Saturday, June 30, 2012

Cut fruit breakfast, table, limes, place and place setting, Best Western hotel cafe, South Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Spock, wearing a fur trimmed coat, tells his story of being marooned on a frozen planet, Delta Vega, Alpha Quadrant, fiction, Star Trek film 2009, on TV, Seattle, Washington, USA

Spock at the helm, wearing a space suit, trying unsuccessfully to save planet Romulus, Alpha Quadrant, fiction, Star Trek film 2009, on TV, Seattle, Washington, USA

Spock in space suit, trying unsuccessfully to save planet Romulus, Alpha Quadrant, fiction, Star Trek film 2009, on TV, Seattle, Washington, USA

Green garden, top of Seattle skyscraper, crane, Puget Sound, Washington, USA

Friday, June 29, 2012

Still Tsok, while the room vibrates around it, sangha member in an adi prepares tsok offering, Spontaneously Occurring Heart Essence of Padma, Rangjung Padma'i Nyingthig, given by Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, Lotus Speech, Vancouver BC, Canada

Peak performance snow mountain, TV screen, Vancouver B.C., Canada

Chopan assisting the young lama prince HE Asanga Sakya, blessing and distributing 5 Dhyani Buddhas crown, to a Tibetan monk for initiation, Lam Dre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Putting up a portrait of The Great 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan woman, Buddhist monks, tent, shoes, column, Tharlam Monastery, Lamdre, prayer wheel, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Samaya nectar flows out to the attendees, Empowerment by Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, Rangjung Padma'i Nyingthig, Spontaneously Occurring Heart Essence of Padma, Longhouse, Vancouver BC, Lotus Speech Canada

Reaching for the Elephant & castle cloud, Elephant and Castle pub & restaurant, photo poster ad, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA

Stern context, Prime Minister Thatcher, Ladies room, disabled, bathroom door, Elephant Pub, Seattle, Washington, USA

Downtown library, driveby, Chevy truck, school bus, skyscrapers, street, contemporary architecture, Seattle, Washington, USA

Entrance to the Elephant and Castle, pub & restaurant, red British phone box, arch, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA

Friday, June 22, 2012

Our Lady of Guadalupe holding Pope John Paul, who prays, universal blue, poster in a folk shrine, northern Mexico

Mural on the wall of an Abandoned restaurant, Sonoran Desert, northern Mexico, along the border, Highway 2

Riding bikes at Greenlake, in full bike gear, Seattle, Washington, USA

Jessie playing around with her hair as she falls on the bed, between the lamps and silk pillows, Mill Rose Inn, Half Moon Bay, California, USA

Metal border fence endless wall in the Sonora Desert separating Mexico from the USA, as viewed from Mexico highway 2

My old apartment living room, paintings, Buddhist shrine, lamps, red curtains, gold fan, southwest style fabric sofa, stuffed red ape Dezhung Rinpoche gave me when he was a little kid, Seattle, Washington, USA

Inside the Cathedral, crucifix, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Since your own manifest intrinsic awareness is just this, how can you say that you cannot find your own mind?

Buildings blur, Seattle, Washington, USA

Arya Tara: the outside world is a reflection and a dream.

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, detailed folk art religious murals, Crucified Christ statue, Hillside shrine, Hermosilla, Mexico

Death of Saints. Religious Folk Art Painting and Crucified Christ statue, Hillside shrine, Hermosilla, Mexico

Saint Francis plaque, flowers, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

Saint Michael the Archangel, Hotel De Mendoza, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Saint John The Evangelist Catholic Church under a snowfall, brick with cross topped tower, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA

Saint Sara of the hungry plate, Chang's Gourmet, Restaurant, Jeanette's birthday, Lake City, Seattle, Washington, USA