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May we touch the hearts of others today.

* Namaste *

‎"Be content
with what you have,
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize
there is nothing lacking,
the whole world
belongs to you."

~Lao Tzu

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2012 Healing the Planet 2012

Within my mind
I live on a small blue planet.
Everyone seems far away,
No one seems close.
Everywhere is blackness, Yet abundant life consumes each moment.
I wish and hope
Everyone could see this blue fragile life
Floating in the blackness—
Next time they miss the bus,
Next time they forget to look and smile.

We are floating on a blue dot–
We should all be frightfully concerned.
No matter what you think, what I think,
We will always be on this blue dot,
Unless we are the masters of darkness
Or the emperors of blackness.

Look at each other–
Be kind
Stop
Look up
See blue.
That color came from somewhere.
It could be another color if we don’t play our cards right.
Our worst enemies we should hold,
Because even they love blue.

The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma

Tricycle Daily Dharma May 19, 2012

Zen Management

You deal with your shit in Zen by sitting with it. By breathing right into it. You don’t try and ignore it with pleasant thoughts or lofty ideas, and you don’t try and bury it with solutions. You deal with it, you work with it, one breath at a time.

- Steve Krieger, "Growing Ground"
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Via JMG: Maryland OK's Gay Divorce

You can't yet get gay-married in Maryland, but you can get gay-divorced.

The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in Maryland. The case involved two women who were married in California and denied a divorce in 2010 by a Maryland judge. “A valid out-of-state same-sex marriage should be treated by Maryland courts as worthy of divorce, according to the applicable statues, reported cases, and court rules of this state,” the court concluded in a 21-page ruling. It said Maryland courts should withhold recognition of a valid foreign marriage only if that marriage is “repugnant” to state public policy. The court says the threshold is a high bar that has not been met in the case that it ruled on.

Labels: gay divorce, LGBT rights, Maryland

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JMG Europe Marriage Map

With France to join shortly, it appears. Via Wikipedia.

Labels: Europe, LGBT rights, marriage equality

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Via JMG: MALAWI: New President Vows To Decriminalize Homosexuality

Sit down, there's good news from Africa.

President Joyce Banda has said she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994. Two Malawian men were sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2010 after saying they were getting married. Several Western leaders have recently said they would cut aid to countries which did not recognise gay rights. In her first state of the nation address to parliament, Mrs Banda said: "Some laws which were duly passed by the august house... will be repealed as a matter of urgency... these include the provisions regarding indecent practices and unnatural acts." The BBC's Raphael Tenthani in the main city, Blantyre, says the president has the support of a majority of MPs and so should be able to get parliament to overturn the law.

Religious groups are expected to loudly oppose Banda's plan.

Labels: Africa, LGBT rights, Malawi

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