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By: jam7

jam7 — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:04:12 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments here.

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By: Paul French

Paul French — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:25:43 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments here.

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By: Wild Flower

Wild Flower — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:37:03 +0000

Pure + Beautiful.
Welcome Home. :)

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By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:01:50 +0000

Cheers, Paul. Thank you for contributing.

~namaste

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By: Dirt Wheel

Dirt Wheel — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:50:05 +0000

Sometimes and exact definition helps. I know my burn this year was summed up by this in everyway.

Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadi] or [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; plural saudades)

[1] is a unique Portuguese word that has no immediate translation in English. Saudade describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return. It’s related to the feelings of longing, yearning.

[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing.

Saudade was once described as “the love that remains” after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one’s children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. In Portuguese, ‘tenho saudades tuas’, translates as ‘I have saudades of you’ meaning ‘I miss you’, but carries a much stronger tone. In fact, one can have ‘saudades’ of someone whom one is with, but have some feeling of loss towards the past or the future.

In Brazil, the day of saudade is officially celebrated on January 30.

Peace, Love & Good Happiness Stuff

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By: karin

karin — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:42:05 +0000

moving and wonderful words, thank you!

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By: mk dorta

mk dorta — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:32:36 +0000

Paul? So beautiful. Thank You.
peace – love – everlasting joy

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By: Greg C

Greg C — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:38:36 +0000

oh! and hi Will Chase! Great to have met you at districkt! keep smiling buddy! peace and love xxxxx

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By: Greg C

Greg C — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:36:45 +0000

Paul!!
You legend!! You bought some plastic cups to burning man as a gift, but this find my friend, this is the gift for us all! Love you buddy! enjoy travelling the world! xxxxx

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By: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:01:58 +0000

I too was a 1st time burner this past year. As we came up 2 the city I began getting goosebumps and I was thrilled as I rang the bell and relished lying in the playa making a snow angel.

Thank you for so elequently sharing your experience.

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