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, January 16, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Be Willing to Begin Anew

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Intense times call for intense practice. But in the world, as in the zendo, intensity does not mean straining or pushing; rather, it is a...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Unconditional Care

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To realize truly that there is only this nature, with no “other” outside us, is to naturally want to refrain from causing harm, just as w...

Via Daily Dharma: Wise Compassion

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Remember that you don’t have to like or admire someone to feel compassion for that person. All you have to do is wish for that person to ...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Meu Jogador Favorito - Curta LGBT - English Subtitles

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Award-winning Coming Out Short Film: Straight A

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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 13, 2019 💌

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In aging, our minds are often permeated by memories of the past or worries about the future. What gets missed is the present - and righ...

Via Daily Dharma: A Moment of Stillness

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Stillness in the midst of motion and commotion is free of will, direction, and time. It is a complete letting be of what is from moment t...
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...
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