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.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 08/05/2015
“Temos reproduzido na esfera coletiva as mesmas dificuldades que
vivemos nos nossos relacionamentos afetivos, na nossa família, com
nossos vizinhos, com quem está perto. Precisamos rever nossos
comportamentos, mudar a nossa relação com o outro e com a natureza. Os
sintomas da crise que estamos vivendo são desdobramentos da inabilidade
do ser humano em lidar com a própria sombra. Assim como suprimimos o
ciúme e a inveja, deixando esses
sentimentos influenciarem nossas vidas de forma indireta, temos deixado o
ódio inconsciente destruir o planeta. Na base da crise planetária está a
guerra dos sexos, a distorção do masculino e do feminino.”
“Hemos reproducido en la esfera colectiva las mismas dificultades que
vivimos en nuestras relaciones afectivas, en nuestra familia, con
nuestros vecinos, con quien está cerca. Necesitamos rever nuestros
comportamientos, cambiar nuestra relación con el otro y con la
naturaleza. Los síntomas de la crisis que estamos viviendo son
desdoblamientos de la inhabilidad del ser humano en lidiar con la propia
sombra. Así como suprimimos los celos y la envidia, dejando que estos
sentimientos influencien nuestras vidas de forma indirecta, hemos dejado
que el odio inconsciente destruya el planeta. En la base de la crisis
planetaria está la guerra de los sexos, la distorsión del masculino y
del femenino.”
"We recreate the same difficulties at the collective level that we endure within our loving relationships, with our family, neighbors or whoever we are around. It's time we take a better look at our behaviors, so as to transform our relationship with others, as well as with nature as a whole. We are experiencing a crisis, the symptoms of which stem from our inability to deal with our own shadow. In the same way that we feed jealousy or envy, allowing these feelings to indirectly influence our lives, we have also been allowing unconscious hatred to destroy the planet. At the very root of this whole global crisis lies a war between the sexes, acting through the distortion of the masculine and feminine principles."
"We recreate the same difficulties at the collective level that we endure within our loving relationships, with our family, neighbors or whoever we are around. It's time we take a better look at our behaviors, so as to transform our relationship with others, as well as with nature as a whole. We are experiencing a crisis, the symptoms of which stem from our inability to deal with our own shadow. In the same way that we feed jealousy or envy, allowing these feelings to indirectly influence our lives, we have also been allowing unconscious hatred to destroy the planet. At the very root of this whole global crisis lies a war between the sexes, acting through the distortion of the masculine and feminine principles."
Via Daily Dharma
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WGB Poll: Americans more comfortable with gay presidential candidate than evangelical
Americans would feel more comfortable with an LGBTI presidential candidate than an evangelical Christian one, according to a new poll.
The latest WSJ/NBC poll asked 1,000 adults last week whether they would 'be enthusiastic,' 'be comfortable with,' 'have some reservations about' or 'be very uncomfortable with' a list of qualities of a potential leader.
Some 61% said they would be either enthusiastic about or comfortable with an LGBTI candidate, while only 37% said they would have reservations or be uncomfortable and 2% were not sure.
By comparison, 52% said they'd be enthusiastic about or comfortable with an evangelical Christian running for president, while 44% expressed some degree of hesitancy about the idea and 4% were not sure. Full story here!
The latest WSJ/NBC poll asked 1,000 adults last week whether they would 'be enthusiastic,' 'be comfortable with,' 'have some reservations about' or 'be very uncomfortable with' a list of qualities of a potential leader.
Some 61% said they would be either enthusiastic about or comfortable with an LGBTI candidate, while only 37% said they would have reservations or be uncomfortable and 2% were not sure.
By comparison, 52% said they'd be enthusiastic about or comfortable with an evangelical Christian running for president, while 44% expressed some degree of hesitancy about the idea and 4% were not sure. Full story here!
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