Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 26/05/2015
“Às vezes é necessário realizar a prática de uma austeridade
inteligente, que é quando fazemos um esforço, um exercício, para
redirecionar os vetores da nossa vontade. Tenho incentivado e sugerido
cada vez mais a prática do silêncio, porque ele é a fundação que
sustenta o templo da consciência.”
“A veces es necesario realizar la práctica de una austeridad inteligente, que es cuando hacemos un esfuerzo, un ejercicio, para redireccionar los vectores de nuestra voluntad. Vengo incentivado y sugiriendo cada vez más la práctica del silencio, porque éste es la base que sustenta el templo de la consciencia.”
“A veces es necesario realizar la práctica de una austeridad inteligente, que es cuando hacemos un esfuerzo, un ejercicio, para redireccionar los vectores de nuestra voluntad. Vengo incentivado y sugiriendo cada vez más la práctica del silencio, porque éste es la base que sustenta el templo de la consciencia.”
“Sometimes we need to practice an intelligent austerity, which means
putting our energy towards an activity that redirects our willpower.
More and more, I have been encouraging and suggesting the practice of
cultivating silence. Silence is the foundation on which the temple of
awareness rests.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Respect Between Sects.
Respect Between Sects
Whoever
honors his own sect and disparages another man’s, whether from blind
loyalty or with the intention of showing his own sect in a favorable
light, does his own sect the greatest possible harm. Concord is best,
with each hearing and respecting the other’s teachings.
- Ashoka, "Ashoka, Beloved of the Gods"
Via JMG: Greenland Approves Same-Sex Marriage
Google Translate has a bit of difficulty with Danish, but our resident
international expert, JMG reader Luis, advises us that Greenland's
Parliament has just voted unanimously
to adopt Danish laws legalizing same-sex marriage and gay adoption.
Greenland is an autonomous country within the kingdom of Denmark and is
not a member of the United Nations. More than three times the size of Texas, Greenland has a population of about 57,000.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Vi JMG: TEXAS: Lawmaker Vows To Kill His Own Bill Rather Than Allow Anti-Gay "Defy SCOTUS" Marriage Amendment
From the Houston Chronicle:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
A Democratic state senator has dredged up anti-gay marriage legislation that advocates thought was dead this session, attaching the language to an uncontroversial county affairs bill under the noses of his fellow Democrats. While gay rights advocates decried the move, the bill's original sponsor in the House said he would never let his legislation pass with the anti-same-sex marriage language in-tact. "I'm the author of the bill. I will resolve the bill," said Rep. Garnet Coleman, D- Houston, a staunch gay marriage advocate.BOOM. (Tipped by JMG reader American Putz)
House Bill 2977, as Coleman originally filed it, was an uncontroversial county affairs placeholder bill, meant to act as a vehicle for lawmakers to ensure important local issues can be passed late in the session. As the bill was headed to the Senate committee for approval this week, however, Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. attached a number of other bills to Coleman's legislation, including one that would seek to block a Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage.
If the bill passes in the GOP-dominated Senate, which Coleman expects it to, it would need to return to the House, where the lower chamber's members would have to concur with the changes. Coleman said if he can't strip the anti-gay marriage off his legislation, then he would withdraw it completely. "If I can't get it off, then the bill goes to bill heaven," Coleman said. "I don't support that legislation or that language."
Labels: Cecil Bell, crackpots, Eddie Lucio, Garnet Coleman, LGBT rights, marriage equality, religion, SCOTUS, Texas
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