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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Via Daily Dharma
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Via JMG: COLOMBIA: Interior Minister Vows To Soon Make Same-Sex Marriage Legal
"The government supports the fight for equality and we will adopt measures providing equal marriage rights for all," Cristo said at the Andes University in Bogota on Thursday, as reported by Efe. He said he would not submit to the mercy of the majority on matters related to human rights, as 'respect for equal rights is not optional'. In July 2011, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled Congress had two years to legalize same-sex marriage or an equivalent of marriage. As Congress failed to mass a marriage equality bill, the courts began approving marriages themselves. But then, the country's Inspector General requested the Court invalidate all the marriages approved in Colombia. Only 30 same-sex couples were given a license.Cristo claims that Colombia's leading political party, the National Unity Coalition, is behind him. The party presently holds 60 out of 266 seats in the national legislature.
RELATED: In South America same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Civil unions or partnership laws exist in Chile*, Colombia, and Ecuador. No relationship recognitions presently exist in Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru**, Suriname, or Venezuela. (*In April the Chilean government formally dropped its opposition to same-sex marriage. **In March the Peruvian Congress rejected a civil unions bill.)
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 16/05/2015
“Nos dias de hoje a espiritualidade precisa ser prática e sustentável.
Prática porque não é preciso estar dentro de um templo, um mosteiro ou
uma igreja, mas dentro da sua própria casa, no seu trabalho, com seus
amigos. E sustentável porque é preciso estar em harmonia com a matéria,
com o dinheiro. Tanto a necessidade de acumular dinheiro, quanto a
negação dele, são extremos da mesma moeda - são reações que nascem do
medo. Fugir da vida material através da espiritualidade é apenas outra forma de materialismo.”
Para ler o Satsang completo, acesse: bit.ly/1C7lIW2
Para ler o Satsang completo, acesse: bit.ly/1C7lIW2
“Hoy en día la espiritualidad necesita ser práctica y sustentable.
Práctica porque no es necesario estar dentro de un templo, un monasterio
o una iglesia, sino dentro de tu propia casa, en tu trabajo, con tus
amigos. Y sustentable, porque es preciso estar en armonía con la
materia, con el dinero. Tanto en la necesidad de acumular dinero, como
en la negación del mismo, son extremos de la misma moneda - son
reacciones que nacen del miedo. Huir de la vida material a través de la
espiritualidad no es más que otra forma de materialismo.”
“These days spirituality has to be practical and sustainable. It is practical because it’s no longer confined to a temple, a monastery, or a church, but can be in your own home, at work, or with your friends. Spirituality must be sustainable as well by being in harmony with things of the material world, such as money. The need to accumulate money and the denial of money are both sides of the same coin: they are reactions that stem from fear. Running away from the material world through spirituality is just another form of materialism.”
“These days spirituality has to be practical and sustainable. It is practical because it’s no longer confined to a temple, a monastery, or a church, but can be in your own home, at work, or with your friends. Spirituality must be sustainable as well by being in harmony with things of the material world, such as money. The need to accumulate money and the denial of money are both sides of the same coin: they are reactions that stem from fear. Running away from the material world through spirituality is just another form of materialism.”
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Friday, May 15, 2015
Via JMG: COLOMBIA: Interior Minister Vows To Soon Make Same-Sex Marriage Legal
"The government supports the fight for equality and we will adopt measures providing equal marriage rights for all," Cristo said at the Andes University in Bogota on Thursday, as reported by Efe. He said he would not submit to the mercy of the majority on matters related to human rights, as 'respect for equal rights is not optional'. In July 2011, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled Congress had two years to legalize same-sex marriage or an equivalent of marriage. As Congress failed to mass a marriage equality bill, the courts began approving marriages themselves. But then, the country's Inspector General requested the Court invalidate all the marriages approved in Colombia. Only 30 same-sex couples were given a license.Cristo claims that Colombia's leading political party, the National Unity Coalition, is behind him. The party presently holds 60 out of 266 seats in the national legislature.
