𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦
𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘺
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺

𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺
𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥

𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥

Try to feel the planets through music.

Cockpit view

"Long Live Emptiness

Listen, Shariputra,
form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
Form is not other than emptiness, emptiness
is not other than form.
The same is true with feelings, perceptions,
mental formations, and consciousness."

- Avalokiteshvara, from The Heart Sutra.

Sorry to break it to you but you literally have to face your fears and slaughter them. Otherwise you will live a small life that you do not want. You literally have to view your biggest fears and attack them head on. You have to fall into the abyss to find your way out. The easy path does not exist. There is no get out of jail free card. You have to allow yourself to die a spiritual death over and over again in order to reinvent yourself into the person you are actually supposed to be. And you have to be painfully honest with yourself and the people around you. It’s horrible but it’s truly the only way.

The Thimphu Red Pandas play baseball in front of the Great Buddha Dordenma statue in Kuenselphodrang, Thimphu, Bhutan. (📷: Matthew R. DeSantis)

American cultural victory once again