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both photos from Carpe Diem post# 385
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English Dictionary defines shaman meaning as “a priest or witch-doctor [sic]
of (a) class claiming to have sole contact with gods etc.”
It says the word comes from the Russian “shaman” and is a translation
of the Tungusion word “saman.” In Siberia and Mongolia,
shamanism was known as Tengerism, meaning a reverence for sky spirits.
It reflected an animistic belief system where everything in the natural world
was alive, permeated by spirit force or, in simple terms, inhabited by spirits.
In this lesson we are taught about the world of the shaman, the spirits,
reason for the rituals, the yurt, shaman’s beliefs and more.
Shamans can also fly through the air when they spirit travel, either by shape
shifting into the form of birds (such as geese) or by riding on the back of
a flying deer, horse or some other large animal
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starry night guides
eagles on winged prayers
drums beat ~ moon beams lead
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Zen Sand garden (c)Saradunn, 2010, Asticou Azalea Gardens. Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
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2. A moment as short as the sound of a pebble thrown into water
3. A kigo
4. A deeper, spiritual meaning
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Siberian Shaman from Carpe Diem post. The term ‘shaman’ originated in Siberia.
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The story continues:
The shaman is lighting a fire in a hollow dug in the ground
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(c) 2013 Saradunn by the shore of Somesville Sound
As we read on in “Aleph” we read that Paulo and Yao
are visiting a Shaman who can talk with the wife of Yao,
who past away several years ago,
and by whom Yao was in an earlier stage of his life.
Hilal
has asked if she could go with them,
but
the tradition of the shamans doesn’t allow women at their rituals
so Hilal has to stay alone accompanied by a few other women.
Yao says to her:
‘You cannot go with us, but stay here on the shore of the lake.
You will be part of the ritual …
just open your mind and you will feel if you were really there’.
Hilal accepts that she cannot go and stays on the shore.
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(c) 2013 Saradunn by the shore of Somesville Sound
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(c) Saradunn 2014
I receive your love and I give you mine.
Not the love of a man for a woman,
not the love of a father for a child,
not the love of God for His creatures,
but a love with no name and no explanation,
like a river that cannot explain
why it follows a particular course,
but simply flows onwards.
A love that asks for nothing
and gives nothing in return,
it is simply there. […]
(Source: “Aleph” by Paulo Coelho)
From todays lesson on the TSR arriving in Chita.
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My thought turns to the word “Agape” for love
and I wrote in response:
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photo from blog post Carpe Diem Special #73,
Alexey Andreyev’s fourth, “day after Valentine’s”
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Alexey Andreyev’s Fourth ~ “Day After Valentine’s”
red petals on the floor, and
a broom in the corner(c) Alexey Andreyev
Day after Valentines
rose petals scattered on floor
malice in her heart
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai is a daily haiku meme
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The story behind the post from
Carpe Diem #379, Ulan-Ude
Until 1991 Ulan-Ude was closed to foreigners.There are old merchants’ mansions richly decorated with wood and stone carving in the historical center of Ulan-Ude, along the river banks which are exceptional examples of Russian classicism. The city has a large ethnographic museum which recalls the history of the peoples of the region.
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Church of the Epiphany (Irkutsk).jpg Wikepedia
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(c) 2013 Saradunn
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Today the goal is to write a classical haiku following the classical rules of haiku.
So your haiku has to follow the next rules:
2. 5-7-5 syllables;
3. Use a kigo (or seasonword);
4. Use a kireji (or cuttingword);
5. Sometimes a deeper spiritual or Zen-Buddhistic meaning;
6. First and third line are interchangeable and last but not least
7. No Self, avoid personal or possessive pronouns (I, me, my);
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frigid air ~ sleet ~ snow
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.word-painting.blogspot.com..photo of cobblestones on Maine beach
A new challenge from Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Special: Only The First Line.
Chevrefeuille gives the first line to a haiku and we create a haiku from it.
The first line of the haiku to write:
shimmering pebble
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siggiofmaine 