#stillness — Public Fediverse posts

Two Windows

A Tanka Sequence

I

In the still morning
you open the window wide
beside the table.
A cool breeze stirs the orchid,
cooling my cup of coffee.

II

Across from your light,
I open the other pane.
The air grows stronger.
Leaves whisper into the room
like all the things left unsaid.

III

Below the hillside,
a woodpecker drums the trees,
red crest among leaves.
A car passes on the road,
then fades into the morning.

IV

The wind kisses me.
I think of you and of us:
two windows open,
facing different landscapes,
yet filled with a single breeze.

Curious about Quakers? This Sunday, you can find out more in Stockholm, Lund, and Oslo.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Stockholm
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Vännernas Samfund, Kristinehovsgatan 6, 117 29 Stockholm

🕊️ Lund
🕰️ 2:00pm–3:00pm
📍 Liberiet, Kungsgatan 5, 223 50 Lund

🕊️ Oslo
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Bernhard Getz' gate 3, 0165 Oslo

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Nordics #FriendsOnTheFediverse

Curious about Quakers? This Sunday, you can find out more in Stockholm, Lund, and Oslo.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Stockholm
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Vännernas Samfund, Kristinehovsgatan 6, 117 29 Stockholm

🕊️ Lund
🕰️ 2:00pm–3:00pm
📍 Liberiet, Kungsgatan 5, 223 50 Lund

🕊️ Oslo
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Bernhard Getz' gate 3, 0165 Oslo

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Nordics #FriendsOnTheFediverse

Curious about Quakers? This Sunday, you can find out more in Stockholm, Lund, and Oslo.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Stockholm
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Vännernas Samfund, Kristinehovsgatan 6, 117 29 Stockholm

🕊️ Lund
🕰️ 2:00pm–3:00pm
📍 Liberiet, Kungsgatan 5, 223 50 Lund

🕊️ Oslo
🕰️ 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Bernhard Getz' gate 3, 0165 Oslo

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Nordics #FriendsOnTheFediverse

'Transparenz' #FotoVorschlag

#NikonZ6 #NikonZ #NIKON Z 6 | 70 mm | f/10 | 1/30 | ISO 500 | 18.04.2020

#hess_photography #Photography #Fotografie #Landscapephotography #Landschaftsfotografie #water #glass #reflection #blackandwhite #nature #architecture #sailboat #stillness #contemplation #monochrome

"When you bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal... the same stillness rises within you"

- Eckhart Tolle

#nature #stillness #motivation #selflove #love #selfrespect #esteem #resilience #recovery #believeinyourself #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfassessment #selfconfidence #dream

Nature therapy, also called ecotherapy, is the practice of being in nature to boost growth and healing, especially mental health.

"When you bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal... the same stillness rises within you"

- Eckhart Tolle

#nature #stillness #motivation #selflove #love #selfrespect #esteem #resilience #recovery #believeinyourself #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfassessment #selfconfidence #dream

Nature therapy, also called ecotherapy, is the practice of being in nature to boost growth and healing, especially mental health.

"When you bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal... the same stillness rises within you"

- Eckhart Tolle

#nature #stillness #motivation #selflove #love #selfrespect #esteem #resilience #recovery #believeinyourself #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfassessment #selfconfidence #dream

Nature therapy, also called ecotherapy, is the practice of being in nature to boost growth and healing, especially mental health.

"When you bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal... the same stillness rises within you"

- Eckhart Tolle

#nature #stillness #motivation #selflove #love #selfrespect #esteem #resilience #recovery #believeinyourself #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfassessment #selfconfidence #dream

Nature therapy, also called ecotherapy, is the practice of being in nature to boost growth and healing, especially mental health.

"When you bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal... the same stillness rises within you"

- Eckhart Tolle

#nature #stillness #motivation #selflove #love #selfrespect #esteem #resilience #recovery #believeinyourself #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfassessment #selfconfidence #dream

Nature therapy, also called ecotherapy, is the practice of being in nature to boost growth and healing, especially mental health.

Curious about Quakers?

You’re warmly welcome to join a Meeting for Worship in Oslo this Sunday.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Oslo
🕰️ Sunday, 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Bernhard Getz' gate 3, Oslo

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Oslo

Curious about Quakers?

