Via Daily Dharma: Telling the Truth

 Non-lying spontaneously arises when I’m willing to be with, hang out with, be conscious of, explore, and compassionately accept everything I am in regard to not telling the truth.

—Roshi Nancy Mujo Baker, “Non-lying”

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Via Daily Dharma: Free Yourself from Ignorance

 As we loosen our grip and step into not-knowing (or at least being-not-so-sure), we have the opportunity to free ourselves from the self-imposed prison of ignorance.

—Pamela Weiss, “Melting into Freedom”

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - October 25, 2020 💌

 

To get from ego to the true self I say: “I am loving awareness.” Loving awareness is the soul. I am loving awareness. I am aware of everything, I’m aware of my body and my senses and my mind, I’m aware of all of it, but I notice that I’m loving all of it. I’m loving all of the world. The self that I identify with emanates from the ocean of love. The self that is the ego is the ocean of fear.

When I am loving awareness I’m aware of everything outside, but pulling into the heart, the spiritual heart brings me to loving awareness. I’m aware of my thoughts, but loving awareness is simply witnessing them. And loving awareness is in the moment. I have thoughts about the past and future, and those are not helpful, so I dive deep into the present and the presence and in this present moment we will find loving awareness.

Only this moment is real, this moment of loving awareness. The past and the future are all just thoughts.

- Ram Dass -

Via Tricycle // How to Survive Election Night and Beyond

 

How to Survive Election Night and Beyond
By The Editors

If you’re nervous about the next few weeks, you’re not alone. We’ve compiled some helpful tips, practices, and offerings to help you get through the US elections in one piece.

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Via Daily Dharma: Speak with Greater Skill

 When we speak with greater skill, our true self—our compassionate, loving self—emerges with gentle ease.

—Allan Lokos, “Skillful Speech”

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Via Daily Dharma: Already Enlightened

 This ignorant, deluded self, just as it is, is no other than the enlightened self. If you can appreciate that, then this practice is a simple matter.

—Gerry Shishin Wick Sensei, “Zen in the Workplace”

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Via Daily Dharma: Abating Emotions

 This awareness of emotion is like the sun, which eliminates darkness. When you are aware of the emotion, it becomes powerless.

—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, “Meditating with Beethoven” 

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Via LionsRoar // How to Feed Your Demons

 

How to Feed Your Demons

Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique to turn your inner demons into friends.

Via Daily Dharma: Cultivating Skillful Effort

 Cultivating skillful effort, we learn to distinguish the “right” amount of effort. Not too little. Not too much. Just right. In tune. When we find the right pitch, our practice flourishes.

—Peter Doobinin, “Skillful Effort”

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - October 21, 2020 💌

 

You’ve got to be very quiet to hear your unique dharma, your unique way of expression:

Somebody comes along, and their primary goal in life is to regain the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Someone else comes along and they want to awaken people to environmental degradation.

Someone else comes along and they want to stand up to the incredible oppression of women.

It isn’t a question of which thing is worse, or which is more worthwhile. Each person has to hear what their part is and how their compassion can express itself.

I am doing this gig. This is my part. It’s no better than your part; it’s just my part. I honor everybody’s part. I just have to keep listening continually to hear what my part is.

- Ram Dass -

Via Tricycle // Our Suffering and Our Suffrage

 

Our Suffering and Our Suffrage
By Sharon Salzberg

The beloved metta teacher makes a case for voting as an antidote to despair and an affirmation of our commitment to the good of all beings.

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Via Daily Dharma: Life’s Caring Energy

 A sacred embodied presence may be available to us if only we are open to it. This can happen in the meditation hall, in moments of crisis, on the sidewalk of our hometown, anywhere at all. The energy of compassionate caring exists in our world and can be present to us.

—Sandy Boucher, “Meeting the Friend She Always Knew”

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - October 18, 2020 💌

 

For a long time, I thought the truth meant only words, but it doesn’t. Some truths are communicated in silence. You have to figure out when to use words and when to use silence, because the absolute truth is silent.

- Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Discerning What Is True

 When all is said and done, mindfulness is really about wisdom, about discerning what is really, really, really, true from what is mere appearance, or what you’re attached to because you want it to be true.

—Jon Kabat-Zinn in conversation with Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, “The Untold Story of America’s Mindfulness Movement”

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