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#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“Love turns work into rest.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

#SpanishProverb
#CatPhotography

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward."
~ Madison's favorite Spanish Proverb 😽

#EckhartTolle
#CatPhotography

"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
~ Walter concurs with Eckhart Tolle 😁

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“Through endless time God’s greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But when mankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

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#MeherBaba

“To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

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#MeherBaba

“Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

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#MeherBaba

“No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita

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#MeherBaba

“Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita

#PopeFrancis
#InspirationalQuotes

🙏 May he rest in peace.

❤️ “Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.”
~ Pope Francis

💛 “A sober, humble lifestyle dedicated to service is worth far more than thousands of followers on social networks.”
~Pope Francis

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

“Love is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

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#Adyashanti

“Anything you avoid in life will come back, over and over again, until you’re willing to face it – to look deeply into its true nature.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

"Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom...
...True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything."
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

"In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t...
..Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

ATTENTION OREGONIANS!

Rep. senators have sponsored SB 210 to abolish mail-in voting in Oregon. The hearing was 3/31 @ 1pm. Oregonians have 48 hours after the hearing to respond.

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...

Post your position & testimony:

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“Everybody does the same mistake: refusing the means, but wanting the ends. You want peace and harmony in the world, but refuse to have them in yourself.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

"No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“The last of human freedoms – the ability to choose one’s attitude, especially an attitude of gratitude, in a given set of circumstances, especially in difficult circumstances.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“What is to give light must endure burning.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

Several weeks ago I sent my friend a postcard with this joke on it! 😆

IMPEACH TRUMP. AGAIN. Impeach Trump. Sign the petition NOW to defend democracy and demand accountability! He is disqualified from office, and has violated the U.S. Constitution.

🇺🇸
I heard about this official ActBlue petition on the news, Democracy Now. Perhaps you'd like to sign and share...

www.impeachtrumpagain.org

#FlowerPhotography
#RamDass

“If you want to cure the world, don’t emanate fear – emanate love.”
~ Ram Dass

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali