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Beijing in the Spring

bursting baghdad buildings

roadside rosebuds, a rose

(laoshi)

without a

 name is it  

as fragrant

as, beijing breakfast

as, luu cha sip and ahh

to niu jie to praise All ahh

towers, temples with golden Bu

dahhs, i sip some, more

Cha, ahh, warm Holy Pu’er

chaa, yes, hao, bueno, achaa,

xiexie, thank you, gracias,

 shukriah

monks bang bells, voices

creating constructed concepts

 of Creation—

meditate in Ecstasy to find elation;

in depths of her deep breaths

, Holy, her exhalation

my thrilled eyes 

colors changing

kaleidoscopes inside,

and skies

lit by l.e.d. kites

and dim hazy

street lights

some splendid sober

nights, chats and Cha(tter)

over frie(n)d food 

that(s) sp(很La)tters

bikes rides, ring, ring, Ling, ding

sights of new things

northern capital, bei jing

on Her

Way to spring

wonderland, gifts

of fans, sandalwood

su, fu, street fried do

fu; they sold you

told you new words

and things with fins

and wings, caged

 songbirds sing 

dragon wood burning

breath with sticks, hands made

ceramics choco

late popsicle licks,

temple of Heaven, Tian Tan

succulent suppers, for wanfan

blowing bubbles, Pao Pao

and feeling the Presence,

of the Dao, Right, Here in place

 and Now

Chinese faces, leashless dogs

gaogao, and golden statued

or standing Sandalwood

 manmade gods,

spinning swords fans and rods

mangoes and energy flows

, smaller egos

thrills fills my nose, grimy wind

blows, sticky sweat drips sticks

down, 604 or five bus 

takes us, to downtown,

time ticks down

 as, i’m so down

been there and back

but, wait what, memories

slips from me

 still kinda’ wanna’ 

get around, though, i do do do 

miss mima; those mounds

safest place i’ve Real-

(It)y ever found

splashing flashing specks

dreaming dust transcending lust

of Pure, Perfect Puget Sound

Home is no(t), thing, more

(can i score, [a little]

even if it’s trash) than

Love on some ground,

Phoenix reborn into 

Her own ash,

metallurgical father

(God) got her a 

welding mask,

Artist mother 

always loved her

fixed pinhole

reflectors, a

mask to see 

(Him) through,

she, his sister

beautiful reflection

holiest Earthen

 connection, treads

to the top of the Mountain

to soak It in, 

to heart and film

like the stone of

a fountain; thus the Valley

of the Sun was doused

in darkness, a masked

prophet witnessed; and

Olympic Gods,

clouding, clouded skies 

Greener(y) than

bluest eyes i’ve 

surrounded myself (little i;

little yellow too lilly and lady

living lonely in the attic,

missing our sparks so static

senses aroused) purple gumdrops

heartily doused, will your

visions last forever, you ask

-yes and no, Both.

only if you let them, and

before i know

it’s time to go)

 by(e), shivering in my

arms, oh God, i Love her, 

fistbumps over high

fives, hugs, car rides call ‘em

wardrives, flowing like 

stars from the same light

tonight i know we’ll be all

right, just please re(me)mber

to write, human instruments 

writing the notes and letters 

of Energy, you’re all, i want

to Be, laughing again at 

sky or Tian, i wonder when

i’ll feel you again,

end to end again,

 and again 

bass blisters after dinner

heart rhythms banged out

on drums, look how

close we’ve become,

to bellvue we drove with

caffeine cans and cookies

to park beneath red light

glow amber lit lots and leaves

didn’t want to leave but its got

to be, woke her up

with chocolate blue-

berries, 

these trails and trees

be come the tales

of you and me

like the jellyfish sea

the universe is a pancake

or an eyeball atom bubble

cucumbers in slices, 

men playing

cards, and rolling

dices, dishing out

their toothless advices,

to china chasing roots

i’ve found her Seeds

ground Holy, like water

despite growth of weeds,

the floating lilypads and

clouds of incense, stunned

by the deals, the

fresh cooked meals

for a buck and some cents

beautiful ladies and smiling

grey haired wrinkly gents, 

the treasures, chinese children

pure curious eyes, Sacred in no

sense, so innocent,

middle kingdom

a blessed land, i’m always 

glad to come, to come, to

culture to tradition, to a Way

of a people, who hold no inhibitions;

no matter where i am, or where i go

phoenix to olympia to beijing, 

zhong gou, i see the same Sky i’ve slowly

grown to know, from

             

             SuperMoon

to

              SolarEclipse;

i knew this Trip

would be cosmic.

