Thursday, March 2, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / The Terrain of a Moment

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Every moment is a unique view of a unique territory, both of which unfold in perpetual motion. Because of the continual flux of it all, h...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Via Ram Dass

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Truth is one of the vehicles for deepening spiritual awareness through another human being, and if there is a license for that in the re...

Via Daily Dharma / Elaborating On the “Now”

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We know not to get caught in the past or the future, but in order to be in the Now, we also have to let go of the present. The Now is not...

Via Daily Dharma / Storm Dharma

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If suffering and awakening form a single weather-system, as many a wise person has come to know, then when storms come, perhaps we can ac...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / All Things Can Be Treasured

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I will learn to cherish beings of bad nature And those pressed by strong sins and sufferings As if I had found a precious Treasure very ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / The Foundation of Compassion

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When practicing and studying, it’s important to have a motivation that is free from affliction. Among the various pure motivations, the mos...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / You’re Depending on You

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Nobody can get into the heart of your experience and fix anything for you. If you want to make your own internal experience more hospitab...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / What It Is “To Know”

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The idea that all human reason must be empirical is a story that is told to us by our masters. —Curtis White, " The Science Delusion...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath

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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 22, 2017

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Serve to relieve human suffering wherever you find it, in any way you can. Whatever your skills or karmic predicament is, there’s alw...

Via Daily Dharma / What Is Expression?

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In painting, as in any art, we can escape the prison of our minds and connect with what transcends ordinary perceptions. And just as a bo...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

September 7 is Brazilian Independence day...

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Soooo... this Trump thing has caused me to rethink my status here as a permanent resident. Brasil has been much more progressive re: GLBTq ...

Putin: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Via Daily Dharma / Standing Up

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Judgmental criticism is one thing; judicious criticism is actually a gift. That’s why the Buddha never formulated a precept against talking...

Via Daily Dharma / Gratitude and Generosity

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Gratitude, the simple and profound feeling of being thankful, is the foundation of all generosity. I am generous when I believe that righ...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

This is where I stand. Period.

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DO NOT JUST FORWARD THIS, PLEASE! If you're in, Share or Copy & paste...make sure to sign, then post to your page. This is where ...

Via Ram Dass

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You gotta remember that the ego is built on fear. It’s not built on love; it’s built on fear. It’s built on the fear of non-survival,...

Via Daily Dharma / Graceful Suffering:

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There is grace in suffering. Suffering is part of the training program for wisdom. —Ram Dass, " America’s Guru "
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Via Daily Dharma / Creating Our Own Suffering:

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In short, it’s our reactivity that generates dukkha, keeping us agitated and therefore unable to contemplate the actual, direct, here and...