Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Flower of the Day: 12/16/14
Flor do Dia - Flor del Día - Flower of the Day - 16/12/2014
“Para haver um intimidador é preciso haver um intimidado. Para que haja
alguém que abusa do poder, deve haver alguém permitindo que esse abuso
aconteça. A distorção do poder na forma da agressividade e da violência
tem o mesmo peso que a distorção do amor, que é a submissão e o
vitimismo. A distorção do poder é distorção do masculino; a distorção do amor é a distorção do feminino - uma depende da outra para existir.”
“Para que haya un intimidador es necesario que haya un intimidado. Para que haya alguien que abusa del poder, debe haber alguien permitiendo que ese abuso suceda. La distorsión del poder en la forma de agresividad y de violencia tiene el mismo peso que la distorsión del amor, que es la sumisión y el victimismo. La distorsión del poder es la distorsión de lo masculino; la distorsión del amor es la distorsión del femenino – una depende de la otra para existir.”
“There can’t be someone intimidating without there being someone intimidated in turn. In order for someone to abuse power there has to be someone allowing the abuse to occur. The distortion of power happens when the masculine principle is turned into aggression and violence. The distortion of love occurs when the feminine principle gets twisted into submission and victimhood. Each are equally destructive, and depend on the other in order to exist.”
“Para que haya un intimidador es necesario que haya un intimidado. Para que haya alguien que abusa del poder, debe haber alguien permitiendo que ese abuso suceda. La distorsión del poder en la forma de agresividad y de violencia tiene el mismo peso que la distorsión del amor, que es la sumisión y el victimismo. La distorsión del poder es la distorsión de lo masculino; la distorsión del amor es la distorsión del femenino – una depende de la otra para existir.”
“There can’t be someone intimidating without there being someone intimidated in turn. In order for someone to abuse power there has to be someone allowing the abuse to occur. The distortion of power happens when the masculine principle is turned into aggression and violence. The distortion of love occurs when the feminine principle gets twisted into submission and victimhood. Each are equally destructive, and depend on the other in order to exist.”
- Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
Immeasurable Light | December 16, 2014
The historical Buddha, like you and me, had physical form, was born,
and was destined to die. But the content of his being did not die and
continues to live. And that is immeasurable life. And not only life.
Because it brings us to awakening, it is also immeasurable light.
- Taitetsu Unno, "Even Dewdrops Fall"
- Taitetsu Unno, "Even Dewdrops Fall"
Monday, December 15, 2014
SAÚDE DE THICH NHAT HANH - 13/12/14
"A eternidade pode ser tocado no momento presente, e do cosmos na palma da sua mão."Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay)
Com confiança e amor, Os monges e monjas de Plum Village
SAÚDE DE THICH NHAT HANH - 13/12/14
Comunicado oficial do Mosteiro de Plum Village
Thay continua a surpreender os médicos com seus fortes sinais vitais e estável, pacífica respiração. Eles ainda estão surpresos que Thay tem sido capaz de sobreviver e até mesmo para mostrar pequenos sinais de progresso.
Há poucos dias, um dos médicos compartilhou que "Thay é um enigma", e outro disse que eles foram "testemunhas de um milagre." Quando um neurocirurgião top dos EUA o visitou na semana passada, ele estava profundamente impressionado com o empenho da equipe médica para dar a Thay todas as chances possíveis de recuperação.
Nos últimos dias Thay foi mostrando algumas indicações de vigília, mas ele continua a permanecer em coma profundo. Houve momentos em que Thay teve os olhos abertos por mais de
duas horas, e é sensível, mas ele ainda não está mostrando sinais claros de comunicação. o médicos lembram-nos que pode ser semanas ou meses antes que possamos entender o dano
causada por hemorragia e descobrir a extensão de cura que pode ser possível.
A equipe médica começou a estimular Thay estar mais em vigília. Todos os dias o enfermeiros ajudam Thay sentar em uma cadeira, e, além de acupuntura e massagem dos assistentes, fisioterapeutas vêm para ativar o corpo de Thay. Cantamos a Thay, e nós também ouvimos os cânticos Sangha e belos sons da natureza.
Queridos e amigos. Encontrar tempo para estar com a natureza, para apreciar as estrelas, e as nuvens brancas e para realmente voltar para casa e estar em casa dentro de nós mesmos, como Thay sempre nos incentiva a fazer. Você pode gostar de escrever cartas de amor, em vez de gastar dinheiro e consumindo mais. O Ano Novo é uma ótima oportunidade para começar de novo com nós mesmos e deixar ir de ressentimentos e pesar.
Vamos publicar outra atualização sobre a saúde de Thay no Ano Novo. Até então, você e sua família podem tocar a verdadeira paz e felicidade. Que você seja capaz de desfrutar de seu verdadeiro lar.
