Cherokee family prepared this AI meme for my birthday Pretty much spot on for my new personas 🙏💙 Be well

#pickledpeppers

#sautee #peppers fresh from the garden three different peppers 🙏💙

Some like it hot 🔥 #peppers Rebel Cherokee Chili cookoff Summer heat makes the best remedy & cool off in the pools Be well 🙏💙

Wishing health, happiness, and peace for someone who hurt you. Not because they've earned it, but because you choose freedom over resentment. You're not doing this for them. You're doing it to release the grip on your own heart. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

You can radiate love with each step, yes. But don't float away into some blissful bubble. The practice is to stay here, aware of what's around you. Balance means holding the inner feeling while remaining present to the outer world.

Dai Dang temple. No zoom session today. Catch us next week. Be well

When your heart is open, some people will see that as weakness. They'll try to pull you into their chaos. This is why you guard your senses. Not by closing down, but by staying rooted in your inner sanctuary. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU #boundaries

When someone offers you anger or cruelty, you have a choice. You don't have to accept that gift. Let it belong to them. You're not being cold, you're simply refusing to take on what isn't yours. Say no thank you, that's yours. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

True happiness isn't about performing joy or pretending everything's fine. It's a deeper contentment that exists without attachment. Yes, you'll love and appreciate, but holding loosely is what sets you free. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU #nonattachment

You're not going to find it and then lose it when you leave your meditation space. Love, compassion, peace are everywhere, woven into the fabric of existence. It's about recognizing what's already present, never separate from you.

Happy #Caturday Cuties Be well, happy & purrsful 🙏💙

You don't have to hunt down peace or desperately try to stay in compassion. Back off the attachment just a little. When you stop grasping, you realize it was never separate from you. Your awakening is already unfolding. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

You made it to this moment. You're here, breathing, trying, showing up. That is success. Stop the story that you're behind or broken. Practice sympathetic joy for your own journey. This moment right here is worth honoring. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

Not sure where all this got us but I do remember this scholarship when I graduated Nordhoff '82 & three days later standing on some yellow footprints with a shaved head & uniform, same shaved head different uniform same footprints following path to new beat, old band new Sangha Be well 🙏💙 #finearts

May we have good health, happiness & peace In honor of Flag Day & Kirk Be well

Even beautiful states can become traps when we cling to them. Back off just a little. Let it be natural, let it flow without force. The practice deepens when you stop trying so hard to hold onto it. It's already here. #lettinggo

Compassion grows naturally when you truly see suffering and let yourself feel it. How deep can your compassion go? As deep as you're willing to stay present with pain. Start by simply recognizing suffering wherever you see it. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

All the teachings, all the practices. They're not separate achievements to collect or boxes to check off. It's one movement, one path taking you deeper into your own awakening. Trust that each moment is leading you inward. #spiritualpath

Fear shows you where you've forgotten your connection. When you're trembling, anxious, it's because you've separated yourself from the web of life. Practice relating with kindness to everything that shares this space with you. ▶️ Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

Compassion in practice means all beings. Not just the ones who are easy to love, not just humans, not just those nearby. This is how vast your heart can be when you stop drawing lines around who deserves your compassion. #compassion

We're all suffering, and we're all succeeding. You witness the pain and celebrate the wins, knowing you're part of this shared human experience. Your heart can hold all of it when you stop drawing boundaries around who matters. ▶️Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

How deep can compassion go? When you witness suffering, can you really feel it, let it touch you, stay present with it? This depth connects you to all beings. It's uncomfortable sometimes. But this is where transformation happens.

Loving kindness can feel radiant, bright, energetic. That's wonderful. But notice what's beneath. There's a deeper peace, richer and quieter, that holds everything. Don't get so lost in the bliss that you miss the depth. ▶️Full teaching: https://youtu.be/ONU1FPQ7qrU

Yes, these qualities are limitless. But you still have a body, a life that needs tending. The practice isn't about floating away. It's about being here, fully present, with love and compassion as your ground. #spiritualbalance

Painted by Nyla Mae Negaard, one of my mother's experimental mixed media as she mostly used watercolors, found in uncle's cottage. Will start file of her paintings to share. #painting #mixedmedia #birds #mothersart

@6cats4adomino.bsky.social Firing up the Nespresso for an ice mocha🙏 how's it brewing where you are? BE well 💙

Well a blur of not enough beans. Uncle was up at 2am with an ‘accident’ which required stripping the bed, mopping the floor, washing all the bedding & clothing, letting the dog out, but finally got a espresso roast & did my zoom class at 2pm after temple. Be well 🙏🏽💙 peace beans 🫘

Opted for convenience this morning again Be well & happy 🙏💙

I see your donut 🍩 and raise you a BJs strawberry shortcake pizookie at least there is fruit 🍓 where the donuts from?