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Wolf Alice - White Horses (Official Lyric Video)

Everytime KCRW plays this, I have to stop what I am doing and dance

there is some great music out there

Music and love have magnetic properties Wrote a scholar from the island that they kept from me And I don’t need to solve my unknown identity Just need an answer to the question in the taxi My sister paints apathy like blasphemy But I never thought names deserve such energy It's my choice to choose who I embrace as family It’s my choice to choose yeah my choice to choose yeah Know who I am that’s important to me Do what I can to see the wood from the trees Know who I am that’s important to me Let the branches wrap their arms around me I could just wander always like a leaf on the southeast breeze I do not need no rooting, I carry home with me To be on Nomad floating on the waves of the channel sea I can see England waving, white horses carry me Music and love have magnetic properties Wrote a scholar from the island that they kept from me And I don't need to solve my unknown identity Just need an answer to the question in the taxi My sister paints apathy like blasphemy I’ve seen god’s green earth with the people closest to me It's my choice to choose who I embrace as family I choose you yeah I choose you yeah ——— Credits: Production Company - @ameliastudios DOP - @george__beattie 1st AC - @__jonny_lewis__ 2nd AC - @princessjiboye Editor: Gary Coogan @garyvslife Colourist: Johnny Richards @johnnyeditorvfx Lyrics: Luca Brewster @lucabstar Post Producer: Katie Harris @karris_

Via Daily Dharma: The Past Has Left Us

 

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The Past Has Left Us May we know we’ve been abandoned by the past, that the past has left us and moved on. So, too, have previous versions of our bodies left us, so, too, have previous iterations of the earth and its ecology left us. Leora Fridman, “Notes on Abandon” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Appreciative Joy

 

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RIGHT INTENTION Cultivating Appreciative Joy Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis on which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on appreciative joy, for when you develop meditation on appreciative joy, any discontent will be abandoned. (MN 62)  Suppose there were a pond with lovely smooth banks, filled with pure water that was clear and cool. A person scorched and exhausted by hot weather, weary, parched, and thirsty, would come upon the pond and quench their thirst and their hot-weather fever. In just the same way a person encounters the teachings of the Buddha and develops appreciative joy, and thereby gains internal peace. (MN 40)

Reflection When lovingkindness encounters the good fortune and happiness of another, it transforms into appreciative joy. This is the emotion of feeling good for another person, of being glad that good things are happening for them. Appreciative joy arises easily for the people we care about, but so often its opposite—some form of jealousy, envy, or resentment—comes up for us. The antidote for these forms of discontent is learning how to feel good for others, which generally takes a lot of practice. Daily Practice Try reminding yourself on a regular basis that the world is ruled by impersonal laws of cause and effect, also known as karma. Sometimes good things happen, sometimes bad things, and we often have little control over these things. Why not feel happy for other people when they experience good fortune or reap the rewards of their hard work? Like a cool drink on a hot day, feeling happy is more beneficial than feeling bad.  Tomorrow: Refraining from Harsh Speech One week from today: Cultivating Equanimity Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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 Quotes DALAI LAMA, BUDHA & MEDITATION��

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Every day,

think as you wake up,

today I am fortunate

to be alive, I have a

precious human life

I am not going to waste it.

I am going to use all my

energies to develop myself,

to expand my heart

out to others;

To achieve enlightenment

for the benefit of all beings.

I am going to have

kind thoughts

towards others,

I am not going to

get angry or think

badly about others.

I am going to benefit

others as much as I can.

The Dalai Lama

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It’s early

before sunrise

I sit and meditate

with my inner eye as

I closed my outer eyes

I slip awareness

between thoughts

witnessing them arise

I abide in the emptiness

awaiting a thought that

captivates, leaping on,

riding it to where it flies

It flies beyond

my body and mind

No worries

as I just leave

them far behind

I’m pure

pristine Awareness

Encountering

Cosmic Consciousness

I now awaken

this Awareness in

Total Consciousness

Boundless in all directions

No within nor without

As everything is playing

in a world of interconnections

The stars are reflected

in the ocean as the

warm ocean breeze

flows over the mountain

sending a cool breeze

through the sugar pine

My Awareness

becomes One

with the collective

Cosmic Conscious Mind

Compassion from my

heart will overflow

Everywhere I go

You sometimes

take care of me

and I sometimes

take care of you

It’s just what we do

There is no one and

there is nothing that I see

That is not me

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Our Great Effort We spend hours practicing meditation, making great effort to reveal the truth about the present moment. Clearly the effort we make is not to “look good” or to be right or to avoid mistakes. Grace Schireson, “Humility and Humiliation” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Mindfulness is a Lifestyle Change By Sayadaw U Tejaniya Retreats are easy, the real work begins when you get home.  Read more »