Friday, November 30, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Find the Middle Way

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Without spiritual discipline we are never going to wake up or advance on our journey through this life. But our discipline must be wedded t...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Why Genuine Transformation Is Possible

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No matter how high the mountains of the great dharma are, no matter how deep the sea of ignorance is, they will be as nothing before a bo...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 28, 2018 🍁

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Reflection will give you a chance to stand back in your soul, witness consciousness, look at your life, and see how much of the system...

Via Daily Dharma: Turning Dreams into Reality

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Daydreaming is very seductive; when the thoughts “If I were… If I had… ” come up, they pull you in… When we ask the question “What is thi...

Via Daily Dharma: A Step on the Path

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The entire process of sitting down to eat, reflecting on food and its preparation, and then the eating of it should be a method—one among...

Via Daily Dharma: The Root of Forgiveness

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The practice of forgiveness happens when we are able to realize the underlying cause of our anger and impatience, and this allows us to ...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 25, 2018 🍁

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The romantic quality of love which is between separate entities is a doorway into the deeper love ... a lot of people experience a qual...

Via Daily Dharma: Don’t Miss a Moment

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In dharma practice, we both prepare for the long haul and remain open to immediate insight and change… The perspectives of both gradual and...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Greatest Gift

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Let’s find a way to share our gifts of spontaneous love and compassion moment by sacred moment, seeing all the while the Great Gift of i...

Via Daily Dharma: The Best Things Are Free

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Life, it turns out, is unsatisfactory, as long as we allow our hopes and fears to be the authors of our expectations… Thankfully there’s ...

Via Daily Dharma: The Free Flowing Mind

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If the mind congeals in one place and remains with one thing, it is like frozen water and is unable to be used freely: ice that can wash ne...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Life, Face-forward

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When we turn away from our distress, we inevitably abandon our loved ones as well as ourselves. But when we mindfully and compassionately...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Practice Makes Perfect

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By engaging with exertion over and over again, the practice of mindfulness and loving-kindness becomes familiar territory for you, and is n...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 18, 2018 🍁

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In this culture,...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Finding Real Peace

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Real peace is not simply the absence of violent conflict but a state of harmony: harmony between people; harmony between humanity and nat...
Friday, November 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Radical Acceptance

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Something happens when we don’t resist, when we don’t hate ourselves for what we’re experiencing. Our hearts open, and we realize we’re not...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Practice Patience

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Patience is the only thing that defeats anger. Don’t be disappointed if you can’t do it right away. Even after years of practice you may fi...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 14, 2018 🍁

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  When we're identified with awareness, we're no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time...

Via Daily Dharma: For the Love of the Spiritual Life

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Grace provides the framework within which a meaningful life is lived. Love is the substance of it day to day. To live a spiritual life, t...