You’re warmly welcome to join a Meeting for Worship in Oslo this Sunday.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Oslo
🕰️ Sunday, 11:00am–12 noon
📍 Bernhard Getz' gate 3, Oslo

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Oslo

Curious about Quakers?

You’re warmly welcome to join a Meeting for Worship in Stigtomta this Sunday.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Stigtomta
🕰️ Sunday
📍 Södermanland, Sweden

For practical details and directions, please email in advance, see:
https://www.kvakare.se/event/andakt-stigtomta-5/

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Sweden #FriendsOnTheFediverse

Curious about Quakers?

You’re warmly welcome to join a Meeting for Worship in Stigtomta this Sunday.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.

Just come and sit.

🕊️ Stigtomta
🕰️ Sunday
📍 Södermanland, Sweden

For practical details and directions, please email in advance, see:
https://www.kvakare.se/event/andakt-stigtomta-5/

#Quakers #SilentWorship #Stillness #Sweden #FriendsOnTheFediverse

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"Nothing is more real than nothing.”
— Samuel #Beckett

The Sentinel

My mother's touch lingers in matter;
memory becomes sculpture.

#Sculpture #Bronze #ContemporaryArt #Memory #TheSentinel #ArtAndPhilosophy #ModernSculpture #Minimalism #Poetry #Stillness #LandscapeArt #Presence #ArtObjects #moederdag

"Nothing is more real than nothing.”
— Samuel #Beckett

The Sentinel

My mother's touch lingers in matter;
memory becomes sculpture.

#Sculpture #Bronze #ContemporaryArt #Memory #TheSentinel #ArtAndPhilosophy #ModernSculpture #Minimalism #Poetry #Stillness #LandscapeArt #Presence #ArtObjects #moederdag

"Nothing is more real than nothing.”
— Samuel #Beckett

The Sentinel

My mother's touch lingers in matter;
memory becomes sculpture.

#Sculpture #Bronze #ContemporaryArt #Memory #TheSentinel #ArtAndPhilosophy #ModernSculpture #Minimalism #Poetry #Stillness #LandscapeArt #Presence #ArtObjects #moederdag

"Nothing is more real than nothing.”
— Samuel #Beckett

The Sentinel

My mother's touch lingers in matter;
memory becomes sculpture.

#Sculpture #Bronze #ContemporaryArt #Memory #TheSentinel #ArtAndPhilosophy #ModernSculpture #Minimalism #Poetry #Stillness #LandscapeArt #Presence #ArtObjects #moederdag

"Nothing is more real than nothing.”
— Samuel #Beckett

The Sentinel

My mother's touch lingers in matter;
memory becomes sculpture.

#Sculpture #Bronze #ContemporaryArt #Memory #TheSentinel #ArtAndPhilosophy #ModernSculpture #Minimalism #Poetry #Stillness #LandscapeArt #Presence #ArtObjects #moederdag

Stillness Between Storms by Sam Tumblin | SAM TUMBLIN

Stillness Between Storms

by Sam Tumblin | SAM TUMBLIN

When life becomes too much to hold,
And every breath begins to fold,
Sit quietly and drift somewhere
Beyond the weight of restless air.

Do not rush to fight the flame,
Not every sorrow speaks your name,
Some troubles fade without a sound
When silence is the only ground.

Lean back beneath the passing sky,
Watch weary thoughts go wandering by,
For peace is found more often there
Inside the depth of a distant stare.

The world may shake, the night may roam,
Yet stillness can become a home,
A quiet place beyond despair
Where hearts survive by simply staring.

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Stillness Between Storms by Sam Tumblin | SAM TUMBLIN

Stillness Between Storms

by Sam Tumblin | SAM TUMBLIN

When life becomes too much to hold,
And every breath begins to fold,
Sit quietly and drift somewhere
Beyond the weight of restless air.

Do not rush to fight the flame,
Not every sorrow speaks your name,
Some troubles fade without a sound
When silence is the only ground.

Lean back beneath the passing sky,
Watch weary thoughts go wandering by,
For peace is found more often there
Inside the depth of a distant stare.