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Annular Solar Eclipse right outside my Beijing window, Monday morning May 21, 2012

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corozon: “On May 20, 2012, for the first time in 26,000 years, the Sun and Moon, and the constellation responsible for our spiritual evolution and ascension, the mystic Pleiades, will align in a spectacular, full Annular Solar Eclipse and a rare solar eclipse alignment will happen between the Earth, the Sun and, our central Sun, Alcyone in the Pleiades Constellation…” “The Pleiades was clearly revered by the Mayans, who in the area of Chichen Itza knew that the Sun casts a snake-like shadow on the side of the north stairway of the Kukulcan pyramid during the spring equinox. Some scholars have calculated that about 60 days after this shadow’s appearance, when the sun reaches its zenith over the Pyramid at mid-day (May 20 – May 23), there is another direct alignment with the Pleiades. This Pleiades-sun alignment may have a direct connection with Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent that came to bring a greater wisdom to the planet.” “The ancient Egyptians also singled out the Pleiades as a female goddess, probably most often recognized as Neith, the ‘Divine Mother’, or Hathor, who took on the form of a cow (who carried the seeds of life). Pyramidologists working in Egypt in the last twelve years have found pyramidal texts that suggest the Egyptians revered the Pleiades as a higher divine star system, especially Alcyone, its brightest star.” “The Pleiades are a well-known sight in the Northern Hemisphere in winter and in the Southern Hemisphere in summer, and have been known since ancient times to cultures all around the world.  Early Dakota stories speak of the ancestors as being the Pleiades. The Hopis called the Pleiadians the ‘Chuhukon’, meaning those who cling together. They considered themselves direct descendents of the Pleiadians.” “Navajos named the Pleiades the ‘Sparkling Suns’, the home of the ‘Black God’. The Iroquois pray to them for happiness. The Cree claim to have come to Earth from the stars in spirit form first and then became flesh and blood. Some Native Americans believed that all tribes in North America came from the Pleiades. That they were actually descendants and had been given a task by the Pleiadians to keep the Earth safe.” —International Metaphysical University “’The Great Pleiadian Eclipse Alignment’. Ring of Fire , Full Solar Eclipse On May 20, 2012, for the first time in 26000 years, our Sun and Moon and the constellation … You cannot miss this glorious event! Gather where you can, meditate and open the heart to receive this transitional energy…an energy bearing sacred codes!” “…It has incredible significance. It is a portal of tremendous energy, and will spawn magnificent energy feeds. It is precisely why the final phase of the heralded ‘ Cosmic Trigger’ is occurring on this Eclipse of 2012.” “…This Eclipse is spectacular, not only visually, but in it’s mega-energy. The Sun and Moon ( New Moon) will be precisely conjunct with the stunning Central Star of the Pleiades, in the constellation Taurus.” “The Pleiadian star system is in fact our core essence, our ancestral home. That is why it has been recognized by the Ancients , from LeMuria, Atlantis to the Hopi. revered cosmic objects in history, poetry and mythology across all cultures. The Pleiades were recognized in the language of many of the indigenous people of the Americas, including the Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Ayameria, Lakota, Navajo and Hopi. Known as the home of the Star-People, of Star Nation by the campestral & mystical societies all over the world, including Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.” “…Humanity will feel the impact of these through what is termed ‘Ascension Symptoms’, and these may be experienced as mood swings, dizziness, insomnia, anxiety, lethargy, apathy and fatigue. For each advancing energy will require physical, emotional and mental adjustment to the higher frequencies downloaded.” “…You may at times feel as though you are taking one step backward before taking two steps forward… something akin to a miniature Saturn Return ! But keep in mind, the two steps forward will occur.” “Do not despair, for the symptoms will pass quickly, and the benefits are a stronger ‘you’. The key is understanding what is happening, and persevering …and maintaining a positive energy and an intact Auric Field. ” —James Tyberonn

corozon:

