Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Gayatri Mantra 108 Times With Lyrics - Chanting By Brahmins - Peaceful Chant
Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi
dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt
Via JMG: Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority
Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority
Politico reports:
White Christians now make up less than half of the U.S. population, largely receding from the majorities of most demographic groups, with one notable exception: the Republican Party. According to the latest results from Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape survey published Monday by National Journal’s Next America project, just 46 percent of American adults are white Christians, down from 55 percent in 2007.
At the same time, according to the report, the share of white Christians identifying as Republican has remained steady, even equal with the share of the party that carried President Ronald Reagan to his 1984 reelection. Nearly seven in 10 white Christians — 69 percent — identify with or lean toward the GOP, while just 31 percent do the same with Democrats.More from the National Journal:
Even as White Christians shrink in their overall numbers, they still account for nearly seven-in-10 Americans who identify with, or lean toward, the Republican Party, the Pew study found. White Christians, in fact, represent as large a share of the Republican coalition today as they did of American society overall in 1984, when Ronald Reagan won reelection. A clear majority of all White Christians across the United States now identify as Republican, Pew found.
In sharp contrast, the Pew data show, the Democratic coalition has evolved into a three-legged stool that divides almost evenly between White Christians, non-White Christians, and those from all races who identify either with a non-Christian faith or, increasingly, with no religious tradition at all. Most Americans who don’t identify with any religious faith – a rapidly growing group—now align with Democrats.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 24/11/2015
“Você está aqui para aprender a dirigir o seu veículo, o corpo. A mente
é parte do corpo. Se o veículo anda sem condutor, inevitavelmente
encontra um poste ou um abismo. Se a mente não tem condutor, ela é
conduzida por impulsos inconscientes.Conduzir o veículo significa
escolher quando e para onde você vai.Essa é uma metáfora para o estado
de equanimidade mental gerado pela presença. Isso só é possível quando
você pode ocupar o seu corpo.”
“Estás aquí para aprender a manejar tu vehículo, el cuerpo. La mente es
parte del cuerpo. Si el vehículo anda sin conductor, inevitablemente
encuentra un poste o un abismo. Si la mente no tiene conductor, es
conducida por impulsos inconscientes. Conducir el vehículo significa
elegir cuándo y para dónde vas. Esta es una metáfora para el estado de
ecuanimidad mental generado por la presencia. Esto solo es posible
cuando puedes ocupar tu cuerpo.”
“You are here to learn how to drive your vehicle, which is your body. The mind is a part of the body. If the vehicle moves without a driver, it will inevitably drive into a light post, or worse,down a cliff. If the mind doesn’t have a driver, it is conducted by unconscious impulses. Driving a vehicle means deciding when and where you want to go. This is a metaphor for the state of mental equanimity generated by presence. This is only possible when you are able to occupy your body.”
“You are here to learn how to drive your vehicle, which is your body. The mind is a part of the body. If the vehicle moves without a driver, it will inevitably drive into a light post, or worse,down a cliff. If the mind doesn’t have a driver, it is conducted by unconscious impulses. Driving a vehicle means deciding when and where you want to go. This is a metaphor for the state of mental equanimity generated by presence. This is only possible when you are able to occupy your body.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Two Aspects of the Path
Two Aspects of the Path
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Monday, November 23, 2015
Via Chico Xavier e amigos / FB:
ORAÇÃO NOSSA
Senhor,
ensina-nos a orar sem esquecer o trabalho,
a dar sem olhar a quem,
a servir sem perguntar até quando,
a sofrer sem magoar seja a quem for,
a progredir sem perder a simplicidade,
a semear o bem sem pensar nos resultados,
a desculpar sem condições,
a marchar para a frente sem contar os obstáculos,
a ver sem malícia,
a escutar sem corromper os assuntos,
a falar sem ferir,
a compreender o próximo sem exigir entendimento,
a respeitar os semelhantes sem reclamar consideração,
a dar o melhor de nós, além da execução do próprio dever sem cobrar taxas de reconhecimento.
Senhor,
fortalece em nós a paciência para com as dificuldades dos outros, assim como precisamos da paciência dos outros para com as nossas próprias dificuldades.
Ajuda-nos para que a ninguém façamos aquilo que não desejamos para nós.
