Monday, February 15, 2016
Via Upworthy: Sir Ian McKellen has been out and proud as a gay man for quite some time.
In that time, the actor has said and done a lot of cool things for the LGBTQ community. He's fought discrimination in the U.K., for example, and has been a voice of encouragement to young folks still in the closet. More recently, he pointed out that the Oscars don't just have a racial diversity problem — they lack queer representation, too.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia -Flor del día - Flower of the day 15/02/2016
“Toda a reação, ou seja, toda a ação compulsiva está a serviço de
suprir uma carência. Você acredita que recebendo atenção do outro essa
carência será suprida, mas isso é uma grande ilusão, isso não existe!
Compreenda que a sua felicidade não pode depender do outro. Você
acredita não ter amor e por isso acha que precisa receber de fora. Essa
crença é o que te mantém preso ao outro, agindo como um mendigo. Faz-se
necessário mudar a direção da sua atenção – você precisa se voltar para dentro.”
“Toda la reacción, es decir, toda la acción compulsiva está al servicio
de suplir una carencia. Crees que recibiendo atención del otro esa
carencia será suplida, pero eso es una gran ilusión, ¡eso no existe!
Comprende que tu felicidad no puede depender del otro. Crees no tener
amor y por ello piensas que necesitas recibirlo de afuera. Esta creencia
es lo que te mantiene preso al otro, actuando como un mendigo. Es
necesario cambiar la dirección de tu atención - necesitas volverte hacia
adentro.”
"All reactions or compulsive actions are at the service of feeding a neediness. We believe that by getting the other's attention this neediness will finally be satisfied, but that's all a great illusion – it can't be done. We must realize that our happiness cannot depend on the other. We believe that we don’t have love so we need to receive it from the outside. This belief is what keeps us imprisoned to each other, acting like beggars. We need to change the direction of our attention – we must go back within ourselves.”
"All reactions or compulsive actions are at the service of feeding a neediness. We believe that by getting the other's attention this neediness will finally be satisfied, but that's all a great illusion – it can't be done. We must realize that our happiness cannot depend on the other. We believe that we don’t have love so we need to receive it from the outside. This belief is what keeps us imprisoned to each other, acting like beggars. We need to change the direction of our attention – we must go back within ourselves.”
Via Dialy Dharma: Melting Away Defilements
The
highest expression of our human nature is to purify our minds. To clear
away the clouds, the sheets of snow, the ice that we’re encased in.
—Ayya Medhanandi Bhikkhuni, "The Dharma of Snow"
—Ayya Medhanandi Bhikkhuni, "The Dharma of Snow"
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