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Music: Come to the sunshine, with Joni

Posted on January 7, 2014by mktdaf

One of our favourite poets, singers, and life-livers – Joni, in a video from 1967 or so…. Now comes the morning Wet with the kiss of midnight Shadows stayed sulking in the way Sunshine for dreaming Blackest magic to believe in Spectrums and rainbows and days I never saw a sky so free Never so…

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Thought for the day…


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This very moment is everything. We don’t have to jump back and forth comparing our own little wretchedness—how tiny we are, how little we are, how dirty we are—with how great they are, how fantastic, expansive, overwhelming, glorious and mighty they are. If we try to put those two poles together, our wretchedness and their glory, we get spiritual indigestion forever.

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-- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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brother ian in actionOver the centuries, Brother Ian has been collecting stories & information & discourses for the purpose of elevating the human condition as needed, dissecting it when necessary, and building the case for hope.

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