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"We are all just walking each other home." Ram Das Interiority: #wisdom #poetry #mind-in-nature #dàojiā Except: #Packers Zero interest: politics, casual followers, marketing

Photo: A pillar of sunlight stands vertically against a snowy valley with evergreens: a sun candle caught by an Austrian skier. Source: www.indiatimes.com Text: The Essential Rumi, "Rough Metaphors," p. 173.
Photo: close-up of a red watermelon-shaped fruit bowl with stone fruit - peaches and cherries. Source: Getty Images, www.allrecipes.com Text: The Prophet , 1926, 1980, p.61.
Image: painting of Eaos, the goddess of dawn, dressed in a white robe, with red wings, standing on a field of flowers before the sea. Source: Eos, Evelyn de Morgan, 1895, Wikipedia.
Photo: a white clubfoot bathtub is set on gravel in a wooded backyard attached by a pipe to a metal black and silver wood stove. Source: www.islandbathtub.com Text: The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, tr., 1995, p. 171-2.
Image: blue and yellow book cover of Original Tao by Harold Roth. Text: Roth, p. 114.
Screenshot of a PEW Research graph showing the world's favourable views of China and the US. Details in the article link.
Photo: Bronze work "Hercules Delivering Prometheus" by François Lespingola, 1705. Source: www.etmuseum.org Text: Heroes, 2018, p. 106.
Image: A woman with red hair and a black outfit sits in mediation on a stump in the mountains above the clouds overlooking a valley and another green mountain. Source: www.energyarts.com
Image: black and yellow book cover of The Power Of myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers. Text: 1988, p. 32.
Photo: In traffic, behind a dirty red squat truck with a phrase printed on the left, "Clowns to the left of me," and on the right, "Jokers to the right."
Photo: Four white poplars stand in a green field. Source: www.uniprot.org Text: The Prophet, 1926, 1980, p.60
Photo: From the stern of a motor boat, the wake leads to an island of trees and the sky filled with fire and smoke. A scene from northern Ontario as First Nations people flee huge wildfires. Source: Wayne Wastaken, Collins, ON.
Image: Black silhouette of a woman seated in meditation facing the setting sun and a low dark mountain range. Source: https///pxhere.com/en/photo/99277 Text: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/843-neiye-and-resource-links/
A lion pride with full bellies loafing in midday shade. Kruger National Park.
A lion pride with full bellies loafing in midday shade. Kruger National Park.
Photo: a sail ship on dark blue waters as the sun sets behind it in a yellow and orange sky. Source: p.d., www.unsplash.com
Drawing: a man in a green bathrobe opens the door to a bunch of toga-clad partiers. Caption: "Excuse me, Sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lod and savior, Dionysus?"
Image: Asterix and Obelix
Image: For sale on Temu - a warning sign saying this property is protected by a fat cat.
Image: a table is laden with classic Greek foods: bread, olives, cheese, along with earthen pottery items. Source: oliviart @ gr.blogspot.com. Text: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/843-neiye-and-resource-links/
Screenshot: Iceberg lettuce. Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/health/cyclospora-taylor-farms-lettuce-recall
Photo: waterbuck lying in dry grass.
Photo: A leopard lies in dry branches looking ahead.
Photo: A male lion lies on dry grass looking over his shoulder.
Image: a woman is seated in meditation on a flat rock in a green pond with rocks and trees in the background. Source: www.goodemma.com Text: Original Tao, p.88.
Short video of a baby elephant crossing a path followed by its parent in the Kruger National Park.
Photo: close-up of a cape buffalo and its herd.
Chinese painting in blues, browns, and white, of an old sage seated in meditation with the full moon behind him, pine branches to the left and rocks on the right. Source: awen fine art prints. Text: original Tao, p. 104.
Image: poster for the movie My Cousin Vinny.
A video clip of a leopard warily eating its prey.
Photo: A nyala antelope is reflected in a drinking pool.
A video of an elephant sighting in the Kruger National Park.
Photo: View through window of a yellow smoke-filled sky over a green hedge.
