e20w1FAtL_0lRtPi5jwnRFpZtWZBHTljiaYotztXMMLtQom0Eet-5ZjK9bxpN-P7msi93kQHzVw2X8xyfKAPVc2mM5_j2N6Yr6xryenl1TGuyOG7rP8ncgO17RE/s200/MedicineWheelDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619986029264003858" /></a><br /><br />MedicineWheelDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_wheel">Medicine wheels</a>, or sacred hoops, were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. Most medicine wheels follow the basic pattern of having a center of stone(s), and surrounding that is an outer ring of stones with "spokes", or lines of rocks radiating from the center.<br />THE <a href="http://www.spiritualnetwork.net/native/medicine_wheel.htm">MEDICINE WHEEL</a> - Circle of Life<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYp-BMilFexfsE9jo5PRoXqx5nbLC40Wt_lAQJH_qGYVZKkcfwk_T3jF9K-B7SPSXPbTJoSQRsuFPQinU4O4s2Q9-OF43fJAWMWt9WpEJUag6ajV9R2BKyhzsNXQ-S9NWB9yYhaoQ30M/s1600/LaceFlowerDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYp-BMilFexfsE9jo5PRoXqx5nbLC40Wt_lAQJH_qGYVZKkcfwk_T3jF9K-B7SPSXPbTJoSQRsuFPQinU4O4s2Q9-OF43fJAWMWt9WpEJUag6ajV9R2BKyhzsNXQ-S9NWB9yYhaoQ30M/s200/LaceFlowerDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619234326737489938" /></a><br /><br />LaceFlowerDala2<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA3ZockgFu0"><br />Making your own Lace Flowers</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PznZ2NET3CA&feature=player_embedded#at=159"><br />Make a lace flower brooch</a><br /><br /><a href="http://alyashcreations.blogspot.com/2010/05/see-it-again-saturday-little-lace.html">Little Lace Flower</a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtAStOrWVkRSlCRAHIhTKitfoDx964Ad96KtT_NXD9ASNGqWocxgwBplCspI4B64m55O_0dk5unBHPjCpncO-V7hqegwvHUR0cbpgwFdPcaUhIt_Za5KS9kaoWOFHCdE3xO5ogKufMsM/s1600/gRAssieDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtAStOrWVkRSlCRAHIhTKitfoDx964Ad96KtT_NXD9ASNGqWocxgwBplCspI4B64m55O_0dk5unBHPjCpncO-V7hqegwvHUR0cbpgwFdPcaUhIt_Za5KS9kaoWOFHCdE3xO5ogKufMsM/s200/gRAssieDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618014776314665586" /></a><br /><br />gRAssieDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass">Grasses</a>, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3Zq6FjOe1KQT5Vdi7_lEjJ5PE3jEmhkjO-cy9vD04Gv4Ucgf0-0iEnJV2WOeKl5L2hi9BJKCNzcIPKLykC11KildUqeANPTIJtB7RD47CnJ3fPp-JqTLYahrxYboSv0fmYBQ976fN6k/s1600/FlowerDrumDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3Zq6FjOe1KQT5Vdi7_lEjJ5PE3jEmhkjO-cy9vD04Gv4Ucgf0-0iEnJV2WOeKl5L2hi9BJKCNzcIPKLykC11KildUqeANPTIJtB7RD47CnJ3fPp-JqTLYahrxYboSv0fmYBQ976fN6k/s200/FlowerDrumDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618013853268174498" /></a><br /><br />FlowerDrumDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song">Flower Drum Song</a> was the eighth stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1957 novel, The Flower Drum Song, by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee. The piece opened in 1958 on Broadway and was afterwards presented in the West End and on tour. It was subsequently made into a 1961 musical film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PcVW9J19sTMOXF7GxVJaTwqcrsaIoDSfLZHW38tYwC1GERcaK-pgdbfIBaPCbs9f6xSvsU_b11yEl7SGQJskdRdemt5FAec_8ZAkYOkvNfkdMgVVA_BbA45SBX2b5c4M5sH6aKmXn4w/s1600/FireDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PcVW9J19sTMOXF7GxVJaTwqcrsaIoDSfLZHW38tYwC1GERcaK-pgdbfIBaPCbs9f6xSvsU_b11yEl7SGQJskdRdemt5FAec_8ZAkYOkvNfkdMgVVA_BbA45SBX2b5c4M5sH6aKmXn4w/s200/FireDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617536461656031954" /></a><br /><br />FireDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire">Fire</a> in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning. Fire is an important process that affects ecological systems across the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. Fire has been used by humans for cooking, generating heat, signaling, and propulsion purposes. The negative effects of fire include water contamination, soil erosion, atmospheric pollution and hazard to human life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7klezcO3SxPWQn8c0AYDBtsXCFn82nii7goYMr7ZggqEe_on7Ufwlpu8n_8G4p8B8dixE48zwwXgVYq3vZJklSgb19d-MalcQGBrb_smhN2Fn_DjcZ_D21eXaiiPG2nzj8St2H9cShc/s1600/FenceDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7klezcO3SxPWQn8c0AYDBtsXCFn82nii7goYMr7ZggqEe_on7Ufwlpu8n_8G4p8B8dixE48zwwXgVYq3vZJklSgb19d-MalcQGBrb_smhN2Fn_DjcZ_D21eXaiiPG2nzj8St2H9cShc/s200/FenceDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617532571332802930" /></a><br /><br />FenceDala3<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fence">fence</a> is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLLNycRmb4q31zDNlUhyOgZTMg9OjootSzmDswoImN7WdYF6W_cyjuEJJJ4Rtzbz2ME37gMYJFZvL2-hMD7uz72A_Hp2hc44V-co2ZFZ3qYECYaLOh0HfCt9qaGvDrGGq51o4bIm7Cj0/s1600/ElmLeafDala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLLNycRmb4q31zDNlUhyOgZTMg9OjootSzmDswoImN7WdYF6W_cyjuEJJJ4Rtzbz2ME37gMYJFZvL2-hMD7uz72A_Hp2hc44V-co2ZFZ3qYECYaLOh0HfCt9qaGvDrGGq51o4bIm7Cj0/s200/ElmLeafDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617529086461284450" /></a><br /><br />ElmLeafDala4<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm">Elm leaves</a> are alternate, with simple, single- or, most commonly, doubly serrate margins, usually asymmetric at the base and acuminate at the apex. The genus is hermaphroditic, having apetalous perfect flowers which are mostly wind-pollinated, although bees do visit them. The fruit is a round wind-dispersed samara flushed with chlorophyll, facilitating photosynthesis before the leaves emerge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZUQWU-52fY3oic4VTFUxOBoE28dgW_UwPaLiHa8YAQsMOyemRUJwiLJvReVTbQT9BvNgDCyNxZyTMmu1KBmrRGBrFUgyr-UrhbT-4-HYM1Wu9xBhMgR1NlIVfbqeGMRIQ0w58qQZ_OQ/s1600/EarthDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZUQWU-52fY3oic4VTFUxOBoE28dgW_UwPaLiHa8YAQsMOyemRUJwiLJvReVTbQT9BvNgDCyNxZyTMmu1KBmrRGBrFUgyr-UrhbT-4-HYM1Wu9xBhMgR1NlIVfbqeGMRIQ0w58qQZ_OQ/s200/EarthDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617444863291227666" /></a><br /><br />EarthDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth">Earth</a> (or the Earth) is the third planet from the Sun and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the World, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin name, Terra.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCIiLHJhXFz9gI8s_Tm2fl6ifBKlx1-OKKQMZUM37YzAjvbif7gHQ5G5xBxjry1EOwEzCxZP3Kicugs2kHyCvRf00zG8nvDYJaK_K3GGTnFzbX4S7qU5JqpiU9h22mzGc-4bnSkPTfL8/s1600/Druidala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCIiLHJhXFz9gI8s_Tm2fl6ifBKlx1-OKKQMZUM37YzAjvbif7gHQ5G5xBxjry1EOwEzCxZP3Kicugs2kHyCvRf00zG8nvDYJaK_K3GGTnFzbX4S7qU5JqpiU9h22mzGc-4bnSkPTfL8/s200/Druidala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617440690495250418" /></a><br /><br />Druidala2<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid">druid</a> was a member of the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe, during the Iron Age. Very little is currently known about the ancient druids as they left no written accounts about themselves, and the only evidence of them are a few descriptions left by Greek and Roman authors, and stories created by later medieval Irish writers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcqruuOwbIb2R1Q6Vx6s4xSGzGMqy0ET3SoymwTE4epWqbKh1VZl8Sz66EROB20NQEsxlWmmJKxtuXCFAB2kBeGRELKISFkfsYJMvhlvqAVdAXK5xFfL667cQjK0bvLmb28964gLWhtc/s1600/CarLotusDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcqruuOwbIb2R1Q6Vx6s4xSGzGMqy0ET3SoymwTE4epWqbKh1VZl8Sz66EROB20NQEsxlWmmJKxtuXCFAB2kBeGRELKISFkfsYJMvhlvqAVdAXK5xFfL667cQjK0bvLmb28964gLWhtc/s200/CarLotusDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617040574565571122" /></a><br /><br />CarLotusDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Cars">Lotus Cars</a> is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics.<br /><br />Lotus is owned by Proton who took over after the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1994.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii46EAGO5yx4TOUJmOkEhviFNmF8gUmQvS-MIDlTHYYlobK2dX7136p9UB-0agtcKZxbnD85qKLIcqUCa3qcU1JT3TJhWCrE3IIabzvdfBXMgyq6wsgq-NXZrd5Zn1TKdUHd_xNk6fdpE/s1600/heRAdala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii46EAGO5yx4TOUJmOkEhviFNmF8gUmQvS-MIDlTHYYlobK2dX7136p9UB-0agtcKZxbnD85qKLIcqUCa3qcU1JT3TJhWCrE3IIabzvdfBXMgyq6wsgq-NXZrd5Zn1TKdUHd_xNk6fdpE/s200/heRAdala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614831182908752210" /></a><br /><br />heRAdala4<br /><br />The queen of the Olympian deities. She is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and wife and sister of Zeus. <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hera.html">Hera</a> was mainly worshiped as a goddess of marriage and birth. It is said that each year Hera's virginity returns by bathing in the well Canathus. The children of Hera and Zeus are the smith-god Hephaestus, the goddess of youth Hebe, and the god of war Ares. According to some sources, however, her children were conceived without the help of a man, either by slapping her hand on the ground or by eating lettuce: thus they were born, not out of love but out of lust and hatred. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtjeHt-w1XQQ5v432vC3wTW-yPZTTgL87uw-11XKPiWXL7gJ9wiMiYBZqZCrrfd7PkRdcEt7xOwhEhFSQ6Vbxv-D-a_oXnwWW5j0wF3sFW2fh9004iJA45R9T60JCt4NTVOHYwLLtuMc/s1600/heRAfeathersDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtjeHt-w1XQQ5v432vC3wTW-yPZTTgL87uw-11XKPiWXL7gJ9wiMiYBZqZCrrfd7PkRdcEt7xOwhEhFSQ6Vbxv-D-a_oXnwWW5j0wF3sFW2fh9004iJA45R9T60JCt4NTVOHYwLLtuMc/s200/heRAfeathersDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614821047307350610" /></a><br /><br />heRAfeathersDala3<br /><br />Writers represented Hera as constantly being jealous of Zeus's various amorous affairs. She punished her rivals and their children, among both goddesses and mortals, with implacable fury. She placed two serpents in the cradle of Heracles; she had Io guarded by a hundred-eyed giant; she drove the foster-parents of Dionysus mad, and tried to prevent the birth of Apollo and Artemis. Even Zeus usually could not stand up to her. Sometimes when he got angry, he chained her to the mountain of Olympus by fastening anvils to her feet. However, most of the time Zeus resorted to stratagems: he either hid his illegitimate children, or he changed them into animals. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6E3Htqh_OazNPXz5UbiB7T1jMsNBomcT4Vt8NxCTyrZmfFFQRSrRP72Az2F3Njs2ZdH8-nfo5kQBeyObsGEV_L-maFzixaKNMKvIWibgV1APOocmASqElLD9k5j6OekrNyfP11JaP8g/s1600/heRAcrossDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6E3Htqh_OazNPXz5UbiB7T1jMsNBomcT4Vt8NxCTyrZmfFFQRSrRP72Az2F3Njs2ZdH8-nfo5kQBeyObsGEV_L-maFzixaKNMKvIWibgV1APOocmASqElLD9k5j6OekrNyfP11JaP8g/s200/heRAcrossDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614793501436282882" /></a><br /><br />heRAcrossDala2<br /><br />The peacock (the symbol of pride; her wagon was pulled by peacocks) and the cow (she was also known as Bopis, meaning "cow-eyed", which was later translated as "with big eyes") are her sacred animals. The crow and the pomegranate (symbol of marriage) are also dedicated to her. Other attributes include a diadem and a veil. Hera is portrayed as a majestic, solemn woman. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuhLC_Rmn6HrnBmFPolVvqk5NtIe7emEIodMswaYf7j56Vg79gdCc4hGfJd4QNJwIkBc0-jgGP1_WFZdVB0c-0ff6Hq13LLKzRvfTgZqIj889j3JRM0b2FG6g5IHI1_vkJ-Rk9seuWIo/s1600/XmasFlamesDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuhLC_Rmn6HrnBmFPolVvqk5NtIe7emEIodMswaYf7j56Vg79gdCc4hGfJd4QNJwIkBc0-jgGP1_WFZdVB0c-0ff6Hq13LLKzRvfTgZqIj889j3JRM0b2FG6g5IHI1_vkJ-Rk9seuWIo/s200/XmasFlamesDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614498104736032402" /></a><br /><br />XmasFlamesDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flaminglotus.com/">The Flaming Lotus Girls</a> (FLG) are a female-driven group of artists formed in 2000 to create our first sculpture, the Flaming Lotus. Our sculptures are composed of steel , stainless steel, copper, glass, wood, light, and fire. Our flames blaze in sizes ranging from 2 inches to 150+ feet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLoOAElbL_ycjIv9W-dnKlmJf4TtoJQ-elhrTM5SXO48wbV-6_6bYRcEvICVc2bNBy_6l5QeIuJzI7aPWIFlvtoqVZ_0yim8FBvT1bHEV7I4jRab6ARN9ZIzSRShWacHgpA2gbt1qC0/s1600/AngelsDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLoOAElbL_ycjIv9W-dnKlmJf4TtoJQ-elhrTM5SXO48wbV-6_6bYRcEvICVc2bNBy_6l5QeIuJzI7aPWIFlvtoqVZ_0yim8FBvT1bHEV7I4jRab6ARN9ZIzSRShWacHgpA2gbt1qC0/s200/AngelsDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614218202145474034" /></a><br /><br />AngelsDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel">Angels</a> are messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of מלאך (mal'akh) in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh); a similar term, ملائكة (Malāīkah), is used in the Qur'an. The Hebrew and Greek words originally mean messenger.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWShyNkLB5qow_kZvK4A5LxfT3jv0MS9v_Xb-fw2FeZXJKAoRYntw9qaPtKtEm3S80BwpJFjDxR1ZUZX4kAdIfOl5Zf0HWhQROYFBXJjgH5xKpDB2paefF9ekrhKkLezJAHD4Lx1o-g0/s1600/SeedO%2527LifeDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWShyNkLB5qow_kZvK4A5LxfT3jv0MS9v_Xb-fw2FeZXJKAoRYntw9qaPtKtEm3S80BwpJFjDxR1ZUZX4kAdIfOl5Zf0HWhQROYFBXJjgH5xKpDB2paefF9ekrhKkLezJAHD4Lx1o-g0/s200/SeedO%2527LifeDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613120342599139970" /></a><br /><br />SeedO'LifeDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ka-gold-jewelry.com/p-articles/seed-of-life.php">The Seed of Life</a> is a symbol for the seven days of creation. All things existing can be built from this shape so that if you complete another shape known as the Flower of Life which produces the 'Fruit Of Life', ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqpM6q4kF0t88xfaODfy4q60qLJ894wmpeGVDBdRTHAv_byh2md_3gEW1Kd6gFO9RtzLRkc7t2cBg7VKJcBrQLYAt3weG4pWDr563VxWY2y9pXhAOFxprb1dd2vPwvMBhT_vO1NfcUmI/s1600/FlowerO%2527LifeDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqpM6q4kF0t88xfaODfy4q60qLJ894wmpeGVDBdRTHAv_byh2md_3gEW1Kd6gFO9RtzLRkc7t2cBg7VKJcBrQLYAt3weG4pWDr563VxWY2y9pXhAOFxprb1dd2vPwvMBhT_vO1NfcUmI/s200/FlowerO%2527LifeDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613116276126950514" /></a><br /><br />FlowerO'LifeDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_of_Life">The Flower of Life</a> is the modern name given to a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_0xXYshaxW6u4U5mCL_wMS4sv9HL35gH3IAPMlEgJl3ij9USCfVHn6TWdc8Ojuft7cOQMtK-QaVFpWM9ujuvUjCJoYCktyyVWl_Pq9OF0zT3b-OYBD47hnAYWuxTbvaPnqpZjOOzwJU/s1600/WhaleDala4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_0xXYshaxW6u4U5mCL_wMS4sv9HL35gH3IAPMlEgJl3ij9USCfVHn6TWdc8Ojuft7cOQMtK-QaVFpWM9ujuvUjCJoYCktyyVWl_Pq9OF0zT3b-OYBD47hnAYWuxTbvaPnqpZjOOzwJU/s200/WhaleDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612725834268339602" /></a><br /><br />WhaleDala4<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale">Whale</a> (origin Old English hƿæl) is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwNNaHLjGBEfjKKSQqU5NVf9Ul845p0St75Hw9cVbT_Xn0IrRkcbNO9oMhAmi6IK2d42u59CaP6cgoKPDqXo7JUZcSGRP8Y88tm3QHUdaYzCfRbzoPQDV72c2GTZoUdiYIyHeQOtLo9Q/s1600/SnakesOnaWalldala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwNNaHLjGBEfjKKSQqU5NVf9Ul845p0St75Hw9cVbT_Xn0IrRkcbNO9oMhAmi6IK2d42u59CaP6cgoKPDqXo7JUZcSGRP8Y88tm3QHUdaYzCfRbzoPQDV72c2GTZoUdiYIyHeQOtLo9Q/s200/SnakesOnaWalldala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612721116292839506" /></a><br /><br />SnakesOnaWalldala3<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake">Snakes</a> are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJuUJJbnF-rIHo20EWCuSOsJ8Ywv8BbV3eQP1GqmfznUWg6Z2DjwJX2zzmNBr8L-zBW-DHPAkUnYObX-N4ntGB2wc5AjpGUMsCySAZERgrF0-zO5ZFZ0R_Mdsrd9N5XR0YZtxD5xP2-Q/s1600/JaguarTreeDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJuUJJbnF-rIHo20EWCuSOsJ8Ywv8BbV3eQP1GqmfznUWg6Z2DjwJX2zzmNBr8L-zBW-DHPAkUnYObX-N4ntGB2wc5AjpGUMsCySAZERgrF0-zO5ZFZ0R_Mdsrd9N5XR0YZtxD5xP2-Q/s200/JaguarTreeDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612715909934170658" /></a><br /><br />JaguarTreeDala1<br /><br />In Jaguar Woman: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Woman-Wisdom-Butterfly-Tree/dp/1585425745/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306812310&sr=1-2">The Wisdom of the Butterfly Tree</a>, Lynn Andrews experiences a powerful vision of a Butterfly Tree.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvGgmumLO31jsIuLq6tZcgNW54lLUh-C85nxGpyX9rU1aHT5tDTScwAxTxe3QwgDgLtibfbXv8KEpXpVJZDy6oqe1LeO5OO8-_wBYIdblO998oH71VmFvCNTYt_1EmgICyjGytVvhU9Y/s1600/JaguarTreeDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvGgmumLO31jsIuLq6tZcgNW54lLUh-C85nxGpyX9rU1aHT5tDTScwAxTxe3QwgDgLtibfbXv8KEpXpVJZDy6oqe1LeO5OO8-_wBYIdblO998oH71VmFvCNTYt_1EmgICyjGytVvhU9Y/s200/JaguarTreeDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612710052580510626" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />JaguarTreedala2<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Medicine-Woman-Lynn-V-Andrews/dp/1585425265/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306810942&sr=1-1">Medicine Woman</a> is an autobiographical account of Lynn Andrews' search for indentity in a Native American culture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ywzkJGFp6jWP-ER3dYCTiF94D3z0pAR8rIf_0uOtDDcZyCGPJ3vRFZWFRNvxfY15esipwRmwSTG875Qn7Mz2g4UXjzZBWdmg4wvUBLOGjbXVgDLFHQJFy7kzNIB-JjMo_Py7nPyAljg/s1600/JaguarTreeDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ywzkJGFp6jWP-ER3dYCTiF94D3z0pAR8rIf_0uOtDDcZyCGPJ3vRFZWFRNvxfY15esipwRmwSTG875Qn7Mz2g4UXjzZBWdmg4wvUBLOGjbXVgDLFHQJFy7kzNIB-JjMo_Py7nPyAljg/s200/JaguarTreeDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612701529870354946" /></a><br /><br />JaguarTreeDala3<br /><br />In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tree-Dreams-Spirit-Womans-Transition/dp/1585425788/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306809387&sr=1-6">Tree of Dreams</a>, medicine woman, Lynn Andrews questions her spiritual and metaphysical teachings. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS437zvkWHZucVxPfrlgiana9nsm1es1jYbbgefUalt6dHDs5HtUlKyx5rsVDSB2vqvZ8IJcEz_paJX_FqwqBlBdx3iM95pL59JvpBTK4GlN48ZHfIPPkZ2qKZsgC3-S9c3B74v04kkUY/s1600/BatLeafDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS437zvkWHZucVxPfrlgiana9nsm1es1jYbbgefUalt6dHDs5HtUlKyx5rsVDSB2vqvZ8IJcEz_paJX_FqwqBlBdx3iM95pL59JvpBTK4GlN48ZHfIPPkZ2qKZsgC3-S9c3B74v04kkUY/s200/BatLeafDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612695786578676914" /></a><br /><br />BatLeafDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/693386/leaf-nosed-bat">Leaf-nosed bat</a>, any of almost 250 species of New World and Old World bats belonging to the families Phyllostomidae and Hipposideridae that have a flat projection on the muzzle that often resembles a leaf. The purpose of the leaf structure is not known for certain, but it may aid in echolocation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVijktmYSc7cCiCst8bBiqzBHOG6gsBV2EKsHWCgCL_Ed_kDi5vCXO_BoihPrqoCx-MBYGiOihkfBI47hPMICBpz30eH4b3AT4NkcB86rb2G3Cwjc8fSZr3pPYGZWeOi9hRgkvw3cBNg/s1600/vinKAdala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVijktmYSc7cCiCst8bBiqzBHOG6gsBV2EKsHWCgCL_Ed_kDi5vCXO_BoihPrqoCx-MBYGiOihkfBI47hPMICBpz30eH4b3AT4NkcB86rb2G3Cwjc8fSZr3pPYGZWeOi9hRgkvw3cBNg/s200/vinKAdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612608219812347730" /></a><br /><br />vinKAdala2<br /><br /><a href="http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/tmi/plantlist/vi_minor.html">Vinca</a> minor, Myrtle, Creeping Myrtle, Periwinkle, or Vinca (Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hho79-pk6VTpzrLWDHiE7AYOAw1_RA8nzbl1hKlyz34-7QkaPDivXyub7OYBjNQbKJmEFCjHB5Kpp24ovJt0CtSa50baq0LFNOgxLH8GcCEAeOE4o78BFMCOidoJahJB5_-SHsBkjhs/s1600/vessiKAvinKAdala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hho79-pk6VTpzrLWDHiE7AYOAw1_RA8nzbl1hKlyz34-7QkaPDivXyub7OYBjNQbKJmEFCjHB5Kpp24ovJt0CtSa50baq0LFNOgxLH8GcCEAeOE4o78BFMCOidoJahJB5_-SHsBkjhs/s200/vessiKAvinKAdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612602275410151634" /></a><br /><br />VessiKAvinKAdala2<br /><br />The <a href="http://vesica.org/">Vesica</a> Insitutefor Holistic Studies. Located in the beautiful mountains of Asheville North Carolina, the Institute offers cutting-edge training and resources in a variety of holistic studies.