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.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Ram Dass, Love Serve Rememberia Ram Dass, Love Serve Remember: Remembering Wayne Dyer by Raghu Markus
I met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released from the hospital in
Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the
island to renew his healing. But there was the question of how Ram Dass
would be able to be sustained when in that moment, after having given
away most of his royalties for his books and no longer being able to
travel, he had no assets to support himself.
When Wayne heard about Ram Dass’ release from
the hospital he asked to pay a visit. I remember clearly how Wayne
expressed his gratitude for Ram Dass’ mentorship in the early part of
his life as he was transforming into the spiritual teacher he became to
so many people.
I
met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released form the hospital in
Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the
island to rene
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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 31/08/2015
“Se existe um remédio para o planeta, esse remédio é a compaixão. A
compaixão é um transbordamento de amor. Quando o amor transborda a ponto
de você fazer empatia com o outro e verdadeiramente se colocar no lugar
dele, você não sente raiva ou trata mal. Mas, o que o ser humano tem
feito é justamente o contrário: temos tratado o mal com um mal ainda
maior. Essa é a raiz da miséria que vemos no mundo. Miséria é ausência de humanidade, ausência de compaixão.”
“Si existe un remedio para el planeta, ese remedio es la compasión. La
compasión es un desbordamiento de amor. Cuando el amor desborda al
punto de generar empatía con el otro y verdaderamente colocarse en el
lugar de él, no sientes rabia o no lo tratas mal. Pero lo que el ser
humano ha hecho es justamente lo contrario: hemos tratado el mal con un
mal aún mayor. Esa es la raíz de la miseria que vemos en el mundo.
Miseria es ausencia de humanidad, ausencia de compasión.”
“If there is a cure for the planet, the cure is compassion. Compassion is love overflowing. When love overflows to the point where we feel empathy for the other and we truly put ourselves in their shoes, we no longer feel anger towards them or treat them badly. However, human beings tend to do the exact opposite: we treat evil with an even greater evil. This is the root of all the misery we see in the world. Misery is the absence of humanity; it is the absence of compassion.”
“If there is a cure for the planet, the cure is compassion. Compassion is love overflowing. When love overflows to the point where we feel empathy for the other and we truly put ourselves in their shoes, we no longer feel anger towards them or treat them badly. However, human beings tend to do the exact opposite: we treat evil with an even greater evil. This is the root of all the misery we see in the world. Misery is the absence of humanity; it is the absence of compassion.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Rethinking Rebirth
Rethinking Rebirth
Rebirth as a myth or metaphor, which is part of a larger architecture of the mind, asks us to resist the pressure to believe that the future will deliver or redeem us. It reminds us that we are bound to everyone, and that by helping others we discover an unacknowledged, undervalued part of ourselves. |
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