Honolulu Temples

A  L  O  H  A !

Shinto Temple

Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii, 

215 N. Kukui St., Honolulu

" Even the wishes of 

an ant reach to heaven. "

Common Shinto Prayer:

"Our eyes may see some uncleanliness, 

but let not our mind see things that are not clean. 

Our ears may hear some uncleanliness, 

but let not our mind hear things that are not clean".

Shinto Sayings -

" The heart of the person before you 

is a mirror. 

See there your own form.

.

A single sincere prayer moves heaven. 

You will surely realize 

the divine presence through sincere prayer.

Where you have sincerity, there also is virtue. 

Sincerity is a witness to truth. 

Sincerity is the mother of knowledge. 

Sincerity is a single virtue 

that binds Divinity and man in one.

Retribution for good or ill 

is as sure as the shadow after substance.

To do good is to be pure. 

To commit evil is to be impure.

To admit a fault is the beginning of righteousness.

If you pray to a deity with sincerity, 

you will surely feel the divine presence.

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Turn Around to see 

this Chinese Temple

"Founded in 1899, the Lum Sai Ho Tong Society was one of more than 100 societies started by Chinese immigrants in Hawaii to help preserve their cultural identity. This one was for the Lum clan hailing from west of the Yellow River. The society’s Taoist temple honors the goddess Tin Hau, a legendary child who rescued her father from drowning and was later deified. Some claim to see her apparition when they travel by boat. "

Lonely Planet

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InSPIRED Sunday

Thank You!

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Fortune Cookie.

A  L  O  H  A !

" Everyday

 holds the possibility 

of a miracle. "

                         Elizabeth David

I have come to understand 

that every day contains 

numerous unnoticed 

miracles-  

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Head Up Light/Head Down Dark
 A Lovely Diagonal/Left&Right

" The comic 
and the tragic
 lie inseparably close, 
like light 
and shadow. "
                        Socrates

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  Shadow Shot Sunday

Focus In / Focus Out the Noise

" Only let the

 moving waters calm down, 

and the sun and moon 

will be reflected 

on the surface 

of your being. "

                         Rumi

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Weekend Reflections

" Set wide the window. 

 Let me drink 

the day. "  

                     Edith Wharton

['/']

Your Oracle:

Someone 

to whom you've been kind

is thinking of you warmly

wishing you all the best 

expecting nothing.

Lucky Number: 6

Thank You

for Paying it 

Forward!

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LapTop Critter

A  L  O  H  A !

" Life is a mirror 

and will reflect 

back to the thinker 

what he thinks 

into it. " 

                   Ernest Holmes

" If you're sincere,

 praise is effective "

                         Zig Ziglar

My Copy Editor

“ Fumbling, 

incompetent scribbles 

of no consequence

 whatsoever.” 

                   New York Times 

                         [about Picasso, 1911]

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“I am not 

what happened to me,

 I am 

what I choose 

to become.” 

                     C.G. Jung.

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Saturday Critters

[']

Thank YOU

for pussyfooting by!

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Mad Mural

A  L  O  H  A !

Sheer JOY!

May YOUR Weekend be This Much FUN!



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Honolulu SKY Watch

A L O H A !

Crepuscular Rays

“ Nobody

 can teach me

 who I am.” 

                Chinua Achebe

 Curtain, Curves, & Cauliflower

" Imagine 

what a harmonious world

 it could be if 

every single person, 

both young and old 

shared a little 

of what he is 

good at doing. "

                             Quincy Jones

 Soaring Angel Wing

Set Above

" Young men

 know the rules,

 but old men 

know the exceptions. "

                             Oliver Wendell Holmes

" The salvation of mankind

 lies only in making 

everything 

the concern of all. "
                         Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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SkyWatch

Thank YOU

for Visiting!

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The Only Sane People -

- Are People You Don't Know That Well Yet

A  L  O  H  A !

 " If you think 

anyone is sane 

you just don't know

 enough about them. "

                                 Christopher Moore 

“Every 

uncomfortable feeling, 

every pain, 

every moment 

of 

stress and suffering 

is for your own

self-realization. "

                             Byron Katie

We all get overwhelmed

from time to time.

It's the Human Condition.

So many open questions,

so many hate-filled voices.

[they are really voices of fear]

Just holding & sharing 

PEACE

Doesn't feel like

Doing Anything 

near Enough.

But it is.

[Refraining from blame,

from acting out,

changes the game]

What is near at hand,

appreciate.

Doesn't feel like much.

But I assure You

It Is.

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