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.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Via Lion's Roar: Nichiren Shonin: A Teacher of Equality

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I see all living beings equally. I have no partiality for them. There is not “this one” or “that one” to me. I transcend love and ha...

Via Daily Dharma: Greet Fear with Curiosity

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When fear arises, practice can be a very powerful aid to the whole spirit. Don’t be afraid of the fear. Be curious. —Interview with Rick ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 19, 2018 🌟

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Everybody you know, you see, you remember, you will meet, is another face of God, is another doorway through. Is another way that God ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Finding Meaning in the Moment

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Abandoning any hope of fruition does not mean abandoning our projects and ambitions. Instead it points to a way of going about things that ...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Illuminating the Mind

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When addressed skillfully, darker energies can be resolved and transmuted—to become powerful guardians of the dharma, supporting us as we...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Find Joy in Being Here

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Renunciation, though often understood to mean “giving up,” is, more accurately, the willingness to experience things as they are, not as ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 16, 2018 🌟

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For a relationship to remain as Living Spirit, one of the best ingredients to put into the stew is truth. Gandhi spent his life in what...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Letting Go and Reaching Out

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If we’re able to catch an angry thought as it’s budding, we can let it go. The same is true of despair or hopelessness. And when letting ...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: A Recipe for Compassion

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It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Cultivating Insightful Curiosity

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We need to be able to utilize the positive energy of wondering, of wanting to know the truth for ourselves and working to do that, and no...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 12, 2018 🌟

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The Living Spirit, the Beloved, is always right here. It is merely your mind that prevents you from acknowledging its existence. The m...

Via Daily Dharma: The Right Time for Meditation

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You should not limit your meditation to only in the morning or only in the evening: you should do it any time, all the time. Practice tim...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Seeing Things Clearly

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What’s the world? [It’s] any preoccupation that gets you stirred up, that disturbs you right now… If it arises in the mind, make yourself...

Via Tmblr: Map of Homosexual Rights Worldwide

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Monday, December 10, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Effortless Ease

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Perhaps the greatest irony of healing is that it occurs when we accept our felt experience, rather than rely on willpower or focused effo...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Inside-Out Happiness

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The Buddha taught that true happiness, or fulfillment, is independent of outer causes and conditions. So for Buddhists, the pursuit of happ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 9, 2018 🌟

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For a long time I thought truth had to mean only words, but it doesn't. There are truths that are only communicated in silence. And...
Saturday, December 8, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: An Invitation to Kindness

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Imagine for a moment that everything you are experiencing is your very, very best friend saying hello… Such a hello is much more than jus...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Looking Deeply Into Life

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Concentration will bring stability, stillness, and spaciousness; inquiry will bring alertness, vividness, brightness, and clarity. Combin...
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