A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Matthew 23: 13 English Standard Version
Matthew 23: 13 English Standard Version
Via Daily Dharma: Embracing Stress
If
you are stressed out, then it is part of your meditation to become
fully aware of being stressed out. Don’t make a big effort to push it
aside, don’t try to be some other way... The minute you embrace that
fact, you will actually become less stressed and more awake.
—Lewis Richmond, “To Be Real”
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Friday, May 7, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Committing to Practice
We practice to be liberated. We practice because it seems impossible; we practice to reclaim that sense of possibility.
—Christina Feldman, “Long Journey to a Bow”
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Via NBC // Queer Love in Color
‘Queer Love in Color’: Photo book celebrates diverse LGBTQ relationships
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Via FB // Chasten Buttigieg
"I gained twenty pounds during COVID and felt awful about it. Then a good friend told me ‘maybe just dress the body you have and stop worrying about it. So I finally went and bought new pants. I’m very grateful for having such good friends… and also for these bigger pants. This past year has put us all through a heck of a lot. If you, like a lot of us, gained some weight while trying to survive a deadly global pandemic, consider me officially on your ‘wgaf?’ team.”
—Activist Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, confessing to his own weight gain during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The “wgaf” reference is an abbreviation for “Who gives a f*ck.”
Via NY Times // Repairing Generations of Trauma, One Lotus Flower at a Time
Repairing Generations of Trauma, One Lotus Flower at a Time
The lotus flower, blooming out of muddy waters, has long been a symbol of rising above suffering. In the wake of Anti-Asian attacks, spiritual leaders hope it can help heal the trauma of racial violence in the U.S.
Via Tricycle // The Land of Many Dharmas
The Land of Many Dharmas By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Tanaka |
Via Daily Dharma: Cultivating Gratitude
The
Buddha encouraged us to think of the good things done for us by our
parents, by our teachers, friends, whomever; and to do this
intentionally, to cultivate it, rather than just letting it happen
accidentally.
—Ajahn Sumedho, “The Gift of Gratitude”
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