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My Father’s Photography | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Category Archives: My Father’s Photography. My Father’s Son. In the Fall of 2013, I started what I thought was going to be a simple project that would take me a few months: I was going to organize my father’s photographs. I had no idea at the time how this would lead me into a deeper relationship with the man who was my hero, and role model in many ways. Continue reading →. August 20, 2016. August 29, 2016.
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Uncategorized | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Spread the Word – The Answer is Love. I first saw what has come to be known as ‘the human microphone’ during Occupy. This is where one person speaks, and those around him or her repeat it, so that others can hear. They begin with saying ‘Mic check! Wisdom we can gather needs to be spoken far and wide. Continue reading →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. July 15, 2016. Continue reading →. Power and ...
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Spread the Word – The Answer is Love | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Spread the Word – The Answer is Love. I first saw what has come to be known as ‘the human microphone’ during Occupy. This is where one person speaks, and those around him or her repeat it, so that others can hear. They begin with saying ‘Mic check! Wisdom we can gather needs to be spoken far and wide. Soon enough though, we’ll have the renewed chorus calling for revenge. Where will we go from here? The fi...
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My Father’s Son | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. My Father’s Son. In the Fall of 2013, I started what I thought was going to be a simple project that would take me a few months: I was going to organize my father’s photographs. I had no idea at the time how this would lead me into a deeper relationship with the man who was my hero, and role model in many ways. Big Sur, California, 1984, photograph by Jason Espada. I even started photographing his photogr...
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Freedom of Mind – the Root of the Social Gospel | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Freedom of Mind – the Root of the Social Gospel. For Dr. David Hilfiker, with photographs by Frank Espada. We belong to each other…’. I The social gospel defined. Everything we see people doing has roots in their inner life whether there’s anger or gentleness, greed or generosity, distorted views or wisdom and respect it’s always the case that what we see reveals what’s in a person, or group of people.
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Rediscovering Joy | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Putting the joy back in Joyful Effort. In Buddhism, we call a bodhisattva someone who’s intent on helping others in every needed way. He or she does this through what are called the Six Perfections, which are Generosity, Ethics, Patience, Joyful Effort. Sometimes, however, we lose our zeal…. It’s times like these that we especially need to bring out that vivifying quality we call joy. When we sit and walk...
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The Prayer of Saint Francis | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. The Prayer of Saint Francis. Http:/ jasonespada.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The-Prayer-of-Saint-Francis.mp3. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love;. Where there is injury, pardon;. Where there is doubt, faith;. Where there is despair, hope;. Where there is darkness, light;. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much.
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Writing | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Putting the joy back in Joyful Effort. In Buddhism, we call a bodhisattva someone who’s intent on helping others in every needed way. He or she does this through what are called the Six Perfections, which are Generosity, Ethics, Patience, Joyful Effort. Sometimes, however, we lose our zeal…. Continue reading →. This entry was posted in Writing. March 16, 2016. We belong to each other…’. June 17, 2016.
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The Metta Sutta | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Read by Jason Espada. Http:/ jasonespada.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The-Metta-Sutta-1.mp3. The Discourse On Love {Thich Nhat Hanh translation}. And this is what he or she contemplates:). Free from wrong views, greed and sensual desires, living in beauty and realizing perfect understanding, those who practice Boundless Love will certainly transcend Birth and Death. March 22, 2016. The Epistle on Love.
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Classical Guitar | Living in Beauty
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Writing, music, and spoken word by Jason Espada. Spoken Word / Audio Books. My Father’s Photography. Category Archives: Classical Guitar. I’ve been playing classical guitar since my 20’s, and have a few recordings on https:/ jespada.bandcamp.com/. Including an hour of Spanish music, called ‘ From the Soul of Spain. Here is one track, called ‘Leyenda’, by Isaac Albeniz. Http:/ jasonespada.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Leyenda.mp3. And a video of Granada, by this same composer:. March 22, 2016.