Monday, July 20, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 20/07/2015
“Por conta da repressão e dos traumas de exclusão, humilhação e
abandono, a criança cria mecanismos de defesa que servem para protegê-la
da dor, mas que a desconectam da sua verdadeira identidade. Com isso,
ela se torna carente daquilo que é a sua própria essência. Na maioria
das vezes a única maneira que ela encontra de suprir essa carência é
tirando energia do outro, ou seja, invalidando e colocando o outro para
baixo. Quando o outro se sente menos,
ela se sente forte. Isso é o que tenho chamado de círculo vicioso do
sadomasoquismo, uma doença coletiva gerada pelo rompimento com a
essência, com fonte que é o coração - a fonte que é o amor.”
“Por causa de la represión y de los
traumas de exclusión, humillación y abandono, el niño crea mecanismos de
defensa que sirven para protegerse del dolor, pero que lo desconectan
de su verdadera identidad. Con esto, él se vuelve carente de aquello que
es su propia esencia. La mayoría de las veces, la única manera que
encuentra de suplir esta carencia es sacando energía del otro, es decir,
invalidando y poniendo al otro por abajo. Cuando el otro se siente
menos, él se siente fuerte. Esto es lo que vengo llamando círculo
vicioso del sadomasoquismo, una enfermedad colectiva generada por la
ruptura con la esencia, con la fuente que es el corazón - la fuente que
es el amor.”
“Due to repression and the traumas of exclusion, humiliation and abandonment, children create defense mechanisms to protect themselves from pain. These mechanisms disconnect them from their true identity. As a result, they become needy for their own essence. Oftentimes, the only way children can make up for this neediness is by robbing the other’s energy, which happens by invalidating the other and putting them down. When the other feels less than, the child feels stronger. This is what I call the vicious cycle of sadomasochism. It is a collective disease generated by the split with our true essence and the Source. The Source is our heart and love.”
“Due to repression and the traumas of exclusion, humiliation and abandonment, children create defense mechanisms to protect themselves from pain. These mechanisms disconnect them from their true identity. As a result, they become needy for their own essence. Oftentimes, the only way children can make up for this neediness is by robbing the other’s energy, which happens by invalidating the other and putting them down. When the other feels less than, the child feels stronger. This is what I call the vicious cycle of sadomasochism. It is a collective disease generated by the split with our true essence and the Source. The Source is our heart and love.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Religion Resurrected
Religion Resurrected
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If
we allow religion to be identified exclusively with a particular form
that it took in the past, something that will always be inadequate to
the present, we fail to take our own moment in time seriously and
surrender the opportunity for renewal and reform.
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
Via WGB: Most Republican and Christian business owners believe it’s wrong to turn away LGBTI customers
Two-thirds of small business owners from across the political spectrum oppose discrimination against gay people in US – but one in three still believe it’s OK.
The survey’s main findings were as follows:
• Eight in 10 entrepreneurs support a federal law to protect LGBT individuals against discrimination in public accommodations, such as restaurants, hotels and other businesses that are open to the public. Nearly half (47%) strongly favor a federal law banning this type of discrimination. Twenty per cent were opposed to any such federal law.
• Sixty per cent believed it to be wrong for a business owner to fire someone for being LGBT, while 40% believed it was acceptable. Full story here!
Via JMG: Evil Alabama Mother Still Won't Let Dead Son's Husband Have His Estate
"The issue is not whether someone may marry a member of the same sex today. The issue is whether a court may or should look back four years and recognize a marriage that was not legally valid. Of course, if the marriage is recognized it will only cause further economic harm to a family which has already lost one its own. And if recognized, this man will be awarded an entire spousal share of the wrongful death proceeds which would be unjust even under normal circumstances considering the two were 'married' less than 3 months."From FML president Kayla Moore, wife of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore:
"It is outrageous that five unelected lawyers on the U.S. Supreme Court think they can invalidate a constitutional amendment adopted by 81% of Alabama voters in 2006, on the flimsy ground that violates a so-called 'right' found nowhere in the Constitution. It adds insult to injury to contend that this so-called 'right' should be applied retroactively to matters that should have been settled long ago."Back in November 2014 the Social Security Administration advised Paul Hard that since he and his late husband were not married "under the laws of Alabama," he is not eligible for federal death benefits. In February 2015, when same-sex marriage first became legal in Alabama, Paul Hard was granted an amended death certificate declaring him to have been the legal spouse of his late husband. That's when Hard's evil former mother-in-law employed the FML in an attempt to thwart Hard's receipt of his share of the settlement in a wrongful death suit filed following his late husband's car accident. According to yesterday's press release, the FML is now claiming that Obergefell does not retroactively apply to unsettled legal actions. Not incidentally, the FML openly advocates for replacing the government of the United States with a Christian theocracy ruled by "biblical law."
Labels: Alabama, Christianists, disgusting, evil, Foundation For Moral Law, hate groups, Kayla Moore, Obergefell, religion, Roy Moore
Via WAMU: Mirabai Bush — Search Inside Yourself: Contemplation in Life and Work
She
works at an emerging 21st century intersection of industry, social
healing, and diverse contemplative practices. Raised Catholic with Joan
of Arc as her hero, Mirabai Bush is one of the people who brought
Buddhism to the West from India in the 1970s. She is called in to work
with educators and judges, social activists and soldiers. She helped
create Google’s popular employee program, Search Inside Yourself.
Mirabai Bush’s life tells a fascinating narrative of our time: the
rediscovery of contemplative practices, in many forms and from many
traditions, in the secular thick of modern culture.
http://onbeing.org/program/mirabai-bush-search-inside-yourself-contemplation-in-life-and-work/7731
http://onbeing.org/program/mirabai-bush-search-inside-yourself-contemplation-in-life-and-work/7731
Via Daily Kos: Hilarious Letter To The Editor
This appeared in todays Forum in Fargo, ND, reprinted from the Wishek
ND Star and Ashley ND Tribune, about several items from the recent
news:
Letter: High court goes gay; GOP frets.
Letter: High court goes gay; GOP frets.
Here are a couple of quotes. But really you should click on the link
above to read the whole thing. I think it's very funny and well-written.
Bobby Jindal, one of 666 Republicans seeking the nomination for president, said, “If we want to save some money, let’s just get rid of the court.” Presumably after conservatives dump the EPA, IRS and other troublesome letters of the alphabet. Ted Cruz called it, “the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history.” The. Darkest. Day. Ever. Worse than Pearl Harbor, 9/11, JFK’s assassination, or the day the Baha Men released “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
I don’t blame Republicans for being upset. If Americans no longer have the freedom to discriminate on the basis of their personal beliefs, well, what is this world coming to? It’s not like this is a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960. Still, I see a silver lining in the apocalyptic cloud. With American ingenuity and the entrepreneurial spirit, we can turn lemons into ... Mike’s Hard Lemonade and get really plastered. No! No! That’s not it, although that’s not a bad idea.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 18/07/2015
“Máscaras são mecanismos de defesa criados para nos proteger da dor dos
traumas da infância, e que podem ser identificados através de sintomas
como ansiedade, depressão, angústia, vergonha, além de compulsões e
vícios. Quando começamos a bater na porta da verdade, as estruturas das
máscaras começam a se romper. Esse não é um processo fácil porque tudo
que conhecíamos até então estava atrelada a isso. Nós começamos a perder
as referências e a entrar em contato com aspectos da natureza inferior
que desconhecíamos. Inicia-se uma séria mas bendita crise, pois é
através dela que a transformação é possível.”
“ Las máscaras son mecanismos de defensa creados para protegernos del
dolor de los traumas de la infancia, y que pueden ser identificados a
través de síntomas como ansiedad, depresión, angustia, vergüenza, además
de compulsiones y vicios. Cuando empezamos a golpear en la puerta de la
verdad, las estructuras de las máscaras comienzan a romperse. Este no
es un proceso fácil, porque todo lo que conocíamos hasta entonces estaba
ligado a esto. Empezamos a perder las referencias y a entrar en
contacto con aspectos de la naturaleza inferior que desconocíamos. Se
inicia una seria pero bendita crisis, ya que es a través de ella que la
transformación es posible.”
“Masks are the defense mechanisms we created in order to protect ourselves from the pain of childhood traumas. Anxiety, depression, anguish, shame, compulsions, and addictions are the symptoms we can observe to help us identify our masks. When we begin to knock on the door of the truth, the structures of our masks begin to fall apart. This is not an easy process because, up until this moment, everything we knew was dependent on these masks. We start to lose our reference points and we get in touch with unknown aspects of our lower nature. A serious yet blessed crisis begins to unfold, as this crisis is what allows for transformation to occur.”
“Masks are the defense mechanisms we created in order to protect ourselves from the pain of childhood traumas. Anxiety, depression, anguish, shame, compulsions, and addictions are the symptoms we can observe to help us identify our masks. When we begin to knock on the door of the truth, the structures of our masks begin to fall apart. This is not an easy process because, up until this moment, everything we knew was dependent on these masks. We start to lose our reference points and we get in touch with unknown aspects of our lower nature. A serious yet blessed crisis begins to unfold, as this crisis is what allows for transformation to occur.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Facing Impermanence
Facing Impermanence
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Change
is continuous in spite of our efforts to resist it. We begin to realize
that we do not have any way to stop it or to slow it down. The more we
try, the more we suffer. But there is a way to let go, to break this
cycle of suffering. We can slow down and have a closer look at our
experience of it. When we have a look, we begin to realize what we have
been doing, and the whole enterprise begins to feel more and more
dubious. It becomes more difficult to hide from what in our hearts we
know to be true?the fact of impermanence.
