Bringing
order to clutter, I begin to see, is not just about putting my spices
in alphabetical order. It’s about balancing the twin poles of spiritual
life: cherishing life and holding it sacred, while knowing that it will
pass away. It’s about learning to care for the things and people that
are precious to me—and, when it’s time, freely letting them go.
Anne Cushman, “Clearing Clutter”
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Balancing Care and Nonattachment
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Frivolous Speech
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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - March 15, 2023 💌
“Look at the universe and see all of the forces – the heavy ones, the light ones, the destructive ones, the creative ones – find what your part is in it. And if your part is that of the Bodhisattva, that of reducing the suffering of all human beings, and that’s all your work is, you just do it and do it and do it until there is no you in there, there is merely this instrument for the relieving of suffering of all beings. And that is one of the parts of the dance, of which another and equally important [part] of the dance is that which creates all the suffering in the universe. That’s what’s so far out about it.”
-Ram Dass-
From Here & Now Episode 220: Hearing Your Dharma, Hearing Your Part