Friday, November 11, 2016
ViaTricycle: Buddhist Teachings for Post-Election Healing
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Encouragement from 'Abdu'l-Baha:
The darkness of this gloomy
night shall pass away. Again the Sun of Reality will dawn from the
horizon of the hearts. Have patience, wait but do not sit idle; work
while you are waiting; smile when you are wearied with monotony; be firm
while everything around you is being shaken; be joyous while the ugly
face of despair grins at you; speak aloud while the malevolent forces of
the nether world try to crush your mind; be valiant and courageous while
men all around you are cringing with fear and cowardice. Do not yield
to the overwhelming power of tyranny and despotism. Serve the cause of
democracy and freedom. Continue your journey to the end. The bright day
is coming. The nucleus of the new race is forming. The harbinger of the
new ideals of international justice is appearing. The trees of hope will
become verdant; the copper of scorn and derision will be transmuted
into the gold of honor and praise; the arid desert of ignorance will be
transformed into the luxuriant garden of knowledge; the threatening
clouds shall be dispelled and the stars of faith and charity will again
twinkle in the clear heaven of consciousness."
- Abdu'l-Baha , Baha'i Scriptures, p. 547
- Abdu'l-Baha , Baha'i Scriptures, p. 547
Thursday, November 10, 2016
and that's how democracy dies
25.6% voted Clinton
25.5% voted Trump
46.9% didn't vote
and that's how democracy dies
(https://twitter.com/
Via JMG: NOM Issues Plan To Work With Donald Trump For “Inevitable Reversal” Of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
And pretty much every other LGBT advance achieved by the Obama administration. From hate group leader Brian Brown:
Make the jump here to read the original and more at JMG
Donald Trump has won a historic election, an unprecedented victory that has turned the establishment upside down. We heartily congratulate him and his team on their incredible win. President-elect Trump will now turn his attention to governing, and NOM is committed to working with him. We are confident that our voice and our views will be important in a Trump administration.
Here is our plan:
We will work with President Trump to nominate conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, individuals who will adhere to the words and meaning of the constitution. Such justices will inevitably reverse the anti-constitutional ruling of the Supreme Court imposing same-sex ‘marriage’ on the nation in the Obergefell decision, because that decision lacked any basis in the constitution.
We will work with President Trump to rescind the illegal, over-reaching executive orders and directives issued by President Obama, including his dangerous “gender identity” directives, attempting to redefine gender just as he sought to redefine marriage.
We will work with President Trump to reverse policies of the Obama administration that seek to coerce other countries into accepting same-sex ‘marriage’ as a condition of receiving US assistance and aid. It is fundamentally wrong for a president to become a lobbyist for the LGBT agenda, and we are confident that will end in the Trump administration.
We will work with President Trump and Congress to pass the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), which Mr. Trump supports. FADA is critical legislation to protect people who believe in marriage from being targeted by the government for persecution.
This is a bright and exciting time for NOM, and we are committed to taking full advantage of the opportunity we have. Our voice and our views matter to the incoming administration, and that means your voice and views matter.
To make sure that we can influence the policy debates that are coming, we need to step-up our communications. The first step is to grow our presence on social media. Please act today to follow NOM and me on Twitter, and to like us on Facebook.
It only takes a few seconds to follow us on Twitter and to like us on Facebook, but doing so will help us increase our ability to educate and mobilize our supporters.NOM remains the sole national hate group to support the First Amendment Defense Act. The Family Research Council, the Liberty Counsel, and the American Family Association all withdrew their support after new language was added which would also legalize discriminating against married straight couples on the the basis of “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.”
We’re excited about the future, and we are looking forward to work with the Trump administration to restore marriage, uphold gender, protect religious liberty and promote families.
Make the jump here to read the original and more at JMG
Via Daily Dharma / November 10, 2016: Learning From Anger
When
we approach our feelings of anger with awareness, with mindfulness, it
becomes a productive part of our practice. We find, after all, that
anger has something to teach us.
—Jules Shuzen Harris Sensei, "Uprooting the Seeds of Anger"
—Jules Shuzen Harris Sensei, "Uprooting the Seeds of Anger"
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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the invitation has arrived
to step into our courage
and our full humanity
from this day forward
the harm can only unfold
and multiply and spread
with our silence
with our consent
with our participation
we will not be silent
we do not consent and
we will not participate
in legitimating violence, lies and division
the love that we are
the love that connects us all
the love that bends history
even in this dark moment
towards liberation
We are one
we are many and
we are one
it is time
dear friends
the revolution of love
must be completed
And it is only possible
if on this day
we commit our lives
to walking the hard road
because there is now only one way forward
adapted from work by Taj James, founder and Executive Director of the Movement Strategy Center
Join us for a Special Charter for Compassion Conference Call: After the Election
Thursday, November 10 at 11:30 am https://zoom.us/webinar/
A
discussion about compassion and how we are called to act following a US
election season that has brought out strains of racism, misogyny,
xenophobia, and bigotry. How can we heal? How are we called to action?
What can we bring to the mission of making compassion a luminous force?
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Via Ram Dass
The
enlightened being, or the person that’s awakened, realizes that the
game is to walk through the path and leave no footprint. Leave no
footprint because whatever footprint you leave is just more karmic
stuff. Do what you do, but do it so purely. They say in the Tao, “The
leader who leads best leads so that at the end, you think you did it
yourself.” The next best leader you admire, the next best you fear, and
the worst leader pays you.
Via Daily Dharma / November 9, 2016: Anger, Sans Storyline
When
you feel the fear and you feel the rage in meditation, there’s no
storyline. There’s just the experience of the arising and passing away
of the emotions and the sensations in the body, and seeing how they
relate to one another.
—Gavin Harrison, "Lotus in the Fire"
—Gavin Harrison, "Lotus in the Fire"
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Via Daily Dharma / November 8, 2016: The Buddha’s Ballot Box
If
Buddha had added a ninth practice to the Eightfold Path, it might have
been Right Voting. Voting is a manifestation of the law of
interdependence: Each of our actions, no matter how small, affects the
whole cosmos. Our votes count.
—Susan Moon, "Ten Practices to Change the World"
—Susan Moon, "Ten Practices to Change the World"
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