Friday, May 15, 2015
Via JMG: COLOMBIA: Interior Minister Vows To Soon Make Same-Sex Marriage Legal
"The government supports the fight for equality and we will adopt measures providing equal marriage rights for all," Cristo said at the Andes University in Bogota on Thursday, as reported by Efe. He said he would not submit to the mercy of the majority on matters related to human rights, as 'respect for equal rights is not optional'. In July 2011, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled Congress had two years to legalize same-sex marriage or an equivalent of marriage. As Congress failed to mass a marriage equality bill, the courts began approving marriages themselves. But then, the country's Inspector General requested the Court invalidate all the marriages approved in Colombia. Only 30 same-sex couples were given a license.Cristo claims that Colombia's leading political party, the National Unity Coalition, is behind him. The party presently holds 60 out of 266 seats in the national legislature.
RELATED: In South America same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Civil unions or partnership laws exist in Chile*, Colombia, and Ecuador. No relationship recognitions presently exist in Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru**, Suriname, or Venezuela. (*In April the Chilean government formally dropped its opposition to same-sex marriage. **In March the Peruvian Congress rejected a civil unions bill.)
Via Karmapa KTD / FB:
For
this reason, he explained, “the fullest expression of faith is not just
asking for protection from another source, but longing to become
fearless beings ourselves, able to offer protection and refuge to
others.”
http://www.karmapaamerica2015.org/?p=2423
http://www.karmapaamerica2015.org/?p=2423
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 15/05/2015
“Perdão é sinônimo de liberdade, ele é o que possibilita a liberação. É
uma tremenda libertação ter seu coração aberto, e é uma sensação de
grande aprisionamento ter seu coração fechado. Um dos principais
carcereiros dessa prisão é o orgulho. E junto dele está o medo. Porque
muitas vezes é extremamente humilhante ter que reconhecer o quanto você
está magoado; o quanto está ressentido com a atitude do outro. E isso
faz de você um prisioneiro.”
“Perdón es sinónimo de libertad, éste es el que posibilita la
liberación. Es una tremenda liberación tener tu corazón abierto, y es
una sensación de gran aprisionamiento tener tu corazón cerrado. Uno de
los dos principales carceleros de esta prisión es el orgullo. Y junto a
él está el miedo. Porque muchas veces es extremadamente humillante tener
que reconocer cuán herido estás, o cuán resentido estás con la actitud
del otro. Y esto hace de vos un prisionero.”
"Forgiveness means freedom: it brings on liberation. It is tremendously freeing to keep your heart open. Closing the heart is terribly imprisoning. If the chief warden at this prison is pride, his right-hand man is fear. It often feels downright humiliating to own up to just how resentful you feel, to just how hurt you feel for the other's attitude. All this makes of you a prisoner."
"Forgiveness means freedom: it brings on liberation. It is tremendously freeing to keep your heart open. Closing the heart is terribly imprisoning. If the chief warden at this prison is pride, his right-hand man is fear. It often feels downright humiliating to own up to just how resentful you feel, to just how hurt you feel for the other's attitude. All this makes of you a prisoner."
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
Via JMG: WYOMING: Laramie City Council Approves Sweeping LGBT Rights Ordinance
The Laramie City Council on Wednesday approved a local anti-discrimination ordinance in the college town where Matthew Shepard's death triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays 17 years ago. The council voted 7-2 in favor of the measure that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment and access to public facilities such as restaurants.
Local organizers focused their efforts on Laramie after the Legislature repeatedly rejected anti-discrimination bills, most recently early this year. The Laramie Nondiscrimination Task Force presented a draft ordinance to the City Council last summer. Jeran Artery, head of the group Wyoming Equality which has lobbied for the anti-discrimination measures at the state Legislature, said he was thrilled with the council vote.
Judy Shepard, Matt Shepard's mother, is active in a Denver-based foundation that bears her son's name and focuses on equality issues. "I'm thrilled that Laramie's doing it, at the same time sort of saddened that the state of Wyoming can't see fit to do that as well," Shepard told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday before the council vote from Washington, D.C. "Maybe the rest of Wyoming will understand this is about fellow human beings and not something that's other than what they are."
Via JMG: Empire State To Go Red For AIDS Walk
Fierstein says: "May these lights, and those burning throughout the city, brighten the night sky with remembrance of the countless precious friends and family we've lost to AIDS. May they carry our pledge to see the end of this disease once and for all."
Numerous other city landmarks are also going red this week. They include One World Trade Center, Bloomingdale's, the Helmsley Building, the JFK control tower, the Bank Of America tower, the New York Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ billboard in Times Square.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 14/05/2015
A ignorância em relação à nossa realidade espiritual faz com que
vejamos somente a superfície das coisas. Perdemos a capacidade de
enxergar o espírito que nos habita. O materialismo é o responsável por
isso. Por causa dele o ser humano está sempre numa correria pelo lucro e
se esquece do respeito, da gentileza, da bondade e do amor. Nos
tornamos especialistas em transformar tudo em dinheiro. Tudo vira
instrumento para adquirir poder. O
dinheiro é uma forma de energia muito poderosa que faz parte do jogo
neste mundo, porém essa energia precisa estar a serviço do espírito.
Quando utilizado pela sabedoria, o dinheiro é um instrumento divino, mas
quando utilizado pela ignorância, ele se torna uma ferramenta de
destruição.”
“La
ignorancia en relación a nuestra realidad espiritual hace que veamos
solamente la superficie de las cosas. Perdemos la capacidad de ver el
espíritu que nos habita. El materialismo es el responsable de eso. Por
causa de éste el ser humano está siempre en una carrera por el lucro y
se olvida del respeto, de la gentileza, de la bondad y del amor. Nos
volvimos especialistas en transformar todo en dinero. Todo se vuelve un
instrumento para adquirir poder. El dinero es una forma de energía muy
poderosa que es parte del juego en este mundo, sin embargo esta energía
necesita estar al servicio del espíritu. Cuando es utilizado por la
sabiduría, el dinero es un instrumento divino, pero cuando es utilizado
por la ignorancia se vuelve una herramienta de destrucción.”
"When we are ignorant about our own spiritual reality, we see things only at the surface level. We lose sight of the spirit that inhabits us. Materialism is the culprit here, causing humans to fall into a rat-race for profit. We forget all about being respectful and kind, about being good and loving. We specialize in monetizing everything around us, so it all becomes a means of giving us power. Money is a powerful energy and an inherent part of the game of life in this world – but this energy needs to be at service of spirit. When used with wisdom, money becomes a divine tool; when it's employed by ignorance, it becomes a destructive weapon."
"When we are ignorant about our own spiritual reality, we see things only at the surface level. We lose sight of the spirit that inhabits us. Materialism is the culprit here, causing humans to fall into a rat-race for profit. We forget all about being respectful and kind, about being good and loving. We specialize in monetizing everything around us, so it all becomes a means of giving us power. Money is a powerful energy and an inherent part of the game of life in this world – but this energy needs to be at service of spirit. When used with wisdom, money becomes a divine tool; when it's employed by ignorance, it becomes a destructive weapon."
Via Daily Dharma
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Thich Nat Hanh: Explicacion del Ego
Explicacion del Ego
Posted by DJ Pollyfonika on Friday, October 10, 2014
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Via LGBT* Bahá'is:
Baha'is believe religious laws, not to be mere laws and regulations to be followed, but rather “that the precepts laid down by God constitute the highest means for the maintenance of order in the world and the security of its peoples ” To me this means that these laws are written into the very nature of existence, and if not adhered to, there are consequences to one’s soul and to one’s life. Sometimes these consequences are spiritual in nature, sometimes mental and sometimes physical. And usually this can lead to the break down of one’s life and society in general.
For instance, all religions generally prohibit murder, arson, theft and mendacity. These are universally seen as sinful and inherently wrong. They are clearly explained in almost every Religion of God. Murder, for example, is wrong because God has willed to raise something up, and you are making yourself an equal to God, and believe that you have more of a say to who has life and who doesn’t than He does. This is only one reason that murder is wrong.
Another good example is the use of drugs and alcohol. Almost every religion prohibits the consumption of substances that impair or impede a person’s natural senses and sensibilities. This impairment is itself a reason for banning the use of alcohol and other drugs. The consequences of alcoholism and drug addiction are easily seen. Science has proven that these substances have a negative effect on the lives and health of human beings.
So we can see that these things (arson, murder, alcoholism et cetera) are harmful to human beings. Science has shown this, and it is in agreement with religions that say these actions have harmful spiritual effects.
