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Nopal Cactus with Tunas! …next to the sidewalk

December 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Today, I found this Nopal Cactus blooming right next to the sidewalk on my daily walk.
I was very amazed for it is getting cold here.
It’s been 4 years since my father passed away.   I discovered presence and love without motion.

Nopales by the sidewalk © Lisa Rivas

Nopales by the sidewalk (they have so many eyes) © Lisa Rivas

Beyond © Lisa Rivas

I believe this moment was sent to me from 🌿 “Beyond” 🌿, it’s almost as if Dad is looking at me.


 Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin.
It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity,
and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
~Thomas Merton
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The Meal 2013

February 22, 2013 · 3 Comments

A meal with everyone… last year over 4,000 people from around the globe sat down together to share a meal.
Not only did they help to raise awareness about world hunger, but they also shared a community experience!
This event is created by the Art House Way: “THE MEAL”

One moment. One meal. One photograph. And now Let’s Eat!

A world meal 2013

 I made Chupe Andino for this 2nd annual of The Meal! …a delicious hearty soup from the Andes 

“Worries go down better with soup” ~ proverb


 Here is the recipe for about 8 persons:

Ingredients:

1 chicken, in pieces
4 corns on the cob, cut in 3 to 4 pieces each
1 can of cream style corn
1 onion, finely chopped
6 cloves of garlic, peeled & chopped
4 large potatoes, cubed
2 cups of milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 bunch of cilantro
½ lb. of fresh white farmer’s cheese, diced
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Place the chopped chicken in a large pot and cover with water, add onion, garlic and some branches of cilantro. Cook the chicken until tender, removing impurities that rise to the surface of the broth. When the chicken is cooked remove from the pot and let cool, debone and cut into chunks. Strain the broth and bring to simmer, add the peeled & cubed potatoes, corn on the cob, cream style corn, salt and pepper to taste, and chunks of chicken. Once the potatoes are cooked, add the milk and cream.

Serve with the diced fresh white farmer’s cheese and sprinkle with cilantro leaves.

Buen Provecho!


“He’s the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.” ~Wilson Mizner (Playwright, 1876-1933)

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Bliss & Blessings for 2012…

January 1, 2012 · 5 Comments

Those tender words we said to one another
Are stored in the secret heart of heaven.
One day, like the rain, they will fall and spread
And their mystery will grow green over the world.
–
Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
Persian Poet / Mystic, 1207-1273
Highlights

Highlights • digital • Lisa Rivas © 2012

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
~Joseph Campbell

 

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Bodhi Day,

December 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Bodhi Day is on Dec. 8th, a Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautauma experienced enlightenment, also known as Bodhi in Sanskrit or Pali.

According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and resolved to sit under a Pipul tree (known today as “The Bodhi Tree”, a Ficus religiosa or Bo-Tree) and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering, and how to liberate one’s self from it. Siddhartha finally found the answers he sought and became Enlightened, and experienced Nirvana.
He then became the Buddha or “Awakened One”.

Bodhi-Tree-Bonsai-web

“A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things.
It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down.” ~ Buddha
Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.

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The Buddha describes his Enlightenment in three stages:
1.   During the first watch of the night, the Buddha discovered all of his past lives in the cycle of rebirth, realizing that he had been born and reborn countless times before.
 2.  During the second watch, the Buddha discovered the Law of Karma, and the importance of living by the Eightfold Path.
 3.  During the third watch, the Buddha discovered the Four Noble Truths, finally reaching Nirvana.

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Speaking Earth…

April 23, 2011 · 3 Comments

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
~ Rabindranath Tagore

Speak Earth

Earth Day 2011 • variable size • © Lisa Rivas • “Speak”
• digital / mixed media on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

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Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ~Stephen Covey

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