Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia / Flor del día / Flower of the day 27/01/2016

“A lei do karma determina que toda a ação tem uma reação. O karma individual está entrelaçado ao karma coletivo, ou seja, as crises e conflitos que vemos hoje no mundo são produto das nossas crises e conflitos internos. Momentos como esse que estamos vivendo trazem lições para todos nós. Mas não podemos esquecer de outra lei soberana: o livre arbítrio. Foi através de nossas escolhas que chegamos e é através das nossas escolhas que poderemos evoluir.”

“La ley del karma determina que toda acción tiene una reacción. El karma individual está entrelazado al karma colectivo, es decir, las crisis y conflictos que vemos hoy en el mundo son producto de nuestras crisis y conflictos internos. Momentos como este que estamos viviendo, traen lecciones para todos nosotros. Pero no podemos olvidarnos de otra ley soberana: el libre albedrío. Fue a través de nuestras elecciones que llegamos y es a través de nuestras elecciones que podremos evolucionar.”

"The law of karma states that every action has a reaction. Since the individual karma is intertwined with the collective karma, the crises and conflicts we see in the world today are the product of our internal crises and conflicts. Times such as these bring lessons for all of us. And we cannot forget another sovereign law: free will. It was through our choices that we got here and it is through our choices that we can evolve.”

Via Dialy Dharma: Unmarked by Drama

Our true nature is like the infinite sky, unmarked by whatever drama temporarily appears in its vast space.

—Kittisaro, "Tangled in Thought"

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia / Flor del día / Flower of the day 26/01/2016

“Durante o processo de purificação e transformação do eu inferior, ocorre a desconstrução daquilo que você acredita ser a sua identidade. Esse processo não é nada fácil, mesmo que isso seja fonte de grande sofrimento; mesmo que essa desconstrução represente a derrubada das paredes de uma prisão e o fim de uma grande escuridão. Isso ocorre porque essa prisão ainda é a sua referência de identidade, e ao perder essa referência, você teme desaparecer.”

“Durante el proceso de purificación y transformación del yo inferior, ocurre la desconstrucción de aquello que crees que es tu identidad. Este proceso no es nada fácil, aunque eso sea fuente de gran sufrimiento, mismo que esa desconstrucción represente el derrumbe de las paredes de una prisión y el fin de una gran oscuridad. Esto ocurre porque esa prisión aún es tu referencia de identidad, y al perder esa referencia, temes desaparecer.”

"During the process of purifying and transforming the lower self, what we believe to be our identity gets deconstructed. This process is not easy, even if this false identity has been a huge source of suffering for us. Even though this deconstruction actually represents the crumbling of our prison walls, putting an end to a great darkness, it is still a challenging process. This is because the prison walls still give us a sense of identity,

Via DailyDharma: The Body’s Right Mind

The Right Mind is the mind that does not remain in one place. It is the mind that stretches throughout the entire body and self.

—Takuan Soho, "The Right Mind and the Confused Mind"

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.

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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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