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Links of a Chain | September 5, 2014

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When we are young, we should look at and reflect on old people. This is karma, isn’t it? I tried to explain this to the Westerners, that if you discard people, you will also be discarded. When we are old, we should think about young people. When we see old people, we should think about young people. They are connected, like links of a chain. 

 

- Ajahn Chah, "The Gift of Gratitude"

 

Flower of the Day: 09/05/14

“The human race is undergoing a profound change. It is often difficult to know what is personal and what is collective, especially since separation is only an illusion. Some people are already able to see the changes without getting identified with them, since they have already given up control. Suffering is generated by control, which is an instrument of fear. Fear comes from a lack of faith in existence.”

Sri Prem Baba

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JMG Quote Of The Day - Carl Siciliano

"I feel like the LGBT movement has been asleep at the wheel when it comes to this. We've been so focused on laws – changing the laws around marriage equality, changing 'don't ask, don't tell,' getting adoption rights – that we haven't been fighting for economic resources. How many tax dollars do gay people contribute? What percentage of tax dollars comes back to our gay kids? We haven't matured enough as a movement yet that we're looking at the economics of things. There is a psychological reality that when you're an oppressed group whose very existence is under attack, you need to create this narrative about how great it is to be what you are. It's like, 'Leave the repression and the fear behind and be embraced by this accepting community, and suddenly everyone is beautiful and has good bodies and great sex and beautiful furniture, and rah-rah-rah.' And, from day one of the Stonewall Riots, homeless kids were not what people wanted to see. No one wanted to see young people coming out and being cast into destitution. It didn't fit the narrative." - Ali Forney Center founder Carl Siciliano, in a Rolling Stone article on the epidemic of homeless LGBT youth.

Labels: Carl Siciliano, homelessness, LGBT youth

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A partir de hoje, o PSOL 50 - Partido Socialismo e Liberdade começa a divulgar o programa de governo de Luciana Genro, candidata à presidência da República. O programa foi construído coletivamente a partir das diretrizes programáticas lançadas no dia do anúncio da candidatura da Luciana, e será divulgado por eixos.

A Luciana pediu especialmente que o primeiro eixo a ser divulgado fosse o capítulo sobre cidadania e direitos da população LGBT. Esse eixo é apenas um dos vários aspectos, em diferentes temáticas, que estão presentes no plano de governo da Luciana e que vão ser divulgados por ela ao longo dos próximos dias; o fato de eu estar divulgando esteja divulgando este eixo não significa eu me importe apenas com esse aspecto dos programas de governo dos candidatos e das candidatas à presidência..

Eu tenho muito orgulho de ter participado da elaboração desse texto e poder dizer a todos e todas vocês, com absoluta certeza, que o programa de governo da Luciana é o que melhor responde às demandas e necessidades de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e trans e o que melhor entende a importância da luta contra todas as formas de preconceito, contra o fundamentalismo e pelo estado laico e a igualdade de direitos.
Para Luciana, os direitos humanos não se negociam!

Não deixem de ler o texto completo aqui: http://lucianagenro.com.br/programa/lgbt/
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Present to Rage | September 4, 2014

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Meditation is recommended here not as a way to eradicate our rage but as a way to become fully present to its energies. When you become uncomfortable or frightened, remember that difficult emotions are your most profound teachers. The more we can witness our experiences without judgment, the less suffering we will experience in our lives. 

 

- Ruth King, "Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage"

 

Flower of the Day: 09/04/14

“At some point along your journey, you will need to turn within. In the beginning, you will face many challenges, just as you did when you first made the move to go out into the world. The main challenge during this phase is dealing with loneliness. This can be quite challenging. Still, just like Siddhartha Gautama got frustrated with life in the palace with all of his wealth and left everything behind, when you become frustrated enough with the world, you will find that you are already moving towards the truth.”

Sri Prem Baba

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Stinking Bones | September 3, 2014

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To stop the mind and contemplate stillness is a sickness, not Chan meditation. Constant sitting restricts the body—how could it help towards discovering truth? Listen to my verse:

You can sit without lying down from the moment you're born,
But when you die, you'll lie down, never again to sit.
How could you build a solid practice
On a set of stinking bones?! 

- Master Huineng, "Direct and Gradual"

Flower of the Day: 09/03/14

“Every time you create one thing to run away from another, sooner or later what you created will have to undergo some form of transformation. If you generated wealth to flee from poverty, you might need to lose this wealth to free yourself from the fear of being poor, so that you may become truly rich. True wealth comes from trust and plenitude – not from fear. When this transformation knocks on your door, you will start being tested greatly, until you succeed in developing the virtue of trust and move towards surrender.”

Sri Prem Baba

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If there was ever a time when the world needed the light of good, kind, compassionate, and loving people, it’s right this very moment. Those around you need your comforting touch, your kind smile of understanding, and your willingness to share what you have with those who have less. The world needs your compassion, your kindness and even your hope. Now is not the time to hold back. Tell the people you love that you love them and do whatever you can to make the world a little less hostile and a little kinder. It’s not just the least we can do; it’s probably all we can do. 

- Paul Boynton "Begin with Yes"

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The Urgency of Kindness | September 2, 2014

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Compassion exists only to the extent that we invest it with the energy of our own lives—'altruism gene' be damned.

 

- Curtis White, "The Science Delusion"

 

Flower of the Day: 09/02/14

“You can try to understand love through theories, and you can even create your own theories about it. But you will only know what love is by loving, by allowing yourself to experience love. If you try to use your mind to understand love on an intellectual level, you may even acquire some knowledge, but it will be nothing more than a bunch of thoughts. Knowledge serves to place you on the path, but at some point you need to give up knowledge in order to create space to experience love. The goal of knowledge is to serve as a bridge to wisdom; when it is not serving this goal, it starts to poison you.”

- Sri Prem Baba

Flower of the Day: 09/01/14

“As you progress in the process of purifying and transforming the lower self, you naturally begin to transcend the idea of ‘me’. Transcending means being above or going beyond: it is when you start to identify with the spiritual self. But you won’t be able to do this if you are still trying to avoid dealing with your lower self.”

- Sri Prem Baba

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Shine Through | September 1, 2014

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At all times, in all places, be it desires, senses, gain, loss, right, wrong, visions of Buddha or of dharma, in all things shine through with your whole body. 

 

-Hakuin, “My Bad”

 

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Always Free | August 31, 2014

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The two things that you are always free to do—despite your circumstances—are to be present and to be willing to love. 

-Jack Kornfield, “Set the Compass of Your Heart”

Flower of the Day: 08/31/14

"I went driving once on a rainy day and it ended up hailing, so my car got all scratched up. But who decided to take the car out on this rainy day? I did. Therefore, it is my responsibility alone. I never get tired of saying that you are not a helpless victim of the harmful influences of outer space. I know it is hard to hear this, and you can even get angry with me, but I have to tell the truth: you are where you put yourself."

Sri Prem Baba

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Dharmic Darwinism | August 30, 2014

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The Buddha intuited some type of evolutionary process that creates our bodies, and his essential point is that they are neither formed nor owned by us. We now have evidence that our bodies arise from the forces and elements that make up the entire universe, through a complex chain of interdependent events. Internalizing this understanding can help liberate us from the powerful sense of ownership and attachment we have to the body. 

 

-Wes Nisker, “Evolution’s Body”