Thursday, January 21, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: City Living

Living in a big city, sometimes we feel that we don’t know our neighbors but actually we know them well. They want pleasure and don’t want pain. This realization of similarity is not superficial; to know that each of us has hairs in the nose means we can always know something about others by reflecting on that fact. 

—Jeffrey Hopkins, "Equality: The First Step in Cultivating Compassion"
 

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Outrageous Oral, Volume 2: Jack Evans and George Harris


Dallas LGBT History: Jack Evans and George Harris Full Interview


Jack Evans and George Harris


Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia -Flor del día - Flower of the day 20/01/2016

“É preciso ter coragem para sustentar o êxtase na relação, o que significa sustentar o coração aberto enquanto o outro também está aberto. A conexão da energia sexual com o coração pode causar medo, pois ela gera uma poderosa onda de luz e, estando identificado com a sombra (com os círculos viciosos do sofrimento), você teme ser tocado pela luz. A escuridão é somente ausência de luz. Se você acredita ser a escuridão, quando a luz surge, você teme ser aniquilado.”

“Es necesario tener coraje para sostener el éxtasis en la relación, lo que significa sostener el corazón abierto mientras el otro también está abierto. La conexión de la energía sexual con el corazón puede causar miedo, ya que genera una poderosa ola de luz y estando identificado con la sombra (con los círculos viciosos del sufrimiento), temes ser tocado por la luz. La oscuridad es solamente ausencia de luz. Si crees que eres la oscuridad, cuando la luz surge, temes ser aniquilado.”

"It takes courage to sustain ecstasy in a relationship, which means sustaining an open heart while the other’s heart is also open. When our sexual energy connects with our hearts, it can bring up fear because this connection generates a powerful wave of light. If we are identified with the shadow and its vicious cycles of suffering, then we fear being touched by the light. If we believe that we are the darkness itself, then we fear being annihilated when the light approaches us. Darkness is merely the absence of light.”

Via Daily Dharma: What Giving Is

Generosity takes many forms—we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love. All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go. The beauty of generosity is that it not only brings us happiness in the moment—we feel good when we give—but it is also the cause for happiness to arise in the future. 

—Joseph Goldstein, "The Evolution of Happiness"
 

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: Peace of Mind

When your mind is trained in self-discipline, even if you are surrounded by hostile forces, your peace of mind will hardly be disturbed. 

—The Dalai Lama, "The Enemy Within"
 

Monday, January 18, 2016

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 18/01/2016

“A mudança climática, que tem afetado diretamente o ciclo das águas, está anunciando um novo estágio na nossa jornada evolutiva: é tempo de purificação. Estamos sendo levados a nos desidentificar do ego, com todas as suas crenças e condicionamentos, de forma que possamos abrir espaço para uma coisa nova. Esse processo passa pela harmonização do feminino, o que requer o desenvolvimento de qualidades como aceitação, cooperação, gentileza, receptividade e confiança.”
 
“El cambio climático, que viene afectando directamente el ciclo de las aguas, está anunciando una nueva etapa en nuestro camino evolutivo: es tiempo de purificación. Estamos siendo llevados a des-identificarnos del ego, con todas sus creencias y condicionamientos, para que podamos abrir espacio para algo nuevo. Este proceso pasa por la armonización de lo femenino, que requiere el desarrollo de cualidades como aceptación, cooperación, gentileza, receptividad y confianza.”

"Climate change has directly affected the planet’s water cycles, and is thus announcing a new stage in our evolutionary journey: a time for purification. We are being led to de-identify from the ego and all of our beliefs and conditioning, so that we can make room for something new. This process also involves harmonizing ourselves with the feminine, which requires us to develop qualities such as acceptance, cooperation, kindness, receptivity and trust.”

Via Daily Dharma: Personality Transformation

Practice can change the personality, yes, and hopefully for the better. That’s the idea of spiritual training, of what we call in Tibetan lojong, attitude-transformation or mind-training. All the practices—ethical training, meditation or mindfulness training, wisdom and love training—are to be a better person, but it is also to realize who we are as we are. 

