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Laniakea (Hawaiian: Immense Heaven)

Superclusters, the biggest structures in the Universe, are regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies. This image maps Laniakea according to the flow of galaxies across space.
Map of superclusters of galaxies and voids in a distance of one billion light years from the milky way. The supercluster Laniakea is marked in yellow.
The Local Group’s location within the Virgo Supercluster as part of the larger Laniakea Supercluster.
Local Group and nearest galaxies (not to scale).
The Milky Way
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Idle stones

Intent was just, if you would judge, we pray you do thus. 

Laws some free,
Other some bind,
Should you find
Laws enslave thee
By unjust chains
Of self proclaimed
Reign, 
Exclaim, by any means, 
Law applies to all,
Its walls and beams 
And sacred halls,
The innocent
And the guilty.
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Guardian of the Threshold

Dhamma wheel 
Prayer to Ganesha

We pray to you Ganesha, 
    Father of the Gods

Your mother is Lady Paravati,
    your father Mahadeva

We pray to you Ganesha, 
    Father of the Gods

You, with two kinds of teeth
    and four strong arms

You have vermillion on your forehead
And ride on a rat

We pray to you Ganesha,
    Father of the Gods

from: Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas

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Either/or or nor

“Don Quixote” sketch by Pablo Picasso (1955)
Fool to Knight seems Fool
Fool to Fool seems Knight
Fool so Fool so Fool
So full
So full
So full
True Knight to Knight seems Knight
When he a fool would Knight
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On sound basis

Dhamma wheel
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

“… mental development will go from life to life, nature of mind is such if certain mental qualities (bodhicitta) are developed on sound basis, they always remain and can increase.”

The 14th Dalai Lama ( from: The Meaning of Life from a Buddhist Perspective)
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Juno

Juno’s Ethereal Breeze, from Juno to Jupiter by Vangelis 
Musical laws transform chaos 
into harmony,   
All, everything, life itself moves
In the deep cosmic sea

Fiery Atlasian Push,
And Juno's breathtaking display
Makes way.

Out in Space
Quiet Determination keeps pace.

Self reflective  
Inside our Perspectives.

Plutonium [powered] Wandering Mystic 
Down Space's Mystery Road
Terrestrial Serenitatem Emissary 
Midst the Magic of [the] Cosmos

Juno's Tender Call Echoes,
Sails the Ethereal Breeze.

Out in Space
Quiet Determination keeps pace.

Self reflective  
Inner Perspectives.

Jupiter's Intuition Obscured,
By a Veil of Clouds.
Hera's revelation, 
Juno, Queen of the Gods, assured. 

Almighty Zeus,
Jovian Rex
Humble eloquence
Revealed by
Juno's Accomplishments


Apoapsides
Apoapsis
Serenity, peace, tranquility