in imageNo one is coming
to save you.
You are the adult.
I'm so sorry.
@disappointingaffirmations

in imageSUBJECTIVE
VALUE CONSTUCTION
y
**Subjective Value
Construction:**
In the absence of universal verities,
meaning is a tapestry woven
subjectively by individual
consciousness.

in image1
Now my feeling is that our hope lies in reality
because the culture of empire - the capitalist,
hedonistic patriarchal culture is driven by fantasy -
an addiction to fantasy. To the extent that we can
encourage and promote facing realty we have
concrete reasons to hope.
@savedbythebellhooks
Part of my inspiration for
nihlisa frank

in imageExistential Absurdity
5
os
Life, devoid of inherent teleology,
presents an existential conundrum,
a canvas bereft of predetermined
purpose.
#nihlisafrank

in imageAS®
**Moral Relativism:**
Ethical principles, lacking a
foundation in objective reality, are
subject to the whims of cultural and
individual interpretation.
#nihlisafrank

in imageHere's this man, for example, that most people remember by what
is a very poetic " Have a Dream" speech, but not by the deep,
penetrating social and political analysis he had about
imperialism. And why? Because, in a sense, we censor that
Martin Luther King. Even, like, a Martin Luther King holiday is
constructed to make him more palatable.
@savedbythebellhooks

in imageAA
& spiritualpilgrim.substack.com
C
The Spiritual Pilgrim
Upgrade
=
all its torms, yogasana (postural practice),
devotion, and Buddhism—it's all yoga. So, it's
offered differently than a yoga retreat as it's not
really a vacation in the traditional sense of
"getting away from it all", but rather an experience
that is cultivated to challenge us on various levels
that are highly dependent on each individuals life
experience. I've seen it serve as such a positive
force for growth and transformation in the lives of
those who join us and that energizes me to
continue the work.
Cory's sharing more over on his
substack. A great lens into the
difference between a retreat and a
pilgrimage.
Bthe_spiritual_pilgrim

in imageThere's one question that
you should always ask
yourself when doing a
posture and it is this, "Is
the way that I'm doing this
posture leading me towards
suffering or healing?"
@davidgarriguesyoga and @asanakitchen

in imageIF YOU TRY DOING EVERYTHING
WITH CURIOSITY AND NON
JUDGMENT THEN YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO LOSE
YUMI SAKUGAWA
@yumisakugawa

in image"Education as the practice of freedom" is a phrase
that has always wowed me. Students leave any
classroom with information whether the pedagogy
has been engaging or.not.
@savedbythebellhooks

in imageMany cultures believe that an eclipse is the sun and the
moon being devoured by mythological creatures. In Chinese
mythology, it's a dragon; in Norse and Korean, it's wolves. For
the Cherokee and Vietnamese, it's a frog. For the Maori in
New Zealand and Hindus in India, it's a demon. For the Pomo,
it's a bear. They all created "noise rituals" to scare away the
dark: whistling and screaming at the sky, or banging on
drums or pots and pans.
We've mastered noise rituals in our modern world, too. We
created plenty of places to yell at one another about things
we don't understand or can't control: elections, race, gender,
genocides, the climate. Even if yelling is more likely to move
the heavens than change another person's mind.
The Batammaliba in West Africa believe an eclipse is the sun
and moon in a celestial conflict. They perform the opposite
of a noise ritual: the community gathers for rituals of
forgiveness. Elders mediate conflicts, gifts are exchanged,
followed by feasts and music. They show the sun and moon
reconciliation by example.
There's no ritual big enough to heal current divisions. But we
can create rituals of absolution for just ourselves, quietly
warding off the demons of our own shame with a meditation
that says, "I may not understand what is happening, but life
is short, and the universe is infinite...maybe 1 really am just
doing my best in the darkness."
Leo Herrera
@herreraimages

in imagethe way forward
you need to do more
than eat nourishing food,
exercise, and rest to feel your best
you also need to be around good people,
spend time healing your emotional history,
live in alignment with your values,
say no to people-pleasing,
stay open to growth,
and deeply embrace change
@yung_pueblo

in imageArt Jim Henson
Words Aleah Black
Your ideology is built on
competition and not
collaboration? That's so fucking
embarrassing, bro.
cencle

in imageArt Sang Woo Kim
Words Aleah Black
Short term acceptance of
horror after short term
acceptance of horror- all in
the name of order- erodes us.
c ene

in imageArt Sang Woo Kim
Words Aleah Black
I am willing to accept short
term chaos in order to create
long term compassion,
liberation, and peace.

