Earth HD | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS (by Robert Gawdzik)

(via APOD: 2013 May 23 - Messier 109)

(via APOD: 2013 May 17 - The Waterfall and the World at Night)

Changes

Looking out my window at the treeline, from past to future

What once was diminished by imbalance and progress

Now lives free and true, a century of uninhibited growth

And flowering — All of the people I loved are gone

Taken by time and circumstance and the promise

Of a better life far away, in the Mega Cities and even beyond Earth

The mistakes of the 20th century have been fixed

Balance between humanity and nature has been restored

My home is a paradise on Earth, and most every change has been good

Yet I can’t help but wish that I could see some of my old friends

Earth Family — Soul mates, especially the ones I dream about

Carl Sagan - ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking (Symphony of Science) (by melodysheep)

Sophia — The Moon, Sun, and Stars

The Moon in all its glory shines its reflected light down

On we the greedy animals below on Earth, and the plants

And the soil — All searching for some kind of love, one of many

Forms — Beauty enough for me to temporarily escape the past

All the longing and desire from my youth — Still here, still there

Reflected in the passions of all life under the Moon, Sun, Stars

Light at night offers some relief from sadness and despair and loneliness

Occasionally we can see the Moon even during the day, a constant guardian

And guide on our path towards enlightenment, fulfillment, happiness

Change and growth and discovery and affection from a beautiful person

So too the Sun’s warmth and light reassures us that night and rest and possibility

For new love is always right around the corner — Even when the Sun takes away

All illusions, no matter how ennobling — We can become whole yet again

Discover love inside us — There is always possibility for positive change

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please know I love you

For better or worse, right or wrong, black or white — I will be waiting

For the day or night you come to see me again — Until then I will wait

Looking at the Moon and the stars, and the Sun with eyes closed during the day

I will feel the wind through the trees and the rain, and I will try to be happy

Or at least content — Memories keep me company, but they are no substitute

For you being here in the present moment — But they will do for now

(via Blue Marble Earth from Suomi NPP)

(via Moonlight Magic by Rod Trenchard | Earth Shots)

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The circle of monsters, the layers of inner demons

Dragons good and bad, right and wrong

The serpents behind my pain finally confront me

I back away and the angel of love shows herself

The serpents cry out and she strikes them with her lightning

I am afraid to turn around and face death

The serpents are still there in the darkness

I realize I have to let go of the world I knew

In order to save the worlds beyond, including this one

The destruction of my ego, and its recovery over time

Sophia lies next to me and I find myself drawn to her

The Protectors of Nature must sacrifice themselves for the good of others

They must become one with the earth and water, even the fire and sky

I have been in love with Sophia for several years, but I am too afraid

To tell her how exactly I feel, if it would even be possible to put in words

We spread seeds of life across the wastelands, great cities, and the ancient forests

Sometimes we want to return to our old lives and give back the burden of caring

For the plants, animals, people all connected by the circle and order of creation

And preservation — Then she kisses my arm and I hold her hand and everything

Is better — I feel as if I have known her all of my life, but she is still a beautiful mystery

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Insight

Patterns of eternity in pools of water

Nautical shapes and spirals illustrating wisdom

And I heard a voice within my head

I only wanted to find the signs of ancient

Presence in each drop of the rivers and oceans

I dropped the ancient leaf of some long forgotten tree

And watched the patterns of water rearrange

But always there was the same spiral toward infinity

No matter how hard I tried to break or change it

The pattern always found a way to reform again

I only wanted to find out how many could see

The unbounded territory of life — Nature’s design

I bowed before the water and trees and laughed

What we see is not limited to one time or space

We are everything which we have ever seen or done

I saw a serpent slither across the ancient leaf and turn

From within the drops of water it was now outside

And I was inside where it had formerly been

But I was not afraid of my new perception

As part of the living whole which is always present

And now it was night and the serpent returned

Effortlessly trading places with me once again

Now ready to spread this knowledge

Far and wide and deep into the core of our being

Do not fear that which has yet to pass in awakening

Like a beautiful lotus new things undreamed of by philosophy

Open and bloom upon the foreheads of our successors

We will have time to enjoy the fruits of our learning and yearning

Meeting always again in a new form when we are ready

To see each other again after a long time’s absence

Or only a few moments — Drinking the waters of life

Wisdom of the Future Age — Eternal Life, Love, Light

Dwelling always in Peace, inside and outside — Beyond the stars

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“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
call to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”

~ Mary Oliver, American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize