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Genesis · 03-20-2016, 01:00 AM

"The shaman knows that the soul's urge toward beauty is not about perfect symmetry and mainstream approval.
It is not about opening doors in business, or snagging the right mate, or fitting in at the A-list parties.
The shaman knows that beauty is about opening doors to joy, snagging the moment, and fitting into your own life.
She knows beauty is not something to buy.
It is a path, a way of living and being in the world.
The only path and the only way, if you want to keep dancing and singing."

- Robin Rice

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 01:02 AM

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 01:07 AM

"I am not afraid to tell you, 'I love you.'
Your mind will say, 'How can you love me when you don't even know me?'
I don't need to know you. I don't need to justify my love.
I love you because this is my pleasure.
Love coming out of me makes me happy, and it's not important if you reject me because I do not reject myself."

- Don Miguel Ruiz, The Voice of Knowledge

Orema · 03-20-2016, 07:53 AM

The Obama era didn’t herald a post-racial America as much as it did a racialized one, where millions of whites were hyperaware of and newly anxious about their racial status....

This isn’t the first time in our history that whites have worried about losing their pre-eminent status. In the early 20th century, massive Southern and Eastern European immigration, as well as Chinese immigration in the American West, fueled nativism and white racism, and helped lead to the resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan. The revived Klan organized millions of white Americans in a movement against immigrants, blacks, and religious minorities like Catholics. This, along with a broader nativist movement, had an enormous impact on American politics—entire states, like Indiana, were controlled by Klan-backed politicians while national lawmakers passed harsh, restrictive immigration laws. Our current burst of nativism and racial anxiety is proving to be a similarly potent force. —Jamelle Bouie

From How Trump Happened at Slate.com

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 10:43 AM

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 10:48 AM

Know then that the body is merely a garment.
Go seek the wearer, not the cloak...

~ Rumi

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 10:49 AM

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Genesis · 03-20-2016, 02:27 PM

To love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,and you say,
yes, I will take you I will love you, again...

-Ellen Bass

Genesis · 03-20-2016, 10:57 PM

Jesse · 03-21-2016, 01:18 AM

A weed is a plant whose virtue is not yet known. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

Kobi · 03-21-2016, 05:24 AM

Orema · 03-21-2016, 07:42 AM

Genesis · 03-21-2016, 10:58 AM

Genesis · 03-21-2016, 10:58 AM

Genesis · 03-21-2016, 10:59 AM

03-20-2016, 01:07 AM	#18643
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,594 Thanked 14,633 Times in 6,270 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Love... "I am not afraid to tell you, 'I love you.' Your mind will say, 'How can you love me when you don't even know me?' I don't need to know you. I don't need to justify my love. I love you because this is my pleasure. Love coming out of me makes me happy, and it's not important if you reject me because I do not reject myself." - Don Miguel Ruiz, The Voice of Knowledge

03-20-2016, 10:48 AM	#18646
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,594 Thanked 14,633 Times in 6,270 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Seek... Know then that the body is merely a garment. Go seek the wearer, not the cloak... ~ Rumi

03-20-2016, 11:11 AM	#18651
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03-20-2016, 02:27 PM	#18653
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,594 Thanked 14,633 Times in 6,270 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	The Thing is... To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes,and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again... -Ellen Bass

03-21-2016, 01:18 AM	#18655
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,793 Times in 3,939 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	A weed is a plant whose virtue is not yet known. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

03-20-2016, 01:00 AM	#18641
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,594 Thanked 14,633 Times in 6,270 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	"The shaman knows that the soul's urge toward beauty is not about perfect symmetry and mainstream approval. It is not about opening doors in business, or snagging the right mate, or fitting in at the A-list parties. The shaman knows that beauty is about opening doors to joy, snagging the moment, and fitting into your own life. She knows beauty is not something to buy. It is a path, a way of living and being in the world. The only path and the only way, if you want to keep dancing and singing." - Robin Rice

03-20-2016, 01:02 AM	#18642
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,594 Thanked 14,633 Times in 6,270 Posts Rep Power: 21474856

03-20-2016, 07:53 AM	#18644
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03-20-2016, 10:43 AM	#18645
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