Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 05/06/2015

“Não é possível conhecer o amor através da mente. O amor é a respiração da vida - é a fragrância do Divino. Para conhecê-lo é preciso correr o risco de abrir mão de todas as crenças e ideias a respeito dele, pois só é possível conhecer o amor amando.”

“No es posible conocer el amor a través de la mente. El amor es la respiración de la vida - es la fragancia de lo Divino. Para conocerlo es necesario correr el riesgo de soltar todas las creencias e ideas acerca de él, pues sólo es posible conocer el amor amando.”

It’s impossible to know love through the mind. Love is the breath of life: it is the fragrance of the Divine. In order to know love, we must take a risk and let go of all our beliefs and ideas about it, because it’s only possible to know love by loving.”

Today's Daily Dharma: The Happiness of Uncertainty

 

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The Happiness of Uncertainty

Part of the reason we try to understand the causes of our experience is that we believe we can make these experiences happen again. The problem is, understanding also makes the experience less valuable, because we adapt to it. It?s surprising things, uncertain things, things we don?t fully comprehend that seem to bring us the greatest and longest-lasting happiness. - Daniel Gilbert, "The Pleasure Paradox"

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Via JMG: Hate Group Leader Kayla Moore Passes Along Fake Story About Hillary Clinton

 

This weekend Foundation For Moral Law head Kayla Moore will be headlining yet another anti-gay marriage rally in Alabama. In the meantime she's posted a fake news item about Hillary Clinton from a satire site.  

Labels: Alabama, crackpots, Foundation For Moral Law, hate groups, Kayla Moore, loony tunes, religion, Roy Moore

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Via Yahoo News: Meet the plaintiff at the heart of a Supreme Court case that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide

“What we're asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We're just asking to do the same thing.”

Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s the lead plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court that this month could change gay rights in America forever. And in an exclusive interview with Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric, he explains why.

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Via JMG: Katie Couric Interviews Jim Obergefell

 

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“What we're asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We're just asking to do the same thing.” Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s the lead plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court that this month could change gay rights in America forever. And in an exclusive interview with Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric, he explains why.

“It's scary to think about having the highest court in the land rule that you really are a second-class citizen and you don't deserve the same rights, the same protections, the same responsibilities as other people.” His case, Obergefell v. Hodges, rests on two questions. One is whether the Constitution requires a state where same-sex marriage is not legal to recognize a marriage licensed in a state where it is legal. The other question is whether the Constitution requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex — in other words, whether same-sex marriage should be legal nationwide.

You might need a tissue for this clip.

UPDATE: The clip won't embed properly for some reason. Hit the link at watch it at Yahoo.

Labels: marriage equality, Obergefell, SCOTUS

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JMG CALIFORNIA: "Intolerant Jackass Act" Backers Can Start Collecting Signatures

Via CBS San Francisco:

While the status of a “Sodomite Suppression Act” proposed state ballot initiative remains in limbo, proponents of a rival “Intolerant Jackass Act” initiative were cleared by state Secretary of State Alex Padilla to begin collecting signatures Wednesday. The rival initiative would force the filer of the Sodomite Suppression Act or any similar initiative to attend sensitivity training and donate $5,000 to a pro-gay or pro-lesbian organization. When Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin filed the Sodomite Suppression Act earlier this year, which would make homosexuality punishable by death, it set off a nationwide backlash for its evident hatred and dubious constitutionality. Attorney General Kamala Harris sought a court injunction rescinding her obligation to prepare a title and summary for the initiative, a necessary step before proponents can begin gathering the 365,880 signatures necessary to get it on the ballot.

The Intolerant Jackass Act was filed by activist Charlotte Laws in late March. Last month the California Assembly approved a bill that would raise the referendum filing fee from $200 to $8000. The measure has not yet been heard by the state Senate.