In the Baha'i Faith, and most other religions, however, being gender or sexually non-conforming (homosexual, trans* et cet) is lumped into the same category as these sins. It is seen as inherently evil and sinful and is treated as such. In what way is this the case though? I have never seen a single shred of evidence to suggest that this is the case. In the Baha'i Writings other issues such as drug addiction and alcoholism are explained and deconstructed. This is not the case with LGBT* issues. Despite the Baha'i view that homosexuality is a disease, not one shred of evidence as to its pathology, its treatment or its prognosis is given. This is not the case with other “diseases” such as alcoholism. In terms of murder being viewed as a “spiritual disease,” this is not the case. The pathology is explained and has been in the human consciousness for a very long time (I gave an example of its “pathology” above). This alone is all that is necessary to prove its sinfulness. In the Baha'i Faith, a huge onus is put on the individual to independently investigate reality. It is important to “see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others.” So we are not exactly taking it for granted that murder and other sins are against the Laws of Nature, but rather we see with our own eyes that they are wrong. Through the mercy and grace of God, it has been written in the Books of almost every religion, and our own limited scientific accomplishments have proven, that these sins are inherently destructive to human-kind. However, in almost every one of the Central Books of the main world religions, rules and regulations regarding gender-variant and sexual minorities have been vague and non-conclusive. It seems the Prophets have chosen to remain silent about this subject.
Until the time that being homosexual, trans* or otherwise a sexual or gender-variant minority is proven to be inherently wrong and against the Laws of Nature in a conclusive and non-biased setting, it should be viewed as against Baha'i law to in any way discriminate against them (including their right to be joined in a Baha'i marriage). Why?
Bahá'u'lláh has declared that religion must be in accord with science and reason. If it does not correspond with scientific principles and the processes of reason, it is superstition. For God has endowed us with faculties by which we may comprehend the realities of things, contemplate reality itself. If religion is opposed to reason and science, faith is impossible; and when faith and confidence in the divine religion are not manifest in the heart, there can be no spiritual attainment.1At this point, science has proven homosexuality as non-pathological. It is not a disease, it is not inherently wrong, and it has no known consequences. Science has shown that discrimination based on gender and sexual identity is damaging to individuals and society at large. Until this ceases to be the case, it is impossible to hold someone accountable for using their judgement on these things. To discriminate, and removing a person’s voting rights and effectively expelling them from the community for being “flagrantly homosexual” is discrimination, against an LGBT* person for aligning themselves with current scientific thought and medical practice, is immoral. To do the same for a homosexual couple who decides to marry, when it is not done to heterosexual couples who procreate outside of marriage or otherwise break current Baha'i sexual laws, is discrimination, and it is not in keeping with the Baha'i principles of independent investigation, personal conscience, unconditional love or justice.
-‘Abdu'l-Baha
I will post soon about the Baha'i laws and Writings that currently effect LGBT* people, how they have been interpreted and other possible ways of interpreting them.
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Via WGB: REPORT: Half of LGB Americans Identify As Christian
“The 'Christians vs. LGBT people' narrative that we hear so often is part of the story, but as the Pew poll shows, it's not all of it. In fact, it's the 48 percent of LGBT Americans who are Christians who are best positioned to change both religious attitudes about same-sex marriage and secular attitudes about religion. As LGBT Christians continue to find their voice, they'll be changing both their churches and the LGBT community for the better.” Full story here!
Also via Daily Dharma
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015
SCORE!!! Olympics Officials Make HUGE Pro-Gay Move
In what's already being hailed as "a great step forward," the International Olympic Committee has taken a significant move against future intolerance toward the lesbian, gay and bisexual community in the Olympic Games.
The Chicago Tribune reports that IOC members unanimously voted to approve a recommendation which adds non-discrimination language regarding sexual orientation to the Olympic Charter.
"The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Olympic Charter shall be secured without discrimination of any kind, such as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status," the Charter now reads, according to the publication.
The decision to update the wording, which will also be included in all future Olympic Games host city contracts, follows a flurry of controversy surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sochi, Russia. A number of high-profile LGBT rights advocates called for the U.S. to boycott the Sochi games in response to Russia's controversial "gay propaganda" legislation.
Cher, Madonna and Lady Gaga were among the high-profile celebrities to decry the law, which imposes fines and sentences on anyone deemed to be distributing "pro-gay" information to minors. Full story here!
Via WGB: International Study Finds Widespread Anti-Gay Discrimination in Sports
The findings were contained in "Out on the Fields," released Sunday, which officials said was the first international study and the largest conducted on discrimination against gay, lesbian and bisexual participants in sports.
The study, which also canvassed heterosexual respondents, surveyed nearly 3,000 people in Australia, 2,025 in the United States and 1,780 in Britain. The study was also conducted in Canada, New Zealand and Ireland. Full story here via Edge!
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 12/05/2015
“À medida que a sua consciência vai se expandindo, que a sua percepção
vai se ampliando, e você começa a enxergar as partes da sua
personalidade que estavam trancadas em negação, simultaneamente, seu
canal espiritual vai se alargando. Ao mesmo tempo em que trabalha para
transformar os aspectos negativos da sua personalidade, aos poucos você
vai se tornando uma usina de transformação do sofrimento planetário.
