Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Pieces of Truth

A  l  o  h  a !



Sky & Eye. . . Until I Die!



" Yeah we all shine on,
like the moon, and the stars, 
and the sun. "

John Lennon



What beast is this?



The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"

John Godfrey Saxe











 Rather Work-a-day After All



 “A half-truth is a whole lie.”

 Yiddish Proverb


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"Brethren,
the raja was delighted with the scene. 

"Just so are these preachers and scholars
holding various views blind and unseeing.... 

In their ignorance they are by nature quarrelsome, wrangling, and disputatious,
each maintaining reality is thus and thus." 


And so the Jain doctrine of

Anekanta,
the many-sidedness of things.

Maybe I don't have the whole picture.

Together, we fill in the dark places.

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25 comments:

  1. eziozerziani (Ermanno Albano)June 22, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Ciao Cloudia..simply..GREAT!
    Ermanno

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  2. Kavita SahariaJune 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Aloha ,we all shine on :):)

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  3. Couture CarrieJune 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    Ooooooo love that Yiddish proverb!

    xoxox,
    CC

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  4. Charles GramlichJune 22, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    that quarrelsome thing hits too close to home. I gotta learn to calm down.

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  5. RONWJune 22, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    I don't know if the photo is of a street in Waikiki, but riding a motorbike, I'm glad that most of the side streets in Waikiki town have been newly repaved. I believe you ride a moped.

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  6. Commander ZaiusJune 22, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Love the elephant poem of John Godfrey Saxe's.

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  7. Pietro BrosioJune 22, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    Wonderful sky in the first picture, Cloudia, and I like that Yiddish Proverb!
    Happy Wednesday :-)

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  8. nonizamboniJune 22, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Your skies knock me out
    and
    your musical sensibility shines on.
    :O)

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  9. Jenn JilksJune 22, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    As always, lovely post.

    Thanks for visiting. I have bad news about Batman, though !

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  10. UnknownJune 22, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    WOW! What a gorgeous sky on top!

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  11. HattieJune 22, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Right. Leaving out the everyday stuff or seeing only one side of things impoverishes one's world view.

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  12. Windsmoke.June 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    Like the elephant poem by John Godfrey Saxe and the Yiddish Proverb. John Lennon was right we should all shine on :-).

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  13. CloudiaJune 22, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    thank YOU :)

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  14. magiceyeJune 22, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    warm greetings from this side!

    namaste /\ from mumbai
    aloha!!

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  15. Elephant's ChildJune 22, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    Wonderful sky. And the Yiddish proverb speaks loudly to me too. Thanks.

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  16. CloudiaJune 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    SO nice to see YOU!

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  17. Lori SkoogJune 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Those first two photos knocked my socks off! Such color and texture. You really know how to put things together...

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  18. nazeletJune 22, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Ahhh. That Yiddish proverb would have been perfect for my 17 June post on Truth.

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  19. CloudiaJune 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    SO glad you both could make it!

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  20. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 2:19 AM

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  21. bichonpawzJune 23, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    WOW! I love that first shot! It is stunning!!!

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  22. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 6:06 AM

    Wonderful shots and words! Wishing you a great weekend.

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  23. the walking manJune 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    I will let them believe in what they will as long as they will let me believe in what they won't.

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  24. Magia da InêsJune 23, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    ˚ ✿˛。˚ ˚ ˛
    ✿ Olá, amiga!

    Passei para uma visitinha.
    Amei a foto de céu...simplesmente maravilhosa!!!
    Tenha um lindo dia!

    ˚ ✿˛ •
    ✿•˚。
    ° 。✿ °° 。
    ●/✿
    /▌
    / \✿Beijinhos.
    Brasil 。 ✿

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  25. UnknownJune 23, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    I love the Lennon quote! Your blog is great!

    xo,
    amanda

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