The world may shake, the night may roam,
Yet stillness can become a home,
A quiet place beyond despair
Where hearts survive by simply staring.

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Silence can feel unfamiliar. We’re used to filling space. With words. With noise. With distraction. But silence isn’t empty. It creates space for thought, for reflection, for something deeper to emerge.
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Tystnad kan kännas ovan. Vi är vana vid att fylla utrymme. Med ord. Med ljud. Med distraktion. Men tystnad är inte tom. Den skapar utrymme för tanke, för reflektion, för något djupare att växa fram.

#Quakers #Kväkare #Stillness #Stillhet #FriendsOnTheFediverse #Silence

Silence can feel unfamiliar. We’re used to filling space. With words. With noise. With distraction. But silence isn’t empty. It creates space for thought, for reflection, for something deeper to emerge.
-
Tystnad kan kännas ovan. Vi är vana vid att fylla utrymme. Med ord. Med ljud. Med distraktion. Men tystnad är inte tom. Den skapar utrymme för tanke, för reflektion, för något djupare att växa fram.

#Quakers #Kväkare #Stillness #Stillhet #FriendsOnTheFediverse #Silence

Silence can feel unfamiliar. We’re used to filling space. With words. With noise. With distraction. But silence isn’t empty. It creates space for thought, for reflection, for something deeper to emerge.
-
Tystnad kan kännas ovan. Vi är vana vid att fylla utrymme. Med ord. Med ljud. Med distraktion. Men tystnad är inte tom. Den skapar utrymme för tanke, för reflektion, för något djupare att växa fram.

#Quakers #Kväkare #Stillness #Stillhet #FriendsOnTheFediverse #Silence

What we really are

We pay attention to our own true nature and by becoming fully conscious of the union of our nature with Christ, we become fully ourselves. 

John Main, Word into Silence, p.18

The idea of time has many expressions, from chronological to biological, emotional to cosmic. We sometimes feel we have lived a lifetime in a moment. We can feel time as a crucifixion or as a resurrection. The vast figures measuring cosmic time in an expanding universe can seem overwhelming but the few years of a human life can seem more significant and precious. Time and mortality live out the drama of birth and death and the painful mystery of separation. In the light of faith we come by stages to see the all-pervading mystery of union…

This consummation of union, whether it is called nirvana, liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, moksha or heaven is part of the common ground of all religious wisdom when we understand religion in its mystical dimension. It refers to the experience of oneness, the transcendence of the ego’s centre of consciousness, the transformation of the dualistic mind, the movement from the mind’s self-mirroring complexities into the simplicity and pure vision of the heart, the non-duality of the spirit. With a silent passion deeper than their words and differences, all religions point to this. If they do indeed teach this way and not just pay lip service to it, religion offers our often sad and battered humanity a reasonable and empowering hope.

We both lose and find ourselves in the otherness of ultimate reality. This is easy to say but it is a hard paradox to wrestle with. It demands a deepening faith commitment. When the master class of life has taught us enough, commitment meets detachment and solitude, the recognition and acceptance of our uniqueness becomes more attractive and even easier. We gradually withdraw from unnecessary activity and distraction. We become freer from compulsions and addictions.

Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith, p.76-77

What we really are is this. We are not what we think we are, frail isolated intelligences trapped in a zero-sum game of mere survival, creatures of allegiances and enmities, just barely hanging on. We belong. We are part of it all, wavelets on a limitless ocean of grace.

We must… make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which is almost the opposite of faith. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on the condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go. In this sense of the word, faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity p.24

Faith is no more, perhaps, than this radical open-heartedness, this helpless surrender to what is, in David Jones’ words, “actually loved and known”. All our practice, all our patience and all our prayers come down to this simple oneness. What we used to be is dispersed, patched and rotted through with light. None of the old certainties can hold. They don’t need to: this trackless brightness beyond the memory of shorelines is the waking heart itself, nothing more.

What we really are

We pay attention to our own true nature and by becoming fully conscious of the union of our nature with Christ, we become fully ourselves. 

