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We are Meant to Shine:)

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

― Marianne Williamson,
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

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Shinobeu-Sensei’s Vegan and Macrobiotic influenced Japanese Bento …
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& Vegan, no sugar pudding:) Good food sourced with peaceful means gives you positive energy.
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Message about all living creatures …
IMG_8230_smallIt’s a Buddhist garden with St. Francis!? Does it really matter? All good people; all saints:) More the better.

It’s all good.

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Full Moon to howl to tonight?

Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.

– Allen Ginsberg

But, but … she’s no wolf; Mitsu is more a fox…in pursuit of serenity of moonlight reflected off a calm surface of a lake … allowing the waves and ripples to …settle.
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Health is the greatest gift,
Contentment the greatest wealth,
Faithfulness the best relationship.

– Buddha

foxdogSplitting image of Mitsu at a shine in Kamakura … Foxes in Japanese folklore holds a unique significance. They are often depicted to possess supernatural, special magical powers:)

Need that power to feel less discombobulated … it’s as though my body is not belonging to me – well, as Iyengar apparently said, “yes, it’s rented” – my lease plan is not working out. I thought it was a lease TO OWN option.

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“Way of Artist is Way of Buddha”

Shoko Kanazawa … she never grew up:) But nevertheless keeps evolving.
Guess she does not know that Michael Jackson has been long dead (apparently she can’t remember much – SO she totally lives IN THE MOMENT)
as at United Nations, New York, she says she loves Michael Jackson (& her mom) and her dream is to marry Michael !!!
My mother used to mutter something like, “ignorance is a bliss” but this is more like …

Living in the moment is a salvation.

Here’s an innocent pure child-like soul – She’s an artist, a messenger of HOPE:)