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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 01/09/2015

“O verdadeiro amor só é possível quando nos libertamos do passado. E nos libertamos do passado somente quando nos harmonizamos com ele. Não é fugindo ou fingindo que ele não existe - é olhando de frente e permitindo-se compreender porque as coisas aconteceram como aconteceram. E uma forma de fazer isso é observando e estudando as repetições negativas e fazendo a relação de causa e efeito, ou seja, relacionando o passado com o presente.”

“El verdadero amor solo es posible cuando nos liberamos del pasado. Y nos liberamos del pasado solo cuando nos armonizamos con él. No es huyendo o fingiendo que no existe - es mirándolo de frente y permitiéndose comprender por qué las cosas sucedieron como sucedieron. Y una forma de hacer eso, es observando y estudiando las repeticiones negativas y haciendo la relación de causa y efecto, es decir, relacionando el pasado con el presente.”

“Real love is only possible when we can liberate ourselves from the past. We are only liberated from our past once we have harmonized ourselves with it, which can't happen by running away from it or pretending that it doesn’t exist. We must face our past and allow ourselves to understand why things happened as they did. This understanding dawns as we observe the negative repetitions in our lives, really studying the connection between cause and effect, and thereby relating our past to the present moment.”

Today's Daily Dharma: A Love-Hate Relationship with Our Time

A Love-Hate Relationship with Our Time

There's a tension between the part of us that wants to move along at speed, infatuated with our ever-proliferating array of screens and gadgets, and the part of us that deeply hates them, too. There's the part that doesn't want to be bothered with other people's lives and is therefore comfortable with the false proximity that social media affords. But there's also the part that is heartbroken at the loneliness and isolation of the life we are living—the part that requires medication and constant distraction just to endure it.

- Clark Strand, "A Gleeful Foreboding "

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Ram Dass, Love Serve Rememberia Ram Dass, Love Serve Remember: Remembering Wayne Dyer by Raghu Markus

I met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released from the hospital in Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the island to renew his healing. But there was the question of how Ram Dass would be able to be sustained when in that moment, after having given away most of his royalties for his books and no longer being able to travel, he had no assets to support himself.

When Wayne heard about Ram Dass’ release from the hospital he asked to pay a visit. I remember clearly how Wayne expressed his gratitude for Ram Dass’ mentorship in the early part of his life as he was transforming into the spiritual teacher he became to so many people.

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Remembering Wayne Dyer - Ram Dass

I met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released form the hospital in Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the island to rene

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The Horrible History of Ex-Gay Cures

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 31/08/2015

“Se existe um remédio para o planeta, esse remédio é a compaixão. A compaixão é um transbordamento de amor. Quando o amor transborda a ponto de você fazer empatia com o outro e verdadeiramente se colocar no lugar dele, você não sente raiva ou trata mal. Mas, o que o ser humano tem feito é justamente o contrário: temos tratado o mal com um mal ainda maior. Essa é a raiz da miséria que vemos no mundo. Miséria é ausência de humanidade, ausência de compaixão.”

“Si existe un remedio para el planeta, ese remedio es la compasión. La compasión es un desbordamiento de amor. Cuando el amor desborda al punto de generar empatía con el otro y verdaderamente colocarse en el lugar de él, no sientes rabia o no lo tratas mal. Pero lo que el ser humano ha hecho es justamente lo contrario: hemos tratado el mal con un mal aún mayor. Esa es la raíz de la miseria que vemos en el mundo. Miseria es ausencia de humanidad, ausencia de compasión.”

“If there is a cure for the planet, the cure is compassion. Compassion is love overflowing. When love overflows to the point where we feel empathy for the other and we truly put ourselves in their shoes, we no longer feel anger towards them or treat them badly. However, human beings tend to do the exact opposite: we treat evil with an even greater evil. This is the root of all the misery we see in the world. Misery is the absence of humanity; it is the absence of compassion.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Rethinking Rebirth

Rethinking Rebirth

Rebirth as a myth or metaphor, which is part of a larger architecture of the mind, asks us to resist the pressure to believe that the future will deliver or redeem us. It reminds us that we are bound to everyone, and that by helping others we discover an unacknowledged, undervalued part of ourselves.

