Via Lion's Roar // A New Year's Blessing

 

How to Establish a Daily Practice of Almost Anything, in 6 Steps

Whatever new leaf you’re thinking about turning over for 2021, Anne Cushman has some smart advice to help you succeed.

Going to a retreat or program is a wonderful way to deepen our meditation practice. But how do we stay connected with these waking-up practices when we go home to the myriad projects, emails, responsibilities, and distractions waiting for us? This is a question that applies not just to meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices, but to any creative art we want to commit to, such as painting, writing, or playing an instrument.

Baba Yetu - Angel City Chorale, June 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Go to the Edge

 Go to the edge of your practice, where you step into what you do not know.

—Ken McLeod, “Beyond Question”

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Via Daily Dharma: Use Your Precious Human Life

May myriad beacons of goodness overpower the dark shadows of the past year, and may their resplendence inspire us to acknowledge and make good use of this precious human life.

—Pamela Gayle White, “A New Year’s Wish for Light”

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Via White Crane Insitute // This Day in Gay History

 

Exploring Gay Wisdom & Culture since 1989
December 31 Born Simon Wiesenthal 1908 - SIMON WIESENTHAL was born on this date in the small Ukrainian town of Buczacz. Trained as an architectural engineer, Wiesenthal survived the Nazi concentration camps losing over eighty members of his extended family and dedicated the rest of his life to seeking justice for all those who died by bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. He was later celebrated as a "Nazi-hunter" and portrayed by Laurence Olivier in "The Boys from Brazil," but for many years, as Cold War governments had forgotten about Nazi atrocities, Wiesenthal was a veritable prophet in the wilderness, tirelessly working in the memory of all those who had died.  He wrote a number of bestselling books including "Murders Among Us," "Justice, Not Vengeance," and "The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness." Through his efforts countless Nazi criminals stood trial.  Without Wiesenthal's activity and vision, there would not have been war crimes hearings about Rwanda, Bosnia, or a permanent War Crimes tribunal in the Hague. For the sake of this Gay Wisdom listserve, we would point out that Wiesenthal spoke for all those who had lost their lives and was an early outspoken activist for the thousands of homosexuals who died in the holocaust, pointing out that they had all been buried together in mass graves and should all be acknowledged. Wiesenthal died of natural causes in 2005 at the age 96. Recent events remind us that we are still not out of the woods with respect to facsist politics and that we must all remain as vigilant as Wiesenthal.

Via Daily Dharma: What Connects Us All

What really matters is gratitude. That’s the heart of spirituality. And gratitude connects us: it lets us see that we are all connected.

—Kurt Spellmeyer, “Dialogue Across Difference”

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Via One Earth Sangha

 

Dedication of Merit

A prayer that any goodness generated here be extended out into the world:

May all places be held sacred.
May all beings be cherished.

May all injustices of oppression and devaluation
     be fully righted, remedied and healed.
May all wounds to forests, rivers, deserts, oceans,
     all wounds to Mother Earth be lovingly restored to bountiful health.

May all beings everywhere delight in whale song, birdsong and blue sky.
May all beings abide in peace and well-being, awaken and be free.

A little twist ~ Pema Chödron

 

 A little twist ~ Pema Chödron https://justdharma.com/s/wezj2  

All of life is interconnected. If something lives, it has life force, the quality of which is energy, a sense of spiritedness. Without that, we can’t lift our arms or open our mouths or open and shut our eyes. If you have ever been with someone who is dying, you know that at one moment, even though it might be quite weak, there’s life force there, and then the next moment there is none. It’s said that when we die, the four elements—earth, air, fire, water—dissolve one by one, each into the other, and finally just dissolve into space. But while we’re living, we share the energy that makes everything, from a blade of grass to an elephant, grow and live and then inevitably wear out and die. This energy, this life force, creates the whole world. It’s very curious that because we as human beings have consciousness, we are also subject to a little twist where we resist life’s energies.  – 

Pema Chödron  from the book "The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness" ISBN: 978-1570628726  -  https://amzn.to/1eGdDZy  Pema Chödron on the web: http://pemachodronfoundation.org/ https://www.shambhala.com/pema-chodron http://www.shambhala.com/heartadvice/  Pema Chödron biography: http://www.gampoabbey.org/pema-bio.php

Via Lion's Roar // Beginning Anew

 

Beginning Anew

Thich Nhat Hanh on how to make the meaningful ceremony of “Beginning Anew” part of your life.