the weather that is ourselves ~

We could learn to stop when the sun goes down and when the sun comes up. We could learn to listen to the wind; we could learn to notice that it’s raining or snowing or hailing or calm. We could reconnect with the weather that is ourselves, and we could realize that it’s sad. The sadder it is, and the vaster it is, the more our heart opens. We can stop thinking that good practice is when it’s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it’s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.

Pema Chodron ~ The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving-Kindness

light changing self ~

creek this morning ~

the abiding stone ~

choice ~

Listed below are the corporations that spent money to defeat Proposition 37 (proposition 37 ~ The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act). The act was defeated in the state of California on November 6, 2012:  53.7% No to 46.3% Yes:

"Monsanto ($8.2 million)
DuPont ($5.4 million)
Pepsico ($2.1 million)
Grocery Manufacturers Association ($2 million)
DOW Agrisciences ($2 million)
Bayer Cropscience ($2 million)
BASF Plant Science ($2 million)
Syngenta Corporation ($2 million)
Kraft Foods ($1.9 million)
Coca Cola ($1.7 million)
Nestle ($1.3 million).

Those and other major donors, including General Mills, Kellogg's, Del Monte, Campbell's Soup, Heinz Food, Hershey, J.M. Smucker, Ocean Spray, Hormel, Unilever, Sara Lee, Dean Foods, and Dole, make up most of the major brands on supermarket shelves in the U.S. and Canada."

source see: http://willowsweb.blogspot.ca/ ~ entry for November 8, 2012

the ocean of desire ~

stream of consciousness ~