May 29, 2016
When you look at yourself as a set of phenomena, what is there to judge? Is this flower less than that flower? It’s just different. You will begin to appreciate your uniqueness without it being better or worse; it’s just different. This is cultivating an appreciation of uniqueness rather than preference. |
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.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Via Ram Dass
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 29/05/2016
“Toda a vida se move em direção à união, por isso o isolamento é um
estado extremamente nocivo. Ele gera uma série de distúrbios e
perturbações que fazem de você um prisioneiro do labirinto da mente. Se o
seu espírito se move em direção a união, mas a sua mente condicionada,
acreditando que a sociedade é inimiga, faz com que você se isole e crie
barreiras para a união, isso gera uma contradição interna: são duas forças
se movendo em direções opostas dentro de você. E dependendo da
intensidade dessas forças, você pode ser esquartejado e sentir-se
completamente impotente.”
“Toda la vida se mueve en dirección a la unión, por eso el aislamiento
es un estado extremadamente nocivo. Este genera una serie de disturbios y
perturbaciones que hacen de ti un prisionero del laberinto de la mente.
Si tu espíritu se mueve en dirección a la unión, pero tu mente
condicionada, creyendo que la sociedad es enemiga, hace que te aísles y
crees barreras para la unión, esto genera una contradicción interna: son
dos fuerzas moviéndose en direcciones opuestas dentro tuyo. Y
dependiendo de la intensidad de esas fuerzas, puedes ser descuartizado y
sentirte completamente impotente.”
“All of life moves towards union; for this reason, isolation is harmful. Isolation creates a series of disturbances and disorders that make us a prisoner of the labyrinth of the mind. If our spirit wants to move towards union, but our conditioned mind believes society is the enemy and makes us isolate ourselves and create barriers against union, then we suffer an internal conflict. These two forces move in completely opposite directions within us. Depending on the intensity of these forces, we may find ourselves utterly divided and feeling completely helpless.”
“All of life moves towards union; for this reason, isolation is harmful. Isolation creates a series of disturbances and disorders that make us a prisoner of the labyrinth of the mind. If our spirit wants to move towards union, but our conditioned mind believes society is the enemy and makes us isolate ourselves and create barriers against union, then we suffer an internal conflict. These two forces move in completely opposite directions within us. Depending on the intensity of these forces, we may find ourselves utterly divided and feeling completely helpless.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 29, 2016: In It Together
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Each
of you–not separately, but in the cauldron with all beings, cooking and
being cooked—is realizing awakening. Not you by yourself, because that
is not who you really are. You by yourself are not Buddha-Nature; but
your being in the cauldron of all beings is realizing the Buddha-Way.
—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
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