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“It has nothing to do with effort. Just turn away, look between the thoughts, rather than at the thoughts. When you happen to walk in a crowd, you do not fight every man you meet, you just find your way between. When you fight, you invite a fight. But when you do not resist, you meet no resistance. When you refuse to play the game, you are out of it.”

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#sri nisargadatta maharaj

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Ants on palmetto berries

#personal #photography #naturephotography #nature #ants #Georgia

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“Now does not take place in time; all apparent time takes place Now.”

Rupert Spira

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Likely Massospora cicadina - it is an entomopathogenic (infects insects) fungus that attacks cicadas, often infecting them before they even make it above-ground.

This poor cicada has seen better days.

#fungi #entomopathogenic fungi

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Araschnia Levana

#headlikeanorange #head like an orange

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such a crazy relationship..

A bullet ant infected with Cordyceps parasitic fungus

Tiputini, Ecuador

#cordyceps

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Self-Love: Aloneness, Togetherness, and Humor

Self-love is the revelation that the Self is Love. That is the self-love that needs no reason, no justification, and no explanation. It relies on nothing in order to be known. It simply radiates. 

In today’s society, we are encouraged and conditioned to love ourselves in an objectified way. You look in the proverbial mirror and love something about yourself, whether that be your physical body, your life circumstances, or some achievement you have unlocked. 

Yet all of those forms of love are weak because they are susceptible to attack and change. Your physical body will not always be beautiful nor should we obsess the idea of beauty into being necessary for happiness. Your life circumstances will wax and wane, there being good times and bad. And your achievements, no matter how grand, will dissolve in the passage of time. 

Love, real love, is the fragrance of your primordial existence. When our separateness and egos diminish, the divine fullness that emphasizes our interconnectivity manifests itself and that feeling is Love. 

How to taste the depth, intimacy, and sweetness of this Love? 

In aloneness, you meet yourself without the proverbial mirror. You discover yourself without body, without circumstance, without likes, dislikes, ambitions, and fears. You discover your living reality, the brightly conscious quality of pure awareness. Daily meditation works to plunge you into the heart of this. 

In togetherness, you learn how to appreciate your own suffering, how it connects you to others who have suffered similarly, and how the experience of suffering in general connects all who have suffered. By accepting these feelings and meeting them with loving compassion for friends, for strangers, and for enemies, you learn to broaden your heart and your love. Tonglen meditation is a peerless practice in that endeavor. 

Lastly, with humor you find a space for senseless joy. Laughter is a way to commune, connect, and forgive. Without our sense of humor, life tends to lose its juiciness and luster. No matter what, you can always laugh. There is something liberating and purifying in the energy of humor. Find it and enjoy it. 

Contemplate and practice all of this and you will find yourself to be the Love you seek.

Namaste friends. 

#lazyyogi

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The man who knows the Truth Is never unhappy in the world, For He alone fills the Universe.  It is hard to find a man who has No desire for what he has not tasted Or who tastes the world and is untouched. He does not want the world to  End, he does not mind if it lasts. Whatever he does, he does nothing. And for what he has become, There is no name.

The Ashtavakra Gita (via lazyyogi)

#The Ashtavakra Gita

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The place you are looking for is the place from which you are looking.

Mooji (via lazyyogi)

#mooji

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Ultimately you will come to see that you are neither the particular nor the universal, you are beyond both. As the tiny point of a pencil can draw innumerable pictures, so does the dimensionless point of awareness draw the contents of the vast universe. Find that point and be free.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via lazyyogi)

#Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Good morning, Earth! The mighty Irrawaddy River, flowing creatively into the Andaman Sea. http://www.esa.int/spaceinimag…/…/07/Irrawaddy_Delta_Myanmar (at Myanmar)

#Chris Hadfield

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“Night Vision” - detail animation . Shirts of this available until July 6th.  . >> http://art.simonhaiduk.com/owl-elk/ . (link in bio) . Prints available at: www.simonhaiduk.com . Animation by @simonhaidukart & @davidletelierart . Audio by Simon Haiduk . . . #visionaryart #owl #wildlife #nature #art #psychedelicart #meditation #metaphysical #thirdeye #psychedelic #trees #forest #owls #fantamorph #plotographpro

#Simon Haiduk

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The inhalation, the return movement of breath, Sustains life. The outgoing breath Purifies life. These are the two poles Between which respiration goes on unceasingly. Between them is every delight you could desire. Even when the senses are turned outward, Your attention on the external world, Attend also to the inner throb, The pulsing of the creative impulse within you.

The Radiance Sutras (via lazyyogi)

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By Nayyirah Waheed

#nayyirah waheed

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Does the past take up a great deal of your attention? Do you frequently talk and think about it, either positively or negatively? The great things that you have achieved, your adventures or experiences, or your victim story and the dreadful things that were done to you, or maybe what you did to someone else? Are your thought processes creating guilt, pride, resentment, anger, regret, or self-pity? Then you are not only reinforcing a false sense of self but also helping to accelerate your body’s aging process by creating an accumulation of past in your psyche. Verify this for yourself by observing those around you who have a strong tendency to hold on to the past. Die to the past every moment. You don’t need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)

#Eckhart Tolle

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Mycology Resources!🍄

Want to learn more about mushrooms/mycology? Start here! I put together this masterpost of all the mycology resources I’m aware of! If you have more information or recommendations please reblog with your additions to strengthen this shared resource list ~

