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, May 11, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Experience Emotions with Equanimity

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We can be angry, jealous, or scared without having to act on those emotions or let them take over our lives. We can experience joy or lov...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Via spiritualwarrior

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“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered...

Via thecalminside

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Throw away hol...

Via thecalminside

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“Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is on...

Via Daily Dharma: Spring Cleaning for Your Mind

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If I view [everyday chores] as tasks to rush through on the way to something more important, they become a crushing waste of time. But fr...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Via Calm in Side

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“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to becom...

Via Daily Dharma: Agree to Disagree

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It is inevitable that there will be a wide range of beliefs, opinions, practices, and behaviors in this large and diverse world. It is no...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 9, 2018

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Within the spiritual journey you understand that suffering becomes something that has been given to you to show you where your mind is ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Via / Daily Dharma: Focus on Giving, Not Getting

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On the spiritual path, there’s nothing to get, and everything to get rid of. Obviously, the first thing to let go of is trying to “get” l...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Via Tricycle / Unpacking Bodicitta

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The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown, Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas’ power, Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and ...

Via Daily Dharma: The Path of Understanding

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Bodhicitta is the path of understanding who you are in the fathomless nature of infinite contingency, and then developing the skills to n...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 6, 2018

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When I meditate I sit quietly, I withdraw the awareness of my ears hearing, my eyes seeing. I don’t move around much. I sit quietly and...

Via Daily Dharma: The Power of Simplicity

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The principle of renunciation is not to encourage a state of lack, but to establish as complete a state of simplicity as possible. In tha...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Embrace Uncertainty

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We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the ...
Friday, May 4, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Buddhahood Is Within You

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Some people think that one can become a buddha through meditation. This is wrong. The potential for Buddhahood is within your own nature. ...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Connecting to the Body

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In body awareness meditation, we open to a reunion of body and mind by exploring the sensations of our thoughts and feelings. —Ruth King,...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 2, 2018

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Don’t get caught in righteousness; don’t get caught in helping somebody. It doesn’t mean don’t help them; just don’t get caught in it...

Via Daily Dharma: Open to Your Feelings

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When we open to our feelings as they arise, we create the causes and conditions of mental and physical health. —Josh Korda, “ Flowing Fee...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Via JMG: Majorities In 44 States Now Back Same-Sex Marriage

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Just in from PRRI Polling : Recent dramatic shifts in support for same-sex marriage are also evident at the state level. Today,...
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