John Main, Word into Silence, p.18

The idea of time has many expressions, from chronological to biological, emotional to cosmic. We sometimes feel we have lived a lifetime in a moment. We can feel time as a crucifixion or as a resurrection. The vast figures measuring cosmic time in an expanding universe can seem overwhelming but the few years of a human life can seem more significant and precious. Time and mortality live out the drama of birth and death and the painful mystery of separation. In the light of faith we come by stages to see the all-pervading mystery of union…

This consummation of union, whether it is called nirvana, liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, moksha or heaven is part of the common ground of all religious wisdom when we understand religion in its mystical dimension. It refers to the experience of oneness, the transcendence of the ego’s centre of consciousness, the transformation of the dualistic mind, the movement from the mind’s self-mirroring complexities into the simplicity and pure vision of the heart, the non-duality of the spirit. With a silent passion deeper than their words and differences, all religions point to this. If they do indeed teach this way and not just pay lip service to it, religion offers our often sad and battered humanity a reasonable and empowering hope.

We both lose and find ourselves in the otherness of ultimate reality. This is easy to say but it is a hard paradox to wrestle with. It demands a deepening faith commitment. When the master class of life has taught us enough, commitment meets detachment and solitude, the recognition and acceptance of our uniqueness becomes more attractive and even easier. We gradually withdraw from unnecessary activity and distraction. We become freer from compulsions and addictions.

Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith, p.76-77

What we really are is this. We are not what we think we are, frail isolated intelligences trapped in a zero-sum game of mere survival, creatures of allegiances and enmities, just barely hanging on. We belong. We are part of it all, wavelets on a limitless ocean of grace.

We must… make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which is almost the opposite of faith. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on the condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go. In this sense of the word, faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity p.24

Faith is no more, perhaps, than this radical open-heartedness, this helpless surrender to what is, in David Jones’ words, “actually loved and known”. All our practice, all our patience and all our prayers come down to this simple oneness. What we used to be is dispersed, patched and rotted through with light. None of the old certainties can hold. They don’t need to: this trackless brightness beyond the memory of shorelines is the waking heart itself, nothing more.

What we really are

We pay attention to our own true nature and by becoming fully conscious of the union of our nature with Christ, we become fully ourselves. 

John Main, Word into Silence, p.18

The idea of time has many expressions, from chronological to biological, emotional to cosmic. We sometimes feel we have lived a lifetime in a moment. We can feel time as a crucifixion or as a resurrection. The vast figures measuring cosmic time in an expanding universe can seem overwhelming but the few years of a human life can seem more significant and precious. Time and mortality live out the drama of birth and death and the painful mystery of separation. In the light of faith we come by stages to see the all-pervading mystery of union…

This consummation of union, whether it is called nirvana, liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, moksha or heaven is part of the common ground of all religious wisdom when we understand religion in its mystical dimension. It refers to the experience of oneness, the transcendence of the ego’s centre of consciousness, the transformation of the dualistic mind, the movement from the mind’s self-mirroring complexities into the simplicity and pure vision of the heart, the non-duality of the spirit. With a silent passion deeper than their words and differences, all religions point to this. If they do indeed teach this way and not just pay lip service to it, religion offers our often sad and battered humanity a reasonable and empowering hope.

We both lose and find ourselves in the otherness of ultimate reality. This is easy to say but it is a hard paradox to wrestle with. It demands a deepening faith commitment. When the master class of life has taught us enough, commitment meets detachment and solitude, the recognition and acceptance of our uniqueness becomes more attractive and even easier. We gradually withdraw from unnecessary activity and distraction. We become freer from compulsions and addictions.

Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith, p.76-77

What we really are is this. We are not what we think we are, frail isolated intelligences trapped in a zero-sum game of mere survival, creatures of allegiances and enmities, just barely hanging on. We belong. We are part of it all, wavelets on a limitless ocean of grace.

We must… make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which is almost the opposite of faith. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on the condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go. In this sense of the word, faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity p.24

Faith is no more, perhaps, than this radical open-heartedness, this helpless surrender to what is, in David Jones’ words, “actually loved and known”. All our practice, all our patience and all our prayers come down to this simple oneness. What we used to be is dispersed, patched and rotted through with light. None of the old certainties can hold. They don’t need to: this trackless brightness beyond the memory of shorelines is the waking heart itself, nothing more.

