Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Via Ram Dass
June 1, 2016
Death is our greatest challenge as well as our greatest spiritual opportunity. By cultivating mindfulness, we can prepare ourselves for this final passage by allowing nature, rather than Ego, to guide us. In so doing, we become teachers to others, and our own best friends, looking beyond the body's death at the next stage in our Soul's adventure.
Via daily Dharma / June 1, 2016: The Solace of Surrender
In
the process of surrender what I give up is fear and struggle. A kind of
strength comes from truly giving up. Something changes when I genuinely
let go and ask for help.
—Rob Preece, "The Solace of Surrender"
—Rob Preece, "The Solace of Surrender"
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 31/05/2016
“A máscara nunca é usada de graça, ela tem sempre uma expectativa, um
interesse. E quando esse interesse não é atendido, você entra em contato
com aquilo que está por trás dela, ou seja, você revela a sua natureza
inferior, que pode se manifestar como agressividade, insegurança e uma
série de diferentes mecanismos que te levam ao sofrimento.”
“La máscara nunca es usadagratuitamente, ella siempre tiene una expectativa, un interés. Y cuando ese interés no es atendido, entras en contacto con aquello que está detrás de ella, es decir, revelastu naturaleza inferior, que puede manifestarse como agresividad, inseguridad y una serie de diferentes mecanismos que te llevan al sufrimiento.”
“La máscara nunca es usadagratuitamente, ella siempre tiene una expectativa, un interés. Y cuando ese interés no es atendido, entras en contacto con aquello que está detrás de ella, es decir, revelastu naturaleza inferior, que puede manifestarse como agresividad, inseguridad y una serie de diferentes mecanismos que te llevan al sufrimiento.”
“The mask is never used just for fun – it is always used with a selfish
goal in mind. When this expectation is not met, we get in touch with
what lies behind the mask. We come into contact with our lower nature,
which can manifest as aggression, insecurity, or a series of different
mechanisms that lead us to suffering.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 31, 2016: On Dignity
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Because
human beings can deliberately choose to follow the dharma, we can
consciously awaken. This potential for enlightenment is the source of
self-worth and self-respect.
—Sallie Tisdale, "On Dignity" |
Monday, May 30, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 30/05/2016
“Eu vejo que nosso grande desafio enquanto humanidade é aprendermos a
usar nossa inteligência e capacidade criativa para transcender os nossos
ancestrais pactos de vingança. Precisamos nos espiritualizar a ponto de
irmos além da identificação com a nossa história, que é tão permeada
por choques de humilhação e exclusão. Precisamos colocar nossa
consciência no momento presente, pois somente nesse lugar o amor pode
fluir. Em outras palavras, precisamos aprender a ser felizes, lembrando que a felicidade está dentro de nós mesmos.”
“Veo que nuestro gran desafío como humanidad es aprender a usar nuestra
inteligencia y capacidad creativa para trascender nuestros ancestrales
pactos de venganza. Necesitamos espiritualizarnos al punto de ir más
allá de nuestra identificación con nuestra historia, que está tan
permeada por shocks de humillación y exclusión. Necesitamos colocar
nuestra consciencia en el momento presente, porque solamente en ese
lugar el amor puede fluir. En otras palabras, necesitamos aprender a ser
felices, recordando que la felicidad está dentro de nosotros mismos.”
“The greatest challenge for us as humanity is to learn how to use our intelligence and creative capacity to transcend our ancestral pacts of revenge. We need to come into harmony with our spirituality to such an extent that we may go beyond our identification with our story, which is so laden with shocks of humiliation and exclusion. We need to place our consciousness in the present moment, for it is only from this place that love can flow. We need to learn how to be happy, remembering that happiness comes from within.”
“The greatest challenge for us as humanity is to learn how to use our intelligence and creative capacity to transcend our ancestral pacts of revenge. We need to come into harmony with our spirituality to such an extent that we may go beyond our identification with our story, which is so laden with shocks of humiliation and exclusion. We need to place our consciousness in the present moment, for it is only from this place that love can flow. We need to learn how to be happy, remembering that happiness comes from within.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 30, 2016: How Realistic Is Peace?
Peace can be realistic given the will, insight into an opponent’s view, patience, and the power to seek reconciliation.
—John Crook, "Peace: How Realistic Is It?"
—John Crook, "Peace: How Realistic Is It?"
