Curiosity! Definitely an #orangutan characteristic. Here Tammy seems fascinated by my closing the zipper to my vest. She probably wants to try it herself!
A meaningful life is not about material gain, power or fame; these are only of passing value. True meaning comes from an inner sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be based on a sense of caring and love for others.
I am so dismayed by the number of anthros today who are grasping for any reason, no matter how harebrained, to rationalize their assumption that Paranthropus could not have made stone tools.
Incredible display of atmospheric optics this morning along the Colorado/Wyoming border!
Upper Tangent arc, Parhelic Circle, 46-degree halo, and even a rare Moilanen Arc! (b/t sun & tangent: https://t.co/BG1ptG0oab)
#cowx#wywx#AtmosphericOptics
Non-self is nothing other than the stopping of one’s own painfully narrow thinking, and the preserving of natural truth, which is called the eye of the teaching.
Zen Master Hakuin, ‘The Embossed Tea Kettle’ https://t.co/dGc3L8mWaC Or local bookshop using ISBN 9780946672332
All 7 billion human beings have a common experience—we all appreciate love. We all have a seed of love and affection within us and the potential to cultivate greater love and compassion. If we want to create peace in the world it has to start with the heart, with inner peace.
Most friends aren't friends. They're acquaintances.
Friends phone you out-of-the-blue because they want to hear your voice. Friends would drive you to the emergency room at 3am.
Friends are the family you choose, and they're key to happiness in old age. Invest in good people.
The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!