Saturday, September 10, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día- Flower of the day - 11/09/2016

“Ao acreditar que um objeto externo trará felicidade, você se torna dependente dele para ser feliz. Essa crença é uma ilusão que serve apenas para alimentar o desejar compulsivo e a ideia de que a felicidade vem da matéria. Nossa ciência tem sido conduzida por essa falsa crença há séculos. Tanto tempo e dinheiro, tanta energia já foi desperdiçada na tentativa de dominar a matéria por conta disso. Mas agora nós chegamos num ponto de colapso e precisamos fazer uma curva radical: precisamos dedicar toda nossa energia na conquista do mundo interior. E, para isso, a ciência precisa se unir à espiritualidade.”

“Al creer que un objeto externo traerá felicidad, te vuelves totalmente dependiente de él para ser feliz. Esa creencia es una ilusión que apenas sirve para alimentar el desear compulsivo y a la idea de que la felicidad viene de lomaterial. Nuestra ciencia ha sido conducida por esa falsa creencia por siglos. Tanto tiempo y dinero, tanta energía ya fue desperdiciada en la tentativa de dominar la materia por cuenta de eso. Pero ahora llegamos a un punto de colapso y necesitamos hacer una curva radical: necesitamos dedicar toda nuestra energía en la conquista del mundo interior. Y para eso, la ciencia necesita unirse con la espiritualidad.”

“To believe that an external object will bring happiness creates a dependency within us. This belief is an illusion that only serves to feed compulsive desire and the idea that happiness comes from the world of matter. Our science has been led by this false belief for centuries. Due to this belief, great amounts of money, time and energy have been wasted to try and dominate the material world. Now we have gotten to the breaking point and we need to make a radical turn; we need to dedicate all our energy to the conquest of the internal world. Thus, science must be united with spirituality.”

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día- Flower of the day - 11/09/2016

“Ao acreditar que um objeto externo trará felicidade, você se torna dependente dele para ser feliz. Essa crença é uma ilusão que serve apenas para alimentar o desejar compulsivo e a ideia de que a felicidade vem da matéria. Nossa ciência tem sido conduzida por essa falsa crença há séculos. Tanto tempo e dinheiro, tanta energia já foi desperdiçada na tentativa de dominar a matéria por conta disso. Mas agora nós chegamos num ponto de colapso e precisamos fazer uma curva radical: precisamos dedicar toda nossa energia na conquista do mundo interior. E, para isso, a ciência precisa se unir à espiritualidade.”

“Al creer que un objeto externo traerá felicidad, te vuelves totalmente dependiente de él para ser feliz. Esa creencia es una ilusión que apenas sirve para alimentar el desear compulsivo y a la idea de que la felicidad viene de lomaterial. Nuestra ciencia ha sido conducida por esa falsa creencia por siglos. Tanto tiempo y dinero, tanta energía ya fue desperdiciada en la tentativa de dominar la materia por cuenta de eso. Pero ahora llegamos a un punto de colapso y necesitamos hacer una curva radical: necesitamos dedicar toda nuestra energía en la conquista del mundo interior. Y para eso, la ciencia necesita unirse con la espiritualidad.”

“To believe that an external object will bring happiness creates a dependency within us. This belief is an illusion that only serves to feed compulsive desire and the idea that happiness comes from the world of matter. Our science has been led by this false belief for centuries. Due to this belief, great amounts of money, time and energy have been wasted to try and dominate the material world. Now we have gotten to the breaking point and we need to make a radical turn; we need to dedicate all our energy to the conquest of the internal world. Thus, science must be united with spirituality.”

Via Bipartisan Report & LATimes: Bernie Sanders Publishes Stunning OpEd In LA Times, Makes Major Announcement

The LA Times published a beautifully written opinion article by former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. He felt the need to explain to his millions of loyal fans that letting Donald Trump win the Presidency was just not an option. Below is the letter.

