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glimpses of "the making of the puzzle modular unit problem".

yama and niyama, the way better version of the ten commandments... trust me.

so i was talking to mads today (my mom) and we started talking about why morality is important... it sets the stage for the play, which you can think of as your spiritual journey to awakening. you need to have that morality to make it possible to actually be inside of yourself and begin your spiritual journey... morality is setting up your stage so that the play can be a beautiful triumph! as she was talking she said something about the "nama yara namas" which after 35 mins of googleing, yielded no results. but i eventually deduced that she meant yama niyama, the yoga sutra's version of the 10 commandments. i like this version because its much more connected to the universe! ennnjoyyyy!

yama

•                Nonviolence (ahimsa). Do no harm to any creature in thought or deed. In his book Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda asks Mahatma Gandhi the definition of ahimsa. Gandhi said, "The avoidance of harm to any living creature in thought or deed." Yogananda asked if one could kill a cobra to protect a child. Gandhi maintained he would still hold to his vow of ahimsa, but added, "I must confess that I could not serenely carry on this conversation were I faced by a cobra." 

•                Truth and honesty (satya). Tell no lies. Cheating on your income taxes falls into this category.  

•                Nonstealing (asteya). Do not steal material objects (a car) or intangibles such as the center of attention or your child's chance to learn responsibility or independence by doing something on his own.

•                Nonlust (brahmacharya). Don't worry; this is not a call to celibacy. Many yogis of old were married and had families of their own. The person who practices brahmacharya avoids meaningless sexual encounters and, as the well-known teacher B.K.S. Iyengar puts it, "sees divinity in all."

•                Nonpossessiveness (aparigraha). Free yourself from greed, hoarding, and collecting. Do you really need more shoes, another car, or to hog the conversation every time you see your friends? Make your life as simple as possible.

niyama

•                Purity (shauca). Purity is achieved through the practice of the five yamas, which help clear away the negative physical and mental states of being. Keep yourself, your clothing, and your surroundings clean. Eat fresh and healthy food. The next time you joke about treating your body like a temple, think of this niyama. 

•                Contentment (santosha). Cultivate contentment and tranquility by finding happiness with what you have and who you are. Seek happiness in the moment, take responsibility for where you are, and choose to grow from there. 

•                Austerity (tapas). Show discipline in body, speech, and mind. The purpose of developing self-discipline is not to become ascetic, but to control and direct the mind and body for higher spiritual aims or purposes.

•                Study of the sacred text (svadhyaya). Study sacred texts, which are whatever books are relevant to you and inspire and teach you. Education changes a person's outlook on life. As Iyengar says, a person starts "to realize that all creation is meant for bhakti (adoration) rather than for bhoga (enjoyment), that all creation is divine, that there is divinity within himself and that the energy which moves him is the same that moves the entire universe."

•                Living with an awareness of the Divine (ishvara-pranidhana). Be devoted to God, Buddha, or whatever you consider divine.

plannnezzz

‎3D art problem set 4: serial planes
materials; book. (which happens to be twilight... because im never going to read it again.)

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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. - e.e. cummings

How fantastical and stymied is she?

Tidal waves break before calm shores

Destroying villages that beat to her heart.

To lay to waste the fields of seeds

Sown by her own hand with love and tenderness

Throwing her fingers to the sky lights

And the wild wind exploding in her hair

Wild lights dancing with wonder through her blood

The luminosity of life shines through her pores

But her own jubilated dance leads her oft to familiar ground

Memories of pain and betrayal lace her tears

And her feet dance on hot and cracked ground

Barren of life.

She can run.

She can curse the land that robbed her of life

Suffocated the seeds of love she had sown

And cut her tender soles as she longed for a place to rest them.

But she may not run… this time.

She may bend her ear to the heavens and rejoice!

For the desolate land before her may yet yield a new crop

She may sow a new seed and it may soak up the acidic soil and make new baskets of nourishment.

Her soul can lead her anywhere

And it knows where to go,

If only she will listen

If only she will still her raging seas and dazzle on the water.

For now she is a woman. And her choice is her own

She loves you and if you will weather her storm

She will alight within you her fiery grace

And feed you delicacies that your heart has only imagined.

Fairy Floss

Photography class: LOVEEEE this class! i have two bomb-digg rolls to develop from the nunnery we went to on a field trip the other day, and ive had to turn in most of my other developed pics for assignments.... but i have a select few that i cant wait to share with you!

self portrait

"radial"

Portrait - Carolyn Kau

"I go from bedside to bedside . . . . I sleep close with the
other sleepers, each in turn;
I dream in my dream all the dreams of the other dreamers,
And I become the other dreamers."

The Sleepers by Walt Whitman, 1855 Leaves of Grass 

"pods"

"void"

"query" - self portrait

"myraid"


all photos COPYRIGHT 2010 Chapin Photo 

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so yes, it was a bit of a roller coaster-y weekend... some details will most definitely be best remained locked in the vault of me memory collecting dust and cobwebs until i one day pen my personal memoirs (which ill get into another day...) BUT i did get to see Warren Miller's WINTERVENTION at the Pabst on friday!!! oh. sweet, sweet. little baby jesus. who brings us pow pow and the mental abilities to create a helicopter; HEAR MY PRAYERS! let it snow... 3 feet of white fluffy goodness tonight. and for every day after until february 25th. (i dont want to be locked in a blizz for my b dizz) Ahhh anyways it was magical... all about heli-skiing, and WAY better then last years. observe the trailer below:

just makes you want to run outside and put snow down your friends pants doesn't it?! sadly we must wait, since it is a few short days away from the end of october and the temperature has been about low 70- mid 80 degrees the last 3 weeks. 

IN OTHER NEWS: i have figured out my halloween costume, which i really put off til the last minute this year... and the winner is: PABLO ESCOBAR!! yes, i admitt i mostly chose this costume becuase i have long yearned to wear a fake mustache on haloween, and to be a bad-ass (stuffed olives, toasters, the Berlin wall, a tube of toothpaste? hardly intimidating, except for how much time and effort where put into their glorious creation.) So i will be the most bad-ass person i can think of, that wont get me hate-crimed.

anyway... think ssssnnnnooooo