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“I lie all the time, so don’t believe what I say..” 🤔
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#nofilter #selenophile #moonlovers #letgo #presentmoment #nowness #discontent #dukkha #sukha #wakefulness #awareness #identity #whoareyou #sofresh #thefinalfrontier #moonsofinstagram #bardobard #acceptance #fluidity #anatta #noself #hereandnow Moon
Letting go
Present moment
Mindfulness
Awareness
No self
Anatta
Self inquiry
Nowness taken in Here and Now by @photosbysanto

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2 years ago

Ah, what peculiar tales do we spin when we speak of minding the gap? To mind, y’all, is to keep yer eyes wide, your spirit alert, and your soul roused from slumber. This gap, as it were, is the very womb whence all manner of thoughts and visions do spring forth and fade away—be they of birth or death, of being or the void, of arrivals and departures.

To mind the gap is verily to glimpse the our very own existence as it is, a realm of serene coolness, peace profound, and jubilant delight. It ain’t a condition reserved for the hereafter, but one to be embraced here and now—whilst you breathe deep that southern breeze, tread the earth beneath your feet, and sip yer brimming cup. Simply observe, just be, no filter.

Mind The Gap,
Enjoy Your Trip,
~ The Bardo Bard

📷: @photosbysanto (no filter)

#wakefulbrews #bardobard #mindthegap #simplyobserve #justbe #enjoyyourtrip #awake #hereandnow #openwide #wakinglife #presence #mindfulness #awareness #nofilter #stayspacious #tastespace taken in Here and Now by @photosbysanto

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2 years ago

When we mind the gap, like a coffee bean encased in its cherry, our thoughts may form a barrier that prevents us from reaching the wakeful, unadulterated essence within. They create a complacency that obstructs the gap that is always, already here - much as a raw bean’s potential is shrouded by its outer husk. We tend to process and categorize our experiences, attempting to fit them into preconceived boxes, like sorting coffee beans into grades without appreciating each one’s unique presence. Our own overlaying becomes an obstruction to clarity. Minding the gap, we aim to strip away these encasements, moving past the chaff to reveal the bean at its purest, to experience the richness that lies at the heart of being.

Mind the gap
Enjoy your trip
See you on the other side of the chaff
~The Bardo Bard

📷: @photosbysanto (no filter, just light)

#mindthegap #bardobard #wakefulness #nofilter #enjoyyourtrip #awareness #raw #fullpotential #anatta #essence #learntosee #pure #naked #simplyobserve #hereandnow #nowhere #awareandawake #keepitspacious #presence #justlight #wakefulbrews taken in The Inbetween by @photosbysanto

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2 years ago

A small reflection about the Sanskrit word Duḥkha...

Quite often we are busy looking for so many things out there in the world, trying to get stuff to satisfy our desires, or to gain something out of a thing, a pet a person, you name it! All the while being blind to the truth that what we are looking for is actually right here within us. We just need to learn how to see it. And one way of doing this is by "minding the gap", looking with awareness into the very mind that craves and conceives of an "I" and "my" and "mine". Can you find it?
But!...if we look at our minds in that way for even just a little while we might discover that, there's in fact nothing to see at all, and it can actually be quite boring...yet tremendously fulfilling and liberating, and a powerful source of goodness and pure love really. So, after looking within, for even just a little while, a few seconds or so, we might as well continue on with our quest to acquire all the material stuff of the senses we desire- f*yeah! why not?... however from then on, we shall do it with an awareness knowing that nothing we could ever get externally could possibly ever fully satisfy us....it's not going to happen! Then can we have a little freedom..

🖼: Olivia nearly a year ago, wearing one of her favourite cloths and leopard boots, seemingly looking for something...

#dukkha #mindfulness #awareness #mindthegap #thebardocafe #freedom #portraitphotography #canonphotography #buddhist #buddhateachings #wisdom taken in Federal, New South Wales, Australia by @photosbysanto

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3 years ago

Adopt a bird's eye view in as many of your doings as possible...
It's the best way to free ourselves (at least temporarily) from the entanglements our minds get trapped in.
I think all of the unfortunate situations the world faces today are because of us, the actors of our mind's whims, failing to adopt a bird's-eye view, are blind to what the bigger picture of things are...we're too caught up in our thoughts and stories, loosing perspective of where we're standing.
Mind the Gap! ⚡

#birdseyeview #mindthegap #freedom #innerpeace #awareness #mentalhealthawareness #thebardocafe #sky #fly #awake #awakeandaware taken in Argentina/Chilean Border, The Andes Mountain Range by @photosbysanto

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3 years ago

Life force..

with our thoughts we make our world..

When you face a situation, do you bring to mind the fact that what you're perceiving is simply one angle out of an infinite possible ways of seeing the same thing?

Everything is our perception. Knowing this is true humility. Mind the Gap!

#perception #woman #dakini #ocean #beach #portraitphotography #thebardocafe #pregnancy #humility #mindthegap taken in Tallow Beach - Byron Bay by @photosbysanto

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3 years ago

To understand anatta (lack of self-existence) is to see the magic of this world. We can all agree that there is the world and there is you. This is where the magic is - in the undeniable taste and taster of a cup of coffee here and now. Awareness of life is based on that direct appreciation. Minding the gap helps us tune in and appreciate the nowness of what is. Try it now - simply observe and let what is be as it is, without identifying with the trip we are laying on it. For a moment, just be aware and let be.
Mind the gap.
Enjoy your trip.
~The Bardo Bard

#letbe #bardobard #mindthegap #enjoyyourtrip #awareness #asitis #cupofcosmos #nowness #hereandnow #magicworld #anatta #anatman #simplyobserve #justbeaware #noself #realitycheck #prelinguistic #preverbal #primal #wakefulbrews taken in Space by @photosbysanto

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3 years ago

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Here’s today’s cup of cosmos.
Cheers ☕️,
~ The Bardo Bard

🖼️: @photosbysanto

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#awareness = #mindthegap #wakefulness #observer

#awarenessinaction = #enjoyyourtrip #observerandobserved #merge

#impermanence = #anitya #anicca

#unsatisfactoriness = #duhkha #dukkha

#lackofselfexistence = #anatman #anatta

#bardobard #bardonauts #keepitspacious #creativedisplay

#wakefulbrews taken in The Sky by @photosbysanto

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3 years ago

Holding Luca...

Where does Luca stop being Luca?

#impermanence #therenotthere #awareness #contemplation #contemplatingreality #portraitphotography #childrenphoto #bardobard #dukkha #possibilities #thebardocafe #reflection taken in Federal, Northern NSW by @photosbysanto

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Banksia Flower on film 🎞 , my favourite Australian native! 😍
#kodak #kodakportra400 #filmphotography #australia #nativeflowers taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @photosbysanto

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5 years ago

A taste of Byron beaches..👌🌊🌴☀️
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@bayou_film yet another impressive roll developed! Thank you guys ! 🙏🏼
#byronbay #bayou_film #filmphotography #beach #australia #kodakultramax400 #sls taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @photosbysanto

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5 years ago