The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun. In the primaries, I received 1,846 pledged delegates, 46% of the total. Hillary Clinton received 2,205 pledged delegates, 54%. She received 602 superdelegates. I received 48 superdelegates. Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee and I will vigorously support her.
Donald Trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president. His campaign is not based on anything of substance — improving the economy, our education system, healthcare or the environment. It is based on bigotry. He is attempting to win this election by fomenting hatred against Mexicans and Muslims. He has crudely insulted women. And as a leader of the “birther movement,” he tried to undermine the legitimacy of our first African American president. 
That is not just my point of view. That’s the perspective of a number of conservative Republicans.

In these difficult times, we need a president who will bring our nation together, not someone who will divide us by race or religion, not someone who lacks an understanding of what our Constitution is about.

On virtually every major issue facing this country and the needs of working families, Clinton’s positions are far superior to Trump’s. Our campaigns worked together to produce the most progressive platform in the history of American politics. Trump’s campaign wrote one of the most reactionary documents.

Clinton understands that Citizens United has undermined our democracy. She will nominate justices who are prepared to overturn that Supreme Court decision, which made it possible for billionaires to buy elections. Her court appointees also would protect a woman’s right to choose, workers’ rights, the rights of the LGBT community, the needs of minorities and immigrants and the government’s ability to protect the environment.

Trump, on the other hand, has made it clear that his Supreme Court appointees would preserve the court’s right-wing majority.

Clinton understands that in a competitive global economy we need the best-educated workforce in the world. She and I worked together on a proposal that will revolutionize higher education in America. 

It will guarantee that the children of any family in this country with an annual income of $125,000 a year or less – 83% of our population – will be able to go to a public college or university tuition free. This proposal also substantially reduces student debt.

Trump, on the other hand, has barely said a word about higher education.

Clinton understands that at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, it is absurd to provide huge tax breaks to the very rich.

Trump, on the other hand, wants billionaire families like his to enjoy hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax breaks.

Clinton understands that climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is one of the great environmental crises facing our planet. She knows that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and move aggressively to energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

Trump, on the other hand, like most Republicans, rejects science and the conclusions of almost all major researchers in the field. He believes that climate change is a “hoax,” and that there’s no need to address it.

Clinton understands that this country must move toward universal healthcare. She wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their healthcare exchange, that anyone 55 or older should be able to opt in to Medicare, and that we must greatly improve primary healthcare through a major expansion of community health centers. She also wants to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs.

And what is Donald Trump’s position on healthcare? He wants to abolish the Affordable Care Act, throw 20 million people off the health insurance they currently have and cut Medicaid for lower-income Americans.

During the primaries, my supporters and I began a political revolution to transform America. That revolution continues as Hillary Clinton seeks the White House. It will continue after the election. It will continue until we create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 percent – a government based on the principle of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.

I understand that many of my supporters are disappointed by the final results of the nominating process, but being despondent and inactive is not going to improve anything. Going forward and continuing the struggle is what matters. And, in that struggle, the most immediate task we face is to defeat Donald Trump.

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día- Flower of the day - 10/09/2016

“A crença de que a felicidade depende do outro está por trás de todos os problemas de relacionamento. Essa é a raiz do sofrimento nas relações humanas. Por isso, se puder voltar-se para dentro e finalmente buscar a felicidade no lugar certo (em si mesmo), você estará contribuindo não somente para a sua própria evolução, mas para a evolução do ser humano como espécie.”

“La creencia de que la felicidad depende del otro está por detrás de todos los problemas de las relaciones. Esa es la raíz del sufrimiento en las relaciones humanas. Por eso, si pudieras ir para adentro y finalmente buscar la felicidad en el lugar exacto (en ti mismo), estarás contribuyendo no solamente a tu propia evolución, sino para la evolución del ser humano como especie.”

“The belief that happiness depends on the other is behind all relationship problems. It is the root of suffering in human relations. So, if we could turn inwards and finally pursue happiness in the right place, within ourselves, we would be contributing not only to our own evolution but to the evolution of the human species.”

Via Daily Dharma / September 10, 2016: Nothing to Fear

As long as we think we shouldn’t feel something, as long as we are afraid of feeling vulnerable, our defenses kick in to try to get life under control, to manipulate ourselves or other people. But instead of either controlling or sequestering our feelings, we can learn to both contain and feel them fully.

—Barry Magid, "No Gain"