Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Via Ram Dass

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The final awakening is the embracing of the darkness into the light. That means embracing our humanity as well as our divinity. What ...

Via Daily Dharma: What’s at the Root of Happiness?

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It takes some training to equate complete letting go with comfort. But in fact, “nothing to hold on to” is the root of happiness. There’s...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: A Practitioner’s Basic Question

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The basic problem is one of self-knowledge: do we really understand what motivates us? —David Loy, “ The Nonduality of Good and Evil ”
Monday, March 19, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: We All Need External Support

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Before meditating, we pay homage to what’s traditionally known as the three jewels [the Buddha, dharma, and sangha], which buttress our p...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Allow Space for Serenity

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Many of us try to do so many things at once that there is no space for serenity. We wonder why we are unhappy, why we feel alienated. We ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - March 18, 2018

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  If I am in my...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: You Are Not Your Thoughts

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Simply see the natural phenomena of physical and mental events as they arise and pass away. They’re not you. They’re not really yours. Yo...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Breathing Is an Anchor to Awareness

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The breath changes and you change. Nothing stays the same, yet there is constancy. The breath reminds us that we are here and alive: let ...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Embodied Enlightenment

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In its most ancient Buddhist form, meditation is a technique for letting go of the objectifying tendency of thought and of entering deepl...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

tUnE-yArDs - Bizness (Official Video)

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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - March 14, 2018

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After one progresses in his or her sadhana, after meditation gets deeper, he or she lets go of the model of themselves more and more, a...

Tune-Yards - Heart Attack (Official Video)

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Via Daily Dharma: Listen Closely

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A useful technique for developing inner silence is recognizing the space between thoughts. Attend closely with sharp mindfulness when one...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Paradox of Practice

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The weird thing is that the only way one really gets any of the most important benefits of meditation practice is by giving up on the notio...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Wise Mindfulness

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In the Buddhist path to nibbana, mindfulness is not about becoming a happier, better person. It’s not about “happiness” at all—at least not...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - March 11, 2018

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Our human forms are composed of and surrounded by an infinite myriad of forms, all in constant motion, from the subatomic to the cosmic...

Via Daily Dharma: Find Your Refuge

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A spiritual practice can be an island, a place where opening to uncertainty and doubt can lead us to a refuge of truth. —Joan Halifax, “ ...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Relax and Let Be

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When the thinking mind takes a break for even a few seconds, a kind of relaxed awareness replaces the usual stream of thoughts. We need t...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Embrace Impermanence with Mindfulness

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When the winds of change reach hurricane force, our inner refuge of mindfulness, concentration, and discernment is the only thing that wi...