A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Via JMG: ARGENTINA: Gay Activists To Stage Kiss-In During Visit By Vladimir Putin
Via JMG: Updated Marriage Map
I think the reason that Nebraska and Mississippi
are lacking the ticking clock is because the lawsuits there only ask
for recognition of out-of-state marriages. According to the linked
recaps at Freedom To Marry, both those cases have been dismissed but the
plaintiffs plan to appeal. I'm sure some of you folks can fill us in.
Is anybody else starting to lose track of all this? It's a good thing,
right? I really do like this guy's maps.
Ewposted from Joe Jervis
Flower of the Day: 07/10/14
“Laziness
is a psychological matrix created by blocked feelings and repressed
energy. Laziness can manifest in the form of paralysis, or even as
compulsive action. But in this case, the compulsion to do is a
distraction that prevents you from doing what really needs to be done.
There is something stopping you from accomplishing precisely that which
is most important to you. So you are overcome with guilt about not doing
what your consciousness demands. When this happens, it is important to
open yourself up to understanding what is paralyzing you. In this way
you begin a healing work that will lead you to confront the points of
blockage that are robbing you of your energy and willpower.”
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daiy Dharma
Liberation through Insight | July 10, 2014
The whole point of Buddha-dharma is
that liberation comes not by believing in the right set of tenets or of
dogmatic assertions, or even necessarily by behaving in the right way.
It’s insight, it’s wisdom, it’s knowing the nature of reality. It is
only truth that will make us free.
—B. Alan Wallace, "What is True Happiness?"
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