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Timeless aspiration

Ask the Mountains

The yogic practice of writing prayers or mantras in nature! 🌿 This rock is near our house and perfect to write on, and the tides keeps washing the words out to sea. “May all beings be free” is a timeless aspiration that echoes the core of both the Buddhist Metta (loving-kindness) prayers and the ancient yogic mantra Lokaha Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu. It is a powerful wish for universal peace, compassion, and liberation from suffering.


May all beings be free from mistaking the wave for the ocean, the mask for the face, the passing story for the eternal Self. May all beings be free from the hunger that no possession can satisfy, and discover the fullness that was never absent. May the restless mind find its way home to the still lake where the moon of truth is reflected without distortion.🌛 -M

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Diy Festdrakt

Ask the Mountains

Today the 17th was Norway’s national day so we got dressed up and went out to join the parade, eat cake and ice cream, and listen to marching bands – the typical stuff! I got to put on my homemade festdrakt that I made for the occasion; the skirt is a redesign, the vest is made from scratch using brocade and these gold clasps (?), and the blouse was a lucky find at the second hand store! Very happy with how it turned out. If you look closely, the seams are very far from perfect, but still a fun project and practice. The only thing needs changing is that the skirt didn’t hold the vest in pøace very long; because fabric is so silky and the vest is quite short, so I need to come up with a solution for that 🪡 Any suggestions?

-M

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Never tire

Ask the Mountains

I simply never tire of seeing the auroras, no matter how often they appear. Here above our house 🌌 My phone camera didn’t do them justice of course.. Also, did a small aurora painting in December that I gave away on my Christmas Giveaway on my art page. 🩵