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Favor vota Não! / Please vote no! Uma violenta campanha homofóbica!Favor entrar no site abaixo e votar sobre a definição de familia.
Assunto: Uma violenta campanha homofóbica!
Amigos e amigas
Está correndo na internet esta mensagem:
A Câmara dos Deputados está promovendo uma enquete querendo saber se:
"Você concorda com a definição de família como núcleo formado a partir da união entre homem e mulher, prevista no projeto que cria o Estatuto da Família?" Vote sim. E divulgue o máximo que puder
http://www2.camara.leg.br/agencia-app/votarEnquete/enquete/101CE64E-8EC3-436C-BB4A-457EBC94DF4E
Vote urgente no sim - em menos de 1 minuto.REPASSE para seus CONTATOS.Podemos votar pelo celular!!Não deixe de votar para preservar o conceito de família.
Às pessoas que me mandaram esta mensagem devolvi o seguinte:
Devagar com o andor que o santo é de barro, amigos e amigas. A definição de família é uma questão muito complexa. A proposta de que se vote "sim" é simplista e não leva a sério as inúmeras facetas da realidade humana e das questões de gênero. Está sendo propugnada por grupos homofóbicos que não têm a menor consideração para com os sentimentos e valores das pessoas homossexuais, como se estas fossem incapazes de demonstrar amor e de educar as crianças que vierem a adotar como seus filhos. Na realidade - a família existente hoje, composta de um homem e uma mulher - tem se revelado um verdadeiro fracasso no amar e no educar seus filhos. Quem é capaz de negar isso? Então uma coisa nada tem a ver com a outra.
Não se deixem condicionar pela campanha homofóbica que se esboça no Brasil hoje. Não deixem que alguém lhes diga como deve votar. Votem com consciência e especialmente com amor para com todas as pessoas - LGBT inclusive - e com consideração para com seus sentimentos. Imagine se você fosse uma destas pessoas e se visse impedida de formar uma família? Não julguemos as pessoas de acordo com as pressuposições e preconceitos de nossa hipócrita sociedade.
Repasso a vocês pedindo-lhes que, ao contrário dos que recomendam os homofóbicos - que estão votando no sim de forma maciça - entrem no link acima e votem no espírito de amor e inclusão que caracteriza a fé cristã mais genuína. Eu já votei NÃO!
Sérgio Marcus Pinto Lopes
(assinatura automática)
Prof. Dr. Sérgio Marcus Pinto Lopes
Tradutor e Intérprete
http://terrafirmetraducoeserevisoes.blogspot.com.br/
Amigos e amigas
Está correndo na internet esta mensagem:
A Câmara dos Deputados está promovendo uma enquete querendo saber se:
"Você concorda com a definição de família como núcleo formado a partir da união entre homem e mulher, prevista no projeto que cria o Estatuto da Família?" Vote sim. E divulgue o máximo que puder
http://www2.camara.leg.br/agencia-app/votarEnquete/enquete/101CE64E-8EC3-436C-BB4A-457EBC94DF4E
Vote urgente no sim - em menos de 1 minuto.REPASSE para seus CONTATOS.Podemos votar pelo celular!!Não deixe de votar para preservar o conceito de família.
Às pessoas que me mandaram esta mensagem devolvi o seguinte:
Devagar com o andor que o santo é de barro, amigos e amigas. A definição de família é uma questão muito complexa. A proposta de que se vote "sim" é simplista e não leva a sério as inúmeras facetas da realidade humana e das questões de gênero. Está sendo propugnada por grupos homofóbicos que não têm a menor consideração para com os sentimentos e valores das pessoas homossexuais, como se estas fossem incapazes de demonstrar amor e de educar as crianças que vierem a adotar como seus filhos. Na realidade - a família existente hoje, composta de um homem e uma mulher - tem se revelado um verdadeiro fracasso no amar e no educar seus filhos. Quem é capaz de negar isso? Então uma coisa nada tem a ver com a outra.
Não se deixem condicionar pela campanha homofóbica que se esboça no Brasil hoje. Não deixem que alguém lhes diga como deve votar. Votem com consciência e especialmente com amor para com todas as pessoas - LGBT inclusive - e com consideração para com seus sentimentos. Imagine se você fosse uma destas pessoas e se visse impedida de formar uma família? Não julguemos as pessoas de acordo com as pressuposições e preconceitos de nossa hipócrita sociedade.
Repasso a vocês pedindo-lhes que, ao contrário dos que recomendam os homofóbicos - que estão votando no sim de forma maciça - entrem no link acima e votem no espírito de amor e inclusão que caracteriza a fé cristã mais genuína. Eu já votei NÃO!
