During this time of mainstream media inundating us with disaster after disaster ... if you need a renewing break (and who doesn't) There is much good unfolding around and with and between us that doesn't make the headlines.
Then? There are some... quietly going about heroic and meaningful connections. The Buddhist Monks Walk of Peace across the US to end up in Washington, DC. on February 2026. https://www.times-herald.com/news/buddhist-monks-walk-for-peace-to-enter-coweta-county-on-sunday/article_37b4a522-3968-4a32-b92f-cbd48b38d594.html
They have a dog Aloka, that also goes/travels with them. It's very inspiring and moving and the accepting and loving, healing Energy they are creating is magnificent!!! They have crossed in to Georgia today and I am joining my Energy with theirs to promote Peace and Understanding and Community and Oneness.
They have a Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/walkforpeaceusa/
Aloka the Peace Dog has his own page too... https://www.facebook.com/Alokathepeacedog
I am enjoying my Christmas to Epiphany break away from mainstream media and all the atrocities and gloom and doom headlines. I am refilling my cup to the overflowing with the help of Forum friends and the Love and Light we share amongst these pages. I though I would share the Love and Peace these monks are spreading across our land!
Hope this sharing gives respite and renewal to our family here on these pages.
@anya Rethinking. I just checked that video's author and realized the entire channel (456 videos) is likely fake as well as the image of the author. Got a lot of laughs but now that I see the entire channel is really a bunch of fake cartoons, I'm not laughing. Will remove that video from this forum.
I have no issue with laughing at a funny cat video. I simply get concerned when AI isn’t labeled. There needs to be a law about it in this country.
Also there is the copyright issue. Artists and humans should own copyrights of their images.
And then it becomes a class issue because you need a substantial amount of money for a lawsuit.
BREAKING:
The Color of the Year has been decided:
Say hello to PANTALONE #00-000!
This swatch is available for downloading or printing
@unk-p Cloud Dancer.... I rather like that!!! Fanciful name... good name for a horse!!! I had a beautiful half Lippizaner filly eons ago (in my early 20's) that I named Cat Dancing. Long story... she was taken from me and sold... I have often wondered what became of her and her beautiful mum. *sigh*
I rather like the thought of celestial white, Light Bright. I take lots of pictures of clouds in various shades of silvers, whites and the gorgeous array of all colors of the spectrum blazing across our skies..from rainbows to sun dogs, iridescent cloud to auroras... I often fantasize about riding a cloud like Aladdin's Magic Carpet and soaring above the Earth traveling to places I have longed to see and experience the beauty of our planet.
I think too then, how much more humble we would be... if we all could see our planet in her full glory, her strength, her fragility , our vulnerability and connections with her and all the sentient beings (meaning all) that share our existence here. Here .. in this moment... we have all we need... to create our vision of a kinder, more responsible and caring society where all are valued... for just being .. who they are, their authentic selves. Truly Agape and Heavenly Paradise. I believe we can make it happen.
I think cloud dancer is a poetic name for a very slightly warm white.
There was a lot of criticism about that color or absence of color being chosen, and some called it racist, but the truth is that people of color look better than caucasians in white.
Psychologically, white signifies a new piece of paper for an artwork. It feels like a collective desire to start again with something cleansed and without past resistance.
I personally would have liked to see something more vibrant and happier like chartreuse or lime green, but it also doesn’t feel like that’s going to show up yet.
Everyone has a white tee shirt somewhere, so we can all drop it in some peroxide and be on trend for the new year.
In some countries it is traditional to wear white in the new year and offer white flowers to the ocean deities.
I think most are tired of rage baiting and mudslinging. So it’s also a desire to try to keep it clean.
@anya one of my favorite colors is the particular blueish green soft mist color of sea glass of that hue, along with the cerulean blue skies and colors of the sand on my favorite beaches in the Julian G Bruce State Park of St.George Island,Fla. as well as the emerald clear waters there and at Cape San Blas. My last trip there was in 2010. I hope to go again before I leave this world.
People will see what they choose to see... their perception is their reality. They can take anything and make it a weapon or symbol to evil or good accordingly.