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca">Vinca</a> is a genus of six species in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The name is pronounced /ˈvɪŋkə/, deriving from Latin vincire: "to bind, fetter". The English name periwinkle is shared with the related genus Catharanthus (and also with the common seashore mollusc, Littorina littorea).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrwmKmEQXKpvHIKEYOvAm_1wMa49OlngyTHKtIw4YnperCm26Q8fYvTu-dlVNS_YaFVnTi2t0s_Tbh25I9xyIb_M_KmQ9FXlsv9jdGnmLZzfAXCUIK-2981gojdHBhH18j1Kt2YbooFY/s1600/SpringStarDala4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrwmKmEQXKpvHIKEYOvAm_1wMa49OlngyTHKtIw4YnperCm26Q8fYvTu-dlVNS_YaFVnTi2t0s_Tbh25I9xyIb_M_KmQ9FXlsv9jdGnmLZzfAXCUIK-2981gojdHBhH18j1Kt2YbooFY/s200/SpringStarDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612592091646669090" /></a><br /><br />SpringStarDala4<br /><br />Ipheion uniflorum is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions, so is currently placed in the Allium subfamily (Allioideae) of the Amaryllidaceae. It is known by the common name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipheion_uniflorum">spring star</a>, or spring starflower.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3w5pcdptIJnMjf-j3Q8yiQPqhDCS8xInxs21HQyjbC7iVnXSzFrk6fZjnGEpfWxNkg43arV8DHNsIkoqurujCiSoPlZoWj9rWlgwiyRU_2PhxVsAsVHdPNVEzwp3Vl4pnS0lClaEBEQ/s1600/SpinninWheeldala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3w5pcdptIJnMjf-j3Q8yiQPqhDCS8xInxs21HQyjbC7iVnXSzFrk6fZjnGEpfWxNkg43arV8DHNsIkoqurujCiSoPlZoWj9rWlgwiyRU_2PhxVsAsVHdPNVEzwp3Vl4pnS0lClaEBEQ/s200/SpinninWheeldala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612581846927250562" /></a><br /><br />SpinningWheeldala2<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel">spinning wheel</a> is a device for spinning thread or yarn from natural or synthetic fibers.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi9sLkyhhlE">The song</a> of Blood, Sweat and Tears named Spinning Wheel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9Mosi74AmSGj3oyR1xMWvg77V_QXDA4RfJfKqUuUyQKGfT3Dad3ky2NoyeZV6g1IqwvrXu3GJ-pPnpRncn-uml8b5DD_HI_AODkOSEjeIOeTXaYfReQ6_6qejHKmDE8kmGApHOFMfGk/s1600/LeiDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9Mosi74AmSGj3oyR1xMWvg77V_QXDA4RfJfKqUuUyQKGfT3Dad3ky2NoyeZV6g1IqwvrXu3GJ-pPnpRncn-uml8b5DD_HI_AODkOSEjeIOeTXaYfReQ6_6qejHKmDE8kmGApHOFMfGk/s200/LeiDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612467672397923890" /></a><br /><br />LeiDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_%28Hawaii%29">Lei</a> is a Hawaiian word for a garland or wreath. More loosely defined, a lei is any series of objects strung together with the intent to be worn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfQ6gaorl3Yr3steGSb4cIgjw8F4zjHu2cxj2FLXfRWJ-d5pPmRjFNEfsgWk3of5ls5OLBmAG3TRGyBqG-UEuOMOIu8nNxo7J3YPp2PMuh-9VRdAUwPLIaFt9UAsHEhocxfGsFZgrSu4/s1600/irisTreeDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfQ6gaorl3Yr3steGSb4cIgjw8F4zjHu2cxj2FLXfRWJ-d5pPmRjFNEfsgWk3of5ls5OLBmAG3TRGyBqG-UEuOMOIu8nNxo7J3YPp2PMuh-9VRdAUwPLIaFt9UAsHEhocxfGsFZgrSu4/s200/irisTreeDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612463512044338898" /></a><br /><br />irisTreeDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Tree">Iris Tree</a> (27 January 1897 – 13 April 1968) was an English poet, actress and artists' model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventuress.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPVxn0tPpyt6fo0hyj80ayyoo7YW9jphRKkNJnYwc5dvEEQkCfM8FDUGIoukb3GcWJp0SybqQl4pjQCorqOqLY5A80DDHDF56aEQ6446_3KNl7lFdsKZGlKKVNeZXotvL3QI_hHKxlv8/s1600/YinYangLaceDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPVxn0tPpyt6fo0hyj80ayyoo7YW9jphRKkNJnYwc5dvEEQkCfM8FDUGIoukb3GcWJp0SybqQl4pjQCorqOqLY5A80DDHDF56aEQ6446_3KNl7lFdsKZGlKKVNeZXotvL3QI_hHKxlv8/s200/YinYangLaceDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612421638103807666" /></a><br /><br />YinYangLaceDala3<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/fiberarts/the-yang-and-yin-of-lace/4156/">The Yang and Yin of Lace</a>. That technique is the nupp. Pronounced “noop”, it is a common element in many lace designs from the Estonian region.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiw2zrOf3E__7Lf0VqvWHRM78mA-LVCHJoHq3n-_I0xiJlRKVQn6VfSEMURh5shy6FZTd05poOHQqOi9KX913rg4MFuyx0l85geH1u0QlQWeSy244Wgz53jAy4V4_JmhqbQCJ0xZT11Q/s1600/VineDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiw2zrOf3E__7Lf0VqvWHRM78mA-LVCHJoHq3n-_I0xiJlRKVQn6VfSEMURh5shy6FZTd05poOHQqOi9KX913rg4MFuyx0l85geH1u0QlQWeSy244Wgz53jAy4V4_JmhqbQCJ0xZT11Q/s200/VineDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612407235353436306" /></a><br /><br />VineDala1<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine">vine</a> (Latin vīnea "grapevine", "vineyard", from vīnum "wine") in the broad sense refers to any climbing or trailing plant. The narrower and original meaning is the grapevine (Vitis).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9ShCQcup4DmTiv81PvILAdiml_CY3z-np26RkXGEktD11Av2U1bEP8pUKfg-iImtcgTycQEbLW-O2L3CPk_vpZrABLE8Nqz0dwbwt0XTtrDc1XcpmBgG_Rpjnr3sBBUie-iJY6d5LN0/s1600/SunDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9ShCQcup4DmTiv81PvILAdiml_CY3z-np26RkXGEktD11Av2U1bEP8pUKfg-iImtcgTycQEbLW-O2L3CPk_vpZrABLE8Nqz0dwbwt0XTtrDc1XcpmBgG_Rpjnr3sBBUie-iJY6d5LN0/s200/SunDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612353334446095842" /></a><br /><br />SunDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun">The Sun</a> is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6nmwMmTPrYcTq0rxGmBFibTbMkigIJSmgAyK74Zf6YbUok1Edpf3cPOluW1lN0ZTq_jF_o8iJk-cMStsQNbKiAhCeZZ34WCHJuj2_Ie9y2qC0MJxn2iZrAZ874tov3PYtEJgZ5DE17E/s1600/SplishSplashDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6nmwMmTPrYcTq0rxGmBFibTbMkigIJSmgAyK74Zf6YbUok1Edpf3cPOluW1lN0ZTq_jF_o8iJk-cMStsQNbKiAhCeZZ34WCHJuj2_Ie9y2qC0MJxn2iZrAZ874tov3PYtEJgZ5DE17E/s200/SplishSplashDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612340700444763266" /></a><br /><br />SplishSplashDala2<br /><br />Bobby Darin-Splish Splash <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMCsc4Iqvqc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMCsc4Iqvqc</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG_hUen2PxbQyyU8EHh-Tt74KoKMLn8lnD3Vc-FPIWbdlT2mZGZ4lTbsHB0ycUau-ISs_dWyqQT-lIvhZcSjq3P5MlIYUBto6jvC10eeYEcAK8JbKjxpdynqYEWuT24ieJNjtucaqL90/s1600/SnowflakeDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG_hUen2PxbQyyU8EHh-Tt74KoKMLn8lnD3Vc-FPIWbdlT2mZGZ4lTbsHB0ycUau-ISs_dWyqQT-lIvhZcSjq3P5MlIYUBto6jvC10eeYEcAK8JbKjxpdynqYEWuT24ieJNjtucaqL90/s200/SnowflakeDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612190417550920562" /></a><br /><br />SnowflakeDala2<br /><br />Click within the grid lines on the left to start making a <a href="http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/symmetry/snow.htm">snowflake</a>. Any point that you make will also produce more points in the right place to create the symmetrical snowflake (reflective with six lines of symmetry).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZnj_dSj9JYlSyOvOobJBkNm4BLSeuzOFSzjrLw7-RjnlEgbbfDg2S453He8Vca3S2kOG0GmJVHmPDNnmmxdxQAR0odQ182ctU5fGvactf29Wk4NIMta6m396Rmb4EqG0BAwR_ic2vAM/s1600/ShadoWheelDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZnj_dSj9JYlSyOvOobJBkNm4BLSeuzOFSzjrLw7-RjnlEgbbfDg2S453He8Vca3S2kOG0GmJVHmPDNnmmxdxQAR0odQ182ctU5fGvactf29Wk4NIMta6m396Rmb4EqG0BAwR_ic2vAM/s200/ShadoWheelDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612185949439415362" /></a><br /><br />ShadoWheelDala1<br /><br />Shadow Hubcaps, Shadow Hub Caps & <a href="http://www.hubcaps.org/shadow.html">Shadow Wheel</a> Covers<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeFHEDqYQhB5WEZRDTmEAvk7kU7qAax19114jVvCQjq87R-dTcEW8B4A4nCsvaZsn33wdwP7_6arQ1G6ixQmYXNYzUTuCSQXY8j92YCQI9FxuYdqdjtfOQMexOtFdGgPexThV8yn-QUI/s1600/ShadowDanceDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeFHEDqYQhB5WEZRDTmEAvk7kU7qAax19114jVvCQjq87R-dTcEW8B4A4nCsvaZsn33wdwP7_6arQ1G6ixQmYXNYzUTuCSQXY8j92YCQI9FxuYdqdjtfOQMexOtFdGgPexThV8yn-QUI/s200/ShadowDanceDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612178662085080866" /></a><br /><br />ShadowDanceDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHk4jlUdnk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHk4jlUdnk</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IxwTLxDhYaDuohm-as_NeVbC-ZfqktxTJp1Nni4C8CCND0RyrMK96s-_2mZ610yeOW1qz4ZDVI10pn-eH8aaAs7Eek2vTw4TiajImYAVu-K-9TAEd2f-aJhbRKAxISLBVw369dxilpA/s1600/RidgeDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IxwTLxDhYaDuohm-as_NeVbC-ZfqktxTJp1Nni4C8CCND0RyrMK96s-_2mZ610yeOW1qz4ZDVI10pn-eH8aaAs7Eek2vTw4TiajImYAVu-K-9TAEd2f-aJhbRKAxISLBVw369dxilpA/s200/RidgeDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612037886222685986" /></a><br /><br />RidgeDala1<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge">ridge</a> is a geological feature that features a chain of mountains or hills that are of a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVKISQADPfNAkLRYw4SaZFU9pvPgZkG0qbxukO3hGqUNalhQLmdkXVpQDG-Mz76OGI_yDGS_Tdv42eUON0_eX9M73ugEikC56urKO87GF7iXcaZ505Ppeji9xLe8SHona6M22iOhHDWY/s1600/RedorGreenDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVKISQADPfNAkLRYw4SaZFU9pvPgZkG0qbxukO3hGqUNalhQLmdkXVpQDG-Mz76OGI_yDGS_Tdv42eUON0_eX9M73ugEikC56urKO87GF7iXcaZ505Ppeji9xLe8SHona6M22iOhHDWY/s200/RedorGreenDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612033813819917042" /></a><br /><br />RedorGreenDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesantafesite.com/articles-database/Red-or-Green--Chile-that-is-.html">Red or Green?</a> Chile that is! Go to any New Mexican restaurant and order a New Mexican meal and this will be the question.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbDTyP7zPuv73xbXqUyZyeJ5_nEDx4bft-zyDPq5GxkjWAS7PGumZC-DKvK5OTQ9ZSD72CZaGKfxuQVovdkeCv_qUzC5GcYqbAIXTMeTY03PAn92EyM-MZgSnBZmMDUfpZDD6g5_F_5I/s1600/RedHotDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbDTyP7zPuv73xbXqUyZyeJ5_nEDx4bft-zyDPq5GxkjWAS7PGumZC-DKvK5OTQ9ZSD72CZaGKfxuQVovdkeCv_qUzC5GcYqbAIXTMeTY03PAn92EyM-MZgSnBZmMDUfpZDD6g5_F_5I/s200/RedHotDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612029127555831682" /></a><br /><br />RedHotDala1<br /><br />In the early 1930's, the Ferrara Pan Candy Company created the famous <a href="http://www.oldtimecandy.com/red-hots.htm">Red Hot</a> using the cold panned candy method. The idea of a piece of cinnamon hard candy was developed prior to the production of Ferrara Pan's Red Hots. The name "cinnamon imperials" is a generic name used by the candy industry to indicate a piece of cinnamon hard candy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherLT6UcfLEZ1xdADlsQ6_-9JHgJIlIm7GTsM_RqcIdefa-2Kxj8VL2Nr9U_9jF_GC-BAnx7921WbpxuvKlEOLv20RJ16CW9B60dCi6-Wdh-nWQrFVVCggna1Of6IHt0SILgGRnk-RqfQ/s1600/PurpleHeartDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherLT6UcfLEZ1xdADlsQ6_-9JHgJIlIm7GTsM_RqcIdefa-2Kxj8VL2Nr9U_9jF_GC-BAnx7921WbpxuvKlEOLv20RJ16CW9B60dCi6-Wdh-nWQrFVVCggna1Of6IHt0SILgGRnk-RqfQ/s200/PurpleHeartDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612022869381455682" /></a><br /><br />PurpleHeartDala1<br /><br />With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart">the Purple Heart</a> is the oldest award that is still given to members of the U.S. military<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtbcvbH14h8DT8TE6i-0SByrUpOCldYxeQ-W3G5Y1BkWBwFGUEd3TEI9LcLR53FiTIW4zohyphenhyphenXkr7STh0dnPWWgwEgCiE-syjkNZd13oNEgMzGa4hFU6l8mhRr8IRuGvH60v8XeloSpNY/s1600/PearsDala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtbcvbH14h8DT8TE6i-0SByrUpOCldYxeQ-W3G5Y1BkWBwFGUEd3TEI9LcLR53FiTIW4zohyphenhyphenXkr7STh0dnPWWgwEgCiE-syjkNZd13oNEgMzGa4hFU6l8mhRr8IRuGvH60v8XeloSpNY/s200/PearsDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612015115996827490" /></a><br /><br />PearsDala4<br /><br />The English word <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear">“pear”</a> is probably from Common West Germanic pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of pirum, akin to Greek ἄπιος apios (from Mycenaean ápisos), which is likely of Semitic origin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f_JWYWWYP3lNWltclFeqNMFxwGI40rtV7Aq_VfbEyut3zdTHQdyaQnHXyc1n-EPVNKryPuvg-lzjitHT6-wwrkcRQO3pz_viZLAy2jY72IIMs-hS8sbfGHFIUiO5Dfa1Dk3EV3WtoKc/s1600/MysteriumDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4f_JWYWWYP3lNWltclFeqNMFxwGI40rtV7Aq_VfbEyut3zdTHQdyaQnHXyc1n-EPVNKryPuvg-lzjitHT6-wwrkcRQO3pz_viZLAy2jY72IIMs-hS8sbfGHFIUiO5Dfa1Dk3EV3WtoKc/s200/MysteriumDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611990122838381298" /></a><br /><br />MysteriumDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterium_%28Scriabin%29">Mysterium</a> is an unfinished musical work by composer Alexander Scriabin. He started working on the composition in 1903, but it was incomplete at the time of his death in 1915.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zA6-ylAnNzujavK3qyn2YL7sfORKn9Nkp644Vf9Dtjre1BuJn2-db1-Qx3YF61rqFL8Wn_UPBtAENjqBmmLflehmvfA4GJay8WvKO3hJo8RWoNj8g5uoMEAEIyp1VCeIai8GyNbTSk8/s1600/LotusDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zA6-ylAnNzujavK3qyn2YL7sfORKn9Nkp644Vf9Dtjre1BuJn2-db1-Qx3YF61rqFL8Wn_UPBtAENjqBmmLflehmvfA4GJay8WvKO3hJo8RWoNj8g5uoMEAEIyp1VCeIai8GyNbTSk8/s200/LotusDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611979070529924930" /></a><br /><br />LotusDala1<br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtamangala#Lotus">lotus</a> flower (Sanskrit: Padma; Tibetan: པད་མེ; Wylie: pad me), representing 'primordial purity' (Tibetan: ཀ་དག; Wylie: ka dag) of body, speech, and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire; represents the full blossoming of wholesome deeds in blissful liberation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkhfRqNKEDWr2VaBQma1fIzL7vgKk0XGdQIH_7SIdbhcskMGoKyVBsEipB-SA3H5wjGvglY8_SIyEBCxvr-A5HR-07KufHwdmWm8VB0oWW1hkW3-Q-E8Ts31rkPZpQJ0Ncm7O64Rwp2A/s1600/WidgetDala4.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkhfRqNKEDWr2VaBQma1fIzL7vgKk0XGdQIH_7SIdbhcskMGoKyVBsEipB-SA3H5wjGvglY8_SIyEBCxvr-A5HR-07KufHwdmWm8VB0oWW1hkW3-Q-E8Ts31rkPZpQJ0Ncm7O64Rwp2A/s200/WidgetDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611891828847795010" /></a><br /><br />WidgetDala4<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_%28Marvel_Comics%29">Widget</a>, alias Katherine "Kate" Anne Pryde-Rasputin is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. The character was later revealed to be an older, alternate version of Shadowcat, (Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde) from the Days of Future Past timeline. Before the revelation of Widget's true identity, she was consistently referred to with masculine pronouns (i.e. "he," "him," etc.).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5ziBq7iKsIRYrHdXGHkUINqnbhK9xdk6t7ocuftmpP5M6LdBRtoGxUH6Gc7YvGLC_9Y5OptsiPfD-rSBehaWdodl9ngKpLZl-zH3TE3O-pBAshh_4R40TSg5OhSz22abO8iGvAK6AFE/s1600/AladdinsCrossDala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5ziBq7iKsIRYrHdXGHkUINqnbhK9xdk6t7ocuftmpP5M6LdBRtoGxUH6Gc7YvGLC_9Y5OptsiPfD-rSBehaWdodl9ngKpLZl-zH3TE3O-pBAshh_4R40TSg5OhSz22abO8iGvAK6AFE/s200/AladdinsCrossDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611278645454309282" /></a><br /><br />AladdinsCrossDala3<br /><br />A poor, Chinese teenager and his recently widowed mother. A mysterious African magician. A beautiful, young Princess and her father, the Sultan. It was a good thing that re-reading the story followed my decision to create a cross-stitch design based on <a href="http://www.lynnenicoletti.com/growingaladdin.html">'Aladdin'</a>... I'd forgotten what a richly, cross-cultural tale it is. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo47qC4BUQc-5aoJMdudeYpHbNfME1tTu0MPi-XOyLhgQhUquRoPKdgIqX97-FtXn0mzrVvCOY3Qm6PMZBBA_1uYFcv5juqW3-MMkf7fqilrUlizh5UeBLkSIgzPdVHgxGcoQ3-j0T_g/s1600/LightningWheelDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo47qC4BUQc-5aoJMdudeYpHbNfME1tTu0MPi-XOyLhgQhUquRoPKdgIqX97-FtXn0mzrVvCOY3Qm6PMZBBA_1uYFcv5juqW3-MMkf7fqilrUlizh5UeBLkSIgzPdVHgxGcoQ3-j0T_g/s200/LightningWheelDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609734580496606594" /></a><br /><br />LightningWheelDala2<br /><br />How <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning">lightning</a> initially forms is still a matter of debate: Scientists have studied root causes ranging from atmospheric perturbations (wind, humidity, friction, and atmospheric pressure) to the impact of solar wind and accumulation of charged solar particles. Ice inside a cloud is thought to be a key element in lightning development, and may cause a forcible separation of positive and negative charges within the cloud, thus assisting in the formation of lightning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUZPdswGuErukdm0DESZtZisv6K0FjVV99f6uJfA3b_H0N3OoKKDgyTSfK0BgVNs6h2iq5nQ711pWLIT1q75JPUoWx7zBKeO4nrFTpjUvNwTkoDV9gfVtNJ9_Grxu41mglBzxbuvmb9w/s1600/LaceLeafDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUZPdswGuErukdm0DESZtZisv6K0FjVV99f6uJfA3b_H0N3OoKKDgyTSfK0BgVNs6h2iq5nQ711pWLIT1q75JPUoWx7zBKeO4nrFTpjUvNwTkoDV9gfVtNJ9_Grxu41mglBzxbuvmb9w/s200/LaceLeafDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609724790000836626" /></a><br /><br />LaceLeafDala2<br /><br />Founded in 1978 by a small group of artists, <a href="http://www.welcometolace.org/pages/view/mission/">LACE</a> (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) has become an internationally recognized pioneer among art institutions. Uniquely positioned among commercial galleries and major art establishments, our nonprofit organization provides a local venue that advocates and exhibits innovations in art-making.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ5fY0pBByojsPRUBdTmQvwrB_HszIJs1keofLUE2YnNhdH3aqoMDd0LDbYWAWxiSsCASSpnrdeJdGQzCc_c7yJo_UkpeXuGPnNVr6cUj0u_QRPR5YFbIVIeFSd_khTdTQhEAPxMzrEw/s1600/LaceDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ5fY0pBByojsPRUBdTmQvwrB_HszIJs1keofLUE2YnNhdH3aqoMDd0LDbYWAWxiSsCASSpnrdeJdGQzCc_c7yJo_UkpeXuGPnNVr6cUj0u_QRPR5YFbIVIeFSd_khTdTQhEAPxMzrEw/s200/LaceDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609720464953877938" /></a><br /><br />LaceDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace">Lace-making</a> is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A true lace is created when a thread is looped, twisted or braided to other threads independently from a backing fabric.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRZJwNZu0g5FGgWr9EjvqyR2h1-3J_3dGDwWGQyEd9-ofB-roAZbul4fEOcoxRrn0DMR04J3BoViJEep-fMeWeKB39NYxCTjplcUTxgcMNxHMgxT9tBBtaTg8JQZWJWh4A9HFUmyR7CA/s1600/KnightDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRZJwNZu0g5FGgWr9EjvqyR2h1-3J_3dGDwWGQyEd9-ofB-roAZbul4fEOcoxRrn0DMR04J3BoViJEep-fMeWeKB39NYxCTjplcUTxgcMNxHMgxT9tBBtaTg8JQZWJWh4A9HFUmyR7CA/s200/KnightDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609715974949741954" /></a><br /><br />KnightDala2<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight">A knight</a> is a member of the warrior class of the Middle Ages in Europe who followed a code of law called "chivalry". In other Indo-European languages, cognates of cavalier or rider are more prevalent (e.g., French chevalier and German Ritter), suggesting a connection to the knight's mode of transport. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUITgew_0cXCdKEOSMO6si3NtOIiH3FKBcX6KlcygQr4ocbhz3AnbLp0Fj6HpbCMDGaMMSLkUCH-ZtcFZ9UH5HFF__EEZTRMS9vFHHJ6CfTaCsltEPDggUHbSGh4q8aJX-FYVqlku6SH4/s1600/JigsawDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUITgew_0cXCdKEOSMO6si3NtOIiH3FKBcX6KlcygQr4ocbhz3AnbLp0Fj6HpbCMDGaMMSLkUCH-ZtcFZ9UH5HFF__EEZTRMS9vFHHJ6CfTaCsltEPDggUHbSGh4q8aJX-FYVqlku6SH4/s200/JigsawDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609672899959517602" /></a><br /><br />JigsawDala3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jigzone.com/">JigZone</a> is an online Jigsaw Puzzle where you choose the level of difficulty from a simple 6 piece cut to a challenging 247 piece cut.