"Fungi make up one of life's kingdoms -- as broad and busy a category as 'animals' or 'plants.'

"Fungi make up one of life's kingdoms -- as broad and busy a category as 'animals' or 'plants.' 

"Many of the most dramatic events on Earth have been -- and continue to be -- a result of fungal activity. Plants only made it out of the water around five hundred million years ago because of their collaboration with fungi, which served as their root systems for tens of million years until plants could evolve their own. Today, more than ninety percent of plants depend on mycorrhizal fungi -- from the Greek words for fungus (mykes) and root (rhiza) -- which can link trees in shared networks sometimes referred to as the 'wood wide web.' This ancient association gave rise to all recognizable life on land, the future of which depends on the continued ability of plants and fungi to form healthy relationships







HOCKNEY "Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it."


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"Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave." READ "Art is pattern informed by sensibility." At the heart of the teachings is our discovery that inside all of us there is a Pristine Mind unscathed by life experiences, awaiting our rediscovery. —Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche,“Living the Yogi-way” Have you ever liked someone so much you regret meeting them? SHRADDHA X CHHAPPANNA BHOG The main 56 items of CHAPANA BHOGA or MAHAPRASAD are as follows: 1. Sadha Anna – Simple Rice water 2. Kanika – Rice, Ghee and Sugar 3. Dahi Pakhal – Curd Rice and water 4. Ada Pakhal – Rice, Ginger and water 5. Thali Khechedi – Lentil, Rice with Sugar and Ghee 6. Ghea Anna – Rice mixed with Ghee 7. Khechedi – Rice mixed with Lentil 8. Mitha Pakhal – Rice , Sugar and water 9. Oria Pakhal – Rice, Ghee, Lemon and Salt Sweets 10. Khaja – Made of wheat 11. Gaja – Made of wheat, sugar and Ghee 12. Ladu – Made of wheat, sugar and Ghee 13. Magaja Ladu 14. Jeera Ladu 15. Jagannath Ballav – Wheat, Sugar and Ghee 16. Khuruma – Made of wheat, Sugar and Salt 17. Mathapuli – Made of Ghee, Ginger and a kind of beans ground in to a thick paste 18. Kakara – Made of Ghee and Wheat 19. Marichi Ladu – Made of Wheat and Sugar 20. Luni Khuruma – Made of Wheat, Ghee and Salt (Onreturn of Bahuda Yatra during Suna Vesha, Rasagolla are offered as Bhogas but on no other day Rasagollas are allowed for Bhog) Cakes, Pancakes and Patties 21. Suar Pitha – Made of wheat and Ghee 22. Chadai Lada – Made of Wheat, Ghee and Sugar 23. Jhilli – Rice Flour, Ghee and Sugar 24. Kanti – Rice Flour and Ghee 25. Manda – Made of wheat and Ghee 26. Amalu – Made of wheat, ghee and sugar 27. Puri – Made of wheat and Ghee and deeply fried like a small thin pan cake 28. Luchi – Made of Rice, Flour and Ghee 29. Bara – Made of Curd, Ghee and a kind of beans 30. Dahi Bara – Cake made of a kind of a beans and curd 31. Arisa – A flat cake made of Rice flour and Ghee 32. Tripuri – Another flat cake made of Rice, Flour and Ghee 33. Rosapaik – A cake made of wheat and Milk Preparations 34. Khiri – Milk, Sugar with Rice 35. Papudi – Prepared from only the cream of milk 36. Khua – Prepared out of Pure Milk slowly boiled over many hours to a soft custard like consistency 37. Rasabali – Made of Milk, Sugar and Wheat 38. Tadia – Made of fresh cheese, sugar and Ghee 39. Chhena Khai – Made of fresh Cheese, milk and sugar 40. Bapudi Khaja – cream of milk, sugar and ghee 41. Khua Manda – Made of milk, wheat and Ghee 42. Sarapulli – This is the most famous and most difficult milk dish to prepare. It is made of pure milk boiled slowly for hours and spread in to a large pizza shaped pan. Curry with Vegetables 43. Dali 44. Biri dali 45. Urid Dal 46. Muga Dal 47. Dalama – This is one of the typical dishes in Oriya Home. It is a combination of Dahl and Vegetable. Usually eggplant, beans, sweet potato and tomatoes, although tomatoes are not used in Temple preparations. Coconuts and a dried root of vegetables known as Bodhi which looks like a mush room and is high in protein are added. 48. Maur 49. Besar 50. Sag – A spinch dish 51. Potala Rasa 52. Goti Baigana 53. Khata 54. Raita – a yogurt like dish with curd and radish. 55. Pita 56. Baigilni Mahaprasad consolidates human bond, sanctifies sacraments and grooms the departing soul for its journey upwards. ////////////////////////////////////////////// WHY DO PEOPLE FEAR DEATH? "Who is the person who, subject to death, is afraid & in terror of death? 1. The person who has not abandoned passion, desire, fondness, thirst, fever, & craving for sensuality. 2.The person who has not abandoned passion, desire, fondness, thirst, fever, & craving for the body. 3. The person who has not done what is good, has not done what is skillful, has not given protection to those in fear, and instead has done what is evil, savage, & cruel. 4. The person in doubt & perplexity, who has not arrived at certainty with regard to the True Dhamma. (AN 4.184) https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.184.than.html Also a related talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://youtu.be/TigyAJhht3A ///////////////////////////////////////////https://www.facebook.com/101422221278728/videos/268752450871933/ /////////////////////////////////////DAILY CHORES ARE THE OBJECT OF MY MEDITATION  /////////////////////////////////////WHERE IS THE PAIN?   B MIND -  LEFT STERNOCOSTAL  X DTR CRSS X PRNT CRSS X JB CRSS  ////////////////////////////////////FINISHED SEEING OZARK AND DESIGNATED SURVIVOR ///////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////SN CS   DEEP TIME HX   , GEOLOGY OF EUROPE ///////////////////////////BB - ALL MATTER ALL ENERGY THAT EVER EXIST ////////////////////////////