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.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Open to Your Experience

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Every time we’re up against the wall, we’re also standing at a threshold. The invitation to open to our experience—whatever it is from mo...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 23, 2018

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In religious study, while there is the opening for healthy skepticism, there is another way which is to open Pandora’s box and let it a...

Via Daily Dharma: The “Middle Way” of Eating

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Taking just the right amount of food, as the Buddha discovered, is essential to practicing the middle way of Buddhism. —John Kain, “ Eati...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Start Thinking Long-term

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We must consider not only our short-term personal advantage but also the long-range impact our choices have on others we will never know ...

Happy Harvey Milk Day! // Feliz Dia de Harvey Milk!

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Listen Without Judgement

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Call on your natural curiosity as you focus inward. Try to let go of any preconceived ideas and instead listen in a kind, receptive way t...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Don’t Be Stingy with Your Life

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To not be stingy with my life, with myself, is to fully express myself at every moment—fully express everything that I am. —Roshi Nancy M...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 20, 2018

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The transformative process is our job, so that we are not ruled by fear but by love.  - Ram  Dass -
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: From Sightseeing to Insight

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It’s the perspective we choose—not the places we visit—that ultimately tells us where we stand. Every time I take a trip, the experience ...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Confront Suffering

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Suffering and its unwholesome causes are not to be escaped but to be confronted—and eventually transformed into wisdom and compassion. ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Heart of Fear

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The Heart of Fear ‘The point of fear is to frighten you. If you become part of the fear ...

Via Daily Dharma: Love Is Beyond Dualism

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To commit to love is fundamentally to commit to a life beyond dualism. —Interview with bell hooks by Helen Tworkov, “ Agent of Change: An...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

'PRETTY BOY' Award Winning LGBT Short Film (2017)

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New Acharya Gaylon Ferguson - Guided Practice: Compassion Meditation 1

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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 16, 2018

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Christ said to be in the world but not of the world. You are simultaneously living your story line – keeping your ground, remembering...

Via Daily Dharma: Your Mirror Mind

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A mirror reflects everything, yet it is not altered by what it reflects and does not judge those reflections. If the mind is like a mirro...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Mindful Eating

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When we are able to fully appreciate the basic activities of eating and drinking, we discover an ancient secret, the secret of how to bec...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Via Reclaiming Jesus / A Confession of Faith in a Time of Crisis

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We are living through perilous and polarizing times as a nation, with a dangerous crisis of moral and political leadership at the high...

Via Daily Dharma: Unlimited Self

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[That which] is deepest and most real about each of us cannot be limited by any transitory state, shape, or event. —Noelle Oxenhandler, “...
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