There is no enlightenment outside of 'Daily Life'.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

Pilliga Push to stop SANTOS

I wonder what Gandhi would say about the steroidal mining of the world coal seams?  I would be curious to know how he can forgive such blatant abuse of the planets water, a substance we cannot live without.

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

~ Aldous Huxley  ~

A powerful tree...  Bingara NSW

I would marry up at this special place and this tree could be my witness.  It was a gigantic being.   I was able to stand up with out crouching walking underneath this strong solitary spirit.   It was at least three meters across the face.   My skin was tingly, I felt special to be there.  I stood quietly watching the water monitors duck in and out the roots. They found clever places to sit and warm themselves in the sunshine.

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“An artist is a poet in his or her own medium."

~ Toshiko Takaezu ~

Pilliga Pottery NSW

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My Father considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of Church going...

~ Aldous Huxley ~

Killarney Gap Rd  Narrabri NSW

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It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of the Universe

~ Thomas Carlyle ~

A Rock Cairn at Pilliga Forrest

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The sound of the water say's what I think.

~ Chuang-Tzu ~

The Rocky River near Tabulam NSW

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“Steer your thoughts away from getting trapped in the past so you can accomplish new and better things in the present.”

~ Dodinsky ~

Fishing .. steers thoughts!  Urunga

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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”

~ Bill Bullard ~

Antimony Processing Highly Toxic Site - URUNGA NSW

I hold an opinion that permission to build a Day Care Centre for Children opposite this site is highly contentious.  My accountability regarding my opinion is these signs posted on the site across the road from the Children's Centre - its not rocket science.   Do parents know?  Are they or have they ever been made aware and signed a disclaimer.  I feel that there are too many tumor clusters close to the area and therefore I deem this centre as risky.

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When it Comes Down to It ......

~Don Freeman~

We all seem to have a false sense of identity and we act inappropriate to our environment.  There is a profound discord between man and nature and this has come from our attempts to conquer it. 

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Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities."

~ Ludwig Von Mises  ~

Killarney Gap Road NSW

Human activity shapes the environment ....  But its an extraordinary fact to realize that Nature took over 1000 years for the lava flow to cool in this area.  Humans have changed the face dramatically in a short 237 years, and not for the better

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The pain that you experience in life shouldn't make you look down on yourself.....

,,,Or make you look backward and lose sight of your tomorrow. It is difficult to see the wisdom in the scars they leave behind. But once you discover them, you will realize it is your attitude towards them that will make or break the rest of your days."

~Dodinsky~

My family..

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"For herein lies the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself, he has no desire for that of which he feels no want."

~ Diotima of Mantinea ~

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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean that it's useless.

~ Thomas Edison ~

 I might pull something apart and re do it.  Sometimes I adapt and keep going. But I am alright with either because I understand that a stitch in time saves nine.

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Remember: Despite how open, peaceful and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they have met themselves.

~ Matt Kahn ~

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It takes strength to be Gentle and Kind!

~ Jeff Buckley  ~

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"Anxiety"

~ Mary-Ellen Peters  ~

 Anxiety is a prison with invisible walls
Locked down in see through stalls
Held back and ignored
Its getting away ..... and anxiety has me floored

Anxiety comes in many different forms
Especially the ones you fill out cause
Anxiety rises at those social norms
Just a number as soon as your born

Anxiety beats in the chest harder
especially alone with no mother or father
Anxiety of a variety invisible to the eye
Breath accelerates when ever you wonder why

Anxiety caused by fake church piety
Christian hands under my nightie
Frozen in time and frozen in my mind
Anxiety caused by a blind society

Anxiety oh anxious me .. 
I see not one but three sitting near me
Anxiety is standing alone in the cities
Anxiously waiting while trying to sit pretty.

Anxiety is unsightly
It never asks can it unfold politely
and you get what you get see
A bit more anxiety!

Very personal thoughts of mine shared in a poetic style to lighten the subject matter and help to build a picture of what it is like for someone when they become anxious in particular situations.  Being with someone is of great assistance. When I am alone it is a different story.

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Evolution is mans victory over limitations the church has created by stealing culture from the entire world.

~ Mary-Ellen Peters  ~

Catholic Cathedral Warwick Queensland

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I call heroes the people who fight for love.

~ Beinsa Douno  ~

There are three things in the world which are worth dying for: to die for love, because love can resurrect you, to die for wisdom, because wisdom can resurrect you and to die for the truth as truth is able to give your life back as well. 

Any other death will take everything from you. There is not anything that can help you. 

If people die for love, love will turn them back. If people die for wisdom, wisdom will turn their life back, if people die for truth, it will do the same. 

If you want to die, then die for these three things, because you will die anyway.  If you die for something else, nobody will find you.


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When you talk you are only repeating what you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new!

~ Dalai Lama ~

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It is through love that the door to Heaven is opened on earth.

~ M.Friedenfeld  ~

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“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

~ Louisa May Alcott ~

A heart Shadow ... simple and beautiful

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“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close knit family in another city.”

~ George Burns ~

Montana-Star Baldwin (my daughter)

Sometimes it doesn't feel very close knit but she (Montana-Star) insists that is the way it is.  I could just accept that and ignore my gut reaction each time.  I could do that.  But I can't escape the feeling that it doesn't feel right though.

Lets just say......Its just a feeling I cannot put my finger on.

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“A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.”

~ W.C. Fields ~

The experience of motherhood is like no other. It is an initiation as your spirit soars in the depths of child birth.  I loved every moment of this.  It came to pass as it came to pass and it depends which camp you have your feet in where the issue of  soul Karma is concerned,   Especially if one considers the possibilities that are presented if you learn through extensive study that the Romans removed any reference to reincarnation from the Hebrew Canon they transcribed to Greek.

Control would have been nigh on impossible.  Their lies would have been implausible.  The world would be a different place if it were inhabited by humans who strove to live out of the infinite.  They knew that and sought to socially engineer the world and void ordinary humanity of any knowledge of our connection and how to make the best of ourselves while in our various incarnations on Earth.

To the Romans it must have been a prize they felt was worth cheating the world to attain.  Sadly I understand my life better now because of this horrid history.  I understand my part ... that is all I will ever be qualified to understand.

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“Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.”

~ Nicholas Sparks ~

Sad ... but pretty true.

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“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.”

~ Adrienne Rich ~

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“Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.”

~ Alysha Speer  ~

The reason this quote is pertinent is because I wanted my son to be just so badly, five years on IVF and various treatments and finally I conceived him.  He hasn't lived with me since he was 16 years old and these days I am not good enough for him.

I find it quite astounding there are those that think I could forget about him forever.  Not exactly sure how this is happens on the real.  So far, I have only found it possible to continue to love and remember daily.  This creates a strength inside me that I didn't know I had, I persevere.

Despite being in a stable relationship for approximately eight years now, I still grieve the loss of my marriage because it represented my 'family' to me,  it was my family.   Some are alright with the set being smashed, and some will never quite come to terms with the terms of the ridiculous nature of the situation as it was left when all was said and done.

Truth always floats to the top and like most things we wish it happened faster - all things are happening in perfect timing and there are no mistakes and that is how I manage to survive.

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“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”

~ Paulo Coelho ~

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Addictions numb the heart to pain, but they also diminish its capacity to love.

~ Doreen Virtue ~

Understanding that our soul has Karma leads to a much more thoughtful life as we negotiate the lessons that come our way to learn.

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Be the love you never received.

~ Rune Lazuli ~

We are beings of light and love... stay true to yourself.

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“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”

~ Noam Chomsky ~

My type of propaganda ....

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“A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man”

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

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