“On May 20, 2012, for the first time in 26,000 years, the Sun and Moon, and the constellation responsible for our spiritual evolution and ascension, the mystic Pleiades, will align in a spectacular, full Annular Solar Eclipse and a rare solar eclipse alignment will happen between the Earth, the Sun and, our central Sun, Alcyone in the Pleiades Constellation…”

“The Pleiades was clearly revered by the Mayans, who in the area of Chichen Itza knew that the Sun casts a snake-like shadow on the side of the north stairway of the Kukulcan pyramid during the spring equinox. Some scholars have calculated that about 60 days after this shadow’s appearance, when the sun reaches its zenith over the Pyramid at mid-day (May 20 – May 23), there is another direct alignment with the Pleiades. This Pleiades-sun alignment may have a direct connection with Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent that came to bring a greater wisdom to the planet.”

“The ancient Egyptians also singled out the Pleiades as a female goddess, probably most often recognized as Neith, the ‘Divine Mother’, or Hathor, who took on the form of a cow (who carried the seeds of life). Pyramidologists working in Egypt in the last twelve years have found pyramidal texts that suggest the Egyptians revered the Pleiades as a higher divine star system, especially Alcyone, its brightest star.”

“The Pleiades are a well-known sight in the Northern Hemisphere in winter and in the Southern Hemisphere in summer, and have been known since ancient times to cultures all around the world.  Early Dakota stories speak of the ancestors as being the Pleiades. The Hopis called the Pleiadians the ‘Chuhukon’, meaning those who cling together. They considered themselves direct descendents of the Pleiadians.”

“Navajos named the Pleiades the ‘Sparkling Suns’, the home of the ‘Black God’. The Iroquois pray to them for happiness. The Cree claim to have come to Earth from the stars in spirit form first and then became flesh and blood. Some Native Americans believed that all tribes in North America came from the Pleiades. That they were actually descendants and had been given a task by the Pleiadians to keep the Earth safe.”


—International Metaphysical University

“’The Great Pleiadian Eclipse Alignment’. Ring of Fire , Full Solar Eclipse On May 20, 2012, for the first time in 26000 years, our Sun and Moon and the constellation … You cannot miss this glorious event! Gather where you can, meditate and open the heart to receive this transitional energy…an energy bearing sacred codes!”

“…It has incredible significance. It is a portal of tremendous energy, and will spawn magnificent energy feeds. It is precisely why the final phase of the heralded ‘ Cosmic Trigger’ is occurring on this Eclipse of 2012.”

“…This Eclipse is spectacular, not only visually, but in it’s mega-energy. The Sun and Moon ( New Moon) will be precisely conjunct with the stunning Central Star of the Pleiades, in the constellation Taurus.”

“The Pleiadian star system is in fact our core essence, our ancestral home. That is why it has been recognized by the Ancients , from LeMuria, Atlantis to the Hopi. revered cosmic objects in history, poetry and mythology across all cultures. The Pleiades were recognized in the language of many of the indigenous people of the Americas, including the Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Ayameria, Lakota, Navajo and Hopi. Known as the home of the Star-People, of Star Nation by the campestral & mystical societies all over the world, including Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.”

“…Humanity will feel the impact of these through what is termed ‘Ascension Symptoms’, and these may be experienced as mood swings, dizziness, insomnia, anxiety, lethargy, apathy and fatigue. For each advancing energy will require physical, emotional and mental adjustment to the higher frequencies downloaded.”

“…You may at times feel as though you are taking one step backward before taking two steps forward… something akin to a miniature Saturn Return ! But keep in mind, the two steps forward will occur.”

