Saturday, June 4, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 04/06/2016

“Muitas vezes você quer chegar ao final do curso sem ter passado pelas etapas e provas necessárias. Isso é absolutamente natural porque, às vezes, o curso é cansativo, entediante, chato e desgastante - e às vezes é maravilhoso. É preciso aprender a lidar com essa dualidade. O que ocorre é que, ao passar por um momento difícil, você quer que o diploma chegue logo e acaba sofrendo com isso. Porém, nessa universidade da vida não é possível obter o diploma antes da hora. Não tem como dar um jeitinho, nem como comprar o diploma. Estando matriculado nessa escola você será chamado a demonstrar se realmente absorveu os aprendizados ou se terá que repetir as lições.”

“Muchas veces quieres llegar al final del curso sin haber pasado por las etapas y pruebas necesarias. Esto es absolutamente natural, porque, a veces, el curso es cansador, tedioso, aburrido y desgastante– ya veces es maravilloso. Es necesario aprender a lidiar con esta dualidad. Lo que sucede es que,al pasar por un momento difícil, quieres que el diploma llegue pronto y terminas sufriendo con eso. Sin embargo, en esta universidad de la vida no es posible obtener el diploma antes de tiempo. No hay manera de negociar, ni cómo comprar el diploma. Al estar matriculado en esta escuela serás llamado para demostrar si realmente absorbiste los aprendizajes o si tendrás que repetir las lecciones.”

“Often times, we want a course to be over without having to go through all the necessary subject matter or taking the exams. This is absolutely natural because the course material can often be tiresome, boring, tedious and taxing; but it may also be wonderful at times. It is necessary to learn how to deal with this duality. When we are undergoing a difficult moment, we want to get our diploma immediately and put an end to our suffering. However, in this university of life, it is not possible to get our diploma ahead of time. There is no shortcut, and it’s not possible to bribe our way out of it or to pay money for our diploma. As we are enrolled in this school, we will be called on to demonstrate if we have really absorbed the lessons, or else we will have to repeat the course.”

Via Daily Dharma / June 3, 2016: Reverence Through Ritual

Prostrations and offerings are admittedly just forms—just a human way of expressing what cats express by rubbing themselves against a beloved person’s legs. If it were natural for humans to stand on their heads or stick out their rumps to express reverence, then Buddhists would stand on their heads or stick out their rumps as a matter of course.

—John Blofeld, "A Spirit of Reverence"

Thursday, June 2, 2016

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"Man Prayer" - words by Eve Ensler, film by Tony Stroebel


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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 02/06/2016

“Um dos aspectos mais importantes a serem identificados pelo buscador de si mesmo é a máscara. A máscara é um fingir ser. Trata-se de um mecanismo que você criou para sobreviver aos choques de exclusão e rejeição. Em determinado momento, você aprendeu que, ao usar a máscara, você consegue tirar do outro alguma energia. Mas, quando pode identificar a máscara, você percebe que esse é um mecanismo destrutivo; é um dos instrumentos que faz seu coração permanecer fechado – é o que te lança no inferno.”

“Uno de los aspectos más importantes a ser identificadopor el buscador de sí mismo es la máscara. La máscara es un pretenderser. Se trata de un mecanismo que creaste para sobrevivir a los choques de exclusión y rechazo. En determinado momentoaprendiste que, al usar la máscara, consigues sacardel otro alguna energía. Pero cuando puedes identificar la máscara, percibes que ese esun mecanismo destructivo; es uno de los instrumentosque hace que tu corazón permanezca cerrado - es lo que te lanza al infierno.”

“One of the most important aspects for the spiritual seeker to identify is their mask. A mask is a total pretense. It is a mechanism created in order to survive the shocks of exclusion and rejection we have experienced. At one point in time, we learned that by using a mask, we were able to get some energy from the other. However, when we are able to identify our mask, we perceive that this is a destructive mechanism: it is one of the instruments that keep our hearts closed. It is what catapults us into the realm of hell.”

Via Daily Dharma / June 2, 2016: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

Beginner’s mind is Zen practice in action. It is the mind that is innocent of preconceptions and expectations, judgments and prejudices. Beginner’s mind is just present to explore and observe and see “things as they are.”

—Zenkei Blanche Hartman, "The Zen of Not Knowing"

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

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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.

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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"

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Meditation (Dhyaan) to Lord Shiva


Two million expected in Sao Paulo's 20th Gay Pride march



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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.”

“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


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"

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