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The Seer and the Seen

  People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.-Epictetus

Say you are out for a walk at twilight and just when you get to the top of a steep incline, look up to see this in the sky. It's beautiful and ethereal, almost like a cosmic dove melting into the atmosphere. You might take it as a good omen. Maybe you'd quickly assume that it was a mid-air collision and your first impulse would be to take a photo. Maybe you'll just stand there, completely mesmerized.

Say you found out later that the Air Force launched a missile in the skies above your home town for testing purposes, what would you think then?

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

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Photo: Gizmodo

On Disconnecting Seer and Seen: Swamij.com

I've Got Two Hearts

Being left alone in the studio can be lonely at times. Especially for an exuberant, people-please-me-person as is Moku-wai. In between massage clients yesterday, he picked up his iPhone, stood in front of the mirror and snapped this beautiful picture. I have the perfect song for it (like Sesame Street's "I've Got Two Eyes"):

I've got two hearts. One. Two.

'Cause there's so much to love. One. Two.

I've got two hearts. 'Cause there's so much to love!

Let's see what he comes up with next.

Winners all!

Deylin Lees

Look at the photo of a class doing a downward dog up there in the banner (second panel from the right), the woman on the left is Brenna Lees. While she lived in Kona, she was one of the most devoted yoga students. She and her husband David, and son Deylin, moved back to Las Vegas but we're still in touch through e-mail.

Yesterday, Brenna sent me a news video of Deylin, who used to attend Kahakai School. He made a Hole-in-One! Congratulations, Deylin! You can tell how proud his dad was in the interview, and we're proud of all of them. Way to go, Deylin!

Watch the interview: Download DeylinLees.wmv (1511.5K)

Zappos

I got another piece of good news from my brother, Jason, who forwarded a heart-warming blog post about a woman's experience with Zappos. An on-line store, Zappos says "We are a service company that happens to sell!" They certainly do keep to their promise.

Here's the post from Zazlamarr: http://www.zazlamarr.com/blog/?p=240

These are the kinds of stories that should be circulated by e-mails. I don't mind sending it to 10 friends within the next 8 minutes. Even if I don't get a surprise visit from the Lucky Charms leprechaun. (I hope it's still politically correct to use that term).

Photo: BBC-Hereford & Worcester