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Monday, January 25, 2016

Via JMG: CANADA: Edmonton Oilers Become First NHL Team To Use “Pride Tape” On Their Hockey Sticks

January 25, 2016 Activism, Sports

From the National Hockey League:

The Edmonton Oilers became the first NHL team to use Pride Tape, a multicolored tape to promote inclusiveness in sports. The Oilers used the tape Sunday during their annual Skills Competition at Rexall Place. “Many view professional hockey players as role models and our team felt this was a great initiative to let every person know they’re welcome in the game of hockey,” defenseman Andrew Ference told the Oilers website. “We’re all proud to play for a team and city that supports diversity and human rights.”

Wells and Calder Bateman Communications are working together on a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough funds to produce 10,000 rolls of the tape. As of Sunday, they have raised more than $40,000 of their $54,000 campaign goal. On the Kickstarter page, Pride Tape is described as a badge of support from the teammates, coaches, parents and pros to young LGBTQ players. It shows every player that they belong on the ice, that everyone is on the same team and your help is needed to make it a reality.

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Diversity in the modern world is more than just skin color - It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and - most important of it, in my opinion – is diversity of thought. If you have genuine diversity of thought among people making TV & film, then you won’t accidentally shut out any of the groups I just mentioned.

— Idris Elba (via celebritiesofcolor)

Via Daily Dharma: Step Away from Selfishness

The practice of focusing on the welfare of others undermines the usual emphasis on oneself, thereby opening the possibility for progress toward diminishing the self’s inflated status, the primary impediment blocking the realization of the emptiness of all phenomena.

—Kadampa Geshe Langri Thangpa, "Breaking the Habit of Selfishness"

Via Daily Dharma: Doing Nothing

What do we do with our fear and anger and frustration? We do absolutely nothing with it. To do something with it would run the risk of adding to the fear and rage that are already in the world.

—Christopher Titmuss, "Rising to the Challenge: A Step Toward Peace"

Via Daily Dharma: It Takes Time to Retrain the Mind

Frequently we discover that our minds do not rest in radiant contentment for the entire meditation session. Why not? Because we have been training for years in desiring, reaching, grasping, getting, and then wanting more, and then, of course, more—all reinforcing the underlying feeling that this moment is not enough.

—Gaylon Ferguson, "Fruitless Labor"

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia / Flor del día / Flower of the day - 22/01/2016

“A mente envolve o raciocínio, a lógica, a inteligência, a criatividade... Porém, esses atributos da mente precisam estar a serviço do Ser. Para isso, se faz necessário disciplina e constante renovação de votos, porque a mente tornou-se condicionada por fatores sociais, culturais e morais. Muitas vezes você não tem a menor noção do por que sente apego ou aversão por determinadas coisas, porque acha uma coisa feia ou bonita, porque sente atração ou rejeição por alguém. A mente condicionada julga, classifica e discrimina de acordo com um repertório que você não sabe de onde vem.”

“La mente envuelve al razonamiento, la lógica, la inteligencia, la creatividad... Sin embargo, estos atributos de la mente necesitan estar al servicio del Ser. Para ello, es necesario disciplina y constante renovación de votos, porque la mente se ha se ha vuelto condicionada por factores sociales, culturales y morales. Muchas veces no tienes la menor idea de porqué sientes apego o aversión por ciertas cosas, porqué algo te parece feo o bonito, porqué sientes atracción o rechazo por alguien. La mente condicionada juzga, clasifica y discrimina de acuerdo con un repertorio que no sabes de dónde viene.”

"The mind involves reasoning, logic, intelligence and creativity, and these attributes of the mind must be at the service of the Being. We need much discipline and a constant renewal of vows to channel these attributes appropriately. The mind has become conditioned by many social, cultural and moral factors, and we often don’t have a clue as to why we feel an attachment or an aversion towards certain things. We don't know why we think something is ugly or beautiful, or why we feel attracted to or repulsed by someone. The conditioned mind judges, classifies and discriminates according to a catalog whose origin we are often entirely unaware of.”

Via Daily Dharma: Clinging to Emptiness

Good and Wise Friends, do not listen to me explain emptiness, and then become attached to emptiness. Above all, do not cling to emptiness. If you meditate with a vacant mind, you will become fixated on a blank emptiness.

—Huineng, "Prajna"

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 21/01/2016

“A natureza inferior é reencarnante. Alguns aspectos do eu inferior são como entidades que nos acompanham há milênios. Aspectos do orgulho, da luxúria, do medo, que se tornaram especialistas em manter-se vivos, e por conta da lei do karma, seguem nos acompanhando. Quando tem a chance de disparar uma flecha na direção dessas entidades, você pensa: ‘Poderei viver sem meu orgulho? Sem minha luxúria?’ Isso porque você acredita que elas te dão algum poder, e para manter esse suposto poder você faz um contrato com a maldade. E para rasgar esse contrato é preciso aprender a lidar com resistências.”

“La naturaleza inferior es re-encarnante. Algunos aspectos del yo inferior son como entidades que nos acompañan desde hace milenios. Aspectos del orgullo, de la lujuria, del miedo, que se tornaron especialistas en mantenerse vivos, y por cuenta de la ley del karma, siguen acompañándonos. Cuando tienes la oportunidad de disparar una flecha en dirección de estas entidades, piensas: '¿Podré vivir sin mi orgullo? ¿Sin mi lujuria?' Eso es porque crees que te dan algún poder, y para mantener este supuesto poder haces un contrato con la maldad. Y para romper este contrato es necesario aprender a lidiar con resistencias.”

"The lower self is reborn throughout many incarnations. Some aspects of the lower self are like entities that accompany us for millennia. There are aspects of pride, lust and fear that have become true survival experts, and due to the law of karma, have continued to accompany us throughout our lives. When we finally ‘shoot an arrow’ at these entities, we start to hesitate and ask, ‘Can I even survive without my pride and my lust?’ We doubt ourselves because we believe that they give us some power, and in order to maintain this supposed power we subconsciously make a ‘pact’ with evil. We will need to deal with much internal resistance before we can finally tear up this pact.”

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"

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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"

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"