Sunday, April 5, 2020

Via Daily Dharma: Coming to Rest, Stability, and Peace

When we meditate, and when we contemplate qualities such as love and compassion, we dissolve emotional states and allow our mind to come to rest, stability, and peace.

—Dawa Tarchin Phillips, “The Three Principles of Awakening

Via LGBT INCLUSIVE / AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER







By Wallace Ingalls. Mouse freedom. Life is equal through & through for mice. 

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation / Words of Wisdom - April 5, 2020 💌

 
"The root of fear is a feeling of separateness within oneself. Once that the feeling of separation exists, then you process everything from either inside or outside of that model.

The transformative process of spiritual work is reawakening to the innocence of going behind that model of separation that cuts you off, which made you a tiny little fragile somebody. A lot of the power comes from a freeing of our own fragility.

When you look at social structures, you see how much is based upon the feeling of fragility within the human condition. Based on fear.

You say, 'I’m afraid of that person,' but you mean you are afraid of being socially shamed by that person. When you are socially shamed, it hurts, but then here we still are. You’re afraid of violence, and then if violence happens, sure, it’s scary and painful and then behind it, here we are.

I think that fear often feeds upon itself and we’re most afraid of the fear, which then gives it greater power… But ultimately we are afraid because we feel vulnerable."
 
- Ram Dass -

Via [Podcast] Tami Simon speaks with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh: Meditation Is for Everyone


Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, poet, peace activist, and the author of over 100 books and numerous Sounds True learning programs, including The Art of Mindful Living and Living Without Stress or Fear. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Hanh about the core of Buddhist practice: discovering liberation through present-moment mindfulness. Hanh relates some of his experiences as a young monk in Vietnam, including his involvement in the "engaged Buddhism" movement. Finally, Tami and Hanh discuss why meditation is available no matter where you are or what condition you are in. (46 minutes)

https://soundstrue-ha.s3.amazonaws.com/subscriptions/media/PD06206W_Thich-Nhat-Hanh.mp3