Sunday, September 27, 2015
Via my amigo Joseph on FB: Yesterday in a discussion on friendship
I said that I base my friendship philosophy on this passage:
' To make the most of yourself is to live so that your inner life will rejoice.
It is to live so that you will receive the feeling, at the very depth of your soul, that it is wonderful to be alive."
The answer is to help others.
Your life expands to embrace others.
You are able to rejoice because your life grows.
The people around us are mirrors on which we can look at our lives.
To help others - that is how man has been created"
Seicho no ie Book of Daily Life... so on a personal level - I treasure my friends who are so generous and kind to others - always trying to add beauty and joy to another persons life... Those are my friends
So I guess that's why
when I find out someone is a narcissist- only thinkkng about themselves ... I slowly but surely stop sharing energy and they surely but slowly go away.
Quite simple really .... " as the cliche goes " birds of a feather flock together."
Yeah to all my friends!!!!!!!!!!
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 27/09/20
“Uma das crenças que permeiam a mente condicionada e que é um grande
obstáculo para a liberdade, é acreditar que a felicidade vem de fora de
nós. E essa crença alimenta outra crença: a de que somos vítimas
indefesas da maldade do mundo. Vemos a maldade somente no outro, o que
gera separação e isolamento, e ainda por cima acreditamos que somos
colocados nesse lugar por ele.”
“Una de las creencias que permean la mente condicionada y que es un gran obstáculo para la libertad, es creer que la felicidad viene de afuera nuestro. Y esa creencia alimenta otra creencia: que somos víctimas indefensas de la maldad del mundo. Vemos la maldad solamente en el otro, lo que genera separación y aislamiento, y aún por encima creemos que somos colocados en ese lugar por él.”
“Una de las creencias que permean la mente condicionada y que es un gran obstáculo para la libertad, es creer que la felicidad viene de afuera nuestro. Y esa creencia alimenta otra creencia: que somos víctimas indefensas de la maldad del mundo. Vemos la maldad solamente en el otro, lo que genera separación y aislamiento, y aún por encima creemos que somos colocados en ese lugar por él.”
“The belief that happiness comes from the outside is a core tenet of
the conditioned mind and a great obstacle towards freedom. This belief
in turn feeds another: that we are helpless victims of all the evil in
the world. We only see evil in the other, and this generates separation
and isolation. Worse yet, we then believe that we are in this painful
state all because of what the other did to us.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Generosity Produces Peace
Generosity Produces Peace
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Via WGB: Guess Who Grindr Users Want in the Oval Office?
"In partnership with Rock the Vote, Grindr recently conducted a early election poll of its users to find out their presidential preferences.
The results?
- Bernie Sanders edges out Hillary Clinton 38% to 35% among Democrats.
- Donald Trump is topping the poll with 21% support among Republicans. John Kasich and Jeb Bush came next, each with 7%. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina were both at the 5% level, with others candidates trailing behind.
- 76% of respondents said they vote in both general and presidential elections (for comparison, just 36.4% of eligible voters turned out in the 2014 midterm)
- When asked to name the “biggest issue” facing America today, “the economy, stupid” won the results with 50% support. Other issues were immigration (10.3%), healthcare (9.8%), minority rights (9%), and LGBT rights (3%)."
Young with a Point of View. What’s the profile of these electorally savvy Grindr users? They are young or young-ish – 56% told us they were either in the 20-29 or 30-39 age groups. As for political affiliation – more than half of our respondents identified as Democrats (51%); with 19% Independents and 15% Republicans. (H/T - Towleroad via Grindr blog.)
Make the jump here to read the orginal on WGB
Today's Daily Dharma: All is We
All is We
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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 26/09/20
“Podemos dizer que iluminação espiritual é sinônimo de pureza de
coração. Mas, o que é um coração puro? É um coração sem maldade, pois
somente esse coração é capaz de ver a luz que está por trás da sombra do
outro e perdoar. O coração puro vê a alma por trás dos corpos. Ele não
olha os bons e os maus hábitos dos outros, ele olha a alma por trás
disso. O coração puro é capaz de amar de verdade - e o Amor vê a si
mesmo.”
“Podemos decir que iluminación espiritual es sinónimo de pureza de corazón. Pero ¿qué es un corazón puro? Es un corazón sin maldad, porque solamente ese corazón es capaz de ver la luz que está por detrás de la sombra del otro y perdonar. El corazón puro ve el alma por detrás de los cuerpos. Él no mira los buenos o malos hábitos de los otros, mira por detrás de eso. El corazón puro es capaz de amar de verdad - y el Amor se ve a sí mismo.”
“Podemos decir que iluminación espiritual es sinónimo de pureza de corazón. Pero ¿qué es un corazón puro? Es un corazón sin maldad, porque solamente ese corazón es capaz de ver la luz que está por detrás de la sombra del otro y perdonar. El corazón puro ve el alma por detrás de los cuerpos. Él no mira los buenos o malos hábitos de los otros, mira por detrás de eso. El corazón puro es capaz de amar de verdad - y el Amor se ve a sí mismo.”
“Spiritual enlightenment is synonymous with purity of heart. What is a
pure heart? It is a heart without malice. Only this kind of heart can
see the light behind the other’s shadow and thus be able to forgive. A
pure heart doesn’t look at the good or bad habits of the other – it only
sees the soul behind all of this. Only a pure heart can love in a true
way, for love sees itself in everything.”
Friday, September 25, 2015
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