Wednesday, December 30, 2020

A little twist ~ Pema Chödron


 

 A little twist ~ Pema Chödron https://justdharma.com/s/wezj2  

All of life is interconnected. If something lives, it has life force, the quality of which is energy, a sense of spiritedness. Without that, we can’t lift our arms or open our mouths or open and shut our eyes. If you have ever been with someone who is dying, you know that at one moment, even though it might be quite weak, there’s life force there, and then the next moment there is none. It’s said that when we die, the four elements—earth, air, fire, water—dissolve one by one, each into the other, and finally just dissolve into space. But while we’re living, we share the energy that makes everything, from a blade of grass to an elephant, grow and live and then inevitably wear out and die. This energy, this life force, creates the whole world. It’s very curious that because we as human beings have consciousness, we are also subject to a little twist where we resist life’s energies.  – 

Pema Chödron  from the book "The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness" ISBN: 978-1570628726  -  https://amzn.to/1eGdDZy  Pema Chödron on the web: http://pemachodronfoundation.org/ https://www.shambhala.com/pema-chodron http://www.shambhala.com/heartadvice/  Pema Chödron biography: http://www.gampoabbey.org/pema-bio.php

Via Lion's Roar // Beginning Anew

 

Beginning Anew
Thich Nhat Hanh on how to make the meaningful ceremony of “Beginning Anew” part of your life.

Via Daily Dharma: The Wisdom of Generosity

 The practice of generosity is a wisdom practice, because it’s aligning you with the real truth of things: what you think of as yours, as part of your identity, is only temporary.

—Subhadramati, “Cutting the Threads”

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - December 30, 2020 💌


 When you stop living by other people’s judgments or expectations, you start doing what you need to do. In trying to decide what you want to do with your life, listen to your heart. The program is much farther out than you ever thought it was. I never thought I’d be a yogi. Each of us has our unique karmic predicament, our individual work to do. Always choose that which you feel is most in harmony with the way of things.

- Ram Dass -