Então você passa a captar os karmas dos
grupos mais próximos, e conforme o seu canal vai se abrindo, o diâmetro
de captação vai aumentando.”
“A medida que tu consciencia se va expandiendo, que tu percepción se
va ampliando, y comienzas a ver las partes de tu personalidad que
estaban trabadas en negación, simultáneamente, tu canal espiritual se va
ensanchando. Al mismo tiempo en que trabajas para transformar los
aspectos negativos de tu personalidad, de a poco te vas volviendo una
usina de transformación del sufrimiento planetario. Entonces pasas a
captar los karmas de los grupos más próximos, y conforme tu canal se va
abriendo, el diámetro de captación va aumentando.”
"As our consciousness expands, our perception widens and we get to see parts of our personality that were locked up in denial. As that happens, our spiritual channel continues to broaden. Even while we work to transform the negative aspects of our personality, we become 'power plants' for transforming global suffering. We start taking on the karma of those closest to us, and as our inner channel continues to open, we reach circles with an ever-expanding radius."
"As our consciousness expands, our perception widens and we get to see parts of our personality that were locked up in denial. As that happens, our spiritual channel continues to broaden. Even while we work to transform the negative aspects of our personality, we become 'power plants' for transforming global suffering. We start taking on the karma of those closest to us, and as our inner channel continues to open, we reach circles with an ever-expanding radius."
Via Daily Dharma
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Monday, May 11, 2015
Anon FB Post of the Day: Dream on fundamentalists.
"I
love this explanation:
So this whole universe is infinite as far as human perception goes and one galaxy is a spec of dust in that universe and the earth is a spec of dust in the galaxy and God really cares if one is gay or straight? God is that small and petty?
Dream on fundamentalists."
So this whole universe is infinite as far as human perception goes and one galaxy is a spec of dust in that universe and the earth is a spec of dust in the galaxy and God really cares if one is gay or straight? God is that small and petty?
Dream on fundamentalists."
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 11/05/2015
“A mente condicionada normalmente nos leva a seguir na direção oposta
àquela que determina o coração. Isso gera tensão e angústia. Esse
conflito de direções dentro de nós é o que conhecemos como sofrimento. A
mente condicionada quer agradar; ela quer ser respeitada, considerada e
amada. Portanto todas as ações que nascem dela são estratégias para
receber esse amor. Mas amor forçado não é amor. Esse “amor” não
preenche, somente aumenta a angústia. A
ação capaz de preencher o vazio existencial do ser humano com alegria é
aquela que nasce do coração. É preciso saber ouvir a voz do coração,
mesmo quando somos julgados e criticados por isso.”
“La mente condicionada normalmente nos lleva a seguir en la dirección
opuesta de aquella que determina el corazón. Esto genera tensión y
angustia. Este conflicto de direcciones dentro nuestro es lo que
conocemos como sufrimiento. La mente condicionada quiere agradar, quiere
ser respetada, considerada y amada. Por lo tanto, todas las acciones
que nacen de ella son estrategias para recibir ese amor. Pero amor
forzado no es amor. Ese “amor” no llena, solamente aumente la angustia.
La acción capaz de llenar el vacío existencial del ser humano con
alegría es aquella que nace del corazón. Es necesario saber oír la voz
del corazón, hasta cuando somos juzgados y criticados por ello.”
"The conditioned mind usually leads us to the opposite direction from where our heart guides us towards. This causes tension and anguish. We feel this clash in directions simply as suffering. The conditioned mind wants to please, so as to make us feel respected, considered and loved. All actions born from this place are strategies to receive this love – a forced love that really isn't love at all, for it doesn't fulfill us and only increases our anguish. Only actions that spring from the heart can fill up with joy that existential emptiness human beings feel. We need to learn to listen to the voice of the heart, even if we are judged and criticized for it."
"The conditioned mind usually leads us to the opposite direction from where our heart guides us towards. This causes tension and anguish. We feel this clash in directions simply as suffering. The conditioned mind wants to please, so as to make us feel respected, considered and loved. All actions born from this place are strategies to receive this love – a forced love that really isn't love at all, for it doesn't fulfill us and only increases our anguish. Only actions that spring from the heart can fill up with joy that existential emptiness human beings feel. We need to learn to listen to the voice of the heart, even if we are judged and criticized for it."
Via Daily Dharma
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 09/05/2015
“Qual a diferença entre a dependência e a entrega num relacionamento? É
a mesma diferença que existe entre medo e confiança, são extremos
opostos. A dependência é um desdobramento do medo, a entrega é um
desdobramento da confiança.”
“¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la dependencia y la entrega en una relación? Es la misma diferencia que existe entre miedo y confianza, son extremos opuestos. La dependencia es un desdoblamiento del miedo, la entrega es un desdoblamiento de la confianza.”
“¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la dependencia y la entrega en una relación? Es la misma diferencia que existe entre miedo y confianza, son extremos opuestos. La dependencia es un desdoblamiento del miedo, la entrega es un desdoblamiento de la confianza.”
"What is the difference between dependence and surrender within a
relationship? It's the same as the difference between fear and trust –
they are extreme opposites. Dependence is an offshoot of fear, while
surrender is an unfolding of trust.”
Via Daily Dharma!
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 08/05/2015
“Temos reproduzido na esfera coletiva as mesmas dificuldades que
vivemos nos nossos relacionamentos afetivos, na nossa família, com
nossos vizinhos, com quem está perto. Precisamos rever nossos
comportamentos, mudar a nossa relação com o outro e com a natureza. Os
sintomas da crise que estamos vivendo são desdobramentos da inabilidade
do ser humano em lidar com a própria sombra. Assim como suprimimos o
ciúme e a inveja, deixando esses
sentimentos influenciarem nossas vidas de forma indireta, temos deixado o
ódio inconsciente destruir o planeta. Na base da crise planetária está a
guerra dos sexos, a distorção do masculino e do feminino.”
“Hemos reproducido en la esfera colectiva las mismas dificultades que
vivimos en nuestras relaciones afectivas, en nuestra familia, con
nuestros vecinos, con quien está cerca. Necesitamos rever nuestros
comportamientos, cambiar nuestra relación con el otro y con la
naturaleza. Los síntomas de la crisis que estamos viviendo son
desdoblamientos de la inhabilidad del ser humano en lidiar con la propia
sombra. Así como suprimimos los celos y la envidia, dejando que estos
sentimientos influencien nuestras vidas de forma indirecta, hemos dejado
que el odio inconsciente destruya el planeta. En la base de la crisis
planetaria está la guerra de los sexos, la distorsión del masculino y
del femenino.”
"We recreate the same difficulties at the collective level that we endure within our loving relationships, with our family, neighbors or whoever we are around. It's time we take a better look at our behaviors, so as to transform our relationship with others, as well as with nature as a whole. We are experiencing a crisis, the symptoms of which stem from our inability to deal with our own shadow. In the same way that we feed jealousy or envy, allowing these feelings to indirectly influence our lives, we have also been allowing unconscious hatred to destroy the planet. At the very root of this whole global crisis lies a war between the sexes, acting through the distortion of the masculine and feminine principles."
"We recreate the same difficulties at the collective level that we endure within our loving relationships, with our family, neighbors or whoever we are around. It's time we take a better look at our behaviors, so as to transform our relationship with others, as well as with nature as a whole. We are experiencing a crisis, the symptoms of which stem from our inability to deal with our own shadow. In the same way that we feed jealousy or envy, allowing these feelings to indirectly influence our lives, we have also been allowing unconscious hatred to destroy the planet. At the very root of this whole global crisis lies a war between the sexes, acting through the distortion of the masculine and feminine principles."
Via Daily Dharma
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WGB Poll: Americans more comfortable with gay presidential candidate than evangelical
The latest WSJ/NBC poll asked 1,000 adults last week whether they would 'be enthusiastic,' 'be comfortable with,' 'have some reservations about' or 'be very uncomfortable with' a list of qualities of a potential leader.
Some 61% said they would be either enthusiastic about or comfortable with an LGBTI candidate, while only 37% said they would have reservations or be uncomfortable and 2% were not sure.
By comparison, 52% said they'd be enthusiastic about or comfortable with an evangelical Christian running for president, while 44% expressed some degree of hesitancy about the idea and 4% were not sure. Full story here!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 07/05/2015
“Ao longo da jornada evolutiva a entidade humana constrói máscaras para
se proteger da dor. Essas máscaras são criadas de acordo com o que ela
tem, com sua história, com o ambiente onde vive - de acordo com o karma
que ela carrega. Alguns aprendem que, para conseguirem o que querem,
precisam ser vítimas, outros aprendem que precisam ser agressivos.
Alguns entendem que precisam ser caridosos e religiosos, outros que
precisam ser criminosos. Alguns vestem a
máscara da autossuficiência, da superioridade, outros da impotência e
da fragilidade. Mas, não importa qual seja a máscara, ela não tem nada a
ver com a verdade de quem é você.”
“A lