Remember to breathe . . .
A lovely Fall Monday is moving across Okieland . . .
Today is the 188th anniversary of Camille Saint-Saens' birth. The composer was born on this date in 1835 Paris.
And it's the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
This past week was a big one for Pope Francis.
Who is breathing for you? Who is breathing this breath? Don’t look away. . .This is the heart of all the cosmos: there are no boundaries to this one breath. The host is here. Who is the host? Can someone take this breath for you? This . . .the heart of all being is now here in this one breath. – Tangen Harada .
Joyce Vance’s column today notes that in the wake of the ongoing Israeli/Gaza conflict, past reliable reporting is increasingly problematic due to Musk's takeover of Twitter/X.
Byron Katie demonstrates we can break down the false stories we’ve held on to our entire lives and create a new internal perspective with "The Work" – the power to change our lives from the inside out.
And, David Whyte has posted a rare video: Refuge. It's short and worth the viewing.
The frost is on the mailbox . . .
It's the Satyr's day . . . a cold morning in TulseyTown.
Today is the last Big 12 OU/Texas football confrontation before both teams join the SEC.
Other items in this morning's mailbox . . .
The Afghanistan War offically began on this date in 2001.
It's the 71st birthday of Vladimir Putin. Born on this date in 1952 Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. now St. Petersburg.
Today is the 174th anniversary of James Whitcomb Riley's birth. “The Hoosier Poet”was born in 1849 Greenfield, Indiana. He was the most popular poet in the U.S. at the beginnng of the 20th Century.
When the frost is on the punkin'
They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin’ to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
– James Whitcomb Riley
We are warped by time . . .
It's Freya's day . . . and our first real taste of Fall in Okieland . . .
Several items appeared in the mailbox this morning, following up on yesterday's insight shared from Urgyn Rinpoche re: being aware of being aware.
First up, a recent TED talk by Dr. Robin Buckley underscored one of the major fears of conservative politicians: Female empowerment. Ergo, this talk is about sex.
Speaking of women: Narges Mohammadi has received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. She was honored for her fight against the oppression of women by Iran’s government. She is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran.
As exemplified by their recent behavior, President Biden and Donald Trump are two very different types of leaders and teachers from different times: Trump a Neanderthal, Biden a 21st Century visionary. – Chauncy Devaga
And this from Sophie:
Time is a thickness. It is not immaterial…making future climates possible. And it accumulates unevenly. – Sophie Strand
Time Warp
“...women are always trapped in the wrong time.” – Alena Smith
Built from and reflected in the symbols
Yang has used to shape it,
those symbols necessarily past tense,
Yin creatures born into such a world
find themselves at a loss for words
save for our sisters brave enough
to pick up a pen and as Ms. Smith
has noted, undertake the stowing away
of the infinite in the small.