A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
JMG HomoQuotable - Andrew Sullivan
"I never believed this would happen in my lifetime when I wrote my first several TNR essays and then my book, Virtually Normal, and then the anthology and the hundreds and hundreds of talks and lectures and talk-shows and call-ins and blog-posts and articles in the 1990s and 2000s. I thought the book, at least, would be something I would have to leave behind me – secure in the knowledge that its arguments were, in fact, logically irrefutable, and would endure past my own death, at least somewhere. I never for a millisecond thought I would live to be married myself. Or that it would be possible for everyone, everyone in America. But it has come to pass. All of it. In one fell, final swoop. Know hope." - Andrew Sullivan, returning to his blog to spike the ball.
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington Sings National Anthem After Supreme Court Ruling
Publicado em 26 de jun de 2015
The
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performs The Star-Spangled Banner
moments after the Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal
nationwide.
Today's Daily Dharma: Skillful Speech
Skillful Speech
Few
things can improve the nature of our relationships as much as the
development of skillful speech. Silence offers us, and those around us,
the spaciousness we need to speak more skillfully. When we speak with
greater skill, our true self?our compassionate, loving self?emerges with
gentle ease.
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Via JMG: SCOTUS RULES FOR MARRIAGE!!!
Labels: American history, Jim Obergefell, Kentucky, LGBT History, LGBT rights, marriage equality, Michigan, Ohio, SCOTUS, Tennessee
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flower of the day 25/06/2015
“Chegou o momento de realizarmos uma revolução na consciência. Isso é
possível através do comprometimento com o silêncio. O silêncio evoca a
consciência, e a consciência evoca a transformação. A prática de um
único minuto em silêncio por dia é capaz de iniciar a maior revolução
que o planeta já viu.”
“The time has come to revolutionize our awareness. This is possible through our commitment to cultivating silence. Silence brings awareness, and awareness evokes transformation. The practice of being in silence for just one minute a day could spark the greatest revolution the planet has ever seen.”
“The time has come to revolutionize our awareness. This is possible through our commitment to cultivating silence. Silence brings awareness, and awareness evokes transformation. The practice of being in silence for just one minute a day could spark the greatest revolution the planet has ever seen.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Making Wisdom Possible
Making Wisdom Possible
As
the reordering of our life, brought about by moral training, creates
the environment for meditation, the stillness of mind created by
meditation will make possible the examination of reality that is the
hallmark of wisdom.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flower of the day 24/06/2015
“Por alguma razão
estamos todos encarnados nessa Terra, portanto nos cabe jogar esse jogo.
E não importa o quão desafiador o jogo seja, é possível vencer. Para
isso é preciso ter consciência de que caímos e levantamos até que
amadurecemos o suficiente para não mais cair. Quando podemos identificar
a nossa intencionalidade negativa, podemos escolher fazer diferente, e
portanto temos a chance de mudar nossas vidas.”
“We are each born on this Earth for a reason, so it’s up to us to play this game of life. No matter how challenging the game is, it is possible to win. In order to win, we must become aware that we will keep falling down and getting back up until we are mature enough not to fall anymore. When we are able to identify our negative intentionality, we can choose to do things differently, and we consequently have a chance to change our lives.”
“We are each born on this Earth for a reason, so it’s up to us to play this game of life. No matter how challenging the game is, it is possible to win. In order to win, we must become aware that we will keep falling down and getting back up until we are mature enough not to fall anymore. When we are able to identify our negative intentionality, we can choose to do things differently, and we consequently have a chance to change our lives.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Exorcise the Zombies
Exorcise the Zombies
In samsara, the city of preconceptions,
Wander the zombies of the eight worldly concerns.
You are in a terrifying charnel ground;
Have your guru perform an exorcism.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Today's Daily Dharma: Getting Back What We Give
Getting Back What We Give
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We
are always trying to get something? admiration, love, recognition,
praise, acknowledgment, even just staying connected. Think how we
manipulate and bargain and negotiate to turn a profit from every
interaction. Much of this is subtle, unconscious habit. Even when we
give, or serve, or love, or pay attention, we?re trying to get
something. Sometimes it?s just to get back some of what we give.
- Sensei Nancy Mujo Baker, "On Not Being Stingy" |
Monday, June 22, 2015
JMG HomoQuotable - Jim Parsons
"I never had a coming out piece, I just didn't mention it. I took [my partner] Todd with me to events and then finally one day while working on Harvey I did a piece with Patrick Healy for The New York Times and he just point-blank asked, 'Was working on The Normal Heart meaningful to you as a gay man?' And I was like, 'Well, yeah. Yeah.' I can't tell you what a wonderful thing that was, what a gift he gave me with one question. It was suddenly out there and official." - Jim Parsons, speaking on Inside The Actors Studio.
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