in imageAt last, there was the possibility of a learning community, a place
where difference could be acknowledged, where we would finally all
understand, accept, and affirm that our ways of knowing are forged
in history and relations of power. Finally, we were all going to break
through collective academic denial and acknowledge that the
education most of us had received and were giving was not and is
never politically neutral.
@savedbythebellhooks

in imageWords Aleah Black
Nah man the
mushrooms didn't "lead
you to enlightenment."
You just had your first
experience of empathy
since the 2nd grade.
@gendersauce

in imageI WILL NOW STEP
OUTSIDE OF IT.
AND MISTAKEN IT
FOR MY IDENTITY.
I HAVE FALLEN
INTO A PATTERN..
@ raminnazer
@raminnazer

in imageAEE ATEN
LEVERY
РЗОА
• TWO
OF GATHPENEO
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WHO? YOU? WHAT
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THOSE CHILDREN ••
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REAL HUMAN
RACE...
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in imageOne of our
greatest
freedoms
is how we
react to
things.
Chari Madery

in imagepapimagic •
I'm so sick of the "well we have to find joy
the midst of destruction" conversation. Ya
tell on yourselves every time. The truth is
"joy" lies in chasing the material, looking
and obsessing over fame and celebrity ins
of in cultivating community and standing
against its oppression and destruction. Th
truth is a lot of y'all don't want this system
end: you want to be a power player within
system - or you already are.
ly

in imageUncommunicated expectations are
premeditated resentments
Neil Strauss • • • @golimitlesss

in imageI BELIEVE THAT MY
SOVEREIGNTY AND
HAPPINESS ARE WORTH
FIGHTING FOR BECAUSE THE
DISCOMFORT OF FACING
RESISTANCE FROM OTHERS
IS FAR PREFERABLE TO THE
DISCOMFORT OF LIVING A
LIE.
140
YUMI SAKUGAWA
@yumisakugawa

in imageSOMETIMES IT IS FUN TO REALLY
TUNE INTO ALL THE SUBTLE
NUANCES OF ALL THE WAYS YOUR
BODY CLENCHES UP AND TIGHTENS
IN RESISTANCE TO DOING THE
wOrK,
Fs
YUMI SAKUGAWA
@yumisakugawa

in imagebasically in its essence
pauldallaghan
I admire the clarity here. If you wonder what this yoga is, and why its so important, give this 90 sec
what is spiritual is that which is within
pauldallaghan
I admire the clarity here. If you wonder what this yoga is, and why its so important, give this 90 sec

in imageTranslated from Croatian:
more about rolf:
@toncigulisija_shivarishi
toncigulisija_shivarishi My dear ashtanga yoga teacher Rolf
Naujokat, Narayan Puri left his body the day before yesterday.
My heart is heavy even though I feel my soul is freed. Only his
presence in this world has always given me strength to push
my way. Ashtanga has not been a part of my life for quite
some time. It is completely irrelevant to how I feel about him.
Neither did it matter to him what physical practice of yoga a
man does, nor did it to me.
Rolf was a disciple of Santosh Puri who was Naga Baba. He
initiated him into that sacred order 45 years ago and gave
him mantras and rituals. He spent 2 years with his Baba in
Haridwar.
After that he left his kutir and found ashtanga yoga he had
been teaching for the rest of his life.
Rolf was a being of light. Over the 10 years period, as long as
I used to come to him, somehow he was always the same.
The body slowly aged, its insides did not really change. Every
time you would come we would carry on as if we had never
parted.
His presence radiated softness, love and eternity, with which
he touched the hearts of many people. Most of such beings
from the Baba order have their own lilac, game, through
which limits the number of people who will be around him.
Marcy, Rolf's wife did the duty well. I think they had a blast.
Dear friend and teacher, you will always remain in my heart
• Marcy hugs to you

in imageThe Economics of Higher Purpose:
Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Cre...
by Robert E. Quinn
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THE ECONOMICS
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Eight Counterintuitive
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Organization
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in imageHappiness is a state of mind.
Td
@gayunclemario2

in image«етв тотель wen eve.
wasted
was all preparation for now
raminnazer
@raminnazer

in imageCreative work is still
relational, even when
done in solitude.
J7
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@yumisakugawa
1-11g
YUMI SAKUGAWA

in imageWords Aleah Black
Joy can also be the
great motivator of
change.
@gendersauce

in imagethem
"The American ideal, then, of sexuality appears to be
rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This ideal has
created cowboys and Indians, good guys and bad guys,
punks and studs, tough guys and softies, butch and faggot,
black and white. It is an ideal so paralytically infantile that
it is virtually forbidden - as an unpatriotic act -that the
American boy evolve into the complexity of manhood."
— James Baldwin in his essay
"Here Be Dragons," 1985
Anthony Barboza/Getty Images
@them

in imageArt Anthony Hurd
Words Aleah Black
y
And
what
self
would
you truly
live for?
@gendersauce

in imagearen't forever
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bodies
get
bodies
even
but
so cool that we
@ raminnazer
@raminnazer

in image1 38
YOU ALREADY
FIGURED IT OUT
IT'S ALL ABOUT
OVERCOMING FEAR
YOU JUST DON'T
WANT IT TO BE
TRUE.
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raminnazer
raminnazer

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@raminnazer

in imageArt Hilda Katz
Words Aleah Black
You come
seeking
community?
Yet you do
not practice
conflict with
those you
love?
Nisda MaTe 'Pha tinad' (a.p)
@gendersauce

in imageArt Hilda Katz
Words Aleah Black
You come
seeking
community?
Yet you avoid
all people you
haven't
"chosen"-
metamours,
mother in
laws, the
children of
your friends?
Nisda MaTe 'Pha tinad' (a.p)
@gendersauce

in imageThey have
taught us
that all things
are
replaceable.
But have you
ever seen a
table that
has served a
thousand
meals? The
wood dark
and smooth
from one
thousand
hands?
Art Hilda Katz
Words Aleah Black
Niedalara Tha tiad (ame))
@gendersauce

in imageArt Hilda Katz
Words Aleah Black
To build a
family is true
vulnerability.
We do not
abandon
each other in
our mistakes.
We witness
each other.
We see each
other fall.
And we
decide to
stay. And we
offer a hand.
Nisda MaTe 'Pha tinad' (a.p)
@gendersauce

in imageMe, on a webinar? On my
day off. This looks worth it:
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HATHA YOGA
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d'Extrême-Orien
Collection Indologie - 162
Hatha Yoga Series -5
THE DATTATREYAYOGASASTRA
James MALLINSON
@theluminescent_

in imagewades been sharing some
really nice wisdom truth
overlaps — this is #4 in his
series.
wadeoakley
wadeoakley Taking the one seat - PART 4 of 5 -
Developing Stability...

in imageGo up to woodley park yoga
for time with an Ashtanga
teacher who has some
wisdom on practice after
catastrophe.
woodleyparkyoga
woodleyparkyoga Come practice with @kristashirleyyoga this
Friday September 20th through Sunday September 22nd! Sign...

in imageRemember this:
N''ilae
• 999
Before capitalism, humans created
- song, art, dance, sculptures,
poetry, rituals -
for the sake of creating without
any prize of career advancement
or institutional prestige and
acknowledgment.
YUMI SAKUGAWA

in imagethe spark of awareness is forever...
everything else..
the blink of an eye
®
raminnazer
@raminnazer

in imagepaul's commitment to these eastern traditions inspires me... and has helped heal me over the years. ❤️❤️❤️