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Via Ram Dass
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May 29, 2016
When you look at yourself as a set of phenomena, what is there to judge? Is this flower less than that flower? It’s just different. You will begin to appreciate your uniqueness without it being better or worse; it’s just different. This is cultivating an appreciation of uniqueness rather than preference. |
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 29/05/2016
“Toda a vida se move em direção à união, por isso o isolamento é um
estado extremamente nocivo. Ele gera uma série de distúrbios e
perturbações que fazem de você um prisioneiro do labirinto da mente. Se o
seu espírito se move em direção a união, mas a sua mente condicionada,
acreditando que a sociedade é inimiga, faz com que você se isole e crie
barreiras para a união, isso gera uma contradição interna: são duas forças
se movendo em direções opostas dentro de você. E dependendo da
intensidade dessas forças, você pode ser esquartejado e sentir-se
completamente impotente.”
“Toda la vida se mueve en dirección a la unión, por eso el aislamiento
es un estado extremadamente nocivo. Este genera una serie de disturbios y
perturbaciones que hacen de ti un prisionero del laberinto de la mente.
Si tu espíritu se mueve en dirección a la unión, pero tu mente
condicionada, creyendo que la sociedad es enemiga, hace que te aísles y
crees barreras para la unión, esto genera una contradicción interna: son
dos fuerzas moviéndose en direcciones opuestas dentro tuyo. Y
dependiendo de la intensidad de esas fuerzas, puedes ser descuartizado y
sentirte completamente impotente.”
“All of life moves towards union; for this reason, isolation is harmful. Isolation creates a series of disturbances and disorders that make us a prisoner of the labyrinth of the mind. If our spirit wants to move towards union, but our conditioned mind believes society is the enemy and makes us isolate ourselves and create barriers against union, then we suffer an internal conflict. These two forces move in completely opposite directions within us. Depending on the intensity of these forces, we may find ourselves utterly divided and feeling completely helpless.”
“All of life moves towards union; for this reason, isolation is harmful. Isolation creates a series of disturbances and disorders that make us a prisoner of the labyrinth of the mind. If our spirit wants to move towards union, but our conditioned mind believes society is the enemy and makes us isolate ourselves and create barriers against union, then we suffer an internal conflict. These two forces move in completely opposite directions within us. Depending on the intensity of these forces, we may find ourselves utterly divided and feeling completely helpless.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 29, 2016: In It Together
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Each
of you–not separately, but in the cauldron with all beings, cooking and
being cooked—is realizing awakening. Not you by yourself, because that
is not who you really are. You by yourself are not Buddha-Nature; but
your being in the cauldron of all beings is realizing the Buddha-Way.
—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 28/05/2016
“A crença é um programa mental instalado no seu sistema a partir de
choques vividos no passado. E esse programa passa a determinar suas
escolhas, decisões e comportamentos no mundo. As crenças são instaladas
mediante situações que geram impacto, formando marcas na substância da
alma. São imagens congeladas que agem criando fendas nos corpos
emocional e mental. Essas fendas se manifestam prioritariamente como
rigidez de pensamento: você tem absoluta
certeza de que as coisas funcionam de determinada maneira, porém, nem
sempre isso é verdadeiro.”
“La creencia es un programa mental instalado en tu sistema a partir de
shocks vividos en el pasado. Y ese programa pasa a determinar tus
elecciones, decisiones y comportamientos en el mundo. Las creencias son
instaladas mediante situaciones que generan impacto, formando marcas en
la sustancia del alma. Son imágenes congeladas que actúan creando
grietas en los cuerpos emocional y mental. Estas grietas se manifiestan
prioritariamente como rigidez de pensamiento: tienes absoluta certeza
que las cosas funcionan de determinada manera, sin embargo, no siempre
eso es verdadero.”
“A belief is a mental program installed in our systems due to the shocks we experienced in our past. This program determines our choices, decisions and behavior in the world. Beliefs are generated by situations that have an impact on us, forming scars on the substance of our souls. Frozen images remain in our systems that act to create fractures in our emotional and mental bodies. These fractures manifest primarily as rigidity of thought: we think we can be absolutely certain that things work in a particular way, yet this is not always true.”
“A belief is a mental program installed in our systems due to the shocks we experienced in our past. This program determines our choices, decisions and behavior in the world. Beliefs are generated by situations that have an impact on us, forming scars on the substance of our souls. Frozen images remain in our systems that act to create fractures in our emotional and mental bodies. These fractures manifest primarily as rigidity of thought: we think we can be absolutely certain that things work in a particular way, yet this is not always true.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 28, 2016: History’s Changing View
History is a mirror we look into in order to see ourselves; it evolves as we do.
—Henry Shukman, "Zen and the Art"
—Henry Shukman, "Zen and the Art"
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