—Lama Surya Das, "Old Wine, New Bottles"
 

Sunday, January 17, 2016

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Via On Being: Stephen Batchelor — The Limits of Belief, The Massiveness of the Questions


Stephen Batchelor’s “secular Buddhism” speaks to the mystery and vitality of spiritual life in every form. For him, secularism opens to doubt and questioning as a radical basis for spiritual life. Above all, he understands Buddhism without transcendent beliefs like “karma” or “reincarnation” to become something urgent to do, not to believe in.

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 17/01/2016

“Nas esferas emocional e mental, o sofrimento nasce do conflito entre duas forças opostas agindo no nosso sistema. Com isso, podemos deduzir que esse mesmo cabo de forças contrárias também se manifesta no nível coletivo. Os conflitos e desastres que estamos vendo e vivendo são sintomas de um grande expurgo interno. E tudo isso é para que possamos trazer à superfície o nosso melhor, ou seja, são oportunidades reais de crescimento. Mas para que isso aconteça, precisamos ter coragem de resolver nossos problemas que, no mais profundo, são dores existenciais. Essa é a única maneira de nos libertarmos do apego à guerra e à destruição.”
“En las esferas emocional y mental, el sufrimiento nace del conflicto entre dos fuerzas opuestas actuando en nuestro sistema. Con esto, podemos deducir que este mismo cable de fuerzas contrarias también se manifiesta a nivel colectivo. Los conflictos y desastres que estamos viendo y viviendo son síntomas de una gran purga interna. Y todo esto es para que podamos traer a la superficie lo mejor de nosotros, es decir, son oportunidades reales de crecimiento. Pero para que esto suceda, necesitamos tener el coraje de resolver nuestros problemas que, en lo más profundo, son dolores existenciales. Esta es la única manera de liberarnos del apego a la guerra y a la destrucción.”

"In the emotional and mental spheres, suffering is born out of the conflict between two opposing forces acting within our systems. This same tug-of-war also occurs in the collective sphere. The conflicts and disasters we are seeing and experiencing in the world are symptoms of a large internal cleansing. This is all happening so that we can bring our best to the surface, meaning that these are in fact opportunities for growth. In order for this growth to take place, however, we must have the courage to solve our problems, which carry an existential pain at their core. This is the only way we can free ourselves from our attachment to conflict and destruction."

Via Daily Dharma: An Awakening Brew

Each of you—not separately, but in the cauldron with all beings, cooking and being cooked—is realizing awakening. 

—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 16/01/2016

"O karma é uma dívida de aprendizado. Quando apreende a lição, você se liberta da teia karmica. E se libertar significa mover-se em direção ao dharma e à compreensão do propósito da sua alma. Dharma é a lei universal, o caminho do coração; é a ação correta que te leva à morada sagrada. Tudo o que nasce dessa compreensão é bênção. São impulsos de construção, união, amor, saúde e prosperidade.”

"El karma es una deuda de aprendizaje. Cuando aprendes la lección, te liberas de la tela kármica. Y liberarse significa moverse en dirección al dharma y a la comprensión del propósito de tu alma. Dharma es la ley universal, el camino del corazón, es la acción correcta que te lleva a la morada sagrada. Todo lo que nace de esta comprensión es bendición. Son impulsos de construcción, unión, amor, salud y prosperidad.”

"Karma is a debt of learning. When we learn the lesson, we are freed from the karmic web. Freeing ourselves means moving towards our dharma and understanding our soul’s purpose. Dharma is the universal law – the path of the heart. It is the correct action that takes us to the sacred abode. All that is born from this understanding is a blessing. Dharma manifests as constructive actions that bring union, love, health and prosperity.”

Via Daily Dharma: Happiness and the Marketplace

The good news is that genuine happiness is not out there in the marketplace to be purchased or acquired from the best teacher around. One of the best-kept secrets is that the happiness we’re striving for so desperately in the perfect spouse, the great kids, the fine job, security, excellent health, and good looks has always been within and is just waiting to be unveiled. Knowing that what we are seeking comes from within changes everything. 

—B. Alan Wallace, "What is True Happiness?"