Dance The Goddess Portland

11/10/2023

Felted Acorns make me so happy!
Fall reminds me to gestate a little magic before the onset of winter.

10/28/2023

Halloween hair accessory for a goddess👻

09/30/2023

Lion’s Roar’s free online summit beginning October 12, Death, Love, and Wisdom, explores these teachings through the lens of esteemed Buddhist teachers, chaplains, educators, and pioneers in Buddhist-informed end-of-life care.

Buddhism, when we are immersed in its ancient teachings and practices on being with death and dying, positions us to be beneficiaries of the legacies of teachers throughout the centuries and in various lands, including contemporary forms in the West, and as such puts us in the streams of being held in the wise and compassionate embrace of a council of great-grandparents. No matter how old you are now, can you accept your inescapable vulnerability, like a small grandchild dealing with a painful mysterious loss, and allow yourself to soften into and be held in wisdom’s embrace?

Siddhartha Gautama, before he became known as the Buddha, was said to have experienced the reality of illness and death long after his contemporaries had already faced these facts many times. As such, Siddhartha, like many of us, was a late bloomer. He had been protected from knowing about humanity’s existential threats. This part of the Buddha’s story is so relatable and explains why Buddhism is the progenitor of many of the world’s leading experts on the compassionate and wise care of dying people.

In this Weekend Reader, we offer you a few teachings from a contemporary council of Buddhist elders featured in Death, Love, and Wisdom who, through their decades of life, teaching, and leadership, are living members of the council of grandparent compassion and wisdom. You’re never too old, or young, to benefit from their teachings and if you think now is not the right time to confront your true impermanent nature, I’ll end here by recalling the "Evening Chant," with which Zen practitioners end their day of temple practice:
Let me respectfully remind you,
life and death are of supreme importance.
Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.
Each of us should strive to awaken.
—Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Associate Editor, Lion’s Roar

09/24/2023

https://youtu.be/3dppG0JwPag?si=JEVoI7aDQVCaKKb_
Interest!

Food has the power to prevent and reverse disease, and the more we know about it, the more power we have to curate a targeted diet to help us reach our healt...

08/29/2023

Shifting
As you are shifting, you will begin to realize that you are not the same person you used to be.
The things you used to tolerate have become intolerable.
When you once remained quiet, you are now speaking your truth.
Where you once battled and argued, you are now choosing to remain silent.
You are beginning to understand the value of your voice and there are some situations that no longer deserve your time, energy, and focus.

05/09/2023

🔵 It's official. Signed at 10:33. It's even passed on TV. Facebook will start charging this summer. If you copy this to your wall, your icon will turn blue and your Facebook will be free for you. Please pass this message; if not, your icon will be deleted.

P.S.:
Mine really turned blue. Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook (aka...new name, META) rule where they can use your photos. Don't forget the deadline is today!!! I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The violation of privacy can be punished by law. NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this.

If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile and status updates.

DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.

Here is how you do that:
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy.” Then go to your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste.
This will bypass the system.

12/08/2022

Sweet music for a December day in Puglia Italy

https://youtu.be/-al77IYpmsg

10/17/2022

Clever spider suspends a flower amidst its web. The dance of nature - inescapable reality of requiring sustenance.

10/16/2022

Beautiful Balinese offering goddess in Puglia Italy. A visit to Orto Giardino Dei Tempi is a tranquil adventure. Have a beautiful day🕉

04/27/2021