Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Malicious Speech
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Via Daily Dharma: Rest in the Unknown
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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - October 9, 2024 💌
"When my biological mother was dying back in a hospital in Boston in
1966, I would watch all the people come into her room. All of the
doctors and relatives would say, 'You are looking better, you are doing
well.' And then they would go out of the room and say, 'She won’t last a
week.' I thought how bizarre it was that a human being could be going
through one of the most profound transitions in their life, and have
everyone they know, and love, and trust lying to them.
Can you hear the pain of that? No one could be straight with my mother
because everyone was too frightened. Even the rabbi. Everyone. She and I
talked about it and she said, 'What do you think death is?' And I said,
'I don’t know, Mother. But I look at you and you are my friend, and it
looks like you are in a building that is burning down, but you are still
here. I suspect when the building burns entirely, it will be gone, but
you will still be here.' So my mother and I just met in that space.'
- Ram Dass -
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Via White Crane Institute // Today's Gay Wisdom: Rev. Nancy Wilson, Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the Bible
Today's Gay Wisdom
2017 -
"In such a toxic environment, the poor, the minorities, and the politically vulnerable populations will be the first to exhibit signs and symptoms of the deteriorating immunological picture. It is the canary-in-the-mines syndrome. When miners wanted to know if a particular mineshaft was safe from poisonous gases, they sent a canary in first. If the canary returned, the miners felt safe to go in. On our planet today, poor people, people of color, women and children, and gays and lesbians are the canaries (or sitting ducks if you prefer). Those who have any kind of privilege (gender, race, class, sexuality, age) are better able, for a time, to buffer and insulate themselves from the toxic environment — from AIDS, cancer, and other diseases. But not forever.
"There is also a moral and religious toxicity in reaction to so much upheaval, change, and worldwide political challenges. This phenomenon is called in many religions fundamentalism. In a century of increasing relativity in values, morality, and religion, fundamentalism provides absolutes and identifies the enemies. It is a kind of collective mental illness that includes obsessive thinking, tunnel vision, and functions much like other addictions."
- Rev. Nancy Wilson, Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the Bible
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Via Daily Dharma: Underneath All the Drama
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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Compassion
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