When
we immerse ourselves in a moment and meet it in its suchness or
wholeness—whether through prayer or meditation, or through more
“profane” activities like doing the laundry or having a cup of tea—all
of time gets folded into a single point: now.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Via White Crane Institute // ORPHEUS
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ORPHEUS: traditional date of birth. Orpheus was the son of Calliope and either Oeagrus or Apollo. He was the greatest musician and poet of Greek myth, whose songs could charm wild beasts and coax even rocks and trees into movement. He was one of the Argonauts, and when the Argo had to pass the island of the Sirens, it was Orpheus' distractions that prevented the crew from being lured to destruction. This much of the legend of Orpheus is fairly certain. It's the final days of Orpheus, however, that are the subject of varying stories.
One such version justified Orpheus' inclusion here. The celebrated Thracian musician became a follower of Dionysius and, it is believed, soothed the Argonauts with means other than mere melodies, thus introducing homophile love into Greece. As a result, Orpheus was soundly hated by Aphrodite who considered him a competitor and rival. Orpheus met his end at the hands of the women of Thrace who, because the handsome hunk refused to pay them any attention, tore him to pieces.
And…speaking of charming Thracians…
Via Daily Dharma: Failure Is Natural
Before
you meet with success, failure is natural and necessary. As a baby
learns to walk, it keeps falling down. Is this failure?
Monday, July 19, 2021
Via Thich Nhat Hanh Quote Collective / FB
If you can be here, if you can be free, then you can br happy right here and right now. — Thich Nhat
Via Daily Dharma: Cherishing Life Here and Now
Pure
Land Buddhism might suggest an otherworldly orientation, but its
primary focus is on… the here and now cherished as a gift of life itself
to be lived creatively and gratefully, granted us by boundless
compassion.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Exploring What Is Inbox
The
Buddha’s teachings are not a method for transforming one state of mind
into another. They are, pure and simple, a way of exploring what is.
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - July 18, 2021 💌
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Saturday, July 17, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Harnessing Your Past
Past
karma is not necessarily a weight that holds us back. It is also the
ground where seeds of realization were planted a long time ago. Looking
at our lives in this way, we can harness the past and transform the
future.
Friday, July 16, 2021
Via Thich Nhat Hanh Quote Collective / FB
Working for Peace in the future means finding Peace in the Present moment. — Thich Nhat Hanh.
Via White Crane Institute // REINALDO ARENAS
1943 -
The great Cuban poet, novelist and memoirist REINALDO ARENAS was born (d. 1990). Despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, Arenas grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government. Born in the countryside outside of Holguin, Cuba, in 1973 he was imprisoned for his homosexuality and his opposition against the Fidel Castro regime. In 1980 he went to the USA. In 2000 Julian Schnabel made a movie about his life based on Arenas' memoir: Before Night Falls.
Via Daily Dharma: Meet Yourself With Kindness
An
important point is to meet yourself with kindness, be present with your
human self, just like you would be patient and kind with a small child
you care about. Criticizing yourself simply adds to the difficulty.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Via Tricycle // Inside Breath Taking, a New Exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Inside Breath Taking, a New Exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art
By Michael Haederle
By Michael Haederle
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Via Daily Dharma: Shining Light on Your Regrets
[Learning
to forgive yourself] is not about denying what happened or making it
all better. It is about turning the light directly on the areas of
painful regret and extending a loving hand to them.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Via White Crane Institute // This Day in Gay History
July 14
Born
1914 -
ARTHUR LAURENTS, American playwright, novelist, director and one of the giants of the American theater, born (d: 2011); His credits included the stage musicals West Side Story and Gypsy and the film The Way We Were. In 2000, Laurents published Original Story By Arthur Laurents: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood. In it, he discusses his lengthy career and his many Gay affairs and long-term relationships, including those with Farley Granger and Tom Hatcher, an aspiring, and quite beautiful, actor whom Gore Vidal suggested Laurents seek out at the men's clothing store in Beverly Hills Hatcher was managing at the time.
The couple remained together for 52 years until Hatcher's death on October 26, 2006. Laurents died in 2011.
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