Tag: plants
member name: Joyce C.
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October 02, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
The bo/peepul is now a predominant feature in my inner landscape.
It is a sacred tree, connected to Hinduism and Buddhism.
It is a tree that teaches us forgiveness, resilience and mortality. It is the . . .
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October 23, 2007 08:50 AM EDT --
For many of us, a sacred place might be the forest near where we live, or the quiet creek where we sit down for a quiet time. Likewise, it could be a tiny garden filled with nature's goodness or a . . .
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December 20, 2007 02:24 AM EST --
A star, a sun, a son,
wishing, dreaming, hoping -
waiting for the coming of spring,
light over dark,
a rebirth of a sun,
a remembrance of balance,
a reminder of joy,
Natalis . . .
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March 20, 2008 08:37 AM EDT --
She dropped onto the soft sand, panther-quiet, a dark shadow slipping in the shadows of the large hangar. She hid beneath the large silver fighter planes. Birds of death, her people called them. Birds . . .
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September 30, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
Buddha's tree -
heart-shaped leaves in the sun.
Teach me about mortality
and resilience,
because living in the city is not
easy.
Teach me, Peepul, teach me, please.
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October 06, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
It is a generalization to say that Singapore does not have seasons. Or that she has hot and wet monsoon seasons.
Just look very carefully at the plants. They react to the minute shifts to the weather . . .
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February 07, 2008 09:52 AM EST --
Inspired by - yes - Johnny and the Sprites.
Wake up, old slumbering Earth -
Wake up and stretch forth your shoots,
Your little germinating seeds, your little bulbs.
Let them push out from the . . .
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November 15, 2007 12:56 AM EST --
Evergreen sprig in incense,
Sending forth fragrance skywards -
Time for renewal, for change-within
And for roots-reaching-down.
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November 21, 2007 01:37 AM EST --
A spiky ovoid -
Packed with life
And released to fly.
Note: The casuarina has seed pods with small 'spikes' (not painful) but the real seed is tiny and tucked inside the seed . . .
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November 25, 2007 04:22 AM EST --
flowering -
abundant now, laden with
blooms:
beautiful herald, speaker
of transitions
and seasonal paths.
bearing -
age-old wisdom, grounded with
luminous truth:
drink deep, . . .
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January 16, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
I love taking pictures, especially about moments of spirituality. I love the different aspects of worship and spirituality in people and how these are expressed. Be it under a tree or in the sanctity . . .
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March 21, 2008 08:37 AM EDT --
Oh deep dark compost, so rich with nutrients, of the Earth's goodness. A combination of things we do not want, the debris, the junk, the leftovers, the bits-and-pieces. We throw them in and they break . . .
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January 12, 2008 10:19 AM EST --
The trees are wise. They teach us the cycles of time. They also teach us wisdom. In many cultures, trees are often the bearers of wisdom and knowledge. Listen, particularly, to the older trees . . .
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December 26, 2007 09:50 AM EST --
Boxing Day today - and I attended the staff meeting at my new school. It turns out that the principal is an ex-teacher of mine. And made me realize how small the teaching service is in Singapore. People . . .
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January 08, 2008 07:48 AM EST --
The trees tell time. They teach us about the rhythms of the Earth, the seasons and the cycles. From watching them, we learn the transitions of the seasons, the coming of the monsoons (June-August . . .
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