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JPA

@jpa1968.bsky.social

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Student of raja yoga & Advaita Vedanta, amateur photographer, hiking addict, and cat lover. *See also https://bsky.app/profile/livinginyourspirit.bsky.social

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JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hello friends!
Welcome to my Bluesky account!
Please also visit my other account, Living In Your Spirit...
bsky.app/profile/livi...
Blessings to you! 😊❤️🕉️🙏

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 30

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 30

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“Love turns work into rest.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 30

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 30

#FlowerPhotography
#SaintTeresaOfAvila

“Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila

*Photo by Joni Palita; Vedanta Society of Portland gardens

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 15

#SpanishProverb
#CatPhotography

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward."
~ Madison's favorite Spanish Proverb 😽

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · May 15

#EckhartTolle
#CatPhotography

"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
~ Walter concurs with Eckhart Tolle 😁

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 29

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“Through endless time God’s greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But when mankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 29

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 29

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita; at the Vedanta Society of Portland

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 29

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 29

#FlowerPhotography
#MeherBaba

“Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.”
~ Meher Baba

*Photo by Joni Palita

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 21

#PopeFrancis
#InspirationalQuotes

🙏 May he rest in peace.

❤️ “Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.”
~ Pope Francis

💛 “A sober, humble lifestyle dedicated to service is worth far more than thousands of followers on social networks.”
~Pope Francis

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 10

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

“Love is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 10

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

“Anything you avoid in life will come back, over and over again, until you’re willing to face it – to look deeply into its true nature.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 10

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

"Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom...
...True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything."
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 10

#FlowerPhotography
#Adyashanti

"In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t...
..Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.”
~ Adyashanti

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Apr 1

ATTENTION OREGONIANS!

Rep. senators have sponsored SB 210 to abolish mail-in voting in Oregon. The hearing was 3/31 @ 1pm. Oregonians have 48 hours after the hearing to respond.

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/M...

Post your position & testimony:

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...

SB210 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 26

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“Everybody does the same mistake: refusing the means, but wanting the ends. You want peace and harmony in the world, but refuse to have them in yourself.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 26

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 26

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 26

#FlowerPhotography
#NisargadattaMaharaj

“Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be.”
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 19

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 18

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

"No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 18

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“The last of human freedoms – the ability to choose one’s attitude, especially an attitude of gratitude, in a given set of circumstances, especially in difficult circumstances.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali

JPA @jpa1968.bsky.social · Mar 18

#FlowerPhotography
#ViktorFrankl

“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”
~ Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor

*Photo by Joni Palita Anjali