- Kurt Spellmeyer, "After the Future "

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Va Daily Beast: DOGMA DAYS - Pope Francis Blesses a Lesbian, Her Family, and Her Writing For Kids

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 30/08/2015

“Tenho focado naquilo que chamo de “espiritualidade prática”, cuja principal ferramenta são os relacionamentos. Tenho dito que, independentemente da montanha de defeitos do outro, você deve olhar para o grão de defeitos em si mesmo. Porque, se você está incomodado com o outro, significa que ele tem algo a te ensinar. Se você está aí é porque precisa aprender alguma coisa nesse lugar.”

“He enfocado en aquello que llamo “espiritualidad práctica”, cuya principal herramienta son las relaciones. Como ya he dicho otras veces, independientemente de la montaña de defectos del otro, debes mirar el grano de defectos en ti mismo. Porque si estás molesto con el otro, significa que él tiene algo que enseñarte. Si estás ahí es porque necesitas aprender alguna cosa en ese lugar.”

“I have been focusing on what I call ‘practical spirituality,’ whose main asset is relationships. Regardless of the mountain of defects in the other, we must look at the grain of defect in ourselves. If we are bothered by the other, it means that they have something to teach us. If we are in this position, it’s because we need to learn something here.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Whose Buddhism Is Truest?

Whose Buddhism Is Truest?

Just as our search for an original set of Buddha’s definitive words failed, and all we were left with were provisional versions, in the same way a search for the Buddha’s definitive meaning fails too. What we have are traditions of interpretation. But that’s not the kind of authority we imagine when we claim sectarian primacy. Sectarian authority claims assume solid essentialist ground. That type of ground is just not there.

- Linda Heuman, "Whose Buddhism Is Truest?"

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 29/08/2015

“Um dos mais profundos condicionamentos do ser humano é acreditar que a sua felicidade depende do outro. Por conta disso você tenta fazer do outro um escravo para atender suas necessidades. Você exige que ele seja do jeito que você quer, porque somente assim você se sente amado. Mas se ele age um pouco diferente, sua ‘felicidade’ acaba. Essa felicidade que depende da forma do outro agir é uma grande ilusão, é um produto da mente condicionada. A verdadeira felicidade é aquela que vem de dentro de você.”

“Uno de los más profundos condicionamientos del ser humano es creer que tu felicidad depende del otro. Por eso intentas hacer del otro un esclavo para atender tus necesidades. Exiges que él sea de la manera que tú quieres, porque solamente así te sientes amado. Pero si él actúa un poco diferente, tu ‘felicidad’ se acaba. Esa felicidad que depende de la forma en que actúa el otro es una gran ilusión, es un producto de la mente condicionada. La verdadera felicidad es aquella que viene de adentro tuyo.”

“One of the deepest conditionings of the human being is to believe that one’s happiness is dependent on the other. Due to this belief, we try to make the other into a slave who will attend to all our needs. We demand that the other be exactly how we want them to be, because this is the only way we feel loved. If the other acts a bit differently, our ‘happiness’ disappears. This happiness that depends on the other’s actions is a great illusion and a product of the conditioned mind. True happiness comes from within.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Ending the Internal Divide

Ending the Internal Divide

Most human beings spend their lives battling with opposing inner forces: what they think they should do versus what they are doing; how they feel about themselves versus how they are; whether they think they’re right and worthy or wrong and unworthy. The separate self is just the conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner division drops away with it.

- Adyashanti, "The Taboo of Enlightenment "

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The Dalai Lama just living in the present

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 28/08/2015

“O objetivo maior de um relacionamento amoroso é a sustentação do êxtase através da conexão da energia sexual com o coração. É promover o encontro de duas correntes de aquiescência, duas correntes positivas - dois “sim”. Esse encontro aponta a direção da suprema liberdade. Um encontro dessa natureza só é possível se existe amor e liberdade.”

“El objetivo mayor de una relación amorosa es sustentar el éxtasis a través de la conexión de la energía sexual con el corazón. Es promover el encuentro de dos corrientes de aceptación, dos corrientes positivas – dos “sí”. Este encuentro apunta la dirección de la suprema libertad. Un encuentro de esta naturaleza solo es posible si existe amor y libertad.”

“The greatest goal of a loving relationship is to be able to sustain ecstasy by connecting one’s sexual energy with the heart. This means supporting the encounter of two ascending positive currents that are both saying yes. This encounter paves the way towards ultimate freedom. An encounter of this nature is only possible if there is love and freedom.”