Mycological Societies

North American Mycological Association

North American Truffling Society

Find your local (NAMA Affiliated) Mycological Society (for North America)

Mycological Society of America

Mycology Art/Craft Organizations

International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI)

Mushroom Magazines/Journals/Publications

FUNGI Magazine

The Mycophile

McIlvainea: Journal of American Amateur Mycology

The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming

Amanitaceae

Mycena News

Spores Illustrated

Duff

Mycologia

Mushroom Camps/Workshops/Fairs by Month

October

International Fungi and Fibre Symposium (held every 2 years)

Cascade Mycological Society Mushroom Festival (October 29, 2017)

Northwest Mushroomers Association Wild Mushroom Show

Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society Wild Mushroom Show

Puget Sound Mycological Society Wild Mushroom Show

November

Humboldt Bay Mycological Society Mushroom Fair

December

Mycological Society of San Francisco Fungus Fair

Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition

January

Sonoma County Mycological Association SOMA Wild Mushroom Camp (free to attend with work exchange!)

Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fair

Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz Fungus Fair

Napa Truffle Festival

Big Sur Foragers Festival

February

Los Angeles Wild Mushroom Fair

San Diego Mycological Society Fungus Fair

March & April

Mushroom University

May

McCloud Mushroom Festival (California)

July

Northeast Mycological Federation Foray

Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival

August

Telluride Mushroom Festival (Colorado)

Colorado Mycological Society Annual Mushroom Fair

Crested Butte Wild Mushroom Festival (Colorado)

September

North American Mycological Association Foray

Illinois Mycological Association Annual Mushroom Show

The Seventeenth Annual WPMC Gary Lincoff Foray (Sept 16, 2017)

Year Round and Traveling

Mycopigments Mushroom and Lichen Dyeing Workshops

Smugtown Mushrooms Cultivation Workshops

Mushroaming Eco-Adventures

Missouri Mycological Society Mushroom Classes

David Arora’s Events (held about once a year)

Puget Sound Mycological Society Mushroom Classes and Workshops

Fun Mushroom Gifts

Fungi Magazine Store

Fungi.com Store

North American Truffling Society books and apparel

Taylor F. Lockwood’s Online Store

Peter Thwaites Wild Mushroom Art

Mycological Society of America T-shirts

Northwest Mushroomers Association T-shirts

Morels Board Game

1 Morel Mushroom Lane Online Store

Morel Mania Store

Mycology/Biology Patches

Mushroom Documentaries/Films

Know Your Mushrooms (2008)

The Magic of Mushrooms (youtube link)

Fly Amanita (vimeo link)

Dr. Bob Cummings (vimeo link)

Dr. Andrew N. Miller, Mycology Research (vimeo link)

Dr. Andrew N. Miller, The Importance of InvertNet and Mycology (vimeo link)

Dr. Andrew N. Miller, Applications of Mycology Research (vimeo link)

History Channel World Of Fungus Documentary (youtube link)

BBC Slime Mould Time Lapse (youtube link)

BBC Planet Earth Cordyceps: Attack of the Killer Fungi (youtube link)

The Many Ways to Be a Fungus Lecture by Jennifer Frazer (vimeo link)

Mycology Books (Field Guides)

All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms, David Arora

Mushrooms Demystified, David Arora

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide, Dennis Desjardin, Michael Wood

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California, Noah Siegel, Christian Schwarz

Mycology Books & Related Topics (Not field guides)

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Paul Stamets

Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, Paul Stamets

Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, Paul Stamets

Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working with Fungi, Peter McCoy

Radical Mycology: An SLF Primer (free/suggested donation zine)

Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms, Eugenia Bone

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of Secrets, Eccentrics, and the American Dream, Langdon Cook

The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, John Marco Allegro

Mushrooms, Russia and History, Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R.Gordon Wasson (free book download!)

earth-care/self-care : ethnomycology for everyone! (zine)

Mushroom and Lichen Dyeing Books/DVDs

Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments & Myco-Stix™, Miriam C. Rice

Mushrooms for Color DVD

The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide, Alan E. Bessette, Arleen Rainis Bessette

Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book, Karen Diadick Casselman

Academia/Scholarships

Sonoma County Mycological Association Scholarships

The Henry Pavelek Sr. Memorial Scholarship

Freeman Rowe Educational Scholarship (Oregon students)

Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz Scholarships

Connecticut Westchester Mycological Association Sylvia Stein Scholarship

NAMA Memorial Fellowship

Missouri Mycological Society Scholarships

Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Scholarship/Grant

Daniel E. Stuntz Memorial Foundation Grants

Ben Woo Scholarship

The Puget Sound Mycological Society K-12 Grants

Online Mycology Resources

Mushroom Expert

MykoWeb

iNaturalist

Mushroom Observer

Rogers Mushrooms

Urban Mushrooms

MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATIONS: The Web Resource

Steve Axford’s Fungi Photography

Cornell Mushroom Blog

Mycology Collections data Portal

Dianna Smith’s Mycology Education Presentations

Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Meeting Presentations

Pantone™ Sporeprint colors

Mushroom Articles by Else Vellinga

Mycorrhiza Articles by Steve Trudell

Manual of Instructional Materials for Teachers and Naturalists Teaching About Fungi: Grades K-12 and College

Introduction to DNA barcoding

Mushroom Growing Information

Radical Mycology: How to Grow Mushrooms

Shroomery

Mushroom Lab 101

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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

Anthony de Mello (via lazyyogi)

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