For anyone practicing movement arts (yoga, tai chi, qigong, martial arts) that understands the responsibility and REAL challenges of preserving lineages to keep the knowledge alive to serve the next generation, I suggest following @michaeljoelhall
paul's commitment to these eastern traditions inspires me... and has helped heal me over the years. ❤️❤️❤️

For anyone practicing movement arts (yoga, tai chi, qigong, martial arts) that understands the responsibility and REAL challenges of preserving lineages to keep the knowledge alive to serve the next generation, I suggest following @michaeljoelhall

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in imageРЕНЕНЕН MY WHOLE
NO EGO TRIP WAS JUST
ANOTHER EGO TRIP
AND SO
WAS THAT..
@ raminnazer
@raminnazer

in imageCheers to growing up Gay with a flaming capital G. iu
the limp wrists in our childhood photos, to telling on
ourselves before we could talk. To tears streaked in
playground dirt, to the bullies who told us what we
were before we knew. To slurs we picked up, dusted
off and made our own. To trying on our mothers
heels. To their fear we'd die of AIDS. To the tender
disappointment of our fathers, if we were lucky. To
waiting for a same-sex kiss on TV, only to watch the
camera pan away. To the girlfriends whose hearts we
broke when our Gaydar beeped for the first time. To
our private, dirty humor, so acerbic it can melt
chrome. To our cackle. To "is he...you know?" To that
quality straight actors win Oscars for, but can never
get quite right. To identifying one another in a
packed subway and dark park with a glance. To that
swish,
lisp and contrapposto. Cheers to our
unmistakable softness.
Leo Herrera
@herreraimages

in imageEGO.

in imageToo far!
Naah
it's risky
Tomorrow
Everyone wants the view, but no one wants the climb.
Jimmy Carr • • • @golimitlesss
@golimitlesss

in imageArt Victor Sonoiki
Words Aleah Black
If you were
treated as if
your anger
inherently made
you violent, your
relationship with
anger might be
difficult.
a
@gendersauce

in imageArt Victor Sonoiki
Words Aleah Black
If you were
treated as if
your sadness
inherently made
you self-
centered, your
relationship with
sadness might
be difficult.
A
@gendersauce

in imageArt Victor Sonoiki
Words Aleah Black
If you were
treated as if
your fear
inherently made
you weak, your
relationship with
fear might be
difficult.
a
@gendersauce

in imageArt Victor Sonoiki
Words Aleah Black
If you were
treated as if
your joy
inherently made
you absurd, your
relationship with
joy might be
difficult.
a
@gendersauce

in imageArt Victor Sonoiki
Words Aleah Black
To feel a feeling,
you do not even
need to have its
name. Just
notice- l am a
body. I am
experiencing
sensations. They
are not good or
bad, true or
false. They
simply are.
a
@gendersauce

in imageartists don't have to be
10
ONE THING
raminnazer
@raminnazer

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in image1. I AM AS TERRIFYINGLY POWERFUL AS I
SECRETLY SUSPECT MYSELF OF BEING, AND EVEN
MORE
2. I AM NOT AFRAID TO EAT THE ENTIRE
FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF ALL MY DESIRES
3. UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS AND SITUATIONS
DO NOT SCARE ME, BECAUSE THE UNKNOWN IS
NOTHING COMPARED TO THE TERROR OF INERTIA,
STAGNANCY, AND WASTED POTENTIAL
4. MY FAILURES ONLY BREAK ME DOWN INTO
SOMETHING EVEN GREATER
5.I AM NOT AFRAID OF HARD WORK, I AM NOT
AFRAID OF DISCIPLINE, I AM NOT AFRAID OF REST,
I AM NOT AFRAID OF STILLNESS, I AM NOT AFRAID
OF PLEASURE, I AM NOT AFRAID OF LOVE BEYOND
MY WILDEST DREAMS, I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU, I
AM NOT AFRAID OF ME
@yumisakugawa

in image0
THE OLD ME WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN UPSET
BY THIS.
@raminnazer
raminnazer