Labels: 2016 elections, California, gay death penalty, religion

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 04/06/2015

“Estamos destruindo o planeta porque não sabemos lidar com essa forma de energia que é o dinheiro. Ele é um instrumento de troca que deve estar a serviço do Espirito. Damos ao dinheiro um grande valor emocional e acreditamos que ele trará a felicidade que tanto buscamos. Mas essa visão distorcida tem gerado grande sofrimento para a humanidade.”

“Estamos destruyendo el planeta porque no sabemos lidiar con esta forma de energía que es el dinero. Es un instrumento de intercambio que debe estar al servicio del Espíritu. Le damos al dinero un gran valor emocional y creemos que nos traerá la felicidad que tanto buscamos. Pero esta visión distorsionada ha generado gran sufrimiento para la humanidad.”

“We are destroying the planet in large part because we don’t know how to deal with money as a form of energy. Money is an exchange tool that should be at the service of the spirit. We attribute great emotional value to money and believe that it will bring us the happiness that we so desperately seek. This distorted vision has generated tremendous suffering for humanity.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Delusion Is Like a Stepladder.

 

Delusion Is Like a Stepladder

The most important point is to establish yourself in a true sense, without establishing yourself on delusion. And yet we cannot live or practice without delusion. Delusion is necessary, but delusion is not something on which you can establish yourself. It is like a stepladder. Without it you cannot climb up, but you don?t stay on the stepladder. With this confidence, you can continue to study our way. - Shunryu Suzuki, "Brown Rice Is Just Right"

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Via JMG: Hillary Launches Gay Rights T-Shirt

 

From the campaign store:

"In honor of 2011 International Human Rights Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations that 'being LGBT does not make you less human….[G]ay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.' If you couldn’t give that a standing ovation then, let the world know you agree with this shirt."

It really was an astounding speech. The shirt is $30.

Labels: 2016 elections, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, LGBT rights

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 03/06/2015

“Você é capaz de influenciar o mundo. E a melhor maneira de fazer isso é transformar a si mesmo. Além da conscientização sobre as questões ambientais e sociais, você deve tratar de ser verdadeiramente feliz, porque a felicidade vai se expandindo como ondas de luz. Você deve contribuir com o planeta fazendo a pergunta: Onde está a felicidade?”

“Eres capaz de influenciar el mundo. Y la mejor manera de hacerlo es transformarte a ti mismo. Además de la conciencia de las cuestiones ambientales y sociales, debes tratar de ser verdaderamente feliz, porque la felicidad se va expandiendo como ondas de luz. Debes contribuir con el planeta haciendo la pregunta: ¿Dónde está la felicidad?”

“You are capable of influencing the world, and the best way to do this is to transform yourself. In addition to being aware of environmental and social issues, strive to learn how to be truly happy, because happiness spreads outward as waves of light. You will make a lasting contribution to the world by posing the question: Wherein lies happiness?”

Today's Daily Dharma: Buddhism's Radical Contribution.

 

 Image: Allen Ginsberg in New York City, 1953, taken by William S. Burroughs

Buddhism's Radical Contribution

The central philosophy [of Buddhism] is compassion rather than the Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest. The central notion is giving your space rather than clinging to your space and making it secure. It seems to me Buddhism has a tremendous amount of wisdom to contribute right now to the huge world life political dilemma, i.e., what are the limits of compassion? What are the limits in our relationship to chaos and how do we relate to chaos? Right now, politically speaking, basic Buddhist notions are really radically different from the general popular philosophy of life that is taken for granted among intellectuals, even liberal intellectuals. - Allen Ginsberg, "Spontaneous Intelligence"

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Opponents of same-sex marriage like to play the "religious freedom" card, as if anyone is suggesting that churches be FORCED to conduct such marriages. In reality, it is they who are infringing on the religious liberties of others by pushing these outright bans on legal same-sex marriage. If a church wants to bless a legal marriage between two consenting adults -- same-sex or otherwise -- why shouldn't they be allowed? We strongly support the United Church of Christ in their fight for justice for sexual minorities.

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