Wednesday, August 25, 2021

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Via LGBTQ Heritage/Memorial Project W // Gay History – August 24, 79 AD: Mt. Vesuvius Erupts Burying Gay Lovers and Ancient Gay Porn In Pompeii

 

Gay History: August 24, 79 AD

Mt Vesuvius erupts burying Pompeii and preserving the city forever. The ash preserves homoerotic frescoes that Christianity would no doubt have destroyed had they not been covered. When the artwork was first discovered, people found it so scandalous that much of it was locked away in the National Museum of Naples, where it remained hidden from view for over 100 years. In the year 2000, the art was finally made view-able to the public, but minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - August 25, 2021 💌




The way you work, in doing Sadhana [spiritual practice], is that every act you perform becomes a method of taking you to this other state of consciousness. You are trying to change your perceptual vantage point, and everything you do has to be a device to take you to that place. From a Western point of view, you are doing a complete cognitive reorganization. You are changing your reference point, changing the core concept around which the whole constellation is built. - Ram Dass
 

 

Via Daily Dharma: Sharing Our Karma

 

Recognizing that difficult emotions are common to all humans also seems to arouse immediate feelings of empathy with others. We share our emotions: they are part of our collective karma, the human condition.

—Wes Nisker, “It’s Only Natural”

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Via Daily Dharma: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

No matter how high the mountains of the great dharma are, no matter how deep the sea of ignorance is, they will be as nothing before a boundless spirit of determination.


—Koun Yamada, “Great Faith, Great Doubt, Great Determination”

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