Give & Take with Musician Sonny Rollins
Interview by Gabriel Lefferts
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Thursday, September 17, 2020
Via Tricycle
Via Daily Dharma: Create a Life of Freedom
By
pausing many times throughout the day and bringing an interest and
presence to your habitual ways of reacting, your life will become
increasingly spontaneous and free.
—Tara Brach, “Finding True Refuge”
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Via White Crane Institute // ELLIS B. HAIZLIP aka "Mr. Soul"
Ellis "Mr. Soul" Haizlip
1929 -
ELLIS B. HAIZLIP aka "Mr. Soul", born on this date (d: 1991) was a leading producer of black cultural events and mentor of black artists,
Ellis Haizlip was born in Washington, DC. Details of his early life are elusive, but rumors have persisted that his father was a diplomat who once served as the ambassador to the Court of St. James from Antigua (other accounts claimed Trinidad) and he may have spent many of his formative years in London. He told friends that he grew up in segregated Washington DC, and had had witnessed contralto Marian Anderson’s legendary 1939 concert on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial. We do know that he attended Howard University and graduated from there in 1954.
Mr. Haizlip helped further the careers of many black artists, including the singers Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, Roberta Flack and Novella Nelson and the actress Anna Horsford.
He was the executive producer of the television program "Soul," which became a showcase for young black artists, among them the poet Nikki Giovanni. The program was broadcast on Channel 13 from 1967 to 1973.
Mr. Haizlip began his career at Howard University, where he was a producer with the Howard Players during a summer season. After graduating in 1954, he left for New York City, where he began producing plays with Vinnette Carroll at the Harlem Y.M.C.A. One of their productions was "Dark of the Moon," with Cicely Tyson, Clarence Williams 3d, Isabel Sanford, Calvin Lockhart, James Earl Jones and the Alvin Ailey Dancers. Produced Dietrich Concert.
Haizlip was an out gay man at a time when that was dangerous. He spoke out about LGBT rights at every opportunity he was given, even confronting Louis Farrakhan.
He died of lung cancer in 1991.. His niece Melissa Haizlip has produced a documentary about her uncle called "Mr. Soul" More about that here: https://www.mrsoulmovie.com/
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - September 16, 2020 💌
Who dwell in the heart cave has no limit. Who dwells in the heart cave is beyond time, beyond space.
Each time you experience yourself as something or somebody, just notice
that it's another thought or sensation drifting across the walls of the
cave, and return to the spacious, formless, timeless essence.
Image from Be Here Now
-Ram Dass -
Via Tricycle // Online Meditation Calendar
Online Meditation Calendar
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Via Daily Dharma: Improve Your Mind
Merit
created through skillful means and wisdom is for more than physical
comfort; it is to improve the conditions for your mind.
—Tsoknyi Rinpoche, “Noble Wishes”
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Via FB // Home is not a place
Home is not a place. Home is an architecture of bones and a steadily thumping heart. Home is where dreams are born, and monsters are put to rest. It is where the soul can unfurl like the petals of a flower and find succor in the golden blush of each new day.
Sarah Chorn, Of Honey and Wildfires (via yabookquote)
The most important point of Buddha's teachings ~ Gyaltsab Rinpoche
The most important point of Buddha's teachings ~ Gyaltsab Rinpoche https://justdharma.com/s/5v6dq When you suffer, if you take that not just as your own suffering but rather as the nature of samsara, then you are understanding the most important point of Buddha's teachings. – Gyaltsab Rinpoche source: https://bit.ly/1jJWC9e
Via Daily Dharma: Go Beyond Good and Bad
Fortune
and misfortune, good and bad—not everything is how it looks to your
eyes. It’s not how you think it is either. We’ve got to go beyond
fortune and misfortune, good and bad.
—Kodo Sawaki Roshi, “To You”
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Monday, September 14, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: Change the Direction of Your Thoughts
Mindfulness
allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next,
decide if we’re heading toward an unhealthy path, and if so, let go and
change directions.
—Sharon Salzberg, “Mindfulness and Difficult Emotions”
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Sunday, September 13, 2020
Via White Crane Institute // ALAIN LOCKE
This Day in Gay History
September 13
Born
Alain Locke
1886 -
ALAIN LOCKE (d: 1954) An American writer, editor, philosopher, educator and patron of the arts was born on this date. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is unofficially called the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance." His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.
In classic same-sex “culture carrier” mode, Locke promoted African American artists, writers, and musicians, encouraging them to look to Africa as an inspiration for their works. He encouraged them to depict African and African American subjects, and to draw on their history for subject material. Locke edited the March 1925 issue of the periodical Survey Graphic, a special on Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance, which helped educate white readers about the flourishing culture there.
Later that year, he expanded the issue into The New Negro, a collection of writings by African Americans, which would become one of his best known and seminal works.
His philosophy of the New Negro was grounded in the concept of race-building. Its most important component is overall awareness of the potential black equality; No longer would blacks allow themselves to adjust themselves or comply with unreasonable white requests. This idea was based on self-confidence and political awareness. Although in the past the laws regarding equality had been ignored without consequence, Locke's philosophical idea of The New Negro allowed for real fair treatment. Because this was just an idea and not an actual bylaw, its power was held in the people. If they wanted this idea to flourish, they were the ones who would need to "enforce" it through their actions and overall points of view. Locke has been said to have greatly influenced and encouraged Zora Neale Hurston.
He was also a Bahá'í
Unity Through Diversity: A Bahá’í Principle
Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher
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