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Via FB /// Baha'u'llah's words - and hopes:

Bind ye the broken with the hands of justice, and crush the oppressor who flourisheth with the rod of the commandments of your Lord, the Ordainer, the All-Wise.

 

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation //Words of Wisdom - April 12, 2026 🌻 Inbox

 

"I invite you, when you are caught in your stuff and your heart is closed, to reach out to find someone else who is suffering. To be there with them for a moment. What I find when my heart is closed is that the purity of their heart pulls me out of myself very quickly. For those of you who have gotten caught in individualism and separation, the act of serving another human being is a doorway back into your connection to the universe. Their real need pulls you out of yourself."   Source: Ram Dass Here & Now - Ep. 125 – Embracing the Mystery

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Five-Minute Meditation

The wildness of mind that we experience when we sit quietly, noticing our body and breathing for five minutes, is the result of everything we’ve been doing before those five minutes. Gaylon Ferguson, “Fruitless Labor”  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Mindfulness and Concentration: Establishing Mindfulness of Mental Objects and the Fourth Jhāna

 

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RIGHT MINDFULNESS Establishing Mindfulness of Mental Objects A person goes to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place and sits down. Having crossed the legs, one sets the body erect. One establishes the presence of mindfulness. (MN 10) One is aware: “Ardent, fully aware, mindful, I am content.” (SN 47.10)   When doubt is internally present, one is aware: “Doubt is present for me.” When doubt is not present, one is aware: “Doubt is not present for me.” When the arising of unarisen doubt occurs, one  is aware of that. And when the abandoning of arisen doubt occurs, one is aware of that. One is just aware, just mindful, "there is a mental object.” And one abides not clinging to anything in the world. (MN 10)

Reflection As we cycle through the five hindrances as arising and passing mental objects, we come to the last one, doubt. Some doubt is healthy, but this is the sort of doubt that prevents you from seeing clearly and is an obstacle to further progress along the path. It may take the form of self-doubt or doubting that you are practicing correctly. In meditation you can just be aware doubt is there, and let it go without buying in to what it is saying. Daily Practice The next time you feel the kind of doubt that impedes your ability to function well, take some time to examine it phenomenologically. That is to say, pay careful attention to what it feels like and how it is arising and passing away each moment, and learn to recognize it as just another mental factor that comes and goes. Understanding the transient nature of doubt gives you power to “ride out” its influence on your mind. RIGHT CONCENTRATION Approaching and Abiding in the Fourth Phase of Absorption (4th Jhāna) With the abandoning of pleasure and pain, and with the previous disappearance of joy and grief, one enters upon and abides in the fourth phase of absorption, which has neither-pain-nor-pleasure, and purity of mindfulness due to equanimity. The concentrated mind is thus purified, bright, unblemished, rid of imperfection, malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability. (MN 4) Reflection The four stages of mental absorption described in the system of jhānas culminate with the attainment of a profound and imperturbable equanimity. In this state the mind is free of both craving and aversion, neither favors nor opposes any mental object, and is able to simply regard things as they actually are, undistorted by our projections and fears. Notice also that such equanimity has the effect of purifying mindfulness. Daily Practice Sitting quietly and allowing the mind to become more and more peaceful, progressively more unified, and gradually steadier will eventually culminate in the quality of mind described here. This is not a transcendent state but rather a natural, immanent state of mind. See if you can allow your mind to become still like tranquil water and watch the mind reflect whatever comes before it without distortion.  Tomorrow: Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering One week from today: Establishing Mindfulness of Body and Abiding in the First Jhāna Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Thank you Ed!

I recently found out a mentor, father figure of mine passed away. 

THANK YOU ED, You are and will be an eternal example for me... I can truthfully say that with out your mentorship there would not be a Prof. Orey. You countless acts of patience with me, your civility, kindness, mentorship and guiding of me are so appreciated.  Helping me juggle my schedule, going through promotion, and encouraging me when things were tough. The times we spent in our office just playing board games and discussing mathematics. Card games, Bay to Breakers, sharing ideas... my heart is full and so very grateful! 

Your coaching of me, especially as a young father was essential.

When I broke up with Frank, he came to your office (by then you were Department Chair) and he demanded that you fire me, you told him that if we fired people who divorced we loose 1/2 the faculty. Your helping  me thru that tough time, your helping Milton with his masters... well there are just no words. 

I can say that how I work with students, especially now as I reach the end of my career, I use your example, strength through deep kindness and respect.

Thank you dear  Prof Arnsdorf!