What we really are

We pay attention to our own true nature and by becoming fully conscious of the union of our nature with Christ, we become fully ourselves. 

John Main, Word into Silence, p.18

The idea of time has many expressions, from chronological to biological, emotional to cosmic. We sometimes feel we have lived a lifetime in a moment. We can feel time as a crucifixion or as a resurrection. The vast figures measuring cosmic time in an expanding universe can seem overwhelming but the few years of a human life can seem more significant and precious. Time and mortality live out the drama of birth and death and the painful mystery of separation. In the light of faith we come by stages to see the all-pervading mystery of union…

This consummation of union, whether it is called nirvana, liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, moksha or heaven is part of the common ground of all religious wisdom when we understand religion in its mystical dimension. It refers to the experience of oneness, the transcendence of the ego’s centre of consciousness, the transformation of the dualistic mind, the movement from the mind’s self-mirroring complexities into the simplicity and pure vision of the heart, the non-duality of the spirit. With a silent passion deeper than their words and differences, all religions point to this. If they do indeed teach this way and not just pay lip service to it, religion offers our often sad and battered humanity a reasonable and empowering hope.

We both lose and find ourselves in the otherness of ultimate reality. This is easy to say but it is a hard paradox to wrestle with. It demands a deepening faith commitment. When the master class of life has taught us enough, commitment meets detachment and solitude, the recognition and acceptance of our uniqueness becomes more attractive and even easier. We gradually withdraw from unnecessary activity and distraction. We become freer from compulsions and addictions.

Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith, p.76-77

What we really are is this. We are not what we think we are, frail isolated intelligences trapped in a zero-sum game of mere survival, creatures of allegiances and enmities, just barely hanging on. We belong. We are part of it all, wavelets on a limitless ocean of grace.

We must… make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which is almost the opposite of faith. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on the condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go. In this sense of the word, faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity p.24

Faith is no more, perhaps, than this radical open-heartedness, this helpless surrender to what is, in David Jones’ words, “actually loved and known”. All our practice, all our patience and all our prayers come down to this simple oneness. What we used to be is dispersed, patched and rotted through with light. None of the old certainties can hold. They don’t need to: this trackless brightness beyond the memory of shorelines is the waking heart itself, nothing more.

What we really are

We pay attention to our own true nature and by becoming fully conscious of the union of our nature with Christ, we become fully ourselves. 

John Main, Word into Silence, p.18

The idea of time has many expressions, from chronological to biological, emotional to cosmic. We sometimes feel we have lived a lifetime in a moment. We can feel time as a crucifixion or as a resurrection. The vast figures measuring cosmic time in an expanding universe can seem overwhelming but the few years of a human life can seem more significant and precious. Time and mortality live out the drama of birth and death and the painful mystery of separation. In the light of faith we come by stages to see the all-pervading mystery of union…

This consummation of union, whether it is called nirvana, liberation from rebirth, enlightenment, moksha or heaven is part of the common ground of all religious wisdom when we understand religion in its mystical dimension. It refers to the experience of oneness, the transcendence of the ego’s centre of consciousness, the transformation of the dualistic mind, the movement from the mind’s self-mirroring complexities into the simplicity and pure vision of the heart, the non-duality of the spirit. With a silent passion deeper than their words and differences, all religions point to this. If they do indeed teach this way and not just pay lip service to it, religion offers our often sad and battered humanity a reasonable and empowering hope.

We both lose and find ourselves in the otherness of ultimate reality. This is easy to say but it is a hard paradox to wrestle with. It demands a deepening faith commitment. When the master class of life has taught us enough, commitment meets detachment and solitude, the recognition and acceptance of our uniqueness becomes more attractive and even easier. We gradually withdraw from unnecessary activity and distraction. We become freer from compulsions and addictions.

Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith, p.76-77

What we really are is this. We are not what we think we are, frail isolated intelligences trapped in a zero-sum game of mere survival, creatures of allegiances and enmities, just barely hanging on. We belong. We are part of it all, wavelets on a limitless ocean of grace.