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKaFu7embvBWd7vV0udGU3FHepaeU1z3KgAGp01_WYvI-PELQegA6DgahDsR7ybtwu5Lc6BXTFGu_TRDvKsFwSeuu365xOZUVxZz4-6qn-yo8AUS-VJzARrpJXqVKe89sM0rghmf2eGY/s1600/JigsawDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKaFu7embvBWd7vV0udGU3FHepaeU1z3KgAGp01_WYvI-PELQegA6DgahDsR7ybtwu5Lc6BXTFGu_TRDvKsFwSeuu365xOZUVxZz4-6qn-yo8AUS-VJzARrpJXqVKe89sM0rghmf2eGY/s200/JigsawDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609671800023465474" /></a><br /><br />JigsawDala1<br /><br />John Kramer, commonly referred to as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_%28Saw%29">"Jigsaw"</a>, is a character in the Saw franchise. Jigsaw made his debut as the primary antagonist in the first film of the series, Saw, and later Saw II, III, IV, V, VI and 3D. He is portrayed by American actor Tobin Bell.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtw3fvvfn5-QjzffFJNh3FydOJkqNK25YhbGd8F8rxky8C4Ka1_THPNaQ19h8SJO8mOVnqT3Sbx3gdwVbRK_bOFu1x24Q8omc6DgiKaQ_7rR9pT9YUujD91Xsl4P4_gUhbtAfkREUb_M/s1600/JewelsDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtw3fvvfn5-QjzffFJNh3FydOJkqNK25YhbGd8F8rxky8C4Ka1_THPNaQ19h8SJO8mOVnqT3Sbx3gdwVbRK_bOFu1x24Q8omc6DgiKaQ_7rR9pT9YUujD91Xsl4P4_gUhbtAfkREUb_M/s200/JewelsDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609662469080727506" /></a><br /><br />JewelsDala2<br /><br />All About <a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/jewel/">Jewels</a>:<br />Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-hZ1exVFgiW2Fq4B1bTIWrpXsghlC94fJfGaJUxJUOo8jUMOf18x5diHgJVgZAINuZ_cg17QcvS0a54f2nww3eAYc4IU49XnEf2Q6eYujHCigXOI9Z_eQXnDJ6jg6UI1P8LYUPj_BOc/s1600/JanusDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-hZ1exVFgiW2Fq4B1bTIWrpXsghlC94fJfGaJUxJUOo8jUMOf18x5diHgJVgZAINuZ_cg17QcvS0a54f2nww3eAYc4IU49XnEf2Q6eYujHCigXOI9Z_eQXnDJ6jg6UI1P8LYUPj_BOc/s200/JanusDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609606170157082162" /></a><br /><br />JanusDala1<br /><br />In ancient Roman religion and mythology, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus">Janus</a> is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. Most often he is depicted as having two heads, facing opposite directions: one head looks eastward and the other westward. Symbolically they look simultaneously into the future and the past, back at the last year and forward at the new.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC638xGAaXF2T_nLe9L9pracM3T6pFbsMe03npbKXqq38m_MMM5JqdC94tdkurQ9POnHpMItY1MHz9PfpH0GFdTZSI5dZEXWk9upmb4GY1t9bk7zjCfHvAmGAflCidSgsYbFIwW_fxBU/s1600/H2OCrystalDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC638xGAaXF2T_nLe9L9pracM3T6pFbsMe03npbKXqq38m_MMM5JqdC94tdkurQ9POnHpMItY1MHz9PfpH0GFdTZSI5dZEXWk9upmb4GY1t9bk7zjCfHvAmGAflCidSgsYbFIwW_fxBU/s200/H2OCrystalDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609659231836013266" /></a><br /><br />H2OCrystalDala2<br /><br />This is a <a href="http://omlc.ogi.edu/spectra/PhotochemCAD/html/crystalviolet%28H2O%29.html">graph</a> of the molar extinction coefficient of Crystal violet, H2O dissolved in water.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4scXEeIA6fMlthFEvFSo5hPDMANCmrbw_bIXZZzfbUWZIG6ovZJd9dv0iadvCTDyJpFLQhQ4FYFnvhmHRH-29RQrQ8TLVefH6rADvze-ZEUGqKrNs-Cwg8dp-Nh9MeanH_m2mAJVqO68/s1600/PeacockDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4scXEeIA6fMlthFEvFSo5hPDMANCmrbw_bIXZZzfbUWZIG6ovZJd9dv0iadvCTDyJpFLQhQ4FYFnvhmHRH-29RQrQ8TLVefH6rADvze-ZEUGqKrNs-Cwg8dp-Nh9MeanH_m2mAJVqO68/s200/PeacockDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609436464157573682" /></a><br /><br />PeacockDala2<br /><br />The male is called a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl">peacock</a>, and the female a peahen. The female peafowl is brown or toned grey and brown.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouZFR36_qNYILgDgIbInLQqIN0mmLdL9g_DpfVmBI8im6rLwxrUpdzENI2g14FJ_SIhP206-GWhzLJDIn7ebiZb2pXWZCugep9kdHntl2eqmGrCKCVpiXGp6qQCGPZut_XkdiSGWSBLo/s1600/GateDala2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouZFR36_qNYILgDgIbInLQqIN0mmLdL9g_DpfVmBI8im6rLwxrUpdzENI2g14FJ_SIhP206-GWhzLJDIn7ebiZb2pXWZCugep9kdHntl2eqmGrCKCVpiXGp6qQCGPZut_XkdiSGWSBLo/s200/GateDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609429869941023042" /></a><br /><br />GateDala2<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate">gate</a> is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in a fence. Gates may prevent or control entry or exit, or they may be merely decorative.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusbkFFnkwDCH5x9hGQkua6JlezfYuhqCKeVH5EzQFCFzpTHP1kvtnE_f7qd1RELjQVdGri4UN5UrwL-EhniTTw1vyAf6dLclB3RPjDPc8U-vUPwrCsSpteTYRylMrwZIArCzwRYM7Qfk/s1600/FlamesDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusbkFFnkwDCH5x9hGQkua6JlezfYuhqCKeVH5EzQFCFzpTHP1kvtnE_f7qd1RELjQVdGri4UN5UrwL-EhniTTw1vyAf6dLclB3RPjDPc8U-vUPwrCsSpteTYRylMrwZIArCzwRYM7Qfk/s200/FlamesDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609392142754551250" /></a><br /><br />FlamesDala2<br /><br />The San Francisco, California,-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Lotus_Girls">Flaming Lotus Girls</a> is a collaborative art group that creates large-scale fire art.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkexZzPeUF6cPCQrRCm4ODB-M2kWzpQQkssC61Xdz8Lx5ESSDH0vVOLf_vTZuoLe1ZQ92a-XkI7NcltDN4vFTXkJ9EHp1mgNgZ92CtSK0MNya0dmebH-jtin0zaTkZjOqCizVhSNY8Nuo/s1600/AgateRAinBowDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkexZzPeUF6cPCQrRCm4ODB-M2kWzpQQkssC61Xdz8Lx5ESSDH0vVOLf_vTZuoLe1ZQ92a-XkI7NcltDN4vFTXkJ9EHp1mgNgZ92CtSK0MNya0dmebH-jtin0zaTkZjOqCizVhSNY8Nuo/s200/AgateRAinBowDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609608194881226658" /></a><br /><br />AgateRAinBowDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate">Agate</a> is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterized by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr34fcJzED4G8tOKWvethYdZL5PJ5LyYPRM7-D0iFOJc3SJzKwVZfAuTD1Ft_dYKTgfgZIuUrUNR9sWS1P7g59rgGt8WwtKFBOqx1mNRa6ZBF374nOAkOSwIHlIM0kBC5sbqOaZ1kiHSM/s1600/BluePurpleDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr34fcJzED4G8tOKWvethYdZL5PJ5LyYPRM7-D0iFOJc3SJzKwVZfAuTD1Ft_dYKTgfgZIuUrUNR9sWS1P7g59rgGt8WwtKFBOqx1mNRa6ZBF374nOAkOSwIHlIM0kBC5sbqOaZ1kiHSM/s200/BluePurpleDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609332782494497394" /></a><br /><br />BluePurpleDala1<br /><br />Look Blue Go Purple - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CTTTX4VssU">Cactus Cat</a> - 1986 promotional video directed by Pat O'Neill. Taken from the 2004 Flying Nun DVD, "Very Short Films".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuNKgopUxBEYORXVzxeCsdxvuFmxIl8UvK6WPmezc7JzrBYdIJ7TMdgInjSJFz73vUUjBjiPKYHDt5uNVvRBaMS0_PzHTF5ShW2nslhYRnAGKzrV72NQ9_g4vWxKUYFty0k638488wVA/s1600/BlueWaterDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuNKgopUxBEYORXVzxeCsdxvuFmxIl8UvK6WPmezc7JzrBYdIJ7TMdgInjSJFz73vUUjBjiPKYHDt5uNVvRBaMS0_PzHTF5ShW2nslhYRnAGKzrV72NQ9_g4vWxKUYFty0k638488wVA/s200/BlueWaterDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609609851539469490" /></a><br /><br />BlueWaterDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluewater">Bluewater</a> is a shopping centre, located in Greenhithe, Kent, England. Opened on 16 March 1999, it is owned by four major UK institutions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S3yCGboJdyoEPqAw8F0w0ECI6h9bHQJSQ8r2XPrtS-FA52XXGSTgVScEC7UxRTo54BLdgkVyPaoXRd6tFXsWB4NIeU6OJKdrjTw3nqzIAgWjH4UIHnhe__aSju6RGXHN0ZuGsOdl8Ls/s1600/BottleDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S3yCGboJdyoEPqAw8F0w0ECI6h9bHQJSQ8r2XPrtS-FA52XXGSTgVScEC7UxRTo54BLdgkVyPaoXRd6tFXsWB4NIeU6OJKdrjTw3nqzIAgWjH4UIHnhe__aSju6RGXHN0ZuGsOdl8Ls/s200/BottleDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609289849897282002" /></a><br /><br />BottleDala1<br /><br />First attested in English 14th century, the word <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle">bottle</a> derives from old French boteille, which comes from vulgar Latin butticula, itself from late Latin buttis meaning "cask", which is perhaps the latinisation of the Greek βοῦττις (bouttis), "vessel".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b40q_u6zntomgO-gOKp1X1YaRjEzgUHV8yBb3fFtUzlP8xjeRPBNQayOfMHbXywvHqecbsM9pvuYEAoPc9Mrseyni8l07Tsn-0MkVl4_5eU1EUgMtJcfUUPK1KA0MMqN1KsY_IbYTjQ/s1600/BowDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b40q_u6zntomgO-gOKp1X1YaRjEzgUHV8yBb3fFtUzlP8xjeRPBNQayOfMHbXywvHqecbsM9pvuYEAoPc9Mrseyni8l07Tsn-0MkVl4_5eU1EUgMtJcfUUPK1KA0MMqN1KsY_IbYTjQ/s200/BowDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609613042744129554" /></a><br /><br />BowDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.primitiveways.com/secrets_of_sinew.html">Sinew</a>, the shredded fibers of animal tendon, was used for cordage, binding points on arrow shafts, and for backing material for bows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K71zZeOXSzXH-t3pC4uuokpa6dLoNqfXGPU_YPhlJJyH0LZkUgIzTcYrpbkl5G3L2h-jii3_SDT6gvl8CiADtz3CLJt8LF1-zlqx3cF8kLc3Lg6qkq9V2D_nKkiPNqk6ABnLnHx86kg/s1600/BustleFlowerDala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K71zZeOXSzXH-t3pC4uuokpa6dLoNqfXGPU_YPhlJJyH0LZkUgIzTcYrpbkl5G3L2h-jii3_SDT6gvl8CiADtz3CLJt8LF1-zlqx3cF8kLc3Lg6qkq9V2D_nKkiPNqk6ABnLnHx86kg/s200/BustleFlowerDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609278722810166498" /></a><br /><br />BustleFlowerDala3<br /><br />the lightening and the flash of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjMxbMD9IZs">powwow</a> country is at it again...this time at julyamsh '10. the temprature was already quite high, and yet these gentlemen decided it wasn't hot enough and turned the heat up twenty extra degrees. hutchaaa...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-HleJyXUDViO19SGQnhXYw-tAW-DPMTOJNRurZmHzSm-4X5TCpyxjTB32Dtjk4Z04Nfd6uSR9IVsLZN3mhUSl4-2EL_UY30bO4cpup1a5-V9oCNU8KV2Cig341CaNIKrEVdCu7Ou89M/s1600/BustleLiteDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-HleJyXUDViO19SGQnhXYw-tAW-DPMTOJNRurZmHzSm-4X5TCpyxjTB32Dtjk4Z04Nfd6uSR9IVsLZN3mhUSl4-2EL_UY30bO4cpup1a5-V9oCNU8KV2Cig341CaNIKrEVdCu7Ou89M/s200/BustleLiteDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609270307815704354" /></a><br /><br />BustleLiteDala3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bustle">bus·tle</a>~To move or cause to move energetically and busily.<br />Excited and often noisy activity; a stir.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYITrCUkqNk-iOiYXoLW8jI00zZpJ_iGPw_pdHPHq8Gukqxts0rBHbMbB3YO3AREM4DBb6fJgrtNFcpYpmCdFFvC0ja-7sKNSKGdW5v8JjCF7PZbiYGx4PG_5lN0zt42WZmzsV55mSTf0/s1600/BustleNovaDala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYITrCUkqNk-iOiYXoLW8jI00zZpJ_iGPw_pdHPHq8Gukqxts0rBHbMbB3YO3AREM4DBb6fJgrtNFcpYpmCdFFvC0ja-7sKNSKGdW5v8JjCF7PZbiYGx4PG_5lN0zt42WZmzsV55mSTf0/s200/BustleNovaDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609614776684172642" /></a><br /><br />BustleNovaDala3<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustle">A bustle</a> is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to-late 19th century.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ0yOJ-GWb7bVEj1QhZD3npgjgVtFp6wQL-pV0w1t_dDJYoBCgA-fDK1YdlYk_OEi-hf0JoG8owiHBdC9E8EwblEKoAnc-lGg_3a98hsDSX7xQmJl512rncIF0QUCC6eZfI4g5nIjJNE/s1600/ButterflyStarDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ0yOJ-GWb7bVEj1QhZD3npgjgVtFp6wQL-pV0w1t_dDJYoBCgA-fDK1YdlYk_OEi-hf0JoG8owiHBdC9E8EwblEKoAnc-lGg_3a98hsDSX7xQmJl512rncIF0QUCC6eZfI4g5nIjJNE/s200/ButterflyStarDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609617642754369090" /></a><br /><br />ButterflyStarDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TltTj0oemJE">THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY</a> STAR TRANSFORMS French actor Mathieu Almaric makes an astonishing physical and emotional transformation in the role.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BwiqQJAmcyiuoVjbwAbIjTPrYDBajvdfQi2ndkAUiURb453nq3KEl6RhwwCrQCqkX6MBpqRQNV0fjt5FKudDT1jPoJfJhGM5SAQW6D7fLuQOlh6jOqir4LhuiwN5vSurkE8J1jn-_dE/s1600/CarFlowerDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BwiqQJAmcyiuoVjbwAbIjTPrYDBajvdfQi2ndkAUiURb453nq3KEl6RhwwCrQCqkX6MBpqRQNV0fjt5FKudDT1jPoJfJhGM5SAQW6D7fLuQOlh6jOqir4LhuiwN5vSurkE8J1jn-_dE/s200/CarFlowerDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608443896515974834" /></a><br /><br />CarFlowerDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_car"><br />A flower car</a> is a type of vehicle used in the funeral industry, used to carry flowers for the burial service, or sometimes to carry the coffin under a bed of flowers. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6fbRHDW6YN72f1m0Jwlhgk0ccQ1Q2pfvO7I933EJBrQpIAObToIjjBqCr8_daGtPAAF9nKe0jLeWBeJL_hZt1XG_352j19eS07yV5yWMJQMN0WPrsfLF_b223puaPl_UThSWeiYxUCw/s1600/CarStarDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6fbRHDW6YN72f1m0Jwlhgk0ccQ1Q2pfvO7I933EJBrQpIAObToIjjBqCr8_daGtPAAF9nKe0jLeWBeJL_hZt1XG_352j19eS07yV5yWMJQMN0WPrsfLF_b223puaPl_UThSWeiYxUCw/s200/CarStarDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609620552176183346" /></a><br /><br />CarStarDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.a1carstar.com/about.html"><br />Our objective</a> is to provide high quality collision repair in an honest, ethical and efficient manner.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjqFP4kZvIFrHeOCCeYQzwBSMOGrRfB7cssRMxuuokDoyMsrZEJ_UlnOA6hnXAGTVewmRGGDY0dCmpMcQ7Mxw9UGX60Jih9fNN6iYsstebc7_KE67TsTkRMiNY9-AAkokzIg-p-WE578/s1600/CarStarDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjqFP4kZvIFrHeOCCeYQzwBSMOGrRfB7cssRMxuuokDoyMsrZEJ_UlnOA6hnXAGTVewmRGGDY0dCmpMcQ7Mxw9UGX60Jih9fNN6iYsstebc7_KE67TsTkRMiNY9-AAkokzIg-p-WE578/s200/CarStarDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608309982293465970" /></a><br /><br />CarStarDala2<br /><br />It's more than a <a href="http://www.carstar.com/WhyCarstar.aspx">car</a>. It's how you keep your life moving.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3ob1Cb5pSqvBeWFwLqZQLcnesiti5gdMtuUJ9zxFg_Wze_AAg0H9wdNH22XiXCk7JXsDxh95gEOME3-PTArYguvCU6w-bWSeaATjZsLp3GPWbfs0ivxMv0nI0xAQSotOyiUfzCIxoWM/s1600/CarStarDala3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3ob1Cb5pSqvBeWFwLqZQLcnesiti5gdMtuUJ9zxFg_Wze_AAg0H9wdNH22XiXCk7JXsDxh95gEOME3-PTArYguvCU6w-bWSeaATjZsLp3GPWbfs0ivxMv0nI0xAQSotOyiUfzCIxoWM/s200/CarStarDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608308780025149634" /></a><br /><br />CarStarDala3<br /><br /><a href="http://www.clevelandcarstar.com/">Nine proud members</a> of the largest collision repair network in North America.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfmHrHhy6gEIvmueN6_xMMr_pklZHfLYNeUB_2zwqX3R7PUSi56sDeyFxa8BH6Fy4uyYAl1PhnrDriFTl931ZhvlpcTfzWp5_zehWxSMYoLZxxs0yaqgf6nwMuse5SeCMJKQMP_os2CI/s1600/CircularDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfmHrHhy6gEIvmueN6_xMMr_pklZHfLYNeUB_2zwqX3R7PUSi56sDeyFxa8BH6Fy4uyYAl1PhnrDriFTl931ZhvlpcTfzWp5_zehWxSMYoLZxxs0yaqgf6nwMuse5SeCMJKQMP_os2CI/s200/CircularDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608302646941840962" /></a><br /><br />CircularDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/circular">Of or relating to a circle</a>, Moving in or forming a circle, Circuitous, Roundabout, Using a premise to prove a conclusion that in turn is used to prove the premise, Addressed or distributed to a large number of persons.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IHqUzyu_l-6SefKCvdbUbBcaUPowlcYrFoQfxe0E2_DPjR5p9D6zUyYeryz5Fy95CwxambA-9UhHoE9jxK4kMpBOqjGGW4vgPI_YQywMNBE8CN1zE-P0O-5h9YG0UTocjhqdWugM87k/s1600/Cloudala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IHqUzyu_l-6SefKCvdbUbBcaUPowlcYrFoQfxe0E2_DPjR5p9D6zUyYeryz5Fy95CwxambA-9UhHoE9jxK4kMpBOqjGGW4vgPI_YQywMNBE8CN1zE-P0O-5h9YG0UTocjhqdWugM87k/s200/Cloudala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608299672024816642" /></a><br /><br />Cloudala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud">A cloud</a> is a visible mass of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeaD7Ij2Q9BtCfaEdKJlnfE2tBFJcYX4Sc8-3pmmwIdDmFO-Q0Pg3OtsNJHh71dUkOEMXIfH2wMb2Ya88YWPV0WS5XP-KDpiQuoLug5EFT01VpKXlPDCkZYSc_fjbuIR66tUsEBcO3LQ/s1600/CloudFeathersDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeaD7Ij2Q9BtCfaEdKJlnfE2tBFJcYX4Sc8-3pmmwIdDmFO-Q0Pg3OtsNJHh71dUkOEMXIfH2wMb2Ya88YWPV0WS5XP-KDpiQuoLug5EFT01VpKXlPDCkZYSc_fjbuIR66tUsEBcO3LQ/s200/CloudFeathersDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608295495344934482" /></a><br /><br />CloudFeathersDala2<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.niceice.com/diamond_clarity_characteristics.htm">"cloud"</a> is nothing more than a small group of pinpoint size diamond crystals.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUzoJ1Z-SN3vmU0NRkJ4oeBcqd5Oi9ZSdbe929__ntv2LlcY-cuYfMNCxCAX2WBnovqNgEP7ejnA3FOGP-ah6ljSqVThnPPjHD_zAA-FzG_mIVEikAZgiFF0hF8D2N3yEpcqYYHY1N3g/s1600/CloudMedicineDala1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUzoJ1Z-SN3vmU0NRkJ4oeBcqd5Oi9ZSdbe929__ntv2LlcY-cuYfMNCxCAX2WBnovqNgEP7ejnA3FOGP-ah6ljSqVThnPPjHD_zAA-FzG_mIVEikAZgiFF0hF8D2N3yEpcqYYHY1N3g/s200/CloudMedicineDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609655341523802130" /></a><br /><br />CloudMedicineDala1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/09-07.htm">Saint Cloud</a> is the most illustrious Saint among the princes of the royal family of the first French dynasty, the Merovingians (499-752). Born in 522, he was the son of Chlodomir, King of Orleans and eldest son of Clovis and Saint Clotilda. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmKUTv25RSyHrTcE3vd0KwPkf8BibPLEiuVM000rwHXkmlBCzPRC7bFPdbmuf-LbYwQMPe7HGIvDYMDH7ZDWZ3PKD47TLbZ_18G_2qbyxX9PgT2cVE9wNCnW8yXRiP0MrX2oY1uVnVUs/s1600/CurtainWheelDala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmKUTv25RSyHrTcE3vd0KwPkf8BibPLEiuVM000rwHXkmlBCzPRC7bFPdbmuf-LbYwQMPe7HGIvDYMDH7ZDWZ3PKD47TLbZ_18G_2qbyxX9PgT2cVE9wNCnW8yXRiP0MrX2oY1uVnVUs/s200/CurtainWheelDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608293253216763954" /></a><br /><br />CurtainWheelDala3<br /><br />The LTC <a href="http://www.thelocksmithshop.co.uk/curtain-wheel-pick-set-140-p.asp">Curtain Wheel</a> Pick Set is designed to open lever locks where a curtain is present preventing the use of other picking tools.ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-77653056780083391962011-05-26T20:01:00.001-06:002011-05-29T11:16:36.039-06:00Bee4 & After<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/09/bee4-after.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/09/bee4-after.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt0MTm9CLQARiVDvfKtK8FKJhNJ4h0au5rKEkNWz8KZk0uk3wMrd9Yxwv2Sy8Z3bvbvxd3qy-LBwU6ScfGLR7Nfl9tPUXucxqyOz2_aVi1zJtdpduddED38kFjVqhyRhx4QQjF8GyThg/s1600-h/629264Bee4+%26+After.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt0MTm9CLQARiVDvfKtK8FKJhNJ4h0au5rKEkNWz8KZk0uk3wMrd9Yxwv2Sy8Z3bvbvxd3qy-LBwU6ScfGLR7Nfl9tPUXucxqyOz2_aVi1zJtdpduddED38kFjVqhyRhx4QQjF8GyThg/s400/629264Bee4+%26+After.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227165103104933362" /></a><br />Bee4 & After<br /><br />Bee4 enlightenment, chopping wood & carrying H2O<br />After InnLight10Mint, chopping wood & carrying H2O<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8WPSSzrcLU2AOn0dvR9gk9V5QNxf1OzUnnZJPdAWKjuSgBgXrFHgIqhUjuyni490Rhr5R9l63ZMLXvE0O6RMDOZhIwnS7AR0WxmcizdBeqPHGXUeF8TiKKOWSu2VlZcD3-QJsdwoH-E/s1600-h/629264candelabra.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8WPSSzrcLU2AOn0dvR9gk9V5QNxf1OzUnnZJPdAWKjuSgBgXrFHgIqhUjuyni490Rhr5R9l63ZMLXvE0O6RMDOZhIwnS7AR0WxmcizdBeqPHGXUeF8TiKKOWSu2VlZcD3-QJsdwoH-E/s200/629264candelabra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227170290859602098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAq7eStGhZwMinhvuBVK7c5YerSEXw875xu6BiaYpYivrP_HdYD80jrZVQDMblD7uj9alNYjD3rMUvcdfmq7cvetg3fg6flBgDpfOP_rDV48EsBNgR9YY8kUVbvgsNOE1vsEAqK-CgQM/s1600-h/629264candledalasm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAq7eStGhZwMinhvuBVK7c5YerSEXw875xu6BiaYpYivrP_HdYD80jrZVQDMblD7uj9alNYjD3rMUvcdfmq7cvetg3fg6flBgDpfOP_rDV48EsBNgR9YY8kUVbvgsNOE1vsEAqK-CgQM/s200/629264candledalasm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227170994636437874" /></a><br />candelabras Yin & Yang<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen">Zen</a> (Japanese: 禅), the Japanese translation for Chan (Traditional Chinese: 禪; Simplified Chinese: 禅), is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The word Chan is itself derived from the sanskrit Dhyaan, which means to contemplate deeply. The Korean pronunciation of 禪 is Seon and the Vietnamese pronunciation of which is Thiền.