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Close the pin tube bail shut, sand off the solder and polish to...

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:21:29 +0900

Close the pin tube bail shut, sand off the solder and polish to shine.. #silversmithing #jewelry #jewellery #dogtag #necklace #handcrafted #kazephcraft #KazeEphemerale

#subtraction #lostwax #kazephcraft

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:08 +0900

#subtraction #lostwax #kazephcraft

Soldering a border around the dog tag.. #jewelry #jewellery...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:09:24 +0900

Soldering a border around the dog tag.. #jewelry #jewellery #silversmithing #echopark

What do you think happens after death?

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:31:58 +0900

samsaranmusing:

The Buddha was often asked why he did not answer the question of “is there an afterlife” in his teachings. His answer was always “You ask this question only because of your attachment. Lose this attachment and you will no longer ask”

Needless to say this was a very unpopular answer and the Buddha lost followers because he would not answer. Later, lesser men, attempted to answer it and conjured up all kinds of Buddhist Heavens and “Perfect Lands”. The Buddha never said anything more about the subject.

I, being a lesser man, have this answer to the question the Buddha never answered. It is my view and mine alone. Here it is:

The Examination of Life in the Context of Space-Time

All designed systems have a “purpose”. A watch, a space shuttle or a toaster oven … all have as their central characteristic a function.

There is an unbroken connection between every living thing on this planet from tube worms in the Pacific Rift to you and the first self replicating system. You are directly connected to every living thing on Earth both now and since the beginning.

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Some Intuitions I Had Today

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:19:23 +0900

samsaranmusing:

Man can truly control nothing besides his own mind

Peace of mind begets peace of action

A man at peace will create peace, a man in love will create love, a man who suffers compassion will create compassion, a man who sees light will create light

Peace is unity

As man attains peace, the universe returns to oneness

By changing his mind, man changes the world

A wonderful submission by sangha member sneezymcfly. Thanks!

Musings by Samsaran: Try to imagine a life without timekeeping

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:51:15 +0900

Musings by Samsaran: Try to imagine a life without timekeeping:

samsaranmusing:

“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not…

Saturday mornings in #EchoPark

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:30:58 +0900

Saturday mornings in #EchoPark

Subtracting little by little..

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:48:54 +0900

Subtracting little by little..

Thicker. Better. #KazeEphemerale

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:03:51 +0900

Thicker. Better. #KazeEphemerale

samsaranmusing: “A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:31:10 +0900

samsaranmusing:

“A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl.”

—Stephan Hoeller

Musings by Samsaran: Future Energy

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:30:26 +0900

Musings by Samsaran: Future Energy:

samsaranmusing:

If this world had unlimited cheap power which was equally distributed then we would see the rivalries over oil ended. We would eliminate hunger because there would be sufficient energy to mechanize farming in the third world and water for irrigation could be produced by desalination.

Cheap power…

lady-hawkeye: There are seven chakras that go up the body. Each...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:26:50 +0900

lady-hawkeye:

There are seven chakras that go up the body. Each pool of energy has a purpose, and can be blocked by a specific kind of emotional muck.

~Guru Pathik

12 crucial Tumblr tricks you probably don't know

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:24:44 +0900

12 crucial Tumblr tricks you probably don't know:

bookshop:

1) Know your limits.

The tag limit. Only the first 5 tags you put in a post are searchable.

The search limit. Only the first 200 posts under a tag show up when you search that tag.

The posting limit. You can post or reblog no more than 250 posts a day, and only 75 of them can be photos. The day ends at midnight EST.

The friending limit. As many people discovered during the Mishapocalypse, you can only friend between 250-300 people on Tumblr in a day.

The queue limit. The queue can only hold 300 posts at one time.

The ask limit. You can only send 10 asks within a single hour, and only 5 of them can be anonymous.

2) Keep Tumblr from truncating long text posts.

Tumblr’s default behavior when reblogging long text posts is to reblog them as links instead. To make sure long posts get reblogged as text—or to truncate them if you only want to link to a shorter text post—go to the top right corner of the post and click the icon next to your settings. The drop-down menu will give you the option to change the format of the post. If you have a text post, clicking “Reblog as text” will retain the text of the post up until its original “read more” line.

3) You don’t need to insert a blank .gif at the bottom of your photosets in order to show full-sized photos. There’s already a workaround for this. Just go to your settings, select the Dashboard, and click “show full-size photos.”

4) Allow anyone to reply to any of your posts directly from the dash. For reasons no one can fathom, replying to people on Tumblr is a tricky thing. Sometimes you can’t reply until you’ve had someone friended longer than two weeks. Sometimes you can’t reply with photos. It’s a strange world. But one thing is certain: sticking a “?” in your post will cause the message, “Let people answer this” to appear. Check the box and profit.

5) tumblr.com/photos lets you see a mosaic of photos on your dash. Try it and be amazed.

6) Filter your dash by type by using “/show/[mediatype]”. Appending “/show/text” to tumblr.com will let you see only the text posts on your dash. This also works for photos, links, quotes, audio, chats, and videos.

LEARN ALL 12 TIPS FOR BETTER TUMBLING!

How to be a good friend

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:40:23 +0900

samsaranmusing:

Take interest in other people’s interests.

Listen more than you talk.

Avoid gossip. It is always hateful.

Don’t always have to have the last word.

Share your stuff.

Don’t constantly whine or complain.

Suggest activities.

Give an occasional compliment.

Pay your way and don’t be a moocher.

Give the other guy the right to be wrong.

Yessssss

The #heartistic #ring on @noripum in .925 #silver #jewelry...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:12:03 +0900

The #heartistic #ring on @noripum in .925 #silver #jewelry #jewellery #kazeephemerale

Workin’ on a #dogtag from scratch..

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:01:39 +0900

Workin’ on a #dogtag from scratch..

Photo

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:43:26 +0900

Musings by Samsaran: A friend asked: “Sam, what should a person do when they feel small and...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:54:58 +0900

Musings by Samsaran: A friend asked: “Sam, what should a person do when they feel small and...:

samsaranmusing:

A friend asked:

“Sam, what should a person do when they feel small and unimportant, but not in an enlightening way?”

I replied:

How could you possibly be unimportant? The fact that you are alive tells you that every single one of your anscestors all the way back to the first ancestor to…

Musings by Samsaran: Pleasure and Pain: Epicurus was Right

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:05:16 +0900

Musings by Samsaran: Pleasure and Pain: Epicurus was Right:

samsaranmusing:

Human beings are animals. Unique in some ways but still animals. Animals seek pleasure and shrink from pain. Everything a human does is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. You get pleasure from achieving goals and from besting competitors. You get pleasure from your bodily appetites though…

samsaranmusing: Learn to observe your thoughts, your emotions and the connection between them. This...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:58:39 +0900

samsaranmusing:

Learn to observe your thoughts, your emotions and the connection between them. This is the source of mastery.

☯ Samsaran ☯