"The brightest light blinds us. To allow yourself to delve into the shadow, stripped of the power and light of the Ka, and fully experience and meet it, is the beginning of the integration of the shadow into all your other bodies. This takes humility, honesty, and vulnerability, which then paradoxically makes you more complete, stronger and softer. The amount of shadow we integrate brings us closer to the Hu, or immortal bodies. The more you integrate the shadow the closer you get to Source. The more we investigate and face it, the more it integrates, feeling safe to be accepted and dialogued with. As this process deepens, we become more vulnerable, open and human, as our divine aspects meet and merge with our human side."

— Padma Aon Prakasha (via lucifelle)

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When a guy compliments me

whatshoulducallme:

Expectation

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Reality

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whimsyandwonderland:

the gambler, fun.

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devidsketchbook:

CAMERA OBSCURA BY  ABELARDO MORELL

Photographer Abelardo Morell - “I made my first picture using camera obscura techniques in my darkened living room in 1991. In setting up a room to make this kind of photograph, I cover all windows with black plastic in order to achieve total darkness. Then, I cut a small hole in the material I use to cover the windows. This opening allows an inverted image of the view outside to flood onto the back walls of the room. Typically then I focused my large-format camera on the incoming image on the wall then make a camera exposure on film. In the beginning, exposures took from five to ten hours”. [see more]

The focus/contrast in these is beautiful and far superior to those of my own.  I however have been most interested in using camera obscura techniques that distort/alter the image rather than merely reproduce it, as alone it creates a rather unique infringement on private/public property rights seemingly rarely considered.

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9gag:

Students these days.

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It remains worth noting: there is truly an art to the “awkward smile” of which I do pride my excellence therein.