Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Via Ram Dass

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One dies as one lives...Once that starts to fall into place, then the question is how you use the moment-to-moment experiences of your...

Via Daily Dharma / The Evolution of Understanding:

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When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and rivers are not rivers....

Viva Hans Rosling!

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  Woke up to find that dear, dear Hans Rosling, has passed away. The world has lost a good, decent man who offered us all a postive...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

WALK WITH ME - International Trailer

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Via Shambhala Publications: Pema Chödrön

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  Relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path. Disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, r...

Via FB: From Scott Mednick, when a Trumpster Facebook friend told him, "We suffered for 8 years. Now it’s your turn.”

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Copy & paste to share From Scott Mednick, when a Trumpster Facebook friend told him, "We suffered for 8 years....

Via Daily Dharma / Words of a Perfect Teacher

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When others are proud, you cannot please them easily. When you are being very proud, you always find fulfillment difficult, your exp...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / Correct Views:

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Shunyata is “the exhaustion of all theories and views.” Making it into a metaphysical theory is like grasping a snake by the wrong end–l...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Via Metroweekely: Gil Steinlauf: Dear President Trump

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Dear President Trump, As a Jew, as a rabbi, as a gay man, I have something to say to you: you don’t know me, but I know you. We have met...

Via Ram Dass

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T he only way you can keep you heart open is by living simultaneously on more than one plane of consciousness. When I was in India, t...

Via Daily Dharma / The Jewel of Community:

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The sangha literally embodies the Buddhist tradition; it transcends the self-concerns of any individual, especially the concerns that ari...
Saturday, February 4, 2017

Via JMG: Tony Perkins: It’s “Fake News” To Claim Religious Liberty Executive Orders Would Legalize Discrimination

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  February 4, 2017 Christianists , Hate Groups Via press release from hate group leader Tony Per...

Via Daily Dharma / Elements of Stability

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The transformative power of Buddhist meditation occurs when the stability and vividness of shamatha is unified with the penetrating insight...
Friday, February 3, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / True Generosity:

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Generosity requires that we relinquish something, and this is impossible if we are not glad for what we have. Otherwise, the giving hand cl...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

Via JMG: BREAKING: Leaked Draft Executive Order Reveals “Sweeping Plan” To Legalize Anti-LGBT Discrimination

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February 1, 2017 Civil Rights , LGBT News , Religi...

Via GLAAD: President Trump attacks LGBTQ Americans in reported national 'License to Discriminate' order

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By Drew Anderson, Director of News & Rapid Response | February 1, 2017   Administration deceives Americans with...

Via Daily Dharma: Right Where We Are

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The idea that what is here and now is less valuable than what’s over there just past the finish line prevents us from ever being truly co...

Via The Nation:  Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination

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 If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriag...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

I am working on it. An essay.

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Wednesday, 1 February 2017 Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais Many of you know my husband. If you haven’t met him, you should, he is a good...