“Do not despair, for the symptoms will pass quickly, and the benefits are a stronger ‘you’. The key is understanding what is happening, and persevering …and maintaining a positive energy and an intact Auric Field. ”

—James Tyberonn

(via skeleton-garden)

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Excerpt from China Journal, May 10th, 2012: 

“Eventually, we came to the entrance, and after a few more steps. I was standing face to face with the ancient Temple of Heaven, Tian Tan, a structure built in 1420 that is supposed to be the exact point where the realms of Heaven and Earth connect, the lips of their unknowable kisses; Tian Tan has been a Taoist holy site used by Emperors to pray for Good weather and fortune throughout dynastic China since its construction. Instantly, i felt the power. The place was teeming with tourists who disgusted me, I could sense their general disinterest in the true importance/significance of this holy place, instead reducing it to some kind of orientalist exoticism. A spectacle to gawk and point at, maybe take a picture or two standing in front of and then walk away saying “well, that was neat”. I wanted them to be erased so I could be abalone with this place, not feeling like an orientalized amusement park littered with baaaa-ing sheeple, but i did my best to ignore them and feel the immense Energy of where i was. I stood in front of Tian Tan and pulled out those bubbles which i again began Creating with my own breath, a form of Worship. I sacrificed these Holy symbols of sweet Everything Always Everywhere to the border between Being and non-Being watching the bubbles fluctuate the dancing rhythms of these two spectra, in and out, in and out, expanding, forming, floating, guided by Nothing, Impulse, and Quality, and then- pop! disappearing, no trace back into the Ocean of Everything Nothingness floating warm on currents, waves of Energy flashing like bursting specks of a thousand colors in closed eye kaleidoscopes. I watched the bubbles and became them as people took pictures of me.” 

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20 awesomely untranslatable words from around the world

iamholdencaulfield:

1. Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”

2. Mamihlapinatapei
Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start” (Altalang.com)

3. Jayus
Indonesian – “A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh” (Altalang.com)

4. Iktsuarpok
Inuit – “To go outside to check if anyone is coming.” (Altalang.com)

5. Litost
Czech – Milan Kundera, author ofThe Unbearable Lightness of Being, remarked that “As for the meaning of this word, I have looked in vain in other languages for an equivalent, though I find it difficult to imagine how anyone can understand the human soul without it.” The closest definition is a state of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.

6. Kyoikumama
Japanese – “A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement” (Altalang.com)

7. Tartle
Scottish – The act of hestitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name. (Altalang.com)

8. Ilunga
Tshiluba (Southwest Congo) – A word famous for its untranslatability, most professional translators pinpoint it as the stature of a person “who is ready to forgive and forget any first abuse, tolerate it the second time, but never forgive nor tolerate on the third offense.” (Altalang.com)

9. Prozvonit
Czech – This word means to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. In Spanish, the phrase for this is “Dar un toque,” or, “To give a touch.” (Altalang.com)

10. Cafuné
Brazilian Portuguese – “The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.” (Altalang.com)

11. Schadenfreude
German – Quite famous for its meaning that somehow other languages neglected to recognize, this refers to the feeling of pleasure derived by seeing another’s misfortune. I guess “America’s Funniest Moments of Schadenfreude” just didn’t have the same ring to it.

12. Torschlusspanik
German – Translated literally, this word means “gate-closing panic,” but its contextual meaning refers to “the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages.” (Altalang.com)

13. Wabi-Sabi
Japanese – Much has been written on this Japanese concept, but in a sentence, one might be able to understand it as “a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.” (Altalang.com)

14. Dépaysement
French – The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country.

15. Tingo
Pascuense (Easter Island) – Hopefully this isn’t a word you’d need often: “the act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.” (Altalang.com)

16. Hyggelig
Danish – Its “literal” translation into English gives connotations of a warm, friendly, cozy demeanor, but it’s unlikely that these words truly capture the essence of a hyggelig; it’s likely something that must be experienced to be known. I think of good friends, cold beer, and a warm fire. (Altalang.com)

17. L’appel du vide
French – “The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places.

18. Ya’aburnee
Arabic – Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them.

19. Duende
Spanish – While originally used to describe a mythical, spritelike entity that possesses humans and creates the feeling of awe of one’s surroundings in nature, its meaning has transitioned into referring to “the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.” There’s actually a nightclub in the town of La Linea de la Concepcion, where I teach, named after this word. (Altalang.com)

20. Saudade
Portuguese – One of the most beautiful of all words, translatable or not, this word “refers to the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost.” Fado music, a type of mournful singing, relates to saudade. (Altalang.com)

Missing from this already awesome list: Waldeinsamkeit. German. Literal translation: forest loneliness. Contextually isn’t that different. The feeling of being alone in the woods.

(Source: victoriousvocabulary, via wordscratcherextraordinaire)