Sitting in the forest, watching ravens fly by, a gateway to another world. All around sit two people in place of one, edges blurred like a charcoal drawing, two souls watching out through the same windows. The smell of water…
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Walk Gently Upon the Earth
Ekam Sath Viprah Bahudha Vadanti…”The truth is One, but sages call it by different Names”. Each person has a pathway that they walk from birth to death and beyond that is created by the choices that they make and…
Falling Water
Falling Water, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s three great projects, was designed and built in the southwestern Pennsylvania Mountains between 1936 and 1939. Utilizing aspects of Japanese architecture, Falling Water was designed to combine the living area of the residents…
Hua Shan
There are nine different mountains across China that are accorded spiritual or religious significance to either Buddhism or to Taoism. Pictured here is the Temple at Hua Shan or Mount Hua. Located near the city of Huayin in the Shaanxi…
Baishuitai
Located on the upper Yangtze river, the village of Baishuitai is known for its mineral elements and traces formed from calcium built up as the river flows over them. Sitting and meditating on the nature of water allows us to…
Treehouses
Feeling in a slightly childish mood, this retreat is in Germany. Many of us had tree houses when we were young and still look upon them as a retreat from the world. Sitting in the middle of a forest, this…
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Roots of Wisom
Roots flow like water Diving deep and spreading wide Wisdom etched in time
Pathways Through Life
Walking pathways twist Forest filled with mighty trees Passage through seasons
New Zealand Forests
New Zealand boasts two different forest climates within its islands. In the south temperate forests abound. In the northern islands more tropical growth is seen. The pathways through these forests have been settled in place by islanders, colonists, and tourists…
Tagged with: forest, jungle, nature, New Zealand, pathway, solitude, walking meditaition
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Nian Xióng Hall 