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Overcoming Upsetting Memories

If we remember something that happened six months ago, and with the memory come upset feelings, our feelings should be looked at with interest, nothing more. Though that sounds cold, it’s necessary in order to be a genuinely warm and compassionate person. Charlotte Joko Beck, “Attention Means Attention” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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 A new Australian pop video ends with two rival team captains kissing on a footy field, and one of them played ten seasons of Australian rules football without ever telling anyone he was bi.

"Can't Wait" is the debut single from the Sydney singer ANDY, and the man in that final scene is Mitch Brown, who in 2025 became the first AFL player to come out publicly as bisexual. Ian Roberts, who came out in 1995 as the first high-profile Australian sportsman to do so, is in it too.

"Honestly, when Ian and Mitch agreed to partner up for this, I was stunned and so taken aback by the fact they said yes," ANDY told Outsports. "As wild and raunchy as this video is, there's a deep-seated message of romance, consent and vulnerability in it."

The set went quiet while they shot it. "I think everyone could feel that we were commenting on something very real, very raw and very beautiful," he said.

Brown, 37, put it in terms of the career he spent watching himself. "I spent so much of my playing career being conscious of what I said, how I behaved and what people might assume about me, and now I'm on a footy field - although a different code - kissing another man for a music video," he told Rolling Stone Australia. "There's a nice full-circle feeling to that."

Roberts watched the finished thing and said something to ANDY that the singer says has stayed with him. "I love being gay - it's my superpower."

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Serving Others

Helping can come from seeing people as broken, while serving comes from seeing people as whole. Oneika Mays, “Metta Where It Matters” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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JD Vance stood on a stage in Kansas and called a 47-year-old volunteer charity of queer and trans nuns a "devil-worshipping" "anti-Christian hate group."

On September 14, at a rally staged by the pro-Trump group MAGA Inc. at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe, Kansas, Vance told the crowd that Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton "proudly supported a drag group called Our Ladies of Perpetual Indulgence."

No organization by that name exists.

He meant the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, founded in San Francisco in 1979, whose members were among the first people handing out safer-sex and HIV information during the AIDS crisis.

Vance also said the group had been "saying special blessings before L.A. Dodgers games." That never happened. The Dodgers gave the Los Angeles order its Community Hero Award before Pride Night on June 16, 2023, for charity work.

Sister Roma, of the group's San Francisco order, answered him directly. "I do not recognize or accept his inflammatory misrepresentation of who we are and what we do," she said. "We do not mock nuns, we are nuns." She described Sisters serving meals to hungry people and sitting with the unhoused and the ostracized.

The reason Vance went after Adam Hamilton at all: Hamilton's church, Resurrection, was one of dozens of sponsors of Kansas City PrideFest.

Vance told the room Hamilton is "a guy who would insult your faith and spit on your religion to accrue donations to himself."

Hamilton is the founding pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the country.

His bishop, David Wilson of the Great Plains Conference, called the attack "inaccurate and unwarranted" and listed what the congregation has actually done: more than 10 million pounds of food given to people in need, 800,000 backpacks of food so kids don't go hungry on weekends, more than 65,000 pints of blood donated, and more than $26 million handed to outside groups serving children and families.

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Via Pragmatic Dharma \\ Metta is More Than Just Warm, Gooey Feelings

 

Dear Friend,  Even though metta is one of the most widely practiced and researched meditation techniques in the world, I've noticed there is sometimes a tension between how people think metta works and how it actually works.  Many people think metta only works if you're awash in warm, gooey feelings every time you sit.  But that's not the case. Warm, gooey feelings can (and do) happen, of course. But these are more a byproduct of the practice, rather than the practice of metta itself.  So what is the practice of metta? Metta, at its core, is a wish for goodwill to arise. In other words, you could say that metta is Buddhist prayer.  So just by wishing for goodwill to arise, we are already doing the practice. Even if your experience of doing metta is one of anger and frustration—that is ok. If you come back to the phrase with sincerity, you are doing metta.  And in some ways, it's when we find ourselves in these negative states where we begin to see the fruits of our metta practice actually shine.  It's easy to meet those we love and care for with metta. But it is much harder to meet our own shame and insecurities with that same sense of friendliness and goodwill.  This is actually one reason that social metta is a great way for people to get into the practice.  With social metta, we're able to co-regulate with others. So even if we're feeling down and having trouble practicing with sincerity, we can use the sincerity of others to fuel our practice.  I can't promise social metta (or any Multiplayer Meditation) will work for everyone. But because metta is inherently pro-social, I believe it is one of the best Multiplayer Meditations for people to start with. I bring this up because today, Friday, September 18th at 1 PM ET, I'll be hosting the first session of a 10-week Social Metta training. This training is available to all Hardcore members of the Pragmatic Dharma App.  If you're interested in learning and practicing social metta in a live group format, you are invited to attend. No metta experience is required.  A Hardcore membership is $20 per month and comes with a 7-day test drive, so you can attend the first session free to see if it's right for you.  If you're not interested in a Hardcore membership, you are still invited to sign up for a free account and get access to a library of recordings and live Multiplayer Meditations—including a Social Metta Multiplayer Meditation I am hosting on Monday, September 21st. If that sounds good, you can get all the details and sign up for the app below: https://www.pragmaticdharma.app practice well, Vince Fakhoury Horn

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Remember the Positive

Being enveloped in and defined by what’s difficult is relatively easy to do, so it takes some intentionality to recognize all aspects of our experience and remember the positive forces in our lives. Sharon Salzberg, “A Birthday Reflection” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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Mindfulness and Self-Esteem

The more I can develop the skill of viewing situations from a mindful perspective, the more I can simultaneously improve my self-esteem and accept that not everything the universe concocts is a reflection of my own self-worth. Mallika Iyer, “Invoking the Buddha at the Auto Body Shop” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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Nothing but This

Every moment in life is absolute in itself. That’s all there is. There is nothing other than this present moment; there is no past, there is no future; there is nothing but this. Charlotte Joko Beck, “Attention Means Attention” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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This photo shows Wat Mahathat, a stunning ancient temple located in the Sukhothai Historical Park in Thailand

Location: Sukhothai, Thailand, in the central part of the old walled city.

History: Built in the 13th century, it was the spiritual center and largest temple of the ancient Sukhothai Kingdom.

Architecture: Features a main central stupa shaped like a lotus bud, surrounded by brick pillars from a large prayer hall and stone Buddha statues.

Designation: Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its profound historical and cultural value.