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Ecstatic to announce my new book “Lyrical Dharma: Hip Hop as Mindfulness” will be available on @ParallaxPress in 2025. Pre-orders are available now bornimusic.com/read

It’s just a fact

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The scene of Batman walking toward the Penguin through rain and flames was nearly cut. Matt Reeves felt it was too stylized. Now it’s one of the most iconic moments in The Batman (2022).

A video of reentry, this is one of the coolest things my eyes have ever witnessed

We are accustomed to being aware of things—thoughts, sensations, perceptions. But what about awareness itself? Is it located in the body? Does it begin or end anywhere? Look carefully. Does awareness stop at the edge of the body, or at the limits of perception? Or is every perceived boundary simply another appearance in awareness? No boundary can be found. And if no boundary can be found, awareness cannot be said to be inside or outside. It simply is.

we live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks. where octopuses dream. where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence. where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly. where flowers bloom...where crows remember human faces -especially those who were cruel to them - and pass that memory on to their young. where ants build entire cities. where cats purr at a frequency that can help heal bones. where forests, after fires, grow flowers first.

His pen was unmatched.. a true poet 🕊️🕊️RIP Ka

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

This is Takuya Nakamura, a NYC-based artist blending jazz, jungle, and electronic music while playing trumpet live during his DJ sets

The waves of fear will rise, the mind will protest, the heart will tighten—but you are not these movements. You are the vast awareness in which they appear. And when you remember this, the struggle ends.

the concept of starting a war to distract from the epstein mess and then bringing back epstein to distract from the war mess

Katherine Johnson, whose precise calculations helped ensure the success of the Mercury and Apollo space missions, including the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

The wave cannot become the ocean — it already is. In the same way, the self cannot reach awareness. The self is already made of awareness.

Nobody is coming to save you, also implies that, Nobody is coming to stop you.

It’s not a coincidence that the astronauts who’ve traveled further than any human don’t talk like they know everything. They talk like students and explorers. Their wonder and curiosity are on full display. That’s what science does to you. It dissolves your ego and forces you to confront the vastness of the unknown. It makes you more careful with your words, more open to being wrong and more in awe of the questions than obsessed with the answers. It softens you in the best way possible.

Getting back to human connection with Jill Scott and Tyler, The Creator.🤍

Tyler, The Creator & Jill Scott sit down for an intimate 'Human to Human' conversation 🫂

I DON’T CARE WHO SHOT YA CUZ THEY AIN’T KILL YA

We’re breaking down Jay-Z’s Buddhist-inspired bars bar for bar 🧠📿 @BornIMusic & @donwill tap into the deeper meaning behind the lyrics. Decoding the philosophy, the discipline, and the gems hidden in plain sight. #almanacofrap 🔊 FULL EPISODE: youtube.com/watch?v=COoObU…

It is Love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to Love and let Love do what it will. ~ J Krishnamurti