We are a member of the group of all living beings. Each and every living being simply wants to be happy and does not want to suffer. From that viewpoint, there is absolutely no difference between us and other living beings.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.. Our life should be understood in this way. Then there is no problem. Shunryu Suzuki

An arson at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple near the Chinatown International District destroyed historical archives going back more than 120 years, and has closed the religious and community gathering space indefinitely. st.news/4aN7H5p

Infrastructure can be beautiful, too. So from Switzerland to Iran and Colombia to Korea, here are some of the world's strangest and most wonderful bridges...

🌸 Join me for a flower bike ride through Capitol Hill and Portage Bay. I took the bus to John & 19th and worked my way Nortwest via a combination of walking and bikeshare. Pics posted in order

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life. Eckhart Tolle

You walk through life as a field of presence, not as a personality. Eckhart Tolle

Remember that which abides like the sky. Don't be focused on the visitors, remain rooted in the host; the visitors will come and go. Osho

One birth has been given to you, By your parents. The other birth is waiting. It has to be given by yourself. Osho

When you don’t seek permanency through things, relationships or ideas, you accept them at their level. Therefore you have no conflict with them.

Wishing you a beautiful week ahead filled with the warmth of loving kindness. ✨ #metta #lovingkindness #spiritrock #mettamonday #lovingawareness #jackkornfield #blessing #affirmation #prayer #yoga #yogi #spirituality #meditation #love

Today is the Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. Let’s not remember the day as an abstract mushroom cloud in grey film, but as the culmination of what hatred, anger and fear threatens to do to us. The higher we build the walls, the heavier they will be when they fall.

May your compassion run deep this week, and may your days be filled with the loving warmth of metta. ✨ #metta #spiritrock #lovingkindness #prayer #affirmation #blessing #lovingawareness #yoga #yogi #mindfulness #jackkornfield #spirituality #wisdomquotes #dharma

Doctorfish Tango 🐟🔁🐟 #doctorfish #tango #tang #roundandround #kerfuffle #knivesout #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf

Just a friendly reminder… 🌀🙃🎶 You don’t have to follow all of your habits and desires. 🧘 #habit #desire #strength #healing #growth #suffering #powerful #yogi #yoga #meditate #meditation #spirituality #spiritual #wisdomquotes #philosophy #spiritualquotes

Pizza Hut ran a program in New York for jobseekers to send prospective employers a pizza with their resume printed on the box. The F&B chain makes $7B a year while job placement market does $50B+ revenue. Honestly, genius brand extension by Pizza Hut and should take it global.

I'm a wanderer so let that be my name the first winter rain. Basho