Lotus

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding, and could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy."

~ Kahlil Gabran

Picking the Lock

“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Nothingness

What We Think...

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you As your shadow, unbreakable.

~ Buddha ~

Timelapse of the Milky Way

 A timelapse of an astronomer's paradise, in Chile's Atacama Desert:

The Vernal Equinox

Happy first day of spring everybody!

The March equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. It marks that special moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator going from south to north. In 2012, this equinox comes early. It’ll be on March 20 at 5:14 UTC, or 12:14 a.m. Central Daylight Time for us in the central U.S.