“So instead of loving what you think is peace, love other men and love God above all. And instead of hating the people you think are warmakers, hate the appetites and the disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.”
—

Thomas Merton

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“I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem”
— Jaime Gil de Bieda (via breathemystardust)

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chrysalism

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n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.

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“If people are sending out negative energy and not meeting your expectations, it is important to send them unconditional love. They are simply being themselves, doing the best they know how. You will find great inner peace when you do not need others to act in a certain way to be happy yourself. When you send someone unconditional love, it is no longer possible for you to be harmed by his or her negative energy.”
— Orin (via nirvikalpa)

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“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving… We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins… We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive are our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers… We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.”
— Courtney Martin (via creatingaquietmind)

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wordslessspoken:

If “perfect love drives out all fear,” we are not afraid because we lack courage, but because we lack compassion.

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Mantra - “pain is temporary”

Hello all, I am starting a juice fast tomorrow. I will also be practicing yoga and deep meditation every day! I am terribly excited. I have been extremely lethargic, bloated, broken out, and feeling just plain old gross lately. Not to mention a possible case of sepsis. I am excited to cleanse my toxic body, soothe my mind, and awaken my soul! I will be updating each day.

“Lovers, Lunatics and poets are all made of the same stuff.”
— Bhagat Singh (via thefreenomad)

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early-onset-of-night: Soylent PinkPink slime is an ammonia-treated meat-like substance that has been used for decades to create really cheap food for the peasants of the United States. It is not much fun to look at, I know.Although technically classified as meat, microbiologist Carl Custer disagrees. “It’s not meat,” he said flatly. Custer, who has worked with the Food Safety Inspection Service for 35 years, said that the substance is primary connective tissue and gristle. The texture is simply manipulated mechanically and the flavor altered chemically. “We call it Soylent Pink,” he said.Some people may consider this a form of efficiency, a “waste not, want not” type of thing. “We’re using the whole cow!” Perhaps those people even eat out of their own garbages at home or go out to dinner at the landfill, but I kind of doubt it.As a waste product, Soylent Pink is crawling with E. Coli, Salmonella, and virtually every other bug imaginable, thus it has to be treated with ammonia. By treated, of course, I mean “soaked in.” This renders the product “safe” because it will be less likely to kill you right away. If it killed you right away it would probably be pretty easy to figure out who to sue. We can’t have that.McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Burger King have all recently stopped using Soylent Pink, which is a sound business move. Americans are becoming pickier about their food, demanding more from it than just cheapness. They are also becoming aware of what they are actually eating, of what they are really putting into their bodies as “food.” They are starting to make better decisions, healthier choices. This is why a number of states are passing so-called Ag-Gag bills, which make it unlawful to expose how our food is made. We are not supposed to make informed decisions about our food, you see. Besides, doing so would hurt the bottom line of your friendly neighborhood smoke-belching factory farm. We can’t have that.Despite a number of fast food joints jumping ship, our government has just bought 7 million pounds of Soylent Pink for the school lunch program. That’s right, they’re going to feed it to all the little Ashleys and Courtneys out there, to all the little Jordans and Codys. Our government recently declared that pizza is vegetables, so we shouldn’t be surprised by this.Tom Vilsack, head of the Department of Agriculture (which runs the school lunch program), said he wasn’t too worried about it. “These are trying economic times and this pink slime stuff is sold at rock-bottom prices. Besides, it’s safe. It’s been treated with ammonia.”share on Facebook / Twitter

early-onset-of-night:

Soylent Pink

Pink slime is an ammonia-treated meat-like substance that has been used for decades to create really cheap food for the peasants of the United States. It is not much fun to look at, I know.

Although technically classified as meat, microbiologist Carl Custer disagrees. “It’s not meat,” he said flatly. Custer, who has worked with the Food Safety Inspection Service for 35 years, said that the substance is primary connective tissue and gristle. The texture is simply manipulated mechanically and the flavor altered chemically. “We call it Soylent Pink,” he said.

Some people may consider this a form of efficiency, a “waste not, want not” type of thing. “We’re using the whole cow!” Perhaps those people even eat out of their own garbages at home or go out to dinner at the landfill, but I kind of doubt it.

As a waste product, Soylent Pink is crawling with E. Coli, Salmonella, and virtually every other bug imaginable, thus it has to be treated with ammonia. By treated, of course, I mean “soaked in.” This renders the product “safe” because it will be less likely to kill you right away. If it killed you right away it would probably be pretty easy to figure out who to sue. We can’t have that.

McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Burger King have all recently stopped using Soylent Pink, which is a sound business move. Americans are becoming pickier about their food, demanding more from it than just cheapness. They are also becoming aware of what they are actually eating, of what they are really putting into their bodies as “food.” They are starting to make better decisions, healthier choices.

This is why a number of states are passing so-called Ag-Gag bills, which make it unlawful to expose how our food is made. We are not supposed to make informed decisions about our food, you see. Besides, doing so would hurt the bottom line of your friendly neighborhood smoke-belching factory farm. We can’t have that.

Despite a number of fast food joints jumping ship, our government has just bought 7 million pounds of Soylent Pink for the school lunch program. That’s right, they’re going to feed it to all the little Ashleys and Courtneys out there, to all the little Jordans and Codys. Our government recently declared that pizza is vegetables, so we shouldn’t be surprised by this.

Tom Vilsack, head of the Department of Agriculture (which runs the school lunch program), said he wasn’t too worried about it. “These are trying economic times and this pink slime stuff is sold at rock-bottom prices. Besides, it’s safe. It’s been treated with ammonia.”

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nevver: Word on the Street

nevver:

Word on the Street

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“I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just sit and talk. About love, about life, about anything, about everything. To sit under the moon with all the time in the world, the full-speed train that is our lives slowing to a crawl. Bound by no obligations, barred by no human limitations. To speak without regret or fear of consequence. To talk for hours and about what’s really important in life.”
— (via creatingaquietmind)

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“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
— Maya Angelou  (via elige)

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“The eyes, specifically their movements, are indicative of an individual’s intelligence. People who are clever have large eye movements and are always exploring their environment. Slow eye movement or a lack of eye movement indicates a repressed level of intelligence.”
— Dr. Stephen T. Chang (via nevver)

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