It’s only when caterpillarness is done that you become a butterfly. That is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process over which you have no control.
- Ram Dass -
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - January 3, 2021 💌
It’s only when caterpillarness is done that you become a butterfly. That is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process over which you have no control.
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Via Lion's Roar // May you live with Peas
How to Practice Metta with Children
You’re never too young to practice loving-kindness. Gail Silver on how to teach metta to your kids.
Illustrations by Tomi Um.
When I returned home after attending my first silent retreat, I was overflowing with loving-kindness and found myself spontaneously reciting certain phrases of the Metta Prayer aloud:
May you be happy.
May you be safe.
May you be strong.
May you live with ease.
“Did you just tell me to live with ‘peas’?” my littlest one asked me. “No, honey,” I laughed. “I said, ‘ease.’ May you live with ease.”
Via Lion's Roar // A New Year's Blessing
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How to Establish a Daily Practice of Almost Anything, in 6 Steps |
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| 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. |
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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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Friday, January 1, 2021
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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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Via White Crane Insitute // This Day in Gay History
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December 31Born 
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.
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.
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