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, January 15, 2017
Via Ram Dass
Truth
is one of the vehicles for deepening spiritual awareness through
another human being, and if there is a license for that in the
relationship, in any relationship – with guru, with friend, with lover,
with whatever it is – it is an absolutely optimum way of coming into a
liquid spiritual relationship with another person.
But it’s very, very delicate because people feel very vulnerable. They have parts of their mind that are cut off, that the idea that’s been socialized is, “If I show this part of me, I would not be acceptable.” And the ability to risk that, finally you learn how to have your truth available.
But it’s very, very delicate because people feel very vulnerable. They have parts of their mind that are cut off, that the idea that’s been socialized is, “If I show this part of me, I would not be acceptable.” And the ability to risk that, finally you learn how to have your truth available.
Via Daily Dharma / The Only Answer:
To
the degree and extent a person practices dharma, to that degree and
extent that person gets protection from the dharma. We can never get
protection from anything else, no matter how much security, or
insurance, or how many secure locks we have—never.
—Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Going Upstream"
—Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Going Upstream"
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