"A eternidade pode ser tocado no momento presente,
e do cosmos na palma da sua mão."Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay)
Com confiança e amor,
Os monges e monjas de Plum Village
Com confiança e amor, Os monges e monjas de Plum Village
SAÚDE DE THICH NHAT HANH - 13/12/14
Comunicado oficial do Mosteiro de Plum Village
Thay continua a surpreender os médicos com seus fortes sinais vitais e estável, pacífica respiração. Eles ainda estão surpresos que Thay tem sido capaz de sobreviver e até mesmo para mostrar pequenos sinais de progresso.
Há poucos dias, um dos médicos compartilhou que "Thay é um enigma", e outro disse que eles foram "testemunhas de um milagre." Quando um neurocirurgião top dos EUA o visitou na semana passada, ele estava profundamente impressionado com o empenho da equipe médica para dar a Thay todas as chances possíveis de recuperação.
Nos últimos dias Thay foi mostrando algumas indicações de vigília, mas ele continua a permanecer em coma profundo. Houve momentos em que Thay teve os olhos abertos por mais de
duas horas, e é sensível, mas ele ainda não está mostrando sinais claros de comunicação. o médicos lembram-nos que pode ser semanas ou meses antes que possamos entender o dano
causada por hemorragia e descobrir a extensão de cura que pode ser possível.
A equipe médica começou a estimular Thay estar mais em vigília. Todos os dias o enfermeiros ajudam Thay sentar em uma cadeira, e, além de acupuntura e massagem dos assistentes, fisioterapeutas vêm para ativar o corpo de Thay. Cantamos a Thay, e nós também ouvimos os cânticos Sangha e belos sons da natureza.
Queridos e amigos. Encontrar tempo para estar com a natureza, para apreciar as estrelas, e as nuvens brancas e para realmente voltar para casa e estar em casa dentro de nós mesmos, como Thay sempre nos incentiva a fazer. Você pode gostar de escrever cartas de amor, em vez de gastar dinheiro e consumindo mais. O Ano Novo é uma ótima oportunidade para começar de novo com nós mesmos e deixar ir de ressentimentos e pesar.
Vamos publicar outra atualização sobre a saúde de Thay no Ano Novo. Até então, você e sua família podem tocar a verdadeira paz e felicidade. Que você seja capaz de desfrutar de seu verdadeiro lar.
"A eternidade pode ser tocado no momento presente,
e do cosmos na palma da sua mão."Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay)
Com confiança e amor,
Os monges e monjas de Plum Village
Via Daily Dharma
Our Path | December 15, 2014
Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms:
changing the oil filter, wiping noses, going to meetings, picking up
around the house, washing dishes, checking the dipstick . . . such a
round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape from so
that we may do our practice, which will put us on the path. It is our
path.
- Gil Fronsdal, "Evaluate Your Meditation"
- Gil Fronsdal, "Evaluate Your Meditation"
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Via Daily Dharma
Difficult at the Beginning, Easy at the End | December 14, 2014
Worldly life is easy at the beginning and difficult at the end. A
spiritual life is difficult at the beginning and easy at the end.
- Ani Chudrun, "Unusual Choices"
- Ani Chudrun, "Unusual Choices"
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Flower of the Day: 12/13/14
"During
a certain phase of the journey, we are not open to understanding the
parts of ourselves that play against our own happiness. We are not
really willing to get to know ourselves – we just want to get rid of our
symptoms that bring suffering. In this phase, prayer and devotion are
like a bargain that we use because they meet our needs. It is natural to
start off like this, but at some point we must let go of this
bargaining in order to continue along the path of love. Devotion is not
meant as an occasional practice; only when it is firm and steady can it
lead us to the experience of oneness. What builds this steadiness is
self-awareness."
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
The First Step | December 13, 2014
For white America, [the] systematic undoing of centuries of racial
indoctrination, [the] letting go of the 'conceptual paint' it has
uncritically absorbed about black Americans, is the necessary first step
toward the epistemological humility and egoless listening we are
morally obliged to bring to our encounters with all Others. Another name
for such selfless, healing listening is love.
- Charles Johnson, "Every 28 Hours"
- Charles Johnson, "Every 28 Hours"
Friday, December 12, 2014
Flower of the Day: 12/12/14
"Many
people ask for enlightenment, but are not yet ready to abandon their
identification with the body, becoming empty vessels. We want to be
free, but we still need to be someone special and maintain the idea of
‘me’. We are still attached to the past. As you observe yourself
desiring enlightenment, ask yourself, ‘Am I really ready to give up my
story? Am I ready to leave the past behind?’ This can happen right now,
or it can be in many incarnations from now: the choice is yours."
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daiy Dharma
Avoiding What's Unlovely | December 12, 2014
We instinctively avoid unpleasantness, often without our awareness.
