Asher, guarding one of my vintage #Guanyin carved soap figurines. Spiritual guardian cat 🙏🐱

Guanyin is short for #Guanshiyin, which means: The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World.
Guanyin is a #genderless divinity, that #Taoists & #Buddhists pay respects & pray to.

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I picked some #flowers from our #gardens to make a new #bouquet for my Dad's memorial altar. We are doing his one year passing ceremonies on Sunday afternoon.

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I read #today that traditional and ancient #Taoists believed that people who dreamed regular dreams were imperfect #believers. #Men who had returned themselves to their #natural states would have #dreamless sleep. Although they would have conversations with #deities or immortals. So...

Last night I had a #dream that I went through my son's #backpack and every graded piece of school work had a grade between 20-35.

You be the #judge.

#introduction My name is Patrick and I'm the #admin of TheTaoist.Online #instance! I created it for #Taoists/#zen/and #Buddhists to come together. I wrote an #article about my background and journy to #Taoism. Read it below!

https://www.patrickstewart.net/l/the-boy-and-the-yinyang/

I'm also writing a new #book about my life, lessons, and how #Taoism has taught me! If you'd like to support my writing and have your name on the dedication page AND a free copy, please become a patron!

https://patreon.com/thetaoistonline

The Boy and the Yin-Yang :: Patrick Stewart - The Taoist Online

Once upon a time, there was a boy who was ten years old. He liked his family's new computer because it had a color screen and a mouse. But most of all, it had a paint program. He loved MS Paint, and during his summer days, he would find national flags, symbols, and logos to draw into Paint. He drew...

Patrick Stewart - The Taoist Online