Sérgio Marcus Pinto Lopes
(assinatura automática)
Prof. Dr. Sérgio Marcus Pinto Lopes
Tradutor e Intérprete
http://terrafirmetraducoeserevisoes.blogspot.com.br/
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Today's Daily Dharma:More than Bare Attention
More than Bare Attention
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When
mindfulness is equated with bare attention, it can easily lead to the
misconception that the cultivation of mindfulness has nothing to do with
ethics or with the cultivation of wholesome states of mind and the
attenuation of unwholesome states. Nothing could be further from the
truth.
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Via JMG: EEOC Rules That Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination Is Barred By Existing Law
Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that existing civil rights law bars sexual orientation-based employment discrimination — a groundbreaking decision to advance legal protections for gay, lesbian, and bisexual workers. “[A]llegations of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation necessarily state a claim of discrimination on the basis of sex,” the commission concluded in a decision dated July 15.The Human Rights Campaign reacts:
The independent commission addressed the question of whether the ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars anti-LGB discrimination in a complaint brought by a Florida-based air traffic control specialist against Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx.
The ruling — approved by a 3-2 vote of the five-person commission — applies to federal employees’ claims directly, but it also applies to the entire EEOC, which includes its offices across the nation that take and investigate claims of discrimination in private employment. While only the Supreme Court could issue a definitive ruling on the interpretation, EEOC decisions are given significant deference by federal courts.
"Discrimination has no place in America, plain and simple," said HRC President Chad Griffin. "This historic ruling by the EEOC makes clear they agree workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, much like gender identity, is illegal. While an important step, it also highlights the need for a comprehensive federal law permanently and clearly banning LGBT discrimination beyond employment to all areas of American life. Such a law would send a clear and permanent signal that discrimination against LGBT people will not be tolerated under any circumstances in this country, and we remain fully committed to making that happen."Lambda Legal reacts:
In a 2012 decision in Macy v. Holder, the EEOC determined that discrimination based on an individual's gender identity is sex discrimination and thus constitutes a violation of the Civil Rights Act. EEOC rulings are not binding on federal courts, however they are persuasive. This new decision continues an important trend in the development of case law. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on this issue. HRC continues to advocate for permanent and explicit, legislated non-discrimination protections at all levels of government for LGBT people.
“This landmark opinion from the EEOC confirms what we have long argued in our cases: discriminating against gay, lesbian and bisexual employees violates federal law. This ruling is likely to have enormous positive effects because EEOC interpretations of Title VII are highly persuasive to the courts—they tend to be predictive. Given the clarity and logic of this opinion, most courts are likely to stop simply referring to old, illogical rulings about Title VII coverage. A few may disagree, but most probably will be guided by the Commission’s straightforward approach,” said Greg Nevins, Counsel and Employment Fairness Strategist for Lambda Legal. Lambda Legal has been working for years on cases showing why Title VII, when properly understood, protects LGBT employees. This EEOC decision cites some of Lambda Legal’s recent work on this issue and it will be immensely significant in this continuing work.While this will likely end up before the Supreme Court, it seems like today's ruling could ultimately mean a win in the decades-long battle for Congress to pass ENDA.
Today's Daily Dharma: Light Gives Forth Light
Light Gives Forth Light
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When
we share our light with others, we do not diminish our own light.
Rather, we increase the amount of light available to all. Therefore,
when others light our candle, we issue forth light. When out of
gratitude we use our candle to light other people’s candles, the whole
room gets brighter.
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Via JMG: Siri: Call Her Caitlyn Jenner
Apple has given Siri new instructions:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Siri is as witty as she is intelligent. The voice that lives inside your iPhone will now subtly correct your improper use of "Bruce" when you ask about Caitlyn Jenner. Apple's virtual assistant has been updated to make sure it won't misuse Jenner's correct name and gender when asked for more information on the athlete and reality star. Jenner, who unveiled her transition officially in Vanity Fair's July issue, no longer goes by the name "Bruce," and Siri is going to make sure you're well aware of that.The update came via a company called Wolfram Alpha.
Via JMG: Justice Anthony Kennedy Compares Marriage Uproar To Flag Burning Ruling
Kennedy, who was the deciding vote in both cases, described how the reaction decades ago was critical at first but changed over time. His remarks at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference were his first public comments since he wrote the decision last month that put an end to same-sex marriage bans in 14 states. Kennedy drew the comparison in response to a moderator's question about how justices weather reaction to closely watched rulings. "Eighty senators went to the floor of the Senate to denounce the court," he said of the 1989 ruling. "President Bush took the week off and visited flag factories, but I noticed that after two or three months people began thinking about the issues."Kennedy believes that controversial rulings such as Obergefell "draw down on a capital of trust" which the court replenishes with less controversial rulings.
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