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.

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Letting Go of the Story

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Witnessed without judgment, the spasms of defense and aggression, the hint of a child’s tears behind the eyes, relax and dissolve. The st...

Via Daily Dharma: Just Listen

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Open yourself to the music of the world in this moment, in this place. —Martine Batchelor, “ Instructions for Listening Meditation ”

Via Daily Dharma: Free To Question

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When we ask an open question we have not yet found an answer. And this leaves the mind free, unobstructed, and ready for adventure… There i...

Via Daily Dharma: Transform Challenges Into the Path

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Every meditator has challenges. Rather than taking the obstacles as problems or as unfortunate distractions, a more useful attitude is to...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Finding What You Need

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The perfect student is you. You have within you all the ingredients you need to practice. You are in charge, and once you realize this, y...

Via Daily Dharma: Nonviolence Starts Within

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Meditation practice and the cultivation of heart-mind awareness give us the opportunity to respond to our emotions in a very nonviolent a...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 6, 2019 💌

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To us Maharaj-ji often repeated, "Sub Ek !" "It's all One!" He had a gesture in which he would hold up his inde...

Via Daily Dharma: Turning Problems into Possibilities

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The moment you notice it, take hold of that mental affliction with your attention and purposefully turn it into an aspiration. It’s as th...

Via Daily Dharma: Dare To Drop Your Resistance Inbox x

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If we slow down and drop our resistance to work’s unpleasantness, we discover that we are resourceful enough to be daring, free from fear...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: The Heart of True Happiness

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Happiness is awakening to the question "Who is happy, who is unhappy, who lives, and who dies?" True happiness is uncaused, ari...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 9, 2019 💌

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When you know how to listen, everybody is the Guru - speaking to you - it's right here, always. - Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Here’s Your Chance

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Our true self has no idea of being separate, because it is before all ideas and thinking. Each bow is a chance to wake up from the illusion...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 2, 2019 💌

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As I have gone from identity with ego to identity with soul or the witness , I have found a space and a way in relation to the mystery ...

Via Daily Dharma: Making Sense of the Moment

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Buddhist practice is never about creating goals and trying to achieve them. It’s about learning to see clearly for ourselves our own real...

Via Daily Dharma: Enjoying the Journey

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Whatever technique one is using, remember that the spirit of practice is more important than the technique. Finding a way to enjoy just s...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Transformational Potential

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The same power that moves the universe exists within our lives. Each individual has immense potential, and a great change in the inner d...

Via Daily Dharma: Out with the Old, In with the New

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Hope is a great tool when it comes to forming new habits and letting go of older, obsolete habits. Hope opens the door to possibility and...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 30, 2018 🌟

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The predicament with loving is the power of the addiction of the practice of loving somebody; of getting so caught in the relation...

Via Daily Dharma: Relax into Understanding

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Be quiet, be still. Let the mind rest. Discover who you really are. —Nina Wise, “ Sudden Awakening ”
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