RELATED: In South America same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Civil unions or partnership laws exist in Chile*, Colombia, and Ecuador. No relationship recognitions presently exist in Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru**, Suriname, or Venezuela. (*In April the Chilean government formally dropped its opposition to same-sex marriage. **In March the Peruvian Congress rejected a civil unions bill.)
Via Karmapa KTD / FB:
For
this reason, he explained, “the fullest expression of faith is not just
asking for protection from another source, but longing to become
fearless beings ourselves, able to offer protection and refuge to
others.”
http://www.karmapaamerica2015.org/?p=2423
http://www.karmapaamerica2015.org/?p=2423
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 15/05/2015
“Perdão é sinônimo de liberdade, ele é o que possibilita a liberação. É
uma tremenda libertação ter seu coração aberto, e é uma sensação de
grande aprisionamento ter seu coração fechado. Um dos principais
carcereiros dessa prisão é o orgulho. E junto dele está o medo. Porque
muitas vezes é extremamente humilhante ter que reconhecer o quanto você
está magoado; o quanto está ressentido com a atitude do outro. E isso
faz de você um prisioneiro.”
“Perdón es sinónimo de libertad, éste es el que posibilita la
liberación. Es una tremenda liberación tener tu corazón abierto, y es
una sensación de gran aprisionamiento tener tu corazón cerrado. Uno de
los dos principales carceleros de esta prisión es el orgullo. Y junto a
él está el miedo. Porque muchas veces es extremadamente humillante tener
que reconocer cuán herido estás, o cuán resentido estás con la actitud
del otro. Y esto hace de vos un prisionero.”
"Forgiveness means freedom: it brings on liberation. It is tremendously freeing to keep your heart open. Closing the heart is terribly imprisoning. If the chief warden at this prison is pride, his right-hand man is fear. It often feels downright humiliating to own up to just how resentful you feel, to just how hurt you feel for the other's attitude. All this makes of you a prisoner."
"Forgiveness means freedom: it brings on liberation. It is tremendously freeing to keep your heart open. Closing the heart is terribly imprisoning. If the chief warden at this prison is pride, his right-hand man is fear. It often feels downright humiliating to own up to just how resentful you feel, to just how hurt you feel for the other's attitude. All this makes of you a prisoner."
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Via JMG: WYOMING: Laramie City Council Approves Sweeping LGBT Rights Ordinance
The Laramie City Council on Wednesday approved a local anti-discrimination ordinance in the college town where Matthew Shepard's death triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays 17 years ago. The council voted 7-2 in favor of the measure that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment and access to public facilities such as restaurants.
Local organizers focused their efforts on Laramie after the Legislature repeatedly rejected anti-discrimination bills, most recently early this year. The Laramie Nondiscrimination Task Force presented a draft ordinance to the City Council last summer. Jeran Artery, head of the group Wyoming Equality which has lobbied for the anti-discrimination measures at the state Legislature, said he was thrilled with the council vote.
Judy Shepard, Matt Shepard's mother, is active in a Denver-based foundation that bears her son's name and focuses on equality issues. "I'm thrilled that Laramie's doing it, at the same time sort of saddened that the state of Wyoming can't see fit to do that as well," Shepard told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday before the council vote from Washington, D.C. "Maybe the rest of Wyoming will understand this is about fellow human beings and not something that's other than what they are."
Via JMG: Empire State To Go Red For AIDS Walk
Fierstein says: "May these lights, and those burning throughout the city, brighten the night sky with remembrance of the countless precious friends and family we've lost to AIDS. May they carry our pledge to see the end of this disease once and for all."
Numerous other city landmarks are also going red this week. They include One World Trade Center, Bloomingdale's, the Helmsley Building, the JFK control tower, the Bank Of America tower, the New York Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ billboard in Times Square.
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