When we touch something unlovely in ourselves—fear, anger, jealousy,
shame, disgust—we tend to withdraw emotionally and direct our attention
elsewhere. But denying how we feel, or projecting our fears and faults
onto others, only drives a wedge between us and the people we yearn to
be close to.
- Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along"
- Christopher K. Germer, "Getting Along"
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Via JMG: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) To Introduce Sweeping Federal LGBT Rights Bill
Merkley said that while the Senate’s passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in November of last year by a 64-32 vote after the bill failed by one vote in 1996 was a “tremendous victory,” if discrimination is wrong in employment, it also must be wrong in areas such as housing, public accommodations and financial transactions. “Such an act would be a major advance for opportunity and equality for the LGBT community and would be a major stride toward a more just society,” said Merkley, who has been the lead sponsor of ENDA in the Senate since assuming that role from Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. Merkley made the announcement during the unveiling of a new report by the Center for American Progress addressing the need for comprehensive LGBT nondiscrimination protections.Merkley spearheaded the passage of a similar bill while speaker of the Oregon House.
Labels: Congress, Democrats, employment, feds, housing, Jeff Merkley, LGBT rights, public accommodations, Senate
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Via PnkNews: After half a century of waiting – this gay couple were finally allowed to tie the knot
While many same-sex couples celebrated as they converted their civil partnerships to marriage starting yesterday, one couple had waited longer than most.
Percy Steven, 75, and Roger Lockyer, 87, became one of the first couples in the UK to convert their civil partnership to a marriage yesterday at Westminster Council.
But having been together for 49 years, it was long overdue.
When they first got together, gay sex was still illegal, and when civil partnerships were introduced in 2005, they were one of the first to enter one.
Lockyer told the Guardian that being able to refer to themselves as married, finally, was “really rather lovely”.
On signing the marriage certificate at Westminster Council, he said: “I feel different already.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/12/11/after-half-a-century-of-waiting-this-gay-couple-were-finally-allowed-to-tie-the-knot/
Via Fox News Latino: Brazil had 3,701 gay marriages in 2013, the 1st year such unions were legal
Brazil celebrated 3,701 gay weddings in 2013, the first year a
judicial decision authorized same-sex marriage, officials announced
Tuesday.
Of all gay marriages last year, 52 percent were between women and 48 percent between men, according to figures of the civil registry published by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, or IBGE.
Same-sex marriages were pronounced legal in Brazil in a May 2013 decision of the National Judiciary Council (CNJ), though gay activists demand that their rights be confirmed in a law.
Previously, a same-sex couple could only register as a "stable union," which in terms of its rights were judged equivalent to marriage in a May 2011 decision of the Supreme Court, which acted in lieu of any existing legislation on the matter.
In those two years, up to the granting of the right to gay marriage, 1,277 stable unions of same-sex couples were registered, according to official figures.
The IBGE also said that the total number of same-sex marriages increased by 1.1 percent in the country in 2013 over the previous year to number 1.1 million, while 324,921 divorces were granted, a drop of 4.9 percent.
Make the jump here to read the full / original article
Of all gay marriages last year, 52 percent were between women and 48 percent between men, according to figures of the civil registry published by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, or IBGE.
Same-sex marriages were pronounced legal in Brazil in a May 2013 decision of the National Judiciary Council (CNJ), though gay activists demand that their rights be confirmed in a law.
Previously, a same-sex couple could only register as a "stable union," which in terms of its rights were judged equivalent to marriage in a May 2011 decision of the Supreme Court, which acted in lieu of any existing legislation on the matter.
In those two years, up to the granting of the right to gay marriage, 1,277 stable unions of same-sex couples were registered, according to official figures.
The IBGE also said that the total number of same-sex marriages increased by 1.1 percent in the country in 2013 over the previous year to number 1.1 million, while 324,921 divorces were granted, a drop of 4.9 percent.
Make the jump here to read the full / original article
Flower of the Day: 12/11/14
"The word religion comes from the Latin word religare
(reuniting or union), which is synonymous with yoga: it is the union of
the individual soul with the Absolute. This is what I call ‘vertical
religion.’ Even though religions have lost their ‘vertical’ traits, they
still contain some of their pearls, which are expressions of the
eternal truth. One example is the prayer of St. Francis: ‘Lord, make
me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love… O
divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to
console… To be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive…’ This is one of the pearls of Christianity."
Sri Prem Baba
Via Daily Dharma
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Liberation. Period. | December 11, 2014
Freedom from desires and passions is not the same as the attainment
of 'liberation by mind' and 'liberation by insight' which alone can cut
the root of dependent origination: ignorance. Buddhism was not conceived
as a means to become liberated from desire, but as a means to become liberated.
- Stuart Smithers, "Freedom's Just Another Word" |
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