We must… make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which is almost the opposite of faith. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. The believer will open his mind to the truth on the condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith lets go. In this sense of the word, faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deception.

Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity p.24

Faith is no more, perhaps, than this radical open-heartedness, this helpless surrender to what is, in David Jones’ words, “actually loved and known”. All our practice, all our patience and all our prayers come down to this simple oneness. What we used to be is dispersed, patched and rotted through with light. None of the old certainties can hold. They don’t need to: this trackless brightness beyond the memory of shorelines is the waking heart itself, nothing more.

„Harbour Entrance II“ (2012)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland

#silentsunday #silence #tranquility #photography #minimalism #longexposure #minimalist #photo #lake #harbour #port #piles #water #stillness #stilllife #landscape #landscapephotography #Lausanne #Switzerland #phaseone #stillersonntag #Stille #Ruhe #Fotografie #Langzeitbelichtung #Minimalismus #minimalistisch #Foto #See #Hafen #Pfeiler #Wasser #Stille #Stillleben #Landschaft #Landschaftsfotografie #Schweiz

„Harbour Entrance II“ (2012)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland

#silentsunday #silence #tranquility #photography #minimalism #longexposure #minimalist #photo #lake #harbour #port #piles #water #stillness #stilllife #landscape #landscapephotography #Lausanne #Switzerland #phaseone #stillersonntag #Stille #Ruhe #Fotografie #Langzeitbelichtung #Minimalismus #minimalistisch #Foto #See #Hafen #Pfeiler #Wasser #Stille #Stillleben #Landschaft #Landschaftsfotografie #Schweiz

„Harbour Entrance II“ (2012)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland

#silentsunday #silence #tranquility #photography #minimalism #longexposure #minimalist #photo #lake #harbour #port #piles #water #stillness #stilllife #landscape #landscapephotography #Lausanne #Switzerland #phaseone #stillersonntag #Stille #Ruhe #Fotografie #Langzeitbelichtung #Minimalismus #minimalistisch #Foto #See #Hafen #Pfeiler #Wasser #Stille #Stillleben #Landschaft #Landschaftsfotografie #Schweiz

„Harbour Entrance II“ (2012)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland

#silentsunday #silence #tranquility #photography #minimalism #longexposure #minimalist #photo #lake #harbour #port #piles #water #stillness #stilllife #landscape #landscapephotography #Lausanne #Switzerland #phaseone #stillersonntag #Stille #Ruhe #Fotografie #Langzeitbelichtung #Minimalismus #minimalistisch #Foto #See #Hafen #Pfeiler #Wasser #Stille #Stillleben #Landschaft #Landschaftsfotografie #Schweiz

„Harbour Entrance II“ (2012)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland

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Curious about Quakers? You’re welcome to join a Meeting for Worship in Stockholm this Sunday.

No expectations.
No prior knowledge needed.
Just come and sit.

🕰️ Sunday morning, 11:00 – 12:00
📍 Kristinehovsgatan 6, 117 29 Stockholm

#Quakers
#SilentWorship
#Stillness
#Stockholm

Discover the special origin of my Little Fox Wenzhi and his unique wisdom: While I was deep in the study of Taoism, this little fox appeared to help me translate ancient wisdom into the language of the heart. He sits beside us to explain the mysteries of the soul with a wise, gentle mind and a loving spirit.

Link in my profile to see more of my little fox Wenzhi’s videos
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#wuwei #tao #meditation #innerpeace #daoism #stillness #mentalhealth #quotes #motivation

(video made with ai tools)

Discover the special origin of my Little Fox Wenzhi and his unique wisdom: While I was deep in the study of Taoism, this little fox appeared to help me translate ancient wisdom into the language of the heart. He sits beside us to explain the mysteries of the soul with a wise, gentle mind and a loving spirit.

Link in my profile to see more of my little fox Wenzhi’s videos
🌿
#wuwei #tao #meditation #innerpeace #daoism #stillness #mentalhealth #quotes #motivation

(video made with ai tools)

Discover the special origin of my Little Fox Wenzhi and his unique wisdom: While I was deep in the study of Taoism, this little fox appeared to help me translate ancient wisdom into the language of the heart. He sits beside us to explain the mysteries of the soul with a wise, gentle mind and a loving spirit.