Image: B&W painting of a seated Chinese sage before an open book with Daoist symbols and green calligraphy emanating from the sage. Text: "Daoist mediatation books: Techniques for Qi cultivation" Source: www.daocrafts.com Nei Ye text source: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/843-neiye-and-resource-links/
Photo: Statue of a female figure emerging from a vertical slab. Creator: "Equality emerging" by John Behan opposite Galway Cathedral, unveiled in 2001. Source: cc Oliver Dixon, https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4932927 Text: Jung, C.G. Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Jaffé, Aniela, ed. Winston, Richard & Clara, trs. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1961.
Photo: A fence post with barbed wire stands on yellow grass under low dark clouds. Source: "Storm Coming" Bisti De-Na-Zin Wilderness NM, @saintmaker Bluesky. Text: Emerson, On Self-reliance, 1847, p.12-13.
Photo: the yacht Peter I with black hull and red sails on blue water with a large icy mountain and an orange full moon overhanging it all. Source: Daniel Kordan, Ilulissat Icefjord Greenland, www.cdn-cosmos.so Text: Kahlil Gibran, On Reason and Passion, The Prophet, 1926, 1980, p. 59.
Image: blue and yellow book cover of Original Tao by Harold Roth.
A female lion lies on yellow sand in the sun.
Image: Map of the Jade Pass in the Great Wall of China. Source: Wikipedia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yumenguan_map.jpg Poem Text: https://www.cn-poetry.com/libai-poetry/song-autumn-midnight.html
Photo: a woman with red hair in a black outfit sits in meditation pose on a stump overlooking mist in a valley and a green mountain in the distance. Source: www.energyarts.com Text: https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/843-neiye-and-resource-links/
Image: famous cartoon of two dinosaurs on a rock in a flood as Noah's ark leaves. Text: "Oh Crap. Was that TODAY?" Artist: Regan.
Photo: The dark figure of a sufi is dancing at sunset against a purple and orange sky. Source: www.deccanchronicle.com Text: “Joy at Sudden Disappointment,” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, tr., 1995, p. 171.
Photo: A Canadian Lynx leaps through snow with snowy evergreens in the background. Source: Thomas Vijayan Text: Self-Reliance, 1847, p.6.
Photo: Close-up of an upside down B&W cat lying on a Scooby blanket.
Image: a word cloud in greens and browns with words referring to knowledge. Source: blog.livepolls.app.
Image: computer drawing of a sage with a white beard in a white robe standing in a Chinese landscape, with the words, "Nei Ye: cultivo interno." Source: Youtube.
Image: peach and orange book cover of The Hidden Seasons by Tristan Gooley.
Photo: Bright light from the rising sun over a turquoise ocean and coastline. Source: www.suwalls.com
Chinese painting: green & white painting of a river and hills and mountains behind it, with some tall bamboo on the left. The text reads: Nei Ye (Inner training - Literal and Interpretive translations).
Painting: Knights in full armour with colourful cloaks clash on foot. "Medieval Knights in Battle" by Brian Stevens. Source: www.fineartamerica.com Text: Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1926, 1980, p. 59.
New Photo: Pres Erdogan and PM Carney walk out of a building together. Article headline: "Turkey's president gifted Carney a revolver at NATO summit. Carney gave him maple syrup" Source: www.cbc.ca
Painting: Sunlight breaks through storm clouds above violent waves breaking on rocks. "Clearing Up: Coast of Sicily," Andreas Achenbach, 1847. Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Painting: Two women stand by a gate in a wall leading to a road, with buildings behind them and a waterfront on the right. Analysis: https://www.cn-poetry.com/libai-poetry/in-spring.html
Chinese painting for advertising Daoist meditation manuals: an old sage sits in meditation with a book before him showing a Daoist symbol. Source: www.daocrafts.com
Chinese painting: an old daoist sage meditating under a pine in mountains with a full moon. Source: Awen Fine Art Prints Text: The chapter headings are by Shazi Daoren.
B&W drawing: A tree with roots and a flock of birds that emerge from the branches like leaves, fly, and return into the branches. Artist: Anneke Chambers
Photo: Yuncheng City, China: A rooftop misting system at a residential community Source: Xinhua/Alamy Live News, https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/jul/05/wild-horses-and-pirates-photos-of-the-weekend