<br />Zen emphasizes dharma practice and experiential wisdom—particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as zazen—in the attainment of awakening. As such, it putatively de-emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and the study of religious texts in favor of direct, experiential realization.<br />The origins of Zen Buddhism are ascribed to the Flower Sermon, the earliest source for which comes from the 14th century. It is said that Gautama Buddha gathered his disciples one day for a dharma talk. When they gathered together, the Buddha was completely silent and some speculated that perhaps the Buddha was tired or ill. The Buddha silently held up a flower and several of his disciples tried to interpret what this meant, though none of them were correct. One of the Buddha's disciples, Mahākāśyapa, silently gazed at the flower and is said to have gained a special insight directly from the Buddha's mind, beyond words. Mahākāśyapa somehow understood the true inexpressible meaning of the flower. Thus, through Zen there developed a way which concentrated on direct experience rather than on rational creeds or revealed scriptures. Wisdom was passed, not through words, but through a lineage of one-to-one direct transmission of thought from teacher to student. (i did not 'know' this when i created this image~the kNOWn unkNOWn) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnTpAwaq0uHxGg1oLK4pdM9dYPS8QMXymkNTHsshNTG3C_PUzr4ULByFTFnlHChu-3ozZveCnCuC4g6nuzQ2BXr9miiH1NSfPGe2RH6pp6u_d_e5bPW2s1x_qTR21z24APgZ4mXsUM0/s1600-h/629264-R1-014-5A_006sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnTpAwaq0uHxGg1oLK4pdM9dYPS8QMXymkNTHsshNTG3C_PUzr4ULByFTFnlHChu-3ozZveCnCuC4g6nuzQ2BXr9miiH1NSfPGe2RH6pp6u_d_e5bPW2s1x_qTR21z24APgZ4mXsUM0/s400/629264-R1-014-5A_006sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227221803359035746" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-47139841149897668502011-05-26T17:53:00.000-06:002011-05-28T21:43:34.385-06:00InnerPeace<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/12/innerpeace.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/12/innerpeace.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarxiVYCRyPCn45_mD5p_U_Clbl8XWGAWbfzCf33c6mr_h_N2cGISpuLG3qy6zD49aB0TLVKNN-usBkaa5CL8pNtkHDzzW2SoSZym2p_2R4vboPMPrm7hPO_np6jWyQpzFJ3FKOYzDI_o/s1600-h/InnerPeace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarxiVYCRyPCn45_mD5p_U_Clbl8XWGAWbfzCf33c6mr_h_N2cGISpuLG3qy6zD49aB0TLVKNN-usBkaa5CL8pNtkHDzzW2SoSZym2p_2R4vboPMPrm7hPO_np6jWyQpzFJ3FKOYzDI_o/s400/InnerPeace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227274374724551266" /></a><br />Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great <br />many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that <br />people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. <br />This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly <br />stable condition of conflict in the world. <br />Some signs and symptoms of inner peace: <br />* A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based <br />on past experiences. <br />* An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment. <br />* A loss of interest in judging other people. <br />* A loss of interest in judging self. <br />* A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others. <br />* A loss of interest in conflict. <br />* A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.) <br />* Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation. <br />* Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature. <br />* Frequent attacks of smiling. <br />* An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them <br />happen. <br />* An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as <br />the uncontrollable urge to extend it. <br />WARNING: If you have some or all of the above symptoms, please be <br />advised that your condition of inner peace may be <br />so far advanced as to not be curable. If you are exposed to anyone <br />exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only <br />at your own risk. ~ Saskia Davis<br /><br /> <br /><a href="http://zmyztickleonion.blogspot.com/2007/03/profundapazraflower.html">The ProfundaPaz story</a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-45610209201468970172011-05-21T17:18:00.000-06:002011-05-29T01:08:51.951-06:00miRAcle<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/miracle.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/miracle.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo4TMFgaXgeh5LWehvpaZofP7o_OmPX8CduZB7YcPzFema_TmP-zzkIX4qB8jSSRjO0-1JxKHmRdSSjvFL81sv-USIQFwkm9We9drdBUHGJgWzmnpo5u1hk_rUdfAwwno8X7DrHf_fDY/s1600-h/631196MiRAcle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo4TMFgaXgeh5LWehvpaZofP7o_OmPX8CduZB7YcPzFema_TmP-zzkIX4qB8jSSRjO0-1JxKHmRdSSjvFL81sv-USIQFwkm9We9drdBUHGJgWzmnpo5u1hk_rUdfAwwno8X7DrHf_fDY/s400/631196MiRAcle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227544458367181538" /></a><br />If we could see the miRAcle of a single flower clearly, <br />our whole life would change. ~ Buddha<br /><br />Buddha image by <a href="http://ourspiritheart.com/">joe cabaza</a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNVc_5Jc2B7joCV9slOr2JqhNZqnlqYJIN2Uo0_tnQ45lfF9dFt8yIpXT99zghwi1oHeb7OwO-3X0zbXrEn_dgv3H_91iPxzaumXV5L6vFjlOP6dmtoB3zT5L7w23FaLXJw3Rx5o-X_4/s1600-h/631196-R1-006-1A_002sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNVc_5Jc2B7joCV9slOr2JqhNZqnlqYJIN2Uo0_tnQ45lfF9dFt8yIpXT99zghwi1oHeb7OwO-3X0zbXrEn_dgv3H_91iPxzaumXV5L6vFjlOP6dmtoB3zT5L7w23FaLXJw3Rx5o-X_4/s400/631196-R1-006-1A_002sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227544838081285826" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-12657733739529544272011-05-21T10:10:00.000-06:002011-05-21T15:43:48.640-06:00SilveRose<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2009/02/silverose.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2009/02/silverose.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X7P6GSZv6baLUhDTSONx5yOBDrlG6ZrzVN3-6f9CTsrr7Pg7_eetp_bzc1aOYbFiRkHB2MLAkDqLI-vJAptwjkZLdd0I8spS35FXHffeHdKgTThBLLDkL2XNjh9LT2MXpLFgoqjBl2g/s1600-h/SilveRoseSilDSCN2164sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1X7P6GSZv6baLUhDTSONx5yOBDrlG6ZrzVN3-6f9CTsrr7Pg7_eetp_bzc1aOYbFiRkHB2MLAkDqLI-vJAptwjkZLdd0I8spS35FXHffeHdKgTThBLLDkL2XNjh9LT2MXpLFgoqjBl2g/s400/SilveRoseSilDSCN2164sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366194443973213026" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjEmwNaZtjyrRwd59FQTgkO_9nNQvF5W6uJZbm4Ked3JuWowl2bOSNaJacq-BA2X4wEnp_4OWKW8WvJ3ZNldH-IFBQv4zSl9vVYUdWZInX01OxdE9bPS8I9hiLqZugn4FPhLNipmvOsw/s1600-h/roseDSCN2164sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjEmwNaZtjyrRwd59FQTgkO_9nNQvF5W6uJZbm4Ked3JuWowl2bOSNaJacq-BA2X4wEnp_4OWKW8WvJ3ZNldH-IFBQv4zSl9vVYUdWZInX01OxdE9bPS8I9hiLqZugn4FPhLNipmvOsw/s200/roseDSCN2164sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362923188915302466" /></a><br /><br />Light dances in images of delight before my eyes.~St. ColumbaShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-51158068216729270342011-05-21T08:49:00.000-06:002011-05-21T14:39:57.132-06:00Veins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiCqyTEUJMjTJ8b5RPoXkrhdiGoM-k4aYMrk1g72IaNylbKnI3QSGaLXC3R3zEYpLO5bjVvnppTPDCxiyciy_NwWpR3PsKhJqoQtAUlfGPx-LjtWkZVT0mYWgBx5dJVGIxxjK9l1Nixw/s1600-h/veinsO'leaves.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiCqyTEUJMjTJ8b5RPoXkrhdiGoM-k4aYMrk1g72IaNylbKnI3QSGaLXC3R3zEYpLO5bjVvnppTPDCxiyciy_NwWpR3PsKhJqoQtAUlfGPx-LjtWkZVT0mYWgBx5dJVGIxxjK9l1Nixw/s400/veinsO'leaves.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353689864074869442" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-8801392249425279702011-05-20T00:56:00.004-06:002011-05-28T22:09:33.652-06:00WEBdala<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/12/webdala.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/12/webdala.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcp_nIzgynMxxE1d-fs1kMoBHhTi4p2C9Y9kO58g9NrJhf408d4IBwcm60F8OMEn4Jchrgsd2g113RB3xjKNeJ870rGwO_BatEnIftf76MVsvp3KubYYfg6P8EQXWgcItIyYcUmIkPzmA/s1600-h/462127WEBdala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcp_nIzgynMxxE1d-fs1kMoBHhTi4p2C9Y9kO58g9NrJhf408d4IBwcm60F8OMEn4Jchrgsd2g113RB3xjKNeJ870rGwO_BatEnIftf76MVsvp3KubYYfg6P8EQXWgcItIyYcUmIkPzmA/s200/462127WEBdala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228289979018215330" /></a><br />WEBdala1<br /><br />In nature spiders earn our respect by constructing fascinating, well-organised webs in all shapes and sizes. But the beauty masks a cruel, fatal trap. Analogously, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found a large galaxy 10.6 billion light-years away from Earth (at a redshift of 2.2) that is stuffing itself with smaller galaxies caught like flies in a web of gravity. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061012090002.htm">The galaxy</a> is so far away that astronomers are seeing it as it looked in the early formative years of the Universe, only 2 billion years after the Big Bang. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJbL3ok-_R87cnO8VopciuuZSTQeNQMQRulufpUK567xXT0S2SDHL_F-w40cC0DzLwNMlO3GRQvuF0fTQVMusTKwABSHb78EOIGm5gNTD3_0hXdxH8J6nl6VkqGA43iq6kraKXUq_WfA/s1600-h/462127WEBdala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJbL3ok-_R87cnO8VopciuuZSTQeNQMQRulufpUK567xXT0S2SDHL_F-w40cC0DzLwNMlO3GRQvuF0fTQVMusTKwABSHb78EOIGm5gNTD3_0hXdxH8J6nl6VkqGA43iq6kraKXUq_WfA/s200/462127WEBdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228292353603605442" /></a><br />WEBdala2<br /><br />Spider Woman appears in the mythology of several Native American tribes, including the Navajo, Keresan, and Hopi. In most cases, she is associated with the emergence of life on earth. She helps humans by teaching them survival skills. Spider Woman also teaches the Navajos the art of weaving. Before weavers sit down at the loom, they often rub their hands in spider webs to absorb the wisdom and skill of Spider Woman.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDWOQj3NJv4nZLiXXInsMWw0gRSN3RfViRzlViZcmBE9QAmEY4gKY7KDJl93Uo1VIzgibkjKw9Wi2V7Um9f9R5uAQzy4Us4cXTPR9DstJLXCidyEP-a02zMYWMuN0_AjFeCJudZd8Fqk/s1600-h/WEBdala3SCF0846.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDWOQj3NJv4nZLiXXInsMWw0gRSN3RfViRzlViZcmBE9QAmEY4gKY7KDJl93Uo1VIzgibkjKw9Wi2V7Um9f9R5uAQzy4Us4cXTPR9DstJLXCidyEP-a02zMYWMuN0_AjFeCJudZd8Fqk/s200/WEBdala3SCF0846.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228296484386755074" /></a><br />WEBdala3<br /><br />According to the Hopi, at the beginning of time Spider Woman controlled the underworld, the home of the gods, while the sun god Tawa ruled the sky. Using only their thoughts, they created the earth between the two other worlds. Spider Woman molded animals from clay, but they remained lifeless. So she and Tawa spread a soft white blanket over them, said some magic words, and the creatures began to move. Spider Woman then molded people from clay. To bring them to life, she clutched them to her breast and, together with Tawa, sang a song that made them into living beings. She divided the animals and people into the groups that inhabit the earth today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb14Kz9ejDyKFgGwYWvCcaBQXXTyj9FG0D_Ke623SCLiDo3nFK7VFgKG11jwizUzyDbLQFXHIol7NPkAYB_-mmf228oygSH83cD2IP8gKv-oXJEjVq6RElqYT4tsaUhyphenhyphen7albMR66dUXE/s1600-h/WEBdala4SCF0846.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb14Kz9ejDyKFgGwYWvCcaBQXXTyj9FG0D_Ke623SCLiDo3nFK7VFgKG11jwizUzyDbLQFXHIol7NPkAYB_-mmf228oygSH83cD2IP8gKv-oXJEjVq6RElqYT4tsaUhyphenhyphen7albMR66dUXE/s200/WEBdala4SCF0846.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228299576290358738" /></a><br />WEBdala4<br /><br />Another Hopi myth says that Tawa created insectlike beings and placed them in the First World. Dissatisfied with these creatures, Tawa sent Spider Woman to lead them, first to the Second World and then to the Third World, where they turned into people. Spider Woman taught the people how to plant, weave, and make pottery. A hummingbird gave them fire to help them warm themselves and cook their food. However, when sorcerers brought evil to the Third World, Spider Woman told the people to leave for the Fourth World. They planted trees to climb up to the Fourth World, but none grew tall enough. Finally, <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3490900457.html">Spider Woman</a> told them to sing to a bamboo plant so that it would grow very tall. She led the people up the bamboo stalk to the Fourth World, the one in which the Hopi currently live. <br /><br />hmmm, interesting...I just got your beautiful webdalas...I've been working on the next blog and yesterday found the most amazing spider web image I plan to use w/ my current salon...you will be tickled to see the application...anyway, great minds spin like webs I guess! Love, <a href="http://abearnamedhope.blogspot.com/">Michelle</a> (Here's Michelle's original web)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3VBa_g3U68Kh-_cOnO91X_Y4c6Eiw6Jq4Dwq2D6ZiertVdx_86EZC5wF8i9Xz1-Ju3JeLuNYKzN7PQY2mKyfnVzdrZh4No3D9EmFYC7wYPYpRH7PfsI3m6In4lGbWWYASTS1Xo_VKX4/s1600-h/462127_radio_tower.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3VBa_g3U68Kh-_cOnO91X_Y4c6Eiw6Jq4Dwq2D6ZiertVdx_86EZC5wF8i9Xz1-Ju3JeLuNYKzN7PQY2mKyfnVzdrZh4No3D9EmFYC7wYPYpRH7PfsI3m6In4lGbWWYASTS1Xo_VKX4/s400/462127_radio_tower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146772086528009970" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://abearnamedhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/salon-23-under-construction-please-come.html">Salon #23:</a> "Just Sitting Between a Dalek and the Tardis, Watching Musical History".<br />"When you sit in the midst of music, when it is given as a gift…you are sitting in a space between the forces of evil and chaos and the gift of suspended time, timelessness…<br />As for the spiderweb - that’s what music is to me, and this particular salon. A web of sound, of sharing, of wishing-you-were-here and making it so!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wY-_53yMT8coQDglr1cd6rF7EKeW5aSnKBVIlxwBsMPmGN4077zWeciUA1E_pJMaiN5eQ4V1tom2RlCVwInrpxqJKZtjBICZnzLOStiZQ6ElGRUfs3m_twcCtFVm7-_aPnEIgEVlJiE/s1600-h/462127WEBdalafFox.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wY-_53yMT8coQDglr1cd6rF7EKeW5aSnKBVIlxwBsMPmGN4077zWeciUA1E_pJMaiN5eQ4V1tom2RlCVwInrpxqJKZtjBICZnzLOStiZQ6ElGRUfs3m_twcCtFVm7-_aPnEIgEVlJiE/s200/462127WEBdalafFox.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228301829664354114" /></a><br />WEBdalafireFox<br /><br />FireFox Logo designShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-2506748944575934912011-05-19T17:47:00.000-06:002011-05-29T00:43:43.575-06:00BlossOMs<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/blossoms.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/blossoms.html</a><br /><br /><br />Bee free as the wind blows,<br />as the flowers blossOM,<br />in the unimpeded Light.<br />~Daitsetz Teitaro Suzuki<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWpy6o8PmNnhh2UsAxR0BoeDiZvWW-qoXUYazYHVvJpc2VF0ooeTfAfyzhQaNYKRm6u9rYUulVfCOTdpI7yreInVc4gvIxwgLNj9tASG-LvypYRyo0goS7hY1omnZRyh_ev6DizoGXvE/s1600-h/0072020blossOMdahlia.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWpy6o8PmNnhh2UsAxR0BoeDiZvWW-qoXUYazYHVvJpc2VF0ooeTfAfyzhQaNYKRm6u9rYUulVfCOTdpI7yreInVc4gvIxwgLNj9tASG-LvypYRyo0goS7hY1omnZRyh_ev6DizoGXvE/s200/0072020blossOMdahlia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227183210738124578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87zLyrQoU6NBjcO1SvO3JJUPoe_Asz4NwiW8SbUZbcsqYq0muJC0MaI8wChOSgLHVa0XKY609iw2rgPucindR7ld7Uhu4sECIRAYITGRxhCNeCwaQosN7itnlN_y2WiuyfGNOznBphA8/s1600-h/0072020blossOMdahliaWOW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87zLyrQoU6NBjcO1SvO3JJUPoe_Asz4NwiW8SbUZbcsqYq0muJC0MaI8wChOSgLHVa0XKY609iw2rgPucindR7ld7Uhu4sECIRAYITGRxhCNeCwaQosN7itnlN_y2WiuyfGNOznBphA8/s200/0072020blossOMdahliaWOW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227183524842721186" /></a><br />blossOMdahlia<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisetz_Teitaro_Suzuki">Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki</a> (鈴木 大拙 Suzuki Daisetsu, October 18, 1870 – July 12, 1966, (The Buddhist name "Daisetz", meaning "Great Simplicity", was given to him by his Zen master Shaku Soen) was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA9TDsTusW00EYDZhIQUi5QGB_4epC-2PUP3OzwNaNyGDRte9sMPOgA_98iq1LmyC01kG-QnZlqcA7erF_HtXLp8sTmwlfulu5D8SXHaUlivLG9gVseL1DOhe9cv9WrfCvipTttKR3mA/s1600-h/0072020blossOMRAflower.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiA9TDsTusW00EYDZhIQUi5QGB_4epC-2PUP3OzwNaNyGDRte9sMPOgA_98iq1LmyC01kG-QnZlqcA7erF_HtXLp8sTmwlfulu5D8SXHaUlivLG9gVseL1DOhe9cv9WrfCvipTttKR3mA/s200/0072020blossOMRAflower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227184129624855698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7VPh2fPn6eUAwiUkSMqdwK4rHs4ABdV9vP1uI4wIUiYuk31zFmFOB9gmmedZZ4WGVRyBd83GakuI_x52l3j6_CRytcUtFFkkQTaS79Gh18daFYl_vHeECM1RstHf5imqi7WGjxKtFc/s1600-h/0072020blossOMRAflowerWOW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7VPh2fPn6eUAwiUkSMqdwK4rHs4ABdV9vP1uI4wIUiYuk31zFmFOB9gmmedZZ4WGVRyBd83GakuI_x52l3j6_CRytcUtFFkkQTaS79Gh18daFYl_vHeECM1RstHf5imqi7WGjxKtFc/s200/0072020blossOMRAflowerWOW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227184699654246434" /></a><br />blossOMRAflower<br /><br />The Samurai class into which Suzuki was born declined with the fall of feudalism, which forced Suzuki's mother, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist, to raise him in impoverished circumstances after his father died. When he became old enough to reflect on his fate in being born into this situation, he began to look for answers in various forms of religion. His naturally sharp and philosophical intellect found difficulty in accepting some of the cosmologies to which he was exposed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu5n5_0HzIOkGN8eBWMNCJ2tA1d8cKZGyMxXmwzXIo1Vb8uG_r3teGhyfYRTQAHIlWPQG5Bl82Sx71tkRPy3fz0u4KDCooi3r00OSg4zNOG3HgbO4PGX3Tzg15b5wQOhA1Wjg3-Mbfmc/s1600-h/0072020blossOMrose.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu5n5_0HzIOkGN8eBWMNCJ2tA1d8cKZGyMxXmwzXIo1Vb8uG_r3teGhyfYRTQAHIlWPQG5Bl82Sx71tkRPy3fz0u4KDCooi3r00OSg4zNOG3HgbO4PGX3Tzg15b5wQOhA1Wjg3-Mbfmc/s200/0072020blossOMrose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227186043980935586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFvuofZlmSJ-wEKGS3H115SDeDosEAd2apxPU8xDGb0ZJykGzsnQR-SG-SgahyWwe2OkC2D5TKizAt0ELSj63fkf3fPkqvw6vHewG5XTEtD5yl5y7lm2drDN48e0KrQBUM-JyDNTHpRE/s1600-h/0072020blossOMroseWOW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFvuofZlmSJ-wEKGS3H115SDeDosEAd2apxPU8xDGb0ZJykGzsnQR-SG-SgahyWwe2OkC2D5TKizAt0ELSj63fkf3fPkqvw6vHewG5XTEtD5yl5y7lm2drDN48e0KrQBUM-JyDNTHpRE/s200/0072020blossOMroseWOW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227186204312476786" /></a><br />blossOMrose<br /><br />Suzuki studied at Tokyo University and simultaneously took up Zen practice at Engakuji in Kamakura studying with Shaku Soen (1859–1919). Under Shaku Soen, Suzuki's studies were essentially internal and non-verbal, including long periods of sitting meditation (zazen). The task involved what Suzuki described as four years of mental, physical, moral, and intellectual struggle. He described this life and his own experience at Kamakura in his book The Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU8IHIZhiHmNNn2Yw_6gvy4SWnJoBxjiv2wyTNtu8ituR9AqQmv44JBYWvHn3DQ7Z1xzREdJOunAbj332wo-DdxXW0Y4bq5yTtCz_25kqXrFnl3F2gg7_rlO6Msn0vm4cCPBr71IRxGk/s1600-h/0072020blossOMZENnia.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgU8IHIZhiHmNNn2Yw_6gvy4SWnJoBxjiv2wyTNtu8ituR9AqQmv44JBYWvHn3DQ7Z1xzREdJOunAbj332wo-DdxXW0Y4bq5yTtCz_25kqXrFnl3F2gg7_rlO6Msn0vm4cCPBr71IRxGk/s200/0072020blossOMZENnia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227187278618133442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61XcsF3ne164vrtiSv3Wi7Tseod7qEd5bg0gmgJ9pk1jPF28RXmr8T-PC3AM9KHbEy4Yk__rReBjt2Bc0DmAbVuqUIoZB-FZX1cMU9YQWcICOUmwyqqcS33ZqAvTuNMsKhK_T547FKOo/s1600-h/0072020blossOMZENniaWOW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61XcsF3ne164vrtiSv3Wi7Tseod7qEd5bg0gmgJ9pk1jPF28RXmr8T-PC3AM9KHbEy4Yk__rReBjt2Bc0DmAbVuqUIoZB-FZX1cMU9YQWcICOUmwyqqcS33ZqAvTuNMsKhK_T547FKOo/s200/0072020blossOMZENniaWOW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227187488896520098" /></a><br />blossOMZENnia<br /><br />Suzuki married Beatrice Erskine Lane, a Theosophist and Radcliffe graduate, in 1911. Later Suzuki himself joined the Theosophical Society Adyar and was an active Theosophist. He and Beatrice founded the Eastern Buddhist Society; the Society is focused on Mahayana Buddhism and offers lectures and seminars, and publishes a scholarly journal. Besides teaching about Zen practice and the history of Zen (or Chan) Buddhism, Suzuki was an expert scholar on the related philosophy called, in Japanese, Kegon – which he thought of as the intellectual explication of Zen experience.