April 2012
133 posts
“In Native American mythologies, there is a reoccurring theme of strange warriors taking brides of the local tribe. Usually this bride discovers that her husband is actually an eagle, buffalo, feathered serpent, or some other creature with incredible powers. This marriage into the tribe by the shapeshifter celebrates the tribe’s totem animal and honors the pact between hunter and prey. The union of human and animal is at the heart of these myths. That the tribe could not see the stranger’s “otherness” is a testimony to how intergrated the stranger is with his beast nature. His beast nature is only discovered by a very intimate relationship with his bride. How she reacts to this revelation varies from tribe to tribe.”
—http://www.thorthebarbarian.com/sabertoothspride/id14.html
“In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate.”
—Rene Descartes (via philosophy-quotes)
I love you, tumblr.
You were one of the best things that happened to me those last months.
Vaisnava mantras to appease all the Navagraha (9 gods):
Sun: om namo bhagavate ramacandraya
Moon: om namo bhagavate vasudevaya
Mars: om namo bhagavate narasimhaya
Mercury: om namo bhagavate buddhadevaya
Jupiter: om namo bhagavate vamanadevaya
Venus: om namo bhagavate parasuramaya
Saturn: om namo bhagavate kurmadevaya
Rahu: om namo bhagavate varahadevaya
Ketu: om namo bhagavate matsyadevaya
If the problems are to do with Saturn, the cure is as follows:
1) Wear something black and give charity on Saturdays; also can feed animals, especially black ones. Eg. Feed the birds every Saturday, or if possible feed crows, black dog/ horse/ cows etc.
2) Chant more harinama, be especially strict about spiritual practices on Saturdays, fast if possible (even til noon is something)
3) Be humble. Saturn hates pride, and as well as teaching us the karmic lessons we have to learn, he also drags us back down to earth if we become puffed-up.
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh (via terramantra)
“Would you like to save the world from the degradation and destruction it seems destined for? Then step away from shallow mass movements and quietly go to work on your own self-awareness. If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” — Lao Tzu
“Ninguém é igual a ninguém. Todo o ser humano é um estranho ímpar.”
—Carlos Drummond de Andrade (via frevomulher)
“This Self is neither born nor dies, it neither grows nor decays, nor does it suffer any change. When a pot is broken the space inside it is not, and similarly, when the body dies, the Self in it remains eternal.”
—Sri Ramana Maharish.