Link in my profile to see more of my little fox Wenzhi’s videos
🌿
#wuwei #tao #meditation #innerpeace #daoism #stillness #mentalhealth #quotes #motivation

(video made with ai tools)

Discover the special origin of my Little Fox Wenzhi and his unique wisdom: While I was deep in the study of Taoism, this little fox appeared to help me translate ancient wisdom into the language of the heart. He sits beside us to explain the mysteries of the soul with a wise, gentle mind and a loving spirit.

Link in my profile to see more of my little fox Wenzhi’s videos
🌿
#wuwei #tao #meditation #innerpeace #daoism #stillness #mentalhealth #quotes #motivation

(video made with ai tools)

Discover the special origin of my Little Fox Wenzhi and his unique wisdom: While I was deep in the study of Taoism, this little fox appeared to help me translate ancient wisdom into the language of the heart. He sits beside us to explain the mysteries of the soul with a wise, gentle mind and a loving spirit.

Link in my profile to see more of my little fox Wenzhi’s videos
🌿
#wuwei #tao #meditation #innerpeace #daoism #stillness #mentalhealth #quotes #motivation

(video made with ai tools)

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Solitude #contemplativephotography #nightphotography #gothicrevival #churcharchitecture #redbrick #bluehour #moodyphotography #stillness #solitude #urbanexploration #fineartphotography #architecturephotography #duskphotography #shadowplay #mysterious #places #historicbuilding #slowphotography

@photography

#Places

Daily diary on Mastodon
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Solitude #contemplativephotography #nightphotography #gothicrevival #churcharchitecture #redbrick #bluehour #moodyphotography #stillness #solitude #urbanexploration #fineartphotography #architecturephotography #duskphotography #shadowplay #mysterious #places #historicbuilding #slowphotography

@photography

#Places

Daily diary on Mastodon
🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/piotrk/955708190036417813

Solitude #contemplativephotography #nightphotography #gothicrevival #churcharchitecture #redbrick #bluehour #moodyphotography #stillness #solitude #urbanexploration #fineartphotography #architecturephotography #duskphotography #shadowplay #mysterious #places #historicbuilding #slowphotography

@photography

#Places

Daily diary on Mastodon
🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/piotrk/955708190036417813

Solitude #contemplativephotography #nightphotography #gothicrevival #churcharchitecture #redbrick #bluehour #moodyphotography #stillness #solitude #urbanexploration #fineartphotography #architecturephotography #duskphotography #shadowplay #mysterious #places #historicbuilding #slowphotography

@photography

#Places

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Parallel Paths #bluehour #twilight #sunsetphotography #nightfall #atmospheric #moody_tones #landscapephotography #contemplative #serene #countryside #rural_life #landscape #wayhome #journey #roadtrip #blossomingtree #blossom #cherryblossom #treesilhouette #windingroad #windfarm #turbines #renewableenergy #pavedpath #cobblestone #leadinglines #depthofview #naturallight #stillness

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#Trees

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Parallel Paths #bluehour #twilight #sunsetphotography #nightfall #atmospheric #moody_tones #landscapephotography #contemplative #serene #countryside #rural_life #landscape #wayhome #journey #roadtrip #blossomingtree #blossom #cherryblossom #treesilhouette #windingroad #windfarm #turbines #renewableenergy #pavedpath #cobblestone #leadinglines #depthofview #naturallight #stillness

@photography

#Trees

Daily diary on Mastodon
🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/piotrk/955704105912759883

Parallel Paths #bluehour #twilight #sunsetphotography #nightfall #atmospheric #moody_tones #landscapephotography #contemplative #serene #countryside #rural_life #landscape #wayhome #journey #roadtrip #blossomingtree #blossom #cherryblossom #treesilhouette #windingroad #windfarm #turbines #renewableenergy #pavedpath #cobblestone #leadinglines #depthofview #naturallight #stillness

@photography

#Trees

Daily diary on Mastodon
🔗 https://pixelfed.social/p/piotrk/955704105912759883