<br />Suzuki was especially interested in the formative centuries of this Buddhist tradition, in China. A lot of Suzuki's writings in English concern themselves with translations and discussions of bits of the Chan texts the Biyan Lu (Blue Cliff Record) and the Wumenguan (Gateless Passage), which record the teaching styles and words of the classical Chinese masters. It was Suzuki's own view that in its centuries of development in China, Zen (or Chan) had absorbed much from indigenous Chinese Taoism. Suzuki believed that the Far-Eastern peoples had a sensitivity or attunement to nature that was acute, by comparison with either the people of Europe or the people of Northern India. He was also interested in how this tradition, once imported into Japan, had influenced Japanese character and history, and wrote about it in English in Zen and Japanese Culture. Suzuki also took an interest in Christian mysticism and in some of the most significant mystics of the West, for example, Meister Eckhart. <br />Suzuki subscribed to the idea that religions are each a sort of organism, an organism that is (through time) subject to "irritation" — hence, showing the capacity to change or evolve. It was Suzuki's contention that a Zen satori (awakening) was the goal of the tradition's training, but that what distinguished the tradition as it developed through the centuries in China was a way of life radically different from that of Indian Buddhists. In India, the tradition of the mendicant (holy beggar, bhikku in Pali) prevailed, but in China social circumstances led to the development of a temple and training-center system in which the abbot and the monks all performed mundane tasks. These included food gardening or farming, carpentry, architecture, housekeeping, administration (or community direction), and the practice of folk medicine. Consequently, the enlightenment sought in Zen had to stand up well to the demands and potential frustrations of everyday life. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWss6dl6gTg3bRoJZlfdMuXiuDr3bjpa9u0Zykm9wZcqjq4CaXGZpB0r6EzqlI3P2PLOeKuJtbzLm8hlO-ntWwGt6MOeYsWoJLQkCz_k5qtE7TAYrhruXIwp_-WY0_YwtNLij2pHae3Y/s1600-h/0072020-R1-046-21Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWss6dl6gTg3bRoJZlfdMuXiuDr3bjpa9u0Zykm9wZcqjq4CaXGZpB0r6EzqlI3P2PLOeKuJtbzLm8hlO-ntWwGt6MOeYsWoJLQkCz_k5qtE7TAYrhruXIwp_-WY0_YwtNLij2pHae3Y/s400/0072020-R1-046-21Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227497522242586130" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-19482085002128175702011-05-19T15:48:00.018-06:002011-05-21T21:41:31.899-06:00KAchinas<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/kachinas.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/kachinas.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4gUrTrVPpQBpHC1PXBhNZC_EngdJYvIvdZNsGyRXd9To0KQH-XyVztG1QkS9ESV3zMdADPnnL_3WItdfRL3Ej6IUQWVDti8EhyINYdBThLQRjekgadg7mLUTfgOBqW1CcaT2vZeU3ac/s1600/WarriOrrwOManCano.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4gUrTrVPpQBpHC1PXBhNZC_EngdJYvIvdZNsGyRXd9To0KQH-XyVztG1QkS9ESV3zMdADPnnL_3WItdfRL3Ej6IUQWVDti8EhyINYdBThLQRjekgadg7mLUTfgOBqW1CcaT2vZeU3ac/s400/WarriOrrwOManCano.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609341030841947826" /></a><br />WarriOrrwOManCano<br /><br />The KAchinas were photographed by <a href="http://www.ourspiritheart.com/">Joe Cabaza</a>. This one is his favorite. The KAchinas are John Isaac Antiques, 323 Romero St. Albuquerque, NM 87104-1400, 505-842-6656 KAchinas are the Spirit messengers of the Hopi Pueblo People and the spirit essence of everything. The greatest gift they bring is happiness, good health, and a long life. The Warrior Woman shown here, represents a warrior spirit. This KAchina can be a man dressed in women's clothing or a woman using men's equipment depending on the mesa where one hears the story. Despite the differences in the folktales, she is a very potent warrior. Because she is so potent, KAchina guards are often called upon to protect certain ceremonies from her dangerous presence. The background was made from a photo of light reflecting on pavement.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina">KAchinas</a> (also spelled Katsina, the plural "katsinam") exist in Hopi and in Pueblo cosmology and religious practices. In Hopi, the word KAchina (Katsina or Qatsina) means literally "life bringer", and can be anything that exists in the natural world or cosmos. A KAchina can be anything from an element, to a quality, to a natural phenomenon, to a concept. Within Hopi mythology, the KAchinas are said to live on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona. The most important Hopi KAchinas are called wuya. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtmlhzi1hV2piRePS19boihICX4aU9zXkWrHfW8Uo6NKgz6cnEO2HY0eOVztv3Jar_JJ5XTU8MhQlFiMTDdEgXN8lVCT1PAAQoUMlggRebAMLqquyIlm9JWMWJuWSS_XTVp0KxNhKYRg/s1600/WarriOrrwOManSorceress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtmlhzi1hV2piRePS19boihICX4aU9zXkWrHfW8Uo6NKgz6cnEO2HY0eOVztv3Jar_JJ5XTU8MhQlFiMTDdEgXN8lVCT1PAAQoUMlggRebAMLqquyIlm9JWMWJuWSS_XTVp0KxNhKYRg/s400/WarriOrrwOManSorceress.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609369747882964098" /></a><br />WarriOrrwOManSorceress<br /><br />Among the Hopi, KAchina dolls are traditionally carved by the uncles and given to uninitiated girls at the Bean Dance (Spring Bean Planting Ceremony) and Home Dance Ceremony in the summer. The function of the dolls is to acquaint children with some of the many KAchinas.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiB7yHOBsYjEzKLq_eWlY9SlXwK2Ne4CS3gl11N6aimTemg209c7ATnF4ljqf9hHr7t1JWI2AJU1uEl3x1F7HLj5ENwkNa-X0sHhOfgES34LpQfQm6gJ5znsqqS7P_Ct_5TCurF13wXE/s1600/KunmimgKAchina.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsiB7yHOBsYjEzKLq_eWlY9SlXwK2Ne4CS3gl11N6aimTemg209c7ATnF4ljqf9hHr7t1JWI2AJU1uEl3x1F7HLj5ENwkNa-X0sHhOfgES34LpQfQm6gJ5znsqqS7P_Ct_5TCurF13wXE/s400/KunmimgKAchina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609371147682419634" /></a><br />KunmingKAchina<br /><br />The Zuni believe that the Kachinas live in the Lake of the Dead, a mythical lake which is reached through Listening Spring Lake located at the junction of the Zuni River and the Little Colorado River. BTW, the background 4 this KAchina was shot at Kunming Lake in <a href="http://traveldalas.blogspot.com/2008/06/chinadalas2008.html">China</a>. <br />The Corn Dancer (shown here) is one of the most popular KAchinas for both dance and song, as well as function. He is a prayer for the fulfillment of a good corn harvest, the staple food of the Hopi. He and the other Plant KAchinas literally bring their own water to the dances because without water there would be no corn or plants, and without corn or plants there would be no Hopi. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33kyVLWT0gOeaBHFSew65zbBOyyAyxfO2m5w7iAwyLNRtCmaAl89LkL6GYW22R978bu6EZf9pLsP5qf_ZVVTXG65GE5TV_PKkENwoudxARnAKT9lyFmXc3SIb6KybiB9uWpCyK-zvfvQ/s1600/BearCloud.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33kyVLWT0gOeaBHFSew65zbBOyyAyxfO2m5w7iAwyLNRtCmaAl89LkL6GYW22R978bu6EZf9pLsP5qf_ZVVTXG65GE5TV_PKkENwoudxARnAKT9lyFmXc3SIb6KybiB9uWpCyK-zvfvQ/s400/BearCloud.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609373324319261442" /></a><br />BearCloud<br /><a href="http://www.kerleo.net/kachinas/kachinas.htm"><br />White Bear Katsina</a> is Qotsa'honaw Katsina representing leadership. Most of the Hopi Village leadership comes from the Bear clan, who are responsible for much of the Hopi Religious functions. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ3Dj6S3pqBkGzt6-S4NzazhUVwDmY8Y2cplUJMg_aA9IBBvYM26getSgSQ6Mbtdvt8-I9AFJbO1IfwbKI69g3ohW2QP29M9uvlpqvVppmtXYm4U4ebUfuC29OnvSWf4Y0b_7AELGt_U/s1600/BearBlu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ3Dj6S3pqBkGzt6-S4NzazhUVwDmY8Y2cplUJMg_aA9IBBvYM26getSgSQ6Mbtdvt8-I9AFJbO1IfwbKI69g3ohW2QP29M9uvlpqvVppmtXYm4U4ebUfuC29OnvSWf4Y0b_7AELGt_U/s400/BearBlu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609374455070807202" /></a><br />BearBlu<br /><br />White Bear appears during the Katsina night dances in March and also during the day Katsina dances. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzfclfK6QcPTEdQK-9xZLY5gsbJZ24GU4tBmFRea9_wxBDVgo66MkRjKD8R8gfdCOKVcVh-l_rKhr8c2qrUZTx-lIUeSo4LQfLfJPsAGRSz5bofUifx9tk_Jw3Ed2y8r9hCkT1lQRrwU/s1600/SpiritBear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzfclfK6QcPTEdQK-9xZLY5gsbJZ24GU4tBmFRea9_wxBDVgo66MkRjKD8R8gfdCOKVcVh-l_rKhr8c2qrUZTx-lIUeSo4LQfLfJPsAGRSz5bofUifx9tk_Jw3Ed2y8r9hCkT1lQRrwU/s400/SpiritBear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609375427904461538" /></a><br />SpiritBear<br /><br />He can be part of a group of Bear Katsinam or can appear singly with the Mixed Katsinam. They are very powerful spirit beings. The Bear Clan Kachinas are very powerful and considered to be great warriors. They are also healers, capable of curing bad illnesses.ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-15909715963426663752011-05-18T22:53:00.000-06:002011-05-30T01:44:17.278-06:00Cernunnos<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/03/cernunnos.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/03/cernunnos.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUceO_TfHZTjXDRg8OHDO98mmbq-waM30frmXyXwrHN_I-oie5Yuy3j8B8U-HU4EFbtp8_kgs0iun1pX3_GcH8D15qGm-kyKro_6K3dEmd6yQ4ZHRbzgISooxriiitjsSHucmpIeLu8c/s1600-h/1466cernunnos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUceO_TfHZTjXDRg8OHDO98mmbq-waM30frmXyXwrHN_I-oie5Yuy3j8B8U-HU4EFbtp8_kgs0iun1pX3_GcH8D15qGm-kyKro_6K3dEmd6yQ4ZHRbzgISooxriiitjsSHucmpIeLu8c/s400/1466cernunnos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227621058947094210" /></a><br />cernunnos<br />The Legend of St. Hubert<br /><br />Hubert, the oldest son of the Duke of Aquitane, was born about year 656 in what is today called France. As a youth, Hubert was handsome and strong. Since battles were fought with bow and arrow, he soon learned the archer's art. Riding and hunting, especially stag and deer, occupied most of his time. Because of his charming manner, Hubert held a prominent postion among the courtiers and seemed to have given himself up entirely to the pomp and vanities of the world. His mother, a devout woman, prayed for him constantly.<br />At the age 26, Hubert married Floribonne, the daughter of Count of Louvain. She made Hubert conscous of his duties to the Church and by her example, he began to change, losing many of his worldly habits. After a little more than a year of marriage and the birth of a son, his wife became ill and soon died. Hubert was filled with grief and soon fogot his promise to be faithful to the Church.<br />On Good Friday, Hubert rode out of the castle alone with bow and arrow to try to lose his sorrow in hunting. At that very hour the faithful were gathering for the Way of the Cross, but Hubert still wanted to go hunting. After more than an hour, a stately stag with high antlers came toward him. Hubert prepared to kill and as he looked again at the the fearless animal he saw a radiant crucifix between his antlers. As Hubert stared in amazement, a voice broke through in solemn silence, "Hubert, unless you turn to the Lord and lead a holy life, you shall quickly go down to hell!" Hubert dismounted, knelt on the ground, and asked the Lord what he should do. Having received a command he followed it joyfully. He gave guardianship of his son to his brother. Hubert became a priest and eventually was consecrated bishop. He prayed, fasted, preached, and converted thousands to the faith, often attracting them by his expertise with the bow and arrow. <br />One day in the year 726, while at prayer, Hubert was given a vision of his death and his place in heaven. Happily he waited and after a few days he became ill and died, with the words of the "Our Father" on his lips. St. Hubert was honored during the Middle Ages as the <a href="http://www.huberts.org/s/195/sthubert1.aspx?pgID=1328">Patron Saint of Hunters</a> and is still known today as the "archer saint". His feast day is observed on November 3rd.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgLlAmVBXWIC5ypQcy7nhSQy_ZJ7_nX45Gq1lEdviMXMw0fTh7EWqIL4RPuv42i4scbTyEAGrFImPPOQH_3ktvmzFV4q0sNfMpv8MgDxtUIiop3wI-iev0Ypr531iX8_nrhm61fsa7X8/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgLlAmVBXWIC5ypQcy7nhSQy_ZJ7_nX45Gq1lEdviMXMw0fTh7EWqIL4RPuv42i4scbTyEAGrFImPPOQH_3ktvmzFV4q0sNfMpv8MgDxtUIiop3wI-iev0Ypr531iX8_nrhm61fsa7X8/s200/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227621706746183426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgw2Fbjn6tDBj6aPMc_9b9apEdMFaZcVmclNsYDFWkis8MSquMjFRMn1QhY3W55KUL9VcC0MyckCcHvLgyY-VDonbReumHfXSItm531Q56VB2cVnasOJgu1L0uxepkX0FHuMz3KdiZ5g/s1600-h/0481982-R1-010-3Asm.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgw2Fbjn6tDBj6aPMc_9b9apEdMFaZcVmclNsYDFWkis8MSquMjFRMn1QhY3W55KUL9VcC0MyckCcHvLgyY-VDonbReumHfXSItm531Q56VB2cVnasOJgu1L0uxepkX0FHuMz3KdiZ5g/s200/0481982-R1-010-3Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227621900049172098" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-76664623863780893842011-05-18T22:44:00.000-06:002011-05-29T01:43:20.486-06:00OM<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/om.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/om.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclJtJm4VJzYJeEsZEr9OnUtjadT7BWD2IkTDqeOeocc8hiw3lRzPUxewcZo-ehjsnaz9jqBITwuJa_JoQNpMSd15uXjntApF_CWCKVHJA5lQQ0Gf-1pJUbLGWJZp3RMC0gS1Bun2eYFI/s1600-h/007201OM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclJtJm4VJzYJeEsZEr9OnUtjadT7BWD2IkTDqeOeocc8hiw3lRzPUxewcZo-ehjsnaz9jqBITwuJa_JoQNpMSd15uXjntApF_CWCKVHJA5lQQ0Gf-1pJUbLGWJZp3RMC0gS1Bun2eYFI/s400/007201OM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227548550402900994" /></a><br />OM<br />Amazing how the rose image in the mandalas seems jewel-like...<br />I'm so fascinated that you move back and forth from working with radiant colour to b&w this way, so adept in each. Love what you are doing!~SpiritBear<br /><br />Concentrate on OM in the heart centre as though it is like a candle flame the same size as your thumb.~Dhyana Bindu Upanishad<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprcd6ok3AjbWZ-dpnL32gX4NCmPLeRTJiaqbbAhc2Ky7rP9N7MCLrvv5wxz-DvgxnDk-vx5_1bEzH63laq0qOUKmgw9YCYKLg4M3N38Pz6HfDK_HyQl5mSnPO1amdtasvR01Vyc7BJlI/s1600-h/007201OMdala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprcd6ok3AjbWZ-dpnL32gX4NCmPLeRTJiaqbbAhc2Ky7rP9N7MCLrvv5wxz-DvgxnDk-vx5_1bEzH63laq0qOUKmgw9YCYKLg4M3N38Pz6HfDK_HyQl5mSnPO1amdtasvR01Vyc7BJlI/s200/007201OMdala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227551945344022930" /></a><br />OMdala1<br /><br />Let <a href="http://www.mandalayoga.net/index-newsletter-en-mantra_om.html">OM</a> be the bow, mind the arrow, and Higher Consciousness the target. Those who want enlightenment should reflect on the sound and the meaning of OM. When the arrow is released from the bow it goes straight to the target.~Dhyana Bindu Upanishad<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5MbfufwTc3eAawMqcD0nzhVZOHoOhd6UYvdReyxmqylU9FeIseGrch-B1AcjfKurZDg_ZDLPp6go2ARP1bmLNrCJLb8Dfc9TnqSkZ5SlrNTzzo0vlzLWf_NUgJq3dYW6o3DvEeQ9YBs/s1600-h/007201OMdala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5MbfufwTc3eAawMqcD0nzhVZOHoOhd6UYvdReyxmqylU9FeIseGrch-B1AcjfKurZDg_ZDLPp6go2ARP1bmLNrCJLb8Dfc9TnqSkZ5SlrNTzzo0vlzLWf_NUgJq3dYW6o3DvEeQ9YBs/s200/007201OMdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227557408620882530" /></a><br />OMdala2<br /><br />The eye with which I see God is the same as that with which He sees me.~Eckhart<br /><br />OM is the primordial throb of the universe. It is the sound form of Atma (Consciousness).~Maitri Upanishad~This mantra OM indeed represents Brahman (the Absolute). It is the highest. Those who know its meaning and worship it attain the supreme goal and know everything.~Katha Upanishad<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbkzCx8KHLdf6Iz3X-GCLEz1toRrGrrUrMDCVGaEcLrzbeXQPD1Fx2tNcLL1PIPuUx-8UuGqwRlgn0TQWIcdYvHj4baMYqb1tIW0ekvhgYzVybUBHS_afUnMg-iJiwCBDGMaasQlmXB0/s1600-h/007201OMdala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbkzCx8KHLdf6Iz3X-GCLEz1toRrGrrUrMDCVGaEcLrzbeXQPD1Fx2tNcLL1PIPuUx-8UuGqwRlgn0TQWIcdYvHj4baMYqb1tIW0ekvhgYzVybUBHS_afUnMg-iJiwCBDGMaasQlmXB0/s200/007201OMdala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227560662455922050" /></a><br />OMdala3<br /><br />Fire, though potentially present in firewood, is not seen until one stick is rubbed against another. The Atma is that fire; it is realized by the constant awareness of the sacred mantra OM. Let your individual personality be one stick and OM the other. Thus you will realize your real nature, which is hidden within just as fire is, in a sense, hidden in cOMbustable materials.~Sweteshwatara Upanishad<br /><br />O Arjuna, I am the taste of pure water, and the light of the moon and the sun. I am the essential nature of the mantra OM mentioned in the holy scriptures, the sound in ether, as well as the courage and virility of human beings.~Bhavagad Gita verse 7.8<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsjgRj0O60QuQkXOk-GbjsJLTJ3ZmggRIuKgagtceeTU_KoEfIfybsLfb8EXjFkm71aPWQlOcgPwyhIv78b1jJSaNIxgPxfzbyun8w1cPjUoI8_8_NXeJEtaDJ7kVu52fTPGsl_ebHWo/s1600-h/007201OMdala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsjgRj0O60QuQkXOk-GbjsJLTJ3ZmggRIuKgagtceeTU_KoEfIfybsLfb8EXjFkm71aPWQlOcgPwyhIv78b1jJSaNIxgPxfzbyun8w1cPjUoI8_8_NXeJEtaDJ7kVu52fTPGsl_ebHWo/s200/007201OMdala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227564950684113298" /></a><br />OMdala4<br /><br />The mantra OM symbolises Reality. At the time of death, repeat OM and you will go forth frOM the body and attain the Supreme Goal.~Bhavagad Gita verse 8.13<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nJ9DpJJHZ8m1NViTNPqWh3u4SLUyW4SxFtf_aHUxLtj-cV3N60ILKZcQs2BwjnmlgmWG5b5GpD0NMeenfTgN52vMA1t765mprlPGz329kuXiK628bZmW70hTnx2PgCDLBS-eOGumYVU/s1600-h/0072010-R1-008-2Asm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nJ9DpJJHZ8m1NViTNPqWh3u4SLUyW4SxFtf_aHUxLtj-cV3N60ILKZcQs2BwjnmlgmWG5b5GpD0NMeenfTgN52vMA1t765mprlPGz329kuXiK628bZmW70hTnx2PgCDLBS-eOGumYVU/s400/0072010-R1-008-2Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227567431308374578" /></a><br />Reality is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is no-where.~ Ancient Hermetic Statement<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7nM1z3_UabQoG3NMDevtDXksweOgb8fZEw7Acj9QdmnMU0hIkUStUDn5xTgXIkfZjlbvvDSl2er7yTJ18o-usDKvCihhuPYPmsCx3uevLfWkuFsEjmz5vduhghKXta9k-31A6068jNc/s1600-h/shri_yantra.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7nM1z3_UabQoG3NMDevtDXksweOgb8fZEw7Acj9QdmnMU0hIkUStUDn5xTgXIkfZjlbvvDSl2er7yTJ18o-usDKvCihhuPYPmsCx3uevLfWkuFsEjmz5vduhghKXta9k-31A6068jNc/s400/shri_yantra.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119205189336110546" /></a> <br />Shree YantRA, the GeOMetric Form of OM.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxqXQNPEpY-M9ExTbAUDtl3Io1b2bzI0LC5xp0uWkhH0UtQIrLVbaSRSkWM67MiKDvLKBEtOI6fhYieXaagcMB-tKbOipWrXPtAevVspMzgSVXT7oNKCR9gQmNPNr2TX-8V5Ks17cJBw/s1600-h/bindu.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxqXQNPEpY-M9ExTbAUDtl3Io1b2bzI0LC5xp0uWkhH0UtQIrLVbaSRSkWM67MiKDvLKBEtOI6fhYieXaagcMB-tKbOipWrXPtAevVspMzgSVXT7oNKCR9gQmNPNr2TX-8V5Ks17cJBw/s400/bindu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119208401971647970" /></a><br /><br />ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-66557980741507188182011-05-18T21:27:00.000-06:002011-05-22T21:06:06.772-06:00Chaos<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/03/chaos.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/03/chaos.