“Misty rain on Mount Lu,
and waves surging in Che-chiang.
When you have not yet been there,
many a regret surely you have;
but once there and heading homeward,
how matter-of-fact everything looks!
Misty rain on Mount Lu,
and waves surging in Che-chiang.”
—- Su Tung-P’o
Finally I have arrived in this Mecca of adventure.
Overwhelming wonder ; I really exited the placenta!
Watching in awe; This world flying by me.
This is really it…
Im Shy…
Two Worlds Just Collided.
-Nina
To manifest any given emotional state, we develop a pattern:
We focus our attention on a specific feeling (pleasant or unpleasant) and magnify it.
We generate a supporting discursive thought process and identify with it.
We assume a compatible breath pattern and physical posture.
If you want to change your emotional state, change your focus, your self-talk, your breath, and your posture.
Why does this butterfly always show up when I sketch?
Cute little thing. Distracting me. My page will be a mess!
Just must be happy; Finally out of the cocoon…
Cute little butterfly…. Always shows up around Noon
-Nina
In a collaboration for the ages, ‘powwow step’ collective A Tribe Called Red combines indigenous singing and EDM with poetry by AFROPUNK alum Saul Williams for an unbelievable call to action for #NoDAPL
I’m not special.
From you or them or anyone on earth
Nothing makes me better nor worse
But I feel like an alien in a sense…
Unable to bind to any of these earthly elements
Always wondering where to go from here
This doesn’t quite fit…
When years pass like seconds
Lifes essence is silently intrepid
Odd this “time” on earth…
It’s troublesome…
So; My mind is elsewhere
Is anyone else here?
In this utterly blinding heartfelt darkness
Or is this just simply…
Nonsensely farfetched
That I feel no different than any being
But I’m an entirely different entity
Blessed serenity?
Alien displaced mentally!
Relentlessly pretending these human “customs”
Are acceptable to … anything….
-Nina
A Buddhist monk who studied and meditated on the teachings of Buddha for over a decade wanted to speak with an enlightened one who dwelled alone in a small temple high in the mountains. He prepared…
Source: Tea . A Zen Story; rewritten by Nina Yin / Goodnightnina.
Some well-intentioned persons believe that rage and outrage are necessary for beneficial activism.
However, all variations of anger, while making us feel “sharp”, actually dull the mind and make us ineffective. Anger narrows our focus, and makes us blind to context. Anger exhausts and demoralizes. Anger destroys. Anger saps power.
Peace and radical compassion are the essential components of effective activism.
Source: Rage and Outrage
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