Revoked

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.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 11/01/2016

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“Comparo o processo de autoconhecimento a uma autoescola na qual estamos aprendendo a conduzir um veículo. E como a autoescola está aber...

Via Daily Dharma: Striking a Balance

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Just as meditation requires an understanding of the practice as well as determination to carry it out, likewise it requires a sense of ba...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Via Towleroad: Pope Francis Expands on Remarks About Gays: ‘God Loves All His Creatures’

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In a new book set for publication on Tuesday, Pope Francis explains for the first time the remarks about gays he made to reporters aboa...

Via JMG: Jim Obergefell To Sit With First Lady During SOTU

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January 10, 2016 LGBT History , Marriage Equality This morning the White House announced that Ji...

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 10/01/2016

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“É impossível estar no mundo sem se relacionar. Você pode trabalhar na Wall Street, viver numa praia deserta, num monastério ou comunidad...
Saturday, January 9, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: Before It’s Too Late

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There’s a wonderful Kagyu saying: “When we are young, we don’t realize the importance of dharma practice; when we are middle-aged, we thi...

Dra Yang Project " Namo Buddhaya, namo Dharmaya, namo Sanghaya "

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Friday, January 8, 2016

Via Medical News Today: What is the difference between sex and gender?

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The words sex and gender are commonly used interchangeably, but many linguists would argue that their usage is quite distinct. Sex refers ...

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 08/01/2016

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"Conheça-te a ti mesmo e conhecerás o Universo. O homem é um microcosmo - absolutamente tudo que existe lá fora está dentro. Todas a...

Via Daily Dharma: Seeing Through Failure

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Disappointment and failure bring us down to the ground so we can see through our ideas to the way things really are.   —Natalie Goldberg,...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 07/01/2016

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“No mais profundo, a causa pela qual temos gerado tanta destruição neste planeta, é a ignorância a respeito da nossa verdadeira identidad...

Via Daily Dharma: Finding Your Direction

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There is nothing to hang on to. The path emerges from a personal, surprisingly innate sense of direction and not from what’s expected of ...

Via Queerty: Queen Elizabeth II Says Gay Marriage Is Absolutely “Wonderful”

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Just when we didn’t think she could get any more amazing,  Queen Elizabeth II called gay marriage in England “wonderful.” Or at least ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor de día - Flower of the day - 06/01/2015

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“A espiritualidade pode ser traduzida como uma experiência da realidade – um processo de despertar de um sonho. A iluminação espiritual c...

Via Daily Dharma: Already Enlightened

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We don’t practice to attain enlightenment, just as we don’t eat or breathe to be alive. Because we’re alive, we breathe. Because we’re al...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 05/01/2016

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“O primeiro passo para ampliar a percepção e o seu poder de auto-observação é ocupar o seu corpo, é colocar-se presente, ocupando cada m...

Via Tricycle / Daily Dharma: Learning How to Listen

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To hear every sound as the dharma means to just pay attention. Listen to what people are saying when somebody is talking to you. We are u...
Monday, January 4, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 04/01/2016

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“O medo é um sentimento que se tornou tão habitual que você mal percebe o quanto ele influencia a sua vida. Você tem diversos tipos de me...

Deep Tranquility

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Pleasure without pain is possible only as we progress toward higher states of mindfulness. Unlike sensory pleasure that leads only to an ...
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