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-wGuPcwh5rYTIakIuB_M2NY3diVIctTKudNy1HYVLGe68rimzupwdqoQyaVH030E0RIGPM3ZGzPTD0JnP09yWAFrMywe7GAlkgjBK30KrXonhg0NguwOibFaUlStd-75bDI4_PArUJ8/s1600-h/1466chaos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-wGuPcwh5rYTIakIuB_M2NY3diVIctTKudNy1HYVLGe68rimzupwdqoQyaVH030E0RIGPM3ZGzPTD0JnP09yWAFrMywe7GAlkgjBK30KrXonhg0NguwOibFaUlStd-75bDI4_PArUJ8/s400/1466chaos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227623855843619586" /></a><br />chaos<br /><br />In mathematics and physics, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory">chaos</a> theory describes the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that may exhibit dynamics that are highly sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to as the butterfly effect). <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKxrk7vzkB8PDwDki9S0ygHy6wfduTgxz6iPiSUoJ3v45r2nxQ-4R6_lFcZRYQNh28IiEgLCDxlU1AcwfrFaIkF-9mkI4H6uJyRi9zgqejMKSOpaRt6-MtsWVALmbaLdlPte6egT1bJI/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKxrk7vzkB8PDwDki9S0ygHy6wfduTgxz6iPiSUoJ3v45r2nxQ-4R6_lFcZRYQNh28IiEgLCDxlU1AcwfrFaIkF-9mkI4H6uJyRi9zgqejMKSOpaRt6-MtsWVALmbaLdlPte6egT1bJI/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227624453897242370" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-34720095844175988562011-05-18T20:32:00.000-06:002011-05-22T00:58:20.750-06:00StarDalashttp://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/stardalas.html<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2qYTjrNqhgHjUCpNDwinhfgnEylnC_pOQqMMghcA23Szl81nNoGNB6DVvSY4SB2oYL0f8XzsJ-jOTqMJMv2ZUAmB2dn7THTJ_Pfq2Q-7aBrrUxz-7M22WUyIirsS4Zal9eVYJJYMX-M/s1600-h/632266stardala.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2qYTjrNqhgHjUCpNDwinhfgnEylnC_pOQqMMghcA23Szl81nNoGNB6DVvSY4SB2oYL0f8XzsJ-jOTqMJMv2ZUAmB2dn7THTJ_Pfq2Q-7aBrrUxz-7M22WUyIirsS4Zal9eVYJJYMX-M/s200/632266stardala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227887558467967730" /></a><br />stardala<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star">A star</a> is a massive, luminous ball of plasma. For most of its life, a star shines because thermonuclear fusion in its core releases energy that traverses the star's interior and then radiates into outer space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga347S7RwTPv4cEH82ODHBt5Zn03QNglO4vxe_MZ-vl0S_VYDAVsAm48My0aQaTX1R8rDZwqfIo5wjQdD8QKZtW_HhCbg34IrKdM8kg_tXP07WnWJ-woqOlsRgEOFMhXUbdXgZGmE-DPg/s1600-h/632266stardala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga347S7RwTPv4cEH82ODHBt5Zn03QNglO4vxe_MZ-vl0S_VYDAVsAm48My0aQaTX1R8rDZwqfIo5wjQdD8QKZtW_HhCbg34IrKdM8kg_tXP07WnWJ-woqOlsRgEOFMhXUbdXgZGmE-DPg/s200/632266stardala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227892337502025746" /></a><br />stardala1<br /><br />Astronomers can determine the mass, age, chemical composition and many other properties of a star by observing its spectrum, luminosity and motion through space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPATGhAnWDLwtQ5lC1Kyg_loNMiD0W-y1IXYt-rzozOZb54HGGeD-xIFufLLbOSk6jEJMUCP8Lv46nEb3pAkRRHzS7U1IUyWfFuJxgfv52Mt3-34zKfwmBV4KkRvHzCIFtPD2GqDC6qzI/s1600-h/632266stardala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPATGhAnWDLwtQ5lC1Kyg_loNMiD0W-y1IXYt-rzozOZb54HGGeD-xIFufLLbOSk6jEJMUCP8Lv46nEb3pAkRRHzS7U1IUyWfFuJxgfv52Mt3-34zKfwmBV4KkRvHzCIFtPD2GqDC6qzI/s200/632266stardala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227895192345774658" /></a><br />stardala2<br /><br />A star begins as a collapsing cloud of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Once the stellar core is sufficiently dense, some of the hydrogen is steadily converted into helium through the process of nuclear fusion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN4kBiznJ4wjF60gS020BNLl4_84iS3q6oQFNq6sBimhre-ViUIRzCEJi6Wq_WFDRE-uIvrY3I-5ysyHh_PgUDIaKFgig6mbbOz83KtnTMGwutJCMsXY1xAyL5CHSyDb1tcCaMAvWKsM/s1600-h/632266stardala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN4kBiznJ4wjF60gS020BNLl4_84iS3q6oQFNq6sBimhre-ViUIRzCEJi6Wq_WFDRE-uIvrY3I-5ysyHh_PgUDIaKFgig6mbbOz83KtnTMGwutJCMsXY1xAyL5CHSyDb1tcCaMAvWKsM/s200/632266stardala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227897177078400866" /></a><br />stardala3<br /><br />Binary and multi-star systems consist of two or more stars that are gravitationally bound, and generally move around each other in stable orbits. When two such stars have a relatively close orbit, their gravitational interaction can have a significant impact on their evolution. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zk2uYffa64FI10cyJBGb8WAydZvmTnxHX3fXbGNURQXVDbbSnN6N9AyiBHPhzutm7D3oqhBGCI-rFy-GdB2T0THMUaOAIrVeFC0NLiRWxWc7mIILxqj94MmlhQH_GBQ0EODFDawAsGg/s1600-h/632865stardala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zk2uYffa64FI10cyJBGb8WAydZvmTnxHX3fXbGNURQXVDbbSnN6N9AyiBHPhzutm7D3oqhBGCI-rFy-GdB2T0THMUaOAIrVeFC0NLiRWxWc7mIILxqj94MmlhQH_GBQ0EODFDawAsGg/s200/632865stardala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229779735110152770" /></a><br />stardala4<br /><br />Good morning starshine, the earth says hello<br />you twinkle above us, we twinkle below<br />good morning starshine, you lead us along<br />my love and me<br />as we sing our<br />early morning singing song<br />gliddy glub gloopy nibby nabby noopy<br />la la la - lo lo<br />sabba sibbi sabba nooby aba naba<br />lee lee - lo lo<br />tooby ooby wala<br />nooby aba naba<br />early morning singing song<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoi1jSECBypZk0qX1I9aaIxx3H5dxH6GGqE3_6jPt5kXw399v8icmx_OD8eJxtkakWPExloUZFR11nxop_U9YTHdZA81QdUB-e-MOdcq0mhrbFM5GGqF_8XJbZootBZK5tQFmyHtWiwd0/s1600-h/632865stardala5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoi1jSECBypZk0qX1I9aaIxx3H5dxH6GGqE3_6jPt5kXw399v8icmx_OD8eJxtkakWPExloUZFR11nxop_U9YTHdZA81QdUB-e-MOdcq0mhrbFM5GGqF_8XJbZootBZK5tQFmyHtWiwd0/s200/632865stardala5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229780876982125170" /></a><br />stardala5<br /><br />Good morning . . .<br />gliddy glub gloopy . . .<br />Singing a song, humming a song<br />singing a song<br />loving a song, laughing a song<br />singing a song<br />sing the song<br />song the sing<br />song song song sing<br />sing sing sing song<br />song song song sing<br />sing sing sing song<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEu0ZQbDIg0SQWm3drf_usmjsv94789T1kncw1AX4Aj_uSN3ekuc94HxUkMM2A5jo4dowWRR3XP3wRrCQvlY_uHB4aiFsev64GMWh_NaHMqapg6fXZX3uTJvJa2vQNnnYo4APPiqUwdY/s1600-h/632266-R1-062-29A_030sm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEu0ZQbDIg0SQWm3drf_usmjsv94789T1kncw1AX4Aj_uSN3ekuc94HxUkMM2A5jo4dowWRR3XP3wRrCQvlY_uHB4aiFsev64GMWh_NaHMqapg6fXZX3uTJvJa2vQNnnYo4APPiqUwdY/s320/632266-R1-062-29A_030sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229781551551976642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeVBbfPShUlHZTOHHiE-MLv2qQ5tX5RGA-qCcesk4R5hFrfz1SFp00aZPosuuSHwjql-QjaTrAZAgpTR3-FGJ9bja0MfXfPAl_UZ3r0eilvOp75OrxszoRKhiK-x4tBO1r1XqnGqkFDw/s1600-h/632865-R1-050-23A_023sm.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeVBbfPShUlHZTOHHiE-MLv2qQ5tX5RGA-qCcesk4R5hFrfz1SFp00aZPosuuSHwjql-QjaTrAZAgpTR3-FGJ9bja0MfXfPAl_UZ3r0eilvOp75OrxszoRKhiK-x4tBO1r1XqnGqkFDw/s320/632865-R1-050-23A_023sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229782208930020018" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-3758037836826040802011-05-17T19:33:00.003-06:002011-05-22T10:51:47.240-06:00valkyrie<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/valkyrie.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/valkyrie.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrH8CWOhiscWrYOfi1omG9wI6Zm9JRDCvLrAod6wAqZ1hRfqWFPRpMPAHtB8y3hMVTLlEBh0o-mAEIfJ4JL1nscFw1PkR1XpTeXFHXZ7kRDIWxOWQkTNPGFj7BYqyAjujDAGOLiPm5RTU/s1600-h/1466valkyrie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrH8CWOhiscWrYOfi1omG9wI6Zm9JRDCvLrAod6wAqZ1hRfqWFPRpMPAHtB8y3hMVTLlEBh0o-mAEIfJ4JL1nscFw1PkR1XpTeXFHXZ7kRDIWxOWQkTNPGFj7BYqyAjujDAGOLiPm5RTU/s400/1466valkyrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227872274531674354" /></a><br />valkyrie<br /><br />In Norse mythology the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie">valkyries</a> (Old Norse Valkyrja "Choosers of the Slain") are dísir, minor female deities, who served Odin. The valkyries' purpose was to determine the victors of battles and wars, and to choose the most heroic of those who had died in battle. Freyja, called Mistress of the slain (Valfreyja) and of the Valkyries in general, chose half of these fallen heroes for her hall Fólkvangr. The rest went to Valhalla where they became einherjar. In Norse religion, the einherjar or einheriar were spirits of warriors who had died bravely in battle.<br />In modern art, the valkyries are sometimes depicted as beautiful shieldmaidens on winged horses, armed with helmets and spears. However, the valkyrie 'horses' were most likely the packs of wolves that frequented the corpses of dead warriors. Whereas the wolf was the valkyrie's mount, the valkyrie herself appears to be akin to the raven, flying over the battlefield and "choosing" corpses. Thus, the packs of wolves and ravens that scavenged the aftermath of battles may have been seen as serving a higher purpose. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bbntEwLWyh1l5qNIOceKoKt19zJhzdNBkQOV2rpvth4L-B5TtBacINvFWLjhfMXlk2miY0erq0YucBuUy3vprsoLTYYA4fNiFvnv-gv2VztSAZhyphenhyphenZW07qyNE6egcKawoAe2cjqmX5_U/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bbntEwLWyh1l5qNIOceKoKt19zJhzdNBkQOV2rpvth4L-B5TtBacINvFWLjhfMXlk2miY0erq0YucBuUy3vprsoLTYYA4fNiFvnv-gv2VztSAZhyphenhyphenZW07qyNE6egcKawoAe2cjqmX5_U/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227876683015198706" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-85154699748853458752011-05-17T14:55:00.001-06:002011-05-22T12:37:16.926-06:00taRAtears<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/taratears.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/taratears.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsZY3nShvwZ9zrwfhj1Tq36vIsd6BD8MiHTsU3obvKYpCl4wPb3sTCACTl6u9jCkvwFyyVUteGSX4O3n4rZt6yHijSfRgiLpH-7ZaNjvh6Kq1J0X1j4gBzgAgYpYjSmB_nmKJ96bo5eo/s1600-h/1466taRAtears.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsZY3nShvwZ9zrwfhj1Tq36vIsd6BD8MiHTsU3obvKYpCl4wPb3sTCACTl6u9jCkvwFyyVUteGSX4O3n4rZt6yHijSfRgiLpH-7ZaNjvh6Kq1J0X1j4gBzgAgYpYjSmB_nmKJ96bo5eo/s400/1466taRAtears.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227800632142962242" /></a><br />taRAtears<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_%28Buddhism%29">Tārā</a> (Sanskrit: tārā) or Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsun Dolma (rje btsun sgrol ma) in Tibetan, is a female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. Tārā is a tantric deity whose practice is used by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and understand outer, inner and secret teachings about compassion and emptiness. In Japan she is known as Tarani Bosatsu and is known in China as Quan Yin.<br />The most widely known forms of Tārā are:<br /> * Green Tārā, known as the Buddha of enlightened activity<br /> * White Tārā, known for compassion, long life, healing and serenity; also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra<br /> * Red Tārā, a fierce aspect associated with magnetizing all good things<br /> * Black Tārā, associated with power<br /> * Yellow Tārā, associated with wealth and prosperity<br /> * Blue Tārā, associated with transmutation of anger<br /> * Cittamani Tārā, a form of Tārā widely practiced at the level of Highest Yoga Tantra in the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, portrayed as green and often conflated with Green Tārā<br /> * Khadiravani Tārā (Tārā of the teak forest), who appeared to Nagarjuna in the Khadiravani forest of South India and who is sometimes referred to as the 22nd Tārā.<br />The main Tārā mantra is oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā (pronounced by Tibetans and Buddhists who follow the Tibetan traditions as oṃ tāre tu tāre ture soha).<br />Within Tibetan Buddhism Tārā is regarded as a Boddhisattva of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezig) and in some origin stories she comes from his tears. Bodhisattvas are often considered metaphoric for Buddhist virtues.<br />Tārā is also known as a saviouress, as a heavenly deity who hears the cries of beings experiencing misery in samsara. Quotation from H.H the Dalai Lama about Tārā, spoken at a conference on Compassionate Action in Newport Beach, CA in 1989:<br /> "There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation, she looked upon the situation of those striving towards full awakening and she felt that there were too few people who attained Buddhahood as women. So she vowed, "I have developed bodhicitta as a woman. For all my lifetimes along the path I vow to be born as a woman, and in my final lifetime when I attain Buddhahood, then, too, I will be a woman." <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B0pZfw_CV-BHKZfyFLMnl4cmYqlcqMgcjUHtfPnHNtdmHAVrl-pZoT_bpB64ms2C045tPWNsp8xT1DTR4VU-hvJI0zsP-YaVNXFZjKhYc_4q_AO-XsghmhVspaExnK8AAsvoPHAguT8/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B0pZfw_CV-BHKZfyFLMnl4cmYqlcqMgcjUHtfPnHNtdmHAVrl-pZoT_bpB64ms2C045tPWNsp8xT1DTR4VU-hvJI0zsP-YaVNXFZjKhYc_4q_AO-XsghmhVspaExnK8AAsvoPHAguT8/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227805166230188626" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-90958496168361464762011-05-17T14:40:00.001-06:002011-05-22T12:57:40.350-06:00spiderwOMan<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/spiderwoman.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/spiderwoman.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza5P1EjebhPGIrtSsuzkWoNV8mRBJDN2njHCnxPh8O9TPfb0XlZTb5nNBEbl92Dlq7TosqWqFAPpaNhmQ4G41NAJg6E0SfDmqmFStYqy-HVjj8U8rWPtwv2OSDv-mN9_FMNWRRBkVP6k/s1600-h/1466spiderwOMan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza5P1EjebhPGIrtSsuzkWoNV8mRBJDN2njHCnxPh8O9TPfb0XlZTb5nNBEbl92Dlq7TosqWqFAPpaNhmQ4G41NAJg6E0SfDmqmFStYqy-HVjj8U8rWPtwv2OSDv-mN9_FMNWRRBkVP6k/s400/1466spiderwOMan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227796773818642962" /></a><br />spiderwOMan<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.crystalinks.com/spiderwoman.html">Spider Woman</a> is a metaphor for she who creates from a central source. One day it is She who will pull all of her creation - back to her source. Her web represents the grids or matrix of our reality - the Spider Web Effect. Spider Woman's web links you to everything and everybody in our reality. It is how we learn to be psychic and to connect telepathically.<br />The Spiderweb Effect means that all things originate from a central source, spiral out in a matrix, grid, lattice, or web, following the same geometric design, are connected to each other and that source. That is, if something affects one part of the web, it affects everything. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH9YYg6qS0KPYSObPsQAcwvB0K1YD0f-tH2zaQ81wWjoi9UEDInmnbqdLSR8CV3cnBgukszv0-aWesGoFyMsVto-Cbp3PQNur0-tueDK9tKcdkadpb8QUf18fTkfv_0lX7IiFnFlbkAs/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH9YYg6qS0KPYSObPsQAcwvB0K1YD0f-tH2zaQ81wWjoi9UEDInmnbqdLSR8CV3cnBgukszv0-aWesGoFyMsVto-Cbp3PQNur0-tueDK9tKcdkadpb8QUf18fTkfv_0lX7IiFnFlbkAs/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227798474848979154" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-31180983144507942592011-05-17T13:27:00.000-06:002011-05-22T13:06:57.166-06:00Samurai<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/samurai.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/samurai.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUrLb3vWszJyud6KjLtKQekAVzYbe3CMcbEvh8TlcQ1ZEgylYj2DiIyy58_xnW9osrzyGb-Q6b2HHf3XKyhCptVLsJraYVSkOouQVjbUf-B4eXvwlnTFhpiZFIVANrT_L98oyDbByZm8/s1600-h/1466samurai.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUrLb3vWszJyud6KjLtKQekAVzYbe3CMcbEvh8TlcQ1ZEgylYj2DiIyy58_xnW9osrzyGb-Q6b2HHf3XKyhCptVLsJraYVSkOouQVjbUf-B4eXvwlnTFhpiZFIVANrT_L98oyDbByZm8/s400/1466samurai.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227778005389298002" /></a><br />samurai<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai">Samurai</a> (侍, Samurai) is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. The word samurai is derived from the archaic Japanese verb samorau, changed to saburau, meaning "to serve". A samurai was expected to read and write, as well as to know some mathematics. Samurai were expected, though not required, to have interests in other arts such as dancing, Go, literature, poetry, and tea. The philosophies of Buddhism and Zen, and to a lesser extent Confucianism and Shinto, influenced the samurai culture. Zen meditation became an important teaching due to it offering a process to calm one's mind.<br />Bushidō (武士道, Bushidō), meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honour unto death. <br />Katana (刀 or かたな, Katana) is a type of Japanese sword (nihontō) often referred to as a "samurai sword." The term is sometimes incorrectly used as a generic name for Japanese swords. The katana gets its gentle curve from quenching during forming; it is actually straight prior to quenching. Differential quenching causes martensite to form predominantly in the edge of the blade rather than the back; as the edge expands, the blade takes on a gently curved shape. The samurai used various weapons, but the katana is the weapon that is synonymous with samurai. Bushido teaches that the katana is the samurai's soul and sometimes a samurai is pictured as entirely dependent on the katana for fighting. They believe that the katana was so precious that they often gave them names and considered them as part of the living. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf5leoMdKCZp0uefk98MxM1fIaMh6Z-Rc6ouZWM1tf1hrCBheJQS-TeJ586z1nDzXqG-oQ7fNMkNjZjs70lRMo5dngJIvD2JYNMiAKpjadZXtXEsqXQsrUk335mjv6PVSyHM5b1-3i5k/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtf5leoMdKCZp0uefk98MxM1fIaMh6Z-Rc6ouZWM1tf1hrCBheJQS-TeJ586z1nDzXqG-oQ7fNMkNjZjs70lRMo5dngJIvD2JYNMiAKpjadZXtXEsqXQsrUk335mjv6PVSyHM5b1-3i5k/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227784475702910050" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-60194235422074487272011-05-17T11:49:00.000-06:002011-05-22T15:34:54.771-06:00Triquerta<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/triquerta.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/triquerta.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKG3QiDLfpDN26TREhmbvAuNCb6mJpPhJOqZDTB-PBmoh0YHritnPDTLdSBPzpcNcMCA9FBqV7m3ekYI3oOW_SbGTnvFnWmLHVKY3zWFufy4pC9DP6tj6UP8XwsQNewUM696p8cyRv1k/s1600-h/1466triquerta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKG3QiDLfpDN26TREhmbvAuNCb6mJpPhJOqZDTB-PBmoh0YHritnPDTLdSBPzpcNcMCA9FBqV7m3ekYI3oOW_SbGTnvFnWmLHVKY3zWFufy4pC9DP6tj6UP8XwsQNewUM696p8cyRv1k/s400/1466triquerta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227758659160876610" /></a><br />triquerta<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra">Triquerta</a> or Triquetra (IPA: [tɹaɪ'kwεtɹə]) is a word derived from the Latin tri- ("three") and quetrus ("cornered"). Its original meaning was simply "triangle" and it has been used to refer to various three-cornered shapes. Nowadays, it has come to refer exclusively to a certain more complicated shape formed of three vesicae piscis, sometimes with an added circle in or around it.<br />Celtic Reconstructionist Pagans use the triquetra either to represent one of the various triplicities in their cosmology and theology (such as the tripartite division of the world into the realms of Land, Sea and Sky), or as a symbol of one of the specific triple Goddesses, most notably Brigid, representing the mother, the maid and the crone. Triplicities were in Celtic myth and legend, one of the possible reasons Christian beliefs were so easily adopted by the Celtijmc people.<br />The symbol is also sometimes used by Wiccans and some New Agers to symbolize either the Wiccan triple goddess, the interconnected parts of our existence (Mind, Body, and Soul), or many other concepts that seem to fit into this idea of a unity. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiQhBpB5OP2CAoOJ2rzeBD-ebet4UDzSLI3cBqG8270QlPASnAXi9zl0ZiXGI8Z-NI1al1rifHG_NLBtj34HvUpMHwg3ndCXFl2bAfGFyRHvh50X6bZhKYomt6ySHGtT8AMIEMC4s5OY/s1600-h/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiQhBpB5OP2CAoOJ2rzeBD-ebet4UDzSLI3cBqG8270QlPASnAXi9zl0ZiXGI8Z-NI1al1rifHG_NLBtj34HvUpMHwg3ndCXFl2bAfGFyRHvh50X6bZhKYomt6ySHGtT8AMIEMC4s5OY/s400/1466-R1-26-26Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230426059346506978" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-76192867264067775722011-05-17T00:57:00.000-06:002011-05-22T15:47:58.421-06:00RAflowerDalas<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/radalas.