Auxilia-nos sobretudo a reconhecer que a nossa felicidade mais alta será invariavelmente aquela de cumprir-Te os desígnios, onde e como queiras, hoje, agora e sempre.
-Chico Xavier/Emmanuel - Livro: À Luz da Oração
Senhor,
ensina-nos a orar sem esquecer o trabalho,
a dar sem olhar a quem,
a servir sem perguntar até quando,
a sofrer sem magoar seja a quem for,
a progredir sem perder a simplicidade,
a semear o bem sem pensar nos resultados,
a desculpar sem condições,
a marchar para a frente sem contar os obstáculos,
a ver sem malícia,
a escutar sem corromper os assuntos,
a falar sem ferir,
a compreender o próximo sem exigir entendimento,
a respeitar os semelhantes sem reclamar consideração,
a dar o melhor de nós, além da execução do próprio dever sem cobrar taxas de reconhecimento.
Senhor,
fortalece em nós a paciência para com as dificuldades dos outros, assim como precisamos da paciência dos outros para com as nossas próprias dificuldades.
Ajuda-nos para que a ninguém façamos aquilo que não desejamos para nós.
Auxilia-nos sobretudo a reconhecer que a nossa felicidade mais alta será invariavelmente aquela de cumprir-Te os desígnios, onde e como queiras, hoje, agora e sempre.
-Chico Xavier/Emmanuel - Livro: À Luz da Oração
Via Elephant Journal: Buddhist Advice on How to deal with Difficult Emotions
Elephant
was honored to host Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche at Camp Elephant, our HQ in
Boulder, Colorado. We discussed how and why to meditate. Rinpoche
offered how meditation applies to life—with all its ups and downs by
leading us through a practice.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 23/11/2015
“Luz e sombra passam constantemente pelo nosso sistema e nós temos a
tendência de querer segurar os sentimentos e pensamentos luminosos e de
sair correndo dos sentimentos e pensamentos sombrios. Porém, o apego e a
aversão constituem a dinâmica mental que mantém a identificação com a
ilusão. Através das práticas espirituais e da auto-observação é possível
dissolver essa dinâmica e desenvolver equanimidade mental.”
“Luz y sombra pasan constantemente a través de nuestro sistema y tenemos la tendencia de querer sostener los sentimientos y pensamientos luminosos y de huir de los sentimientos y pensamientos oscuros. Sin embargo, el apego y la aversión constituyen la dinámica mental que mantiene la identificación con la ilusión. A través de las prácticas espirituales y de la auto-observación es posible disolver esta dinámica y desarrollar la ecuanimidad mental.”
“Luz y sombra pasan constantemente a través de nuestro sistema y tenemos la tendencia de querer sostener los sentimientos y pensamientos luminosos y de huir de los sentimientos y pensamientos oscuros. Sin embargo, el apego y la aversión constituyen la dinámica mental que mantiene la identificación con la ilusión. A través de las prácticas espirituales y de la auto-observación es posible disolver esta dinámica y desarrollar la ecuanimidad mental.”
“Light and shadow are constantly passing through our systems. Our
tendency is to want to hold on to the feelings and thoughts that are
light-filled and to flee from the shadowy thoughts and feelings.
Attachment and aversion make up the mental dynamics that keep us
identified with illusion. Through spiritual practices and
self-observation, it can be possible to dissolve this dynamic and to
develop mental equanimity.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Doing What We Can
Doing What We Can
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
Via Tao & Zen / FB: ~ Learn to Be Still ~
“Notice... how quiet it becomes, in your mind... that state in between thoughts, where there is nothing going on, in that second, in that moment, when the mind is total quiet, the thoughts are not moving any longer.
This is your true Self, in that moment, in between thoughts. Stay in that moment. Learn to put yourself in that state, whether you are in the market place or you are in a temple, wherever you are, learn to be still.
It makes no difference what is going on around you. It makes no difference what other people are doing. You be still. When you are still, then there’s peace. When you are still, there’s happiness. Can you ever imagine a person who is being happy all the time, for no reason whatsoever?
Most of us have been taught that to be happy we have to receive something good. We have to have something nice happen to us to be happy, otherwise we are miserable. Yet the truth is, happiness is your very nature, unalloyed happiness, eternal happiness, forever happiness.”
~ Robert Adams
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Via Tao & Zen / FB:
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. Be free where you are.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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