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.

Friday, June 30, 2017

Stephen Fry - Tech Reformation - Hays Festival 2017

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Stephen Fry on the day Sir Arthur Conan Doyle met Oscar Wilde

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Sacred Spirit.Yeha-Noha(Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity)

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THE ORNITHOLOGIST NSFW Trailer (2017) | Paul Hamy, Xelo Cagiao, João Pedro Rodrigues

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Via Daily Dharma: The Beauty of Right Speech

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The beauty of right speech is that we always have the opportunity to practice how we relate to others. The payoff? We become smarter about ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Via Utne: Free Your Mind: Practice Vipassana Meditation

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Vipassana meditation is a widely used relaxation practice that can be done easily by beginners, with great results!  After years of ...

Via Daily Dharma: Dignity Is Yours

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Because human beings can deliberately choose to follow the dharma, we can consciously awaken. This potential for enlightenment is the sou...

deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember (HQ)

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Via Ram Dass

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I began to see that my work was purification. It was getting my theme straight, it was lightening up my attachments, getting out of livin...

Via Daily Dharma: The Awakened Heart

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There’s nothing as impoverished as the deeply unawakened heart; and nothing enriches us more, and brings more life and meaningfulness, th...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Palestra: Budismo e suas Práticas no ocidente / salão nobre da escola minas Museu de Ciência e Técnica da Escola de Minas

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The Buddha described his teaching as “going against the stream.” The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to whi...

Last night the Cambridge City Council passed a resolution honoring the Bicentenary of the birth of the Founder of the Baha'i Faith. Here is the text and a picture of the Council.

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Last night the Cambridge City Council passed a resolution honoring the Bicentenary of the birth of the Founder of the Baha...

Via Baha’i Story Project: A Baha’i Parent’s Epiphany Story Entry

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(An unpublished essay written by a mom, in hopes that our family's experience will be of interest to other Baha'i fami...

Via Daily Dharma: Stop Feeding the Pain Pattern

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When we meditate, we are training the mind to stop feeding a pain pattern. —Ruth King, “ Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage ”
Monday, June 26, 2017

Via The NewYorker: Kids Attend Drag Queen Story Hour

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A new reading series at the Brooklyn Public Library introduces elements of gender bending and camp to little ones.   On a ...

Via Organizing for Action

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On October 10th, 2015, I married my partner, Stephen. We'd met in Washington, D.C., bonded over our shared Boston background, and ...

Via Ram Dass

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When I go out into the woods, and I look at trees, I say, “Oh, look at that one, oh look at that one, oh how interesting!” I don’t ask why ...

Via Daily Dharma: The Pure Land Is in This Life

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I don’t envision a single thing that, when undeveloped, leads to such great harm as the mind . . . . I don’t envision a single thing that...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: The Pure Land Is in This Life

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The Pure Land isn’t like heaven, because it’s not a place that you go to—it’s more a state of mind, and it can be accessed in this life. ...
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