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, May 30, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 30/05/2016
“Eu vejo que nosso grande desafio enquanto humanidade é aprendermos a
usar nossa inteligência e capacidade criativa para transcender os nossos
ancestrais pactos de vingança. Precisamos nos espiritualizar a ponto de
irmos além da identificação com a nossa história, que é tão permeada
por choques de humilhação e exclusão. Precisamos colocar nossa
consciência no momento presente, pois somente nesse lugar o amor pode
fluir. Em outras palavras, precisamos aprender a ser felizes, lembrando que a felicidade está dentro de nós mesmos.”
“Veo que nuestro gran desafío como humanidad es aprender a usar nuestra
inteligencia y capacidad creativa para trascender nuestros ancestrales
pactos de venganza. Necesitamos espiritualizarnos al punto de ir más
allá de nuestra identificación con nuestra historia, que está tan
permeada por shocks de humillación y exclusión. Necesitamos colocar
nuestra consciencia en el momento presente, porque solamente en ese
lugar el amor puede fluir. En otras palabras, necesitamos aprender a ser
felices, recordando que la felicidad está dentro de nosotros mismos.”
“The greatest challenge for us as humanity is to learn how to use our intelligence and creative capacity to transcend our ancestral pacts of revenge. We need to come into harmony with our spirituality to such an extent that we may go beyond our identification with our story, which is so laden with shocks of humiliation and exclusion. We need to place our consciousness in the present moment, for it is only from this place that love can flow. We need to learn how to be happy, remembering that happiness comes from within.”
“The greatest challenge for us as humanity is to learn how to use our intelligence and creative capacity to transcend our ancestral pacts of revenge. We need to come into harmony with our spirituality to such an extent that we may go beyond our identification with our story, which is so laden with shocks of humiliation and exclusion. We need to place our consciousness in the present moment, for it is only from this place that love can flow. We need to learn how to be happy, remembering that happiness comes from within.”
Via Daily Dharma / May 30, 2016: How Realistic Is Peace?
Peace can be realistic given the will, insight into an opponent’s view, patience, and the power to seek reconciliation.
—John Crook, "Peace: How Realistic Is It?"
—John Crook, "Peace: How Realistic Is It?"
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