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/radalas.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5C7ctieJ1Sq78btK3fWGkiFZ5CL7rpJK9V1FhNKUbp0Vkheamw0slc1OP-GFTC7zq3vhxdOvnF-Qy0h8RfU7hw_jxDBXFCnylJ_BbevQcnbsdMKhgfqeYyG614jWX7Q_MHsk560cZveg/s1600-h/629264RAdala.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5C7ctieJ1Sq78btK3fWGkiFZ5CL7rpJK9V1FhNKUbp0Vkheamw0slc1OP-GFTC7zq3vhxdOvnF-Qy0h8RfU7hw_jxDBXFCnylJ_BbevQcnbsdMKhgfqeYyG614jWX7Q_MHsk560cZveg/s200/629264RAdala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227589418430557346" /></a><br />RAdala<br /><br />ShaRi, thanks for sharing, it is just beautiful, brings to me a sense of calm and peace. Love Rita (from Australia)<br />If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly, like a millionaire intent on going broke. Even if it is just the simple beauty of your smile~spend it lavishly!~Brenda Francis<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0ArPXhC-GsoVr_VEcl9zdDEEF2c_Ouad37UjkGgsOnSsLaxsHRBOTLU4CrCXj1u2okdv93aoar3vOihcPoO0aOLMgVzo0fms9e_w2s18dMRrC7VmvyLk-Qw_RvlBP_YlkaUn6BjStp4/s1600-h/629264RAdala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0ArPXhC-GsoVr_VEcl9zdDEEF2c_Ouad37UjkGgsOnSsLaxsHRBOTLU4CrCXj1u2okdv93aoar3vOihcPoO0aOLMgVzo0fms9e_w2s18dMRrC7VmvyLk-Qw_RvlBP_YlkaUn6BjStp4/s200/629264RAdala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227594489302299458" /></a><br />RAdala1<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra">Ra</a> (Pronounced Rah) (Rê and later Amun-Ra; reconstructed as *ri:ʕu) is the ancient Egyptian sun god. He is a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion by the fifth dynasty. Identified primarily with the mid-day sun, though he was said to be the sun in one form or another at all times.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0InDzXQK8k6G3yxedmmsFUjWUC2SUdusn0t5zflVUa6cfqfckrLc_L1sRm51ZW_Mk8WWffbUOtSiAoIQjJDCh5yA8msKnIcotauyaZUo46OirbiFIdvAPD5P3z282CMoT9fJHkocGVmk/s1600-h/629264RAdala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0InDzXQK8k6G3yxedmmsFUjWUC2SUdusn0t5zflVUa6cfqfckrLc_L1sRm51ZW_Mk8WWffbUOtSiAoIQjJDCh5yA8msKnIcotauyaZUo46OirbiFIdvAPD5P3z282CMoT9fJHkocGVmk/s200/629264RAdala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227599517077009298" /></a><br />RAdala2<br /><br />The Bennu bird is Ra's ba and a symbol of fire and rebirth. The sun disk, also shown as the hieroglyphic ⊙ ; Ankh, symbolizing the life given by the sun; Obelisk, representative of the rays of the sun and worshiped as a home of a solar god. As the sun, Ra was thought to see everything.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwuK3R2ek-aBmW_asu6L6GaAazPKMiDFzTbs4UjCmcwxrLv77c-hE3qfhFwZ4EtVzYYXBMTiKzftk-kLHhB6lDu2OGdVXO_85KQSvfx70dYYjnxFYf5nKSIac_JxlYpwltj9EePdwBAs/s1600-h/629264RAdala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwuK3R2ek-aBmW_asu6L6GaAazPKMiDFzTbs4UjCmcwxrLv77c-hE3qfhFwZ4EtVzYYXBMTiKzftk-kLHhB6lDu2OGdVXO_85KQSvfx70dYYjnxFYf5nKSIac_JxlYpwltj9EePdwBAs/s200/629264RAdala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227603696301778434" /></a><br />RAdala3<br /><br />Ra was thought to travel in a sunboat (The Boat of the Millions) to protect its fires from the primordial waters of the underworld it passed through during the night. Ra traveled in the sunboat with various deities. Those deities included Ma'at, who guided the boat's course, and Set and Mehen who defended against monsters in the underworld. These monsters included Apep, the serpent who tried to stop the sunboat's journey every day by consuming it. So, the Egyptians saw the sunrise as the rebirth of the sun through Nut, the sky, and thus attributed the concept of rebirth and renewal to Ra, strengthening his role as a creator god.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtU2LLlSe47uJ_tjXuSkxUEDkYPDHJy-axfhy2ShPayDb7r-cpiyYyi9SN7N3RlIIabMq6o0D59WSmR3gkkJkrEwbuyc0ZhhklfjxpUmONFe2svUC8tLjn2isF1ApAwZTGELvI6wKmK4/s1600-h/629264RAdala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtU2LLlSe47uJ_tjXuSkxUEDkYPDHJy-axfhy2ShPayDb7r-cpiyYyi9SN7N3RlIIabMq6o0D59WSmR3gkkJkrEwbuyc0ZhhklfjxpUmONFe2svUC8tLjn2isF1ApAwZTGELvI6wKmK4/s200/629264RAdala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227607165329926706" /></a><br />RAdala4<br /><br />Ra who is Horus of the Horizons, was intended to link Horakhty (as a sunrise-orientated aspect of Horus) to Ra. It has been suggested that Ra-Horakhty simply refers to the sun's journey from horizon to horizon as Ra, or that it means to show Ra as a symbolic god of hope and rebirth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEglswi19Aluzuuc33KVnvhv-Fs1FE6QEmBrP3EkiRR5D2H9n3f_7AGQNK4oemm6rPfwabRDUuGfkpHG979vV-UT1ptbg-vFXdwF-s1ZM5I7xLBHuDKx6w3KL2nnjFdB_i_4AUeqA_pM/s1600-h/629264RAdala5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEglswi19Aluzuuc33KVnvhv-Fs1FE6QEmBrP3EkiRR5D2H9n3f_7AGQNK4oemm6rPfwabRDUuGfkpHG979vV-UT1ptbg-vFXdwF-s1ZM5I7xLBHuDKx6w3KL2nnjFdB_i_4AUeqA_pM/s200/629264RAdala5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227611145390053778" /></a><br />RAdala5<br /><br />Khepri was the scarab beetle that rolled up the sun in the mornings, and was sometimes seen as the morning manifestation of Ra. Similarly, the ram-headed god Khnum was also seen as the evening manifestation of Ra, while Ra was often seen as the representation of midday, when the sun reached its peak at noon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U2kZEX0_o03g-DiYWsjGbYUy9b1T1wAPMkqp3JS9FxavCUVBc7zxA3l07Lk3SBwbKO8ZqL32jMSxexexxLX_Nzj8FdQgYb_ZLN0rpdjrxskMww3Q9EZe8JHI3IhbeF7TSFZ05fLVKlw/s1600-h/629264RAdala6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U2kZEX0_o03g-DiYWsjGbYUy9b1T1wAPMkqp3JS9FxavCUVBc7zxA3l07Lk3SBwbKO8ZqL32jMSxexexxLX_Nzj8FdQgYb_ZLN0rpdjrxskMww3Q9EZe8JHI3IhbeF7TSFZ05fLVKlw/s200/629264RAdala6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227615960327239394" /></a><br />RAdala6<br /><br />By XI Dynasty, Ra had become much like the Christian God. Mythology told that he had created the world for man, and that evil was a result of mankind's actions. In this respect Ra was closely affiliated with Ma'at, goddess of law and truth. It was even implied that he would punish the evil after death.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissXeZ9p8R5Jf-jpfm-Vs-Nd-E4ydSdcsAu_yzQPhWUNNC-XHHZs53iXQ1u1JizmHxDcdDe0JFyZ_6PwSbgOvzAfAIl7ioXsqr3JvvScPPhtlmdQGd9qsCEzPSGxVhkNe6IwuB-65_Uqg/s1600-h/629264RAdala7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissXeZ9p8R5Jf-jpfm-Vs-Nd-E4ydSdcsAu_yzQPhWUNNC-XHHZs53iXQ1u1JizmHxDcdDe0JFyZ_6PwSbgOvzAfAIl7ioXsqr3JvvScPPhtlmdQGd9qsCEzPSGxVhkNe6IwuB-65_Uqg/s200/629264RAdala7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227617051652791970" /></a><br />RAdala7<br /><br />During the New Kingdom, the worship of Ra becomes yet more complicated and grand. The walls of tombs were dedicated to extremely detailed texts that told of Ra's journey through the underworld. Ra was also now said to carry the prayers and blessings of the living with the souls of the dead on the sunboat. The Holiday of 'The Receiving of Ra' was celebrated on May 26 in the Gregorian calendar. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLBCC_A5uFDYMCEtr53kXIxL-Tq8GAKBSMNjaLpviN2AdwgLwZpJaj0i8lkNBzR0RyecfSjvSVloWUtPYl5kVV5pRog3tOokEvfznV0EJY9w1SRxeSj7MD69ERExR-dZIDmr4HLJj_RM/s1600-h/629264-R1-036-16A_017sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLBCC_A5uFDYMCEtr53kXIxL-Tq8GAKBSMNjaLpviN2AdwgLwZpJaj0i8lkNBzR0RyecfSjvSVloWUtPYl5kVV5pRog3tOokEvfznV0EJY9w1SRxeSj7MD69ERExR-dZIDmr4HLJj_RM/s400/629264-R1-036-16A_017sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227617939694683314" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-79895653281748097082011-05-16T19:24:00.004-06:002011-05-22T16:17:26.212-06:00ManDalas<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/mandala.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/mandala.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5GDrAGr_E75qvKs1pQWfmvDTfZFYJVF34hzJ4eSioU88lNsSNTYonFz0RclMjlJ_P1y94Cn0XIOruw80PUKYFh0sK3DR3kg_B_AwmZUpM8Doepi0RDQsDMjtZOqvgQMkUYXqabZzz8I/s1600-h/629995ManDala.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5GDrAGr_E75qvKs1pQWfmvDTfZFYJVF34hzJ4eSioU88lNsSNTYonFz0RclMjlJ_P1y94Cn0XIOruw80PUKYFh0sK3DR3kg_B_AwmZUpM8Doepi0RDQsDMjtZOqvgQMkUYXqabZzz8I/s200/629995ManDala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227498742351275554" /></a><br />ManDala<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala">Mandala</a> (Sanskrit "essence", "having" or "containing"). It is also translated as "circle-circumference" or "completion", both derived from the Tibetan term dkyil khor. Mandala is of Hindu origin, the term being used for the books of the Rig Veda, but is also used in other Indian religions such as Buddhism. In the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, mandalas have been developed into sandpainting. They are also a key part of anuttarayoga tantra meditation practices.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqn66IF-s74jw6BM9cLsyA3TYX8-G0NQx76xbPGDR8nyt_Ht28-tySL9KqWiSji7W2BO79UmormBQtBfoA63LybIiEmlz1SDUYTa0u37tnrm93e1I8QTWlqAEosnJqWHrQ0An28crXU4/s1600-h/629995ManDala1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqn66IF-s74jw6BM9cLsyA3TYX8-G0NQx76xbPGDR8nyt_Ht28-tySL9KqWiSji7W2BO79UmormBQtBfoA63LybIiEmlz1SDUYTa0u37tnrm93e1I8QTWlqAEosnJqWHrQ0An28crXU4/s200/629995ManDala1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227504577851731490" /></a><br />ManDala1<br /><br />In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of aspirants and adepts; as a spiritual teaching tool; for establishing a sacred space; and as an aid to meditation and trance induction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzQ14fcaXuaXO4c3HgTHSXHiMCLebhQn5ujXXP7ivQrccd4zm2LDgp35aTFcFoAZSC7bVRVBod04btWU-GjK32aMJB9av0uaclMTDXcKHRBMGzr3K94ta83b3KCHzPFODQIgst3cR0QA/s1600-h/629995ManDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzQ14fcaXuaXO4c3HgTHSXHiMCLebhQn5ujXXP7ivQrccd4zm2LDgp35aTFcFoAZSC7bVRVBod04btWU-GjK32aMJB9av0uaclMTDXcKHRBMGzr3K94ta83b3KCHzPFODQIgst3cR0QA/s200/629995ManDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227506539632951810" /></a><br />ManDala2<br /><br />Its symbolic nature can help one to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99emkYU5hyphenhyphenuriDZgofvWu_fASf9efyOG92Rf3Ij4LzSasBTwrls-bQsxB90IeRchhcfYfE6OEZVDNhC_1Zu983tXfK0_RGci_TiI7rzhEhKx516ZtnvvmhNug1gWLw4jJB7ZpDRNj0wk/s1600-h/629995ManDala3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99emkYU5hyphenhyphenuriDZgofvWu_fASf9efyOG92Rf3Ij4LzSasBTwrls-bQsxB90IeRchhcfYfE6OEZVDNhC_1Zu983tXfK0_RGci_TiI7rzhEhKx516ZtnvvmhNug1gWLw4jJB7ZpDRNj0wk/s200/629995ManDala3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227509615115909154" /></a><br />ManDala3<br /><br />The psychoanalyst Carl Jung saw the mandala as "a representation of the unconscious self," and believed his paintings of mandalas enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5FzuzjlZ-A1x6EqqP7bEFVtmwFllU0MM6ZJ3YqLvvuGRIsRCtGbJadnA_31UamFiPHe_jBbAdJMMXxLn2k2Uzk4PMRMLVYBKnoHNVAYGFQc1SbaX6JFT1CoyQuImZoHNDAf8WkPFn1E/s1600-h/629995ManDala4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5FzuzjlZ-A1x6EqqP7bEFVtmwFllU0MM6ZJ3YqLvvuGRIsRCtGbJadnA_31UamFiPHe_jBbAdJMMXxLn2k2Uzk4PMRMLVYBKnoHNVAYGFQc1SbaX6JFT1CoyQuImZoHNDAf8WkPFn1E/s200/629995ManDala4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227511814536034898" /></a><br />ManDala4<br /><br />In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the Universe from the human perspective.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEJhp1ESyRcqwSvT8kCiU9zQKM9dR6jOU6du8Ymt7V9SCRneRChR30KS1jGAkJhqeW8r7LLN_Ozot5Uta-9ZEk1dA3aak9WRGKeakXQpyuWu6by9iNqAloWeWmI4XB5fRkj16gDRC1nI/s1600-h/629995ManDala5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUEJhp1ESyRcqwSvT8kCiU9zQKM9dR6jOU6du8Ymt7V9SCRneRChR30KS1jGAkJhqeW8r7LLN_Ozot5Uta-9ZEk1dA3aak9WRGKeakXQpyuWu6by9iNqAloWeWmI4XB5fRkj16gDRC1nI/s200/629995ManDala5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227514686266746338" /></a><br />ManDala5<br /><br />A kyil khor (Tibetan for mandala) in Vajrayana Buddhism usually depicts a landscape of the Buddha land or the enlightened vision of a Buddha (which are inevitably identified with and represent the nature of experience and the intricacies of both the enlightened and confused mind): a microcosm representing various divine powers at work in the universe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uyowN5yAxcwt3zEsbustaLmikOEsjgbcFBDaUZQnHA6gfowbYFxWHqLq3UHyAThcESaxks_7xiBk4wfkb4U7qtagX_jui-BWe-DEx0JtS8p0e-cJeS2O5pQeAS7jCR86MGDJ3E3VpL4/s1600-h/629995ManDala6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uyowN5yAxcwt3zEsbustaLmikOEsjgbcFBDaUZQnHA6gfowbYFxWHqLq3UHyAThcESaxks_7xiBk4wfkb4U7qtagX_jui-BWe-DEx0JtS8p0e-cJeS2O5pQeAS7jCR86MGDJ3E3VpL4/s200/629995ManDala6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227517928847329570" /></a><br />ManDala6<br /><br />Mandalas are commonly used by tantric Buddhists as an aid to meditation. More specifically, a Buddhist mandala is envisaged as a "sacred space," a Pure Buddha Realm and also as an abode of fully realized beings or deities.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Ath6ua0n5tBBWIWuEnYwOJ1nL4F1YKByAM48BhNAMBd3X8B9Z6qoUaMALpgQMTv0tOtWCF4BoOqTLLIngqCf4movhRkETWVVdEfFjJNlPIzEKabnvjlHp7AUUZxlvbWvHUNU60BDtQ/s1600-h/629995ManDala7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-Ath6ua0n5tBBWIWuEnYwOJ1nL4F1YKByAM48BhNAMBd3X8B9Z6qoUaMALpgQMTv0tOtWCF4BoOqTLLIngqCf4movhRkETWVVdEfFjJNlPIzEKabnvjlHp7AUUZxlvbWvHUNU60BDtQ/s200/629995ManDala7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227521236298591090" /></a><br />ManDala7<br /><br />The mandala is also a support for the meditating person, something to be repeatedly contemplated, to the point of saturation, such that the image of the mandala becomes fully internalised in even the minutest detail and which can then be summoned and contemplated at will as a clear and vivid visualized image.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgFSaRCLmSStq-BWgPrswjVBgZFLpPMIgYTW9zS1BrnJ-GtPWrzJL4fSmE0BFmhMyoP-ckeX4p4XqdU2nptyLYuD3G4K_Bd6l8G9BPLnUjxOptFRQYFiXah3TNwEZWEZVGyaF-eOjEjM/s1600-h/629995ManDala8.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgFSaRCLmSStq-BWgPrswjVBgZFLpPMIgYTW9zS1BrnJ-GtPWrzJL4fSmE0BFmhMyoP-ckeX4p4XqdU2nptyLYuD3G4K_Bd6l8G9BPLnUjxOptFRQYFiXah3TNwEZWEZVGyaF-eOjEjM/s200/629995ManDala8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227523949076986674" /></a><br />ManDala8<br /><br />In the West, mandala is also used to refer to the "personal world" in which one lives, the various elements of the mandala or the activities and interests in which one engages, the most important being at the centre of the mandala and the least important at the periphery. Depicting one's personal mandala in pictorial form can give one a good indication of the state of one's spiritual life. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWONwTY9HeD8DefYZpAR4yJidZ-h07lVpvSjJHOyvDt6wsq7t3Zd4_3OKA70AlS-pH1L5JE4Dj-BtKJMbnQkO5Ao-BkmeMHJy7qPr05h5rC81mfmgYCfDvV59Z8zMYz_6luOrjE9mhE-I/s1600-h/629995ManDala9.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWONwTY9HeD8DefYZpAR4yJidZ-h07lVpvSjJHOyvDt6wsq7t3Zd4_3OKA70AlS-pH1L5JE4Dj-BtKJMbnQkO5Ao-BkmeMHJy7qPr05h5rC81mfmgYCfDvV59Z8zMYz_6luOrjE9mhE-I/s200/629995ManDala9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227528757853449186" /></a><br />ManDala9<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Mandala/id/22166">centre</a> of the Mandala is the ultimate divine principle uniting the object and the subject as they spin out of the centre.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd28asWS6VgKeRGjMvxnIUEAFaGRFB8LH_L2ipWOozIlCYXXaj0JLEAKg5iIztnQNYjGFk2agJCUhGsszavTi7BYvjb0ZlJsWIe2Ty_WMASbDj4vB92-_yOXxwEdrhjmaN0ygG4yE100/s1600-h/629995ManDala10.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpd28asWS6VgKeRGjMvxnIUEAFaGRFB8LH_L2ipWOozIlCYXXaj0JLEAKg5iIztnQNYjGFk2agJCUhGsszavTi7BYvjb0ZlJsWIe2Ty_WMASbDj4vB92-_yOXxwEdrhjmaN0ygG4yE100/s200/629995ManDala10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227536279798573090" /></a><br /><br /><br />ManDala10<br /><br />Mandala is the essential plan of the universe, balancing the centrifugal and centripetal forces, combining the beginning and end, a symbol of wholeness or poornata. Its centre is unity, equidistant from every point on the circumference of the outer circles, signifying the unity that exists between all phenomena and experience. The centre point represents the divine, surrounded by potent concentric circles. It is a compact mystical diagram, concentrating spiritual energy at the centre.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbuh63qJDX2ippkZ2i4pl00R08IWx5H6-sM5Hs3jqZ7TOVTp67GrrgySaMDMG-FB8nMmiJJ1eJx7pW5EH4E4S25EWLS1_Ie9uNzjy6IeFW2dkuBLdr3SjnzwVbQmnRHszmfTONM60MWo/s1600-h/629995ManDala11.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbuh63qJDX2ippkZ2i4pl00R08IWx5H6-sM5Hs3jqZ7TOVTp67GrrgySaMDMG-FB8nMmiJJ1eJx7pW5EH4E4S25EWLS1_Ie9uNzjy6IeFW2dkuBLdr3SjnzwVbQmnRHszmfTONM60MWo/s200/629995ManDala11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227539188420721330" /></a><br />ManDala11<br /><br />In Tantra, the Mandala serves as an external support for meditation. It helps to provide the right feelings and visions by which one can arrive at a sense of unity within oneself and the universe outside. The most concentrated point of the universe, and the goal of the individual, is the Bindu, the irreducible point from which everything moves outwards, and towards which everything is directed. The Bindu has no beginning or end, is neither positive nor negative. It also suggests the waves of vibration emanating from the centre. In its totality the Mandala represents simultaneous evolution and dissolution, intention and repose, and perpetual motion and rest.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljgBMrFOMLh4oKYZNKFg70XNzH_IexHyHaUssrcEOILSxA3z1akB1Cuqds2YYZDUG3r3JRqLvtR0CvrNNv91bgYyhDoYt8b0jkJyhmtVA7CndM-th7Gkefcm-5o-foFCO1X_R02sFyF4/s1600-h/629995ManDala12.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljgBMrFOMLh4oKYZNKFg70XNzH_IexHyHaUssrcEOILSxA3z1akB1Cuqds2YYZDUG3r3JRqLvtR0CvrNNv91bgYyhDoYt8b0jkJyhmtVA7CndM-th7Gkefcm-5o-foFCO1X_R02sFyF4/s200/629995ManDala12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227541873997000034" /></a><br />ManDala12<br /><br />Timeless and all-pervading, the Mandala is one of the greatest symbols of human discovery and experience. Its concentric form represents the passage from state to state, from the material to the spiritual. Its centre is eternity, its periphery, perfection. It represents the universe, the image of God and serves as an aid to meditation, leading to inner peace. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIr6gMMHOpLJeGkLUbqTj1qAb07Hp8c-Uc0p2sIf7qHOY4safpKreC_RqzkXl3GU-79rgkAutAQc9ihGC-ki_1ziGwCvzHAXYkqOy__RNRVP8-lQe20riajG7cV_tESBSnn5828w0yOs/s1600-h/630273ManDala13.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIr6gMMHOpLJeGkLUbqTj1qAb07Hp8c-Uc0p2sIf7qHOY4safpKreC_RqzkXl3GU-79rgkAutAQc9ihGC-ki_1ziGwCvzHAXYkqOy__RNRVP8-lQe20riajG7cV_tESBSnn5828w0yOs/s200/630273ManDala13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230204773998645970" /></a><br />ManDala13<br /><br />We are capable of unlimited possibilities when we learn how to <a href="http://www.psychicartworks.com/master.html">focus</a> and 'listen' to the non-thinking all knowing aspect of our consciousness. Different forms of artistic expression that are powerful representation of energy. Most often by creating simply through intention and without a logical plan. It is guided primarily by the subtle psychic sense. By exploring where the inner world and outer world meet, we can create beyond previous limitation and learn how to step over the line; allowing creativity and inspiration to flow effortlessly from the 'zone'. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQl8MlCC-oMGMIp0FQLTWi57nrtUKxBFw__CuTwlKlxrtY3b7HqxpPsQVCLBFMavDq2FjbA-bbQ_WRNtCPi9izl3D950ovghYxDh5nWwoEftirw6nn4N_LCeNcGbw8CspXNh3TfVbJ6Y/s1600-h/630273ManDala14.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQl8MlCC-oMGMIp0FQLTWi57nrtUKxBFw__CuTwlKlxrtY3b7HqxpPsQVCLBFMavDq2FjbA-bbQ_WRNtCPi9izl3D950ovghYxDh5nWwoEftirw6nn4N_LCeNcGbw8CspXNh3TfVbJ6Y/s200/630273ManDala14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230212122254056178" /></a><br />ManDala14<br /><br />All knowledge is already present, and the most we can do is create conditions in which intuition will occur. It's like rain pouring down from the heavens; to have more of it we need only to remove our umbrella.~<a href="http://www.psychicartworks.com/master.html">Jagdish Parikh</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPvSn5Z40kHxSBMSLW8YENXacTLIhfBJdfReP7Q6XKQR9vR4hEMBbj_P8qf3qApUjAwF-uv0-mst69L7m7gQERCUNHNhHXfXv3fBeNpGvip9o6JSzFkwPQZ2VRoHdzXYxFFw27yMNtws/s1600-h/629995-R1-040-18A_019sm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPvSn5Z40kHxSBMSLW8YENXacTLIhfBJdfReP7Q6XKQR9vR4hEMBbj_P8qf3qApUjAwF-uv0-mst69L7m7gQERCUNHNhHXfXv3fBeNpGvip9o6JSzFkwPQZ2VRoHdzXYxFFw27yMNtws/s320/629995-R1-040-18A_019sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230216455000125858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtW94rEPY8LUvEOlukkjPnXzCRFq-dWrIEHBjHD1Zew20Aj62VWrXqnox15OnOlzWHMbyQXtYEHGFpWMp7oNlAtv1fdgPUUKYkordEp6NXLJdvmmcu_Tqgbyw_9wpp0gCtGnuLMxyxoCQ/s1600-h/630273-R1-030-13A_014sm.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtW94rEPY8LUvEOlukkjPnXzCRFq-dWrIEHBjHD1Zew20Aj62VWrXqnox15OnOlzWHMbyQXtYEHGFpWMp7oNlAtv1fdgPUUKYkordEp6NXLJdvmmcu_Tqgbyw_9wpp0gCtGnuLMxyxoCQ/s320/630273-R1-030-13A_014sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230217189531024818" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-43578561841593920832011-05-16T18:11:00.000-06:002011-05-22T19:30:31.972-06:00Lillith<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/lillith.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/lillith.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtKaIUD0wqsU6nwwlKGGhy6UT0T1P1z3P5VndzZP8XfmURD0M-8wAdf4cJQJiHmWHP3UCT7GWKm6k5k0Os7y_DFI2qzBd6OBr0qAVn5wZ5guuiN_y_yDI93jfLNAlJAS1CpmnmTCbutk/s1600-h/629264lillidala.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtKaIUD0wqsU6nwwlKGGhy6UT0T1P1z3P5VndzZP8XfmURD0M-8wAdf4cJQJiHmWHP3UCT7GWKm6k5k0Os7y_DFI2qzBd6OBr0qAVn5wZ5guuiN_y_yDI93jfLNAlJAS1CpmnmTCbutk/s400/629264lillidala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227759964032791314" /></a><br />lillidala<br /><br />LEGEND OF LILLITH<br /><br />"My name thou knowest not,<br />and yet shall know,<br />And know too late.<br />But, know thou this indeed:<br />Joy is my sister. Sister I, to Death."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0blmDqm90cViRW70Bhnps9GiUqj2FORqB7R64XRHtXkTV2cCmCTmk01tKB9CFkzI_ILamS4DYAT4yTYiuEo_phl_oAhCX2OLCrkDA66JwaYrXx_KJOqVYyksxC1RUyIBZLozeZ-DbwYc/s1600-h/629264lillitotem.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0blmDqm90cViRW70Bhnps9GiUqj2FORqB7R64XRHtXkTV2cCmCTmk01tKB9CFkzI_ILamS4DYAT4yTYiuEo_phl_oAhCX2OLCrkDA66JwaYrXx_KJOqVYyksxC1RUyIBZLozeZ-DbwYc/s400/629264lillitotem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227481104840556770" /></a><br />lillitotem<br /><br /> It is said that <a href="http://www.tylwythteg.com/dynionmwyn/lesson1/thirteen13.html">Lillith</a> was the twin sister of Adam and dwelt with him in the Garden at Paradise. Adam was king of Eden and Lillith wished to be co-ruler with him, but the Lord of Light permitted it not. Lillith was beautiful and wise. She wearied of her brother, Adam, who was less wise than she. Lillith refused to bear children from Adam. The Lord of Light was angered and turned Lillith out of Paradise. Samuel, an angel of the Lord of Light and a son of god, fell in love with Lillith. To Samuel, Lillith bore three half-god, half-human children, all called the nephilim. Their wisdom, power and beauty was so great that the children of Darkness were afraid of them and called them monstrous names to defile them. Lillith would not be defiled.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp9TE4TKJkZDxYwh9dn7SsnYqkaCapd8P4xWYPuDJt5p1TqnGNb8yuEfNQYE3BVdpvF26seNhFfRUspPiQRQyk094oo90jwhXYkUd6mOreQ7T81NmL9jmzGGAL7JTyxszxhTjOp91h5w/s1600-h/629264lillith.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp9TE4TKJkZDxYwh9dn7SsnYqkaCapd8P4xWYPuDJt5p1TqnGNb8yuEfNQYE3BVdpvF26seNhFfRUspPiQRQyk094oo90jwhXYkUd6mOreQ7T81NmL9jmzGGAL7JTyxszxhTjOp91h5w/s200/629264lillith.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227498058863466338" /></a><br />lillith<br /><br />From her beloved Samuel she learned the wisdom of the Lord of Light and became the first witch. She lived as a daughter of the night mother, calling the people to dance and be joyous by the light of the moon. Her symbol was the night owl, and those who followed her called her Arionrhod. The children of Darkness trembled and barred their doors at night seeking to protect themselves lest Lillith take them and teach them the ways of the wise ones, the witches of old. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2tbvzr00GnhRs8-fbF1TYJdZVrRTCmobXiqNGf7SPajI_27slVdR_2xZTzRk_Ud130DoxxmEjWiuir_MkZH7lCAN5_ywObAOQnamhnOMjIGbWDv37DxPLy5tOcce0IESS5CIfhh0DKo/s1600-h/629264-R1-074-35A_036sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2tbvzr00GnhRs8-fbF1TYJdZVrRTCmobXiqNGf7SPajI_27slVdR_2xZTzRk_Ud130DoxxmEjWiuir_MkZH7lCAN5_ywObAOQnamhnOMjIGbWDv37DxPLy5tOcce0IESS5CIfhh0DKo/s400/629264-R1-074-35A_036sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227482754133639522" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-1920560138917664752011-05-16T02:30:00.000-06:002011-05-22T19:46:13.306-06:00KAzmoDala<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/kazmodala.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/kazmodala.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvQr7y_1IC77O_saNzq4WLzLiykY4A-pBwKbT48WM2IAFz7HO0-z_jEjg61paiSLJ2NgAEyRuRmvJqEgqnStAUAXb6yif5jMSoyqsiD9DlVn7HxsseimuDehK_yE0s2EWartDfbA7Nbc/s1600-h/1466KAzmoDala.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvQr7y_1IC77O_saNzq4WLzLiykY4A-pBwKbT48WM2IAFz7HO0-z_jEjg61paiSLJ2NgAEyRuRmvJqEgqnStAUAXb6yif5jMSoyqsiD9DlVn7HxsseimuDehK_yE0s2EWartDfbA7Nbc/s200/1466KAzmoDala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227238390734819314" /></a><br /><br />KAzmoDala<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZyWdIgyI0dRmLqi3tcam7Wj16CtAD9te8A6OZfSTs4_deMr7v9RVlOaG8meNzX8sgcpCaH_YIalzNbEU09VRt85ziJiL5ljH1axMbjkLjFp9R2aYdpF9p4coZmfHywHXnviOy_Bi8sA/s1600-h/kasign.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZyWdIgyI0dRmLqi3tcam7Wj16CtAD9te8A6OZfSTs4_deMr7v9RVlOaG8meNzX8sgcpCaH_YIalzNbEU09VRt85ziJiL5ljH1axMbjkLjFp9R2aYdpF9p4coZmfHywHXnviOy_Bi8sA/s400/kasign.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227239389897066898" /></a><br /><br />Ka~(ka)~In art the <a href="http://www.egyptianmyths.net/ka.htm">ka</a> was portrayed in several ways: a person identical to the person whom it was associated with, as a shadowy figure, as a person with two upraised arms on his head. The hieroglyph for the ka was the shoulders and arms with the arms bent upwards at the elbow, similar to the "touchdown" gesture in American football. The ka is a symbol of the reception of the life powers from the gods. It is the spiritual double that resides within everyone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikt1aeaml4jdvvsbguE9iHaBnQN_FaCHJxY9MXLq9uQFS8cTNjShw6wrVfqWQJWG4Skr5yO6a60rt-9pMdZys2oi9pmhIEFJIDNdXq1IpSnpgP6fACuAXqnhrz8QN5-qGLsVRb5cRW6zA/s1600-h/1466KAzmoDala2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikt1aeaml4jdvvsbguE9iHaBnQN_FaCHJxY9MXLq9uQFS8cTNjShw6wrVfqWQJWG4Skr5yO6a60rt-9pMdZys2oi9pmhIEFJIDNdXq1IpSnpgP6fACuAXqnhrz8QN5-qGLsVRb5cRW6zA/s200/1466KAzmoDala2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227240908167194098" /></a><br /><br />KAzmoDala2<br /><br />The ka lived within the body of the individual and therefore needed that body after death. This is why the Egyptians mummified their dead. If the body decomposed, their spiritual double would die and the deceased would lose their chance for eternal life. An Egyptian euphemism for death was "going to one's ka". After death the ka became supreme.<br />When the ka acted, all was well, both spiritually and materially. Sin was called "an abomination of the ka". The ka could also be seen as the conscience or guide of each individual, urging kindness, quietude, honor and compassion. The ka is the origin and giver of all the Egyptians saw as desirable, especially eternal life. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrb_N3ovkDIkd7idjZJbggMnJHiAZeTKRFr3k6-UPT8Xm6ia_mNNjhmpSHEbSgT8LLpWD-CgUdrL6uCX7yy6uF_o5Gzziz-0sljhIfFdz5JoWRhVVrbLOBF30w2f51pZqgWPhTk9DZ_g/s1600-h/1466-R1-00-0Asm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrb_N3ovkDIkd7idjZJbggMnJHiAZeTKRFr3k6-UPT8Xm6ia_mNNjhmpSHEbSgT8LLpWD-CgUdrL6uCX7yy6uF_o5Gzziz-0sljhIfFdz5JoWRhVVrbLOBF30w2f51pZqgWPhTk9DZ_g/s400/1466-R1-00-0Asm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227242336583123474" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-8005892686409669652011-05-15T16:13:00.000-06:002011-05-29T01:25:13.371-06:00InSpiRAtion<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/inspiration.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2007/10/inspiration.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2GZHcG5H1SHyZ7dLEbrfnSOobe9PyYttnN3YGA0XmUugczGXQIzUKRy2bk9u1UV53-V3JyCXWKI8_Uly-dre4f2WevzgMcWGJ66FOyq5_zabQ1WsMPKJxET02FrMAZFgHYy8erKOZAY/s1600-h/InSpiRAtion1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2GZHcG5H1SHyZ7dLEbrfnSOobe9PyYttnN3YGA0XmUugczGXQIzUKRy2bk9u1UV53-V3JyCXWKI8_Uly-dre4f2WevzgMcWGJ66FOyq5_zabQ1WsMPKJxET02FrMAZFgHYy8erKOZAY/s200/InSpiRAtion1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227430603277855234" /></a><br />InSpiRAtion1<br /><br />I love the b & w stuff you are doing! and reminding people of patterns patterns patterns... michelle<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QQSWNyKn_-o__bwFrEbRoOBqQPWzklOkbBeTCQLckh6SJ7J0QWk3nI1Xo_7-3eF4LA0L9Oiw54jKkWysgM5iWipEKulJfFeJw0AA3DxO2-SqaYXIkSP7UW6CfOSkImj0JWvP_RDpkU/s1600-h/InSpiRAtion2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QQSWNyKn_-o__bwFrEbRoOBqQPWzklOkbBeTCQLckh6SJ7J0QWk3nI1Xo_7-3eF4LA0L9Oiw54jKkWysgM5iWipEKulJfFeJw0AA3DxO2-SqaYXIkSP7UW6CfOSkImj0JWvP_RDpkU/s200/InSpiRAtion2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227431194942683490" /></a><br />InSpiRAtion2<br /><br />Michelle took the background photae of the ceiling at York Minster.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD6rIccfGUCZiY5at6DrePq-PlCIb8i-0jvsi4OqDDP0Mvg9TKrIZsxy_PNqLJfxs2D0FpwnI35U9ffzk_cGggIlJpXZIs_IwrZ2x3Ce33b5P-eRKPkeF4onweqqX2V8vMoN_uXzrTvI/s1600-h/InSpiRAtion3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdD6rIccfGUCZiY5at6DrePq-PlCIb8i-0jvsi4OqDDP0Mvg9TKrIZsxy_PNqLJfxs2D0FpwnI35U9ffzk_cGggIlJpXZIs_IwrZ2x3Ce33b5P-eRKPkeF4onweqqX2V8vMoN_uXzrTvI/s200/InSpiRAtion3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227431835544446770" /></a><br />InSpiRAtion3<br /><br />When that light of the divine Oneness hits the reflecting mirror of our true human Oneness, the pattern revealed is not of this world alone.~Cynthia Bourgeault<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP2UQanFU0k3b_k-1A9d9wf54VDEjy3RYSSATIXSkNhuQSTrsacr9IKqa0YH7TPufBBYTiTf8NuOFUXZwqdhVVQ0J4ESMiOjXmP_y6jC4mPQk-OZJobpzbCxlrvRW1ZhS-qv7MDLyNpo/s1600-h/InSpiRAtion4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP2UQanFU0k3b_k-1A9d9wf54VDEjy3RYSSATIXSkNhuQSTrsacr9IKqa0YH7TPufBBYTiTf8NuOFUXZwqdhVVQ0J4ESMiOjXmP_y6jC4mPQk-OZJobpzbCxlrvRW1ZhS-qv7MDLyNpo/s200/InSpiRAtion4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227432403181672482" /></a><br />InSpiRAtion4<br /><br />The One light, like a pure diamond blazing with the invisible light of heaven...is in everybody, and if we could see it, we would see the billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of the sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely.~Thomas Merton<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-wwWghKVCKRFhD1DiDO2k60KZl7vEEVjFFScWd3ZZO3ZgCZ4k18XWaKAI0PjMXPx-y7vsSvz1pR_lLBSP59aXgfcp4jKPOTRmpKoH5cgYjLW_6Zuq3Sz-gBLUObRUZu5nK6yRKlaPXY/s1600-h/629264-R1-036-16A_017sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-wwWghKVCKRFhD1DiDO2k60KZl7vEEVjFFScWd3ZZO3ZgCZ4k18XWaKAI0PjMXPx-y7vsSvz1pR_lLBSP59aXgfcp4jKPOTRmpKoH5cgYjLW_6Zuq3Sz-gBLUObRUZu5nK6yRKlaPXY/s400/629264-R1-036-16A_017sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227433864505834770" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-64584717176046693642011-05-13T18:59:00.004-06:002011-05-22T20:16:49.625-06:00ErinTrilogy<a href="http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/erintrinity.html">http://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/erintrinity.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQf52vGnX6o-y12i8IIjhcnIKWe96KwpJqyLo9hJhhbG1ydnMFvPxEwelqzLkqhc0EHJd4cV50bRL6p45qLw9vyg58UMlt4mNyfrA8VJimdrV1vvpntoi9M1sSMh3Ral2m7haHm7nZjQ/s1600-h/ErinTrinity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQf52vGnX6o-y12i8IIjhcnIKWe96KwpJqyLo9hJhhbG1ydnMFvPxEwelqzLkqhc0EHJd4cV50bRL6p45qLw9vyg58UMlt4mNyfrA8VJimdrV1vvpntoi9M1sSMh3Ral2m7haHm7nZjQ/s400/ErinTrinity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227794055256371266" /></a><br />ErinTrinity<br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity">Trinity</a> as a Christian doctrine, states that God exists as three persons, or in the Greek hypostases (that which stands beneath), but is one being. The persons are understood to exist as God the Father, the God the Son (incarnate as Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Sunday">Trinity Sunday</a> is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGbssD3Lx6KdDxEsK2HcF9l5zsLW3Gt2IlyafbKP__t8OOJf1KQJhR8ctKcw0xG4toUkj6lYQPrV_UxNO1ANdtg3yVmVAqJRWWcTv-UWTLQICOYs6VRoPD_nYAilowMpSbx-uj7ZQW9c/s1600-h/dogroseH000033sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGbssD3Lx6KdDxEsK2HcF9l5zsLW3Gt2IlyafbKP__t8OOJf1KQJhR8ctKcw0xG4toUkj6lYQPrV_UxNO1ANdtg3yVmVAqJRWWcTv-UWTLQICOYs6VRoPD_nYAilowMpSbx-uj7ZQW9c/s400/dogroseH000033sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227223682426354066" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8G_UZBznIqcc6bZHJ9jveKfRmUV0kYxY1GSPCqazc1YPi8zwgE1juLsRMNVTRWjg9DpWti-g_XuZdeQnFBdY5yC5Eqz74xw7vN4haSdDg0s2UBO2kc_zXFW9mB4xuZ0F53pTvY3esTY/s1600-h/YinYangTrinity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8G_UZBznIqcc6bZHJ9jveKfRmUV0kYxY1GSPCqazc1YPi8zwgE1juLsRMNVTRWjg9DpWti-g_XuZdeQnFBdY5yC5Eqz74xw7vN4haSdDg0s2UBO2kc_zXFW9mB4xuZ0F53pTvY3esTY/s400/YinYangTrinity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227794189157794018" /></a><br />YinYangTrinity<br /><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti">Trimurti</a> (English: ‘three forms’; Sanskrit: trimūrti) is a concept in Hinduism "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahmā the creator, Viṣṇu the maintainer or preserver, and Śiva the destroyer or transformer." These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad" or the "Great Trinity". They are often looked at as the creator, preserver and destroyer respectively. <br /><br />According to the Ayyavazhi religion the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayyavazhi_Trinity">Ayyavazhi Trinity</a> is the incarnation of God in the current stage of world development (Kali Yukam). Ayya Vaikundar, the Incarnation, is the combination of the Ultimate God, Narayana and Human Being.<br />The avatar (incarnation) of Vaikundar is the combination of three dimensions of God and it happens in three stages.<br /><br /> * The Soul - The Soul of Ultimate God<br /> * The Spirit - The Spirit (Karana Sarira) of Narayana<br /> * The Body - The Body of Muthukutty (Human Being)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKywuxON2kkNP2a0ClNqAk99Mq6ZraS7dhusfJcsN-it2MxjJT0Y932oOw8RoeS6eIbFOYLIzu808XvSbb4cB57uaxyeLN6Pm0oBHvnbpo6TKRBaPyPClGxicuFPgfcQHThnZ2HR2xINo/s1600-h/dogroseH000034sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKywuxON2kkNP2a0ClNqAk99Mq6ZraS7dhusfJcsN-it2MxjJT0Y932oOw8RoeS6eIbFOYLIzu808XvSbb4cB57uaxyeLN6Pm0oBHvnbpo6TKRBaPyPClGxicuFPgfcQHThnZ2HR2xINo/s400/dogroseH000034sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227224238383769026" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoO0yh0CXaF4k_G8AfI2ByPrI76etlLfClS_nCdiat0HUNI5TzbP_-cAoXbZ60AlZbYtXrwz2xIRBLX0zJSAXzlhLoLdsFRcNnwePAKkreM1g8a3eQvvkqp52uymvNaoW-KFXH7QAVKE/s1600-h/TrinityWeb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoO0yh0CXaF4k_G8AfI2ByPrI76etlLfClS_nCdiat0HUNI5TzbP_-cAoXbZ60AlZbYtXrwz2xIRBLX0zJSAXzlhLoLdsFRcNnwePAKkreM1g8a3eQvvkqp52uymvNaoW-KFXH7QAVKE/s400/TrinityWeb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227794358553653954" /></a><br />TrinityWeb<br /><br />In ancient Indo-European mythologies, various goddesses or demi-goddesses appear as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Goddess">triad</a>, either as three separate beings who always appear as a group (the Greek Moirae, Charites, Erinnyes and the Norse Norns) or as a single deity who is commonly depicted in three aspects (Greek Hecate and the cult image of Latin Diana Nemorensis, of whom Hecate is one part). Often it is ambiguous whether a single being or three are represented, as is the case with the Irish Brighid and her two sisters, also called Brighid, or the Morrígan who is known by at least three or four different names. In most ancient portrayals of triple goddesses, the separate deities perform different yet related functions, and there is no obvious difference in their ages. In Wicca and related Neo-pagan religions, the Triple Goddess is, along with the Horned God, held in particular reverence, and her three aspects are most often portrayed as being of different ages: Maiden, Mother and Crone. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtr58dTZgfbow0VNxTGk4VCPH1mXWAIBskpPP5ejEFNraxxzJqVfsO248CRhsDQJIbFKEGXBImC7cZ_O5DPFK-hm9_hRlCd3gA1NDJvLvHGJOTC_imX0IPvBF2OYFkI02X9VQV_ny2NE/s1600-h/dogrosewebFH000032sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtr58dTZgfbow0VNxTGk4VCPH1mXWAIBskpPP5ejEFNraxxzJqVfsO248CRhsDQJIbFKEGXBImC7cZ_O5DPFK-hm9_hRlCd3gA1NDJvLvHGJOTC_imX0IPvBF2OYFkI02X9VQV_ny2NE/s400/dogrosewebFH000032sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227224643347382898" /></a>ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858810699544619235.post-52205856833709200802011-05-12T23:59:00.000-06:002011-05-21T22:32:07.873-06:00ZENniaDalahttp://lightdances.blogspot.com/2008/07/zenniadala.html<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8dGkdx2TjKx905JiL5Z1CpQXCCfwg2mfSaw142DINf4MSBzLJ8keTjw_wbTxrrof4-P0tsVvfCEfHeUkm8_eslKYZHwepSycxzTgW2ifbStcna0Xm0rRRBrzmAPXvQj5EpYeuE2qVbc/s1600-h/629871ZENniagrey.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8dGkdx2TjKx905JiL5Z1CpQXCCfwg2mfSaw142DINf4MSBzLJ8keTjw_wbTxrrof4-P0tsVvfCEfHeUkm8_eslKYZHwepSycxzTgW2ifbStcna0Xm0rRRBrzmAPXvQj5EpYeuE2qVbc/s200/629871ZENniagrey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228312773308049666" /></a><br />ZENniagrey<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/world-religions/buddhism/zen/philosophy.asp">The 360º mind</a> does not have any preconceived notions—not even the preconceived notion that there should not be any preconceived notions. The 360º mind is open, flexible and uncontrived. It is without blocks and always change-ready. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95Vok4tsHiC7iUBNifZagouggRCsCo9gvA-yZzq0K_8EdDbH7esRixkaShquX0NQk7GE7FzsE7UcMRU_rq6Cz8np5VLmVNJ0RdWItUDX6ZL-wv-TS9CeXXVDzIA2fA-J9GaRPpo4r4vE/s1600-h/629871ZENniaDala.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95Vok4tsHiC7iUBNifZagouggRCsCo9gvA-yZzq0K_8EdDbH7esRixkaShquX0NQk7GE7FzsE7UcMRU_rq6Cz8np5VLmVNJ0RdWItUDX6ZL-wv-TS9CeXXVDzIA2fA-J9GaRPpo4r4vE/s200/629871ZENniaDala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228315797736554114" /></a><br />ZENniaDala<br /><br />Certain things in the world appeal to you. Certain other things don't. You have your considered opinions about different issues. You may believe there is a benign power somewhere that cares for you. You may believe it's a chaotic world without any rhyme or reason.<br />How you perceive the world not only tells about the world, but it is also a reflection of how your mind works. Seeing your own mind in how the world appears to you is to come full circle.ShaRihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954885150934211705noreply@blogger.com0