Bacon Cheese Turtle Burgers

This ain't my picture, but I borrowed it. I couldn't help it.

Ground beef patty topped with sharp cheddar cheese,

wrapped in a bacon weave shell with hot dog head, legs, and tail.

The Use of the Useless

Do you want to work upon the world and improve it?

It won't work.

The world is sacred.

It can't be improved.

If you try to fix it, you'll ruin it.

If you try to grasp it, you'll lose it.

—Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching

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Paradox Box

(photo straight out of the camera, no post manipulation; figure that one out...)

Evolution of an Aura...

The slideshow below illustrates the evolution of my finished "aura" picture (left) from initial incidental photograph to completed composition.  After the initial idea was developed and refined, the final picture out of the camera (below right) was manipulated and enhanced using Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition 3.0 (old, but good...).

Mirror Image

The Self exists both inside
and outside the physical body,
just as an image exists inside
and outside the mirror.

—From the Ashtavakra Gita (c. 200BCE-c. 200CE), India 

Would It Sound Nicer in Swedish?...

I recently took a training class for Basic Cardiac Life Support and CPR.

This business is located right next door to the training center...

Hmmm.....

Acceptance

A dog is better than I because it also has love, but it does not pass judgment.

—Abba Xanthias, from the sayings of the Desert Fathers (5th century), Egypt 

Oh, to possess the simplicity of an unencumbered soul...Putnam the dog shows us how in this bonus video clip: Putnam's Joyful Wag (courtesy of Spirituality & Practice).