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Emm

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☁️ Museum nerd. Coffee lover. Tea sipper. Buttered toast enthusiast. Chopsticks = joy. Misophonia warrior. Introvert to strangers. 🔞 No 18+ crap 🚫 No Crypto/Investing.
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✨I post when the clouds part.

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Jack Preston King

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My #BookReview of Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life, by Eva Wong

#Taoism #Taoist #religion #philosophy #Booksky

Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life

Eva Wong’s Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life is fine for what it is – a modern-English paraphrasing/curation of ancient Chinese Taoist texts. But I must admit I was less than blown away…

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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM

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MUGOKU Creation

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🌿Xieyi Painting・The Rootless Tree:24 Chapters-Chapter 6-Centering Qi
The stabilizing energy that grounds the mind, restores balance, and quiets emotional turbulence.

🌿 details.

www.mugoku.com/en/024-006405/

#art #xieyipainting #daoism #taoism #meditation #interiorart #contemporaryart

A painting infused with the Qi of Feng Shui and ancient talismanic symbols.Xieyi・The Rootless Tree:24 Chapters-Chapter 6#405

The Tao Code —Each piece embodies the hidden codes within the Taoist philosophical poems The Rootless Tree, expressed in the form of Xieyi painting — a one-of-a-kind canvas artwork that unites symbol,...

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December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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Buddhism Now

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Buddhist practice: Everyday Buddhist: 'Crashed out Buddhas', by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-2LU.

Crashed out Buddhas, by Ajahn Sumedho

All sensory objects satisfy us temporarily, but then we have to find something else to be absorbed into — to read, think, go to sleep, get drunk, take dope, have sex. It goes on and on, without ref…

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December 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM

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Hey Japan!

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Hakodate, Hokkaido's third-largest city, was among Japan's first ports opened to international trade in 1859. Known for its sloping streets leading to the harbor, fresh seafood markets, and one of Japan's top three night views from Mt. Hakodate.

View down a tree-lined street in Hakodate leading to the harbor with mountains in the background.

December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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Greg 🤍 MidwestUSA

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Cattails in the winter wind in Minnesota 💦
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#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Winter
#Nature
#Minnesota

December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM

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Emm

@lonelyoneoverhere.bsky.social

"The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place."
— Ancient Zen Proverb

Color illustration of a snow globe with a green decorated tree inside and white snow falling around it. The base is gold with “HAPPY HOLIDAYS” in bold letters. Blue and purple background with snowflakes and winter foliage framing the scene.

December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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Positively Present

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Duality of the holiday season. ❤️

December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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Blue Wave

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The lighthouse is always watching.

December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM

Emm

@lonelyoneoverhere.bsky.social

"The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place."
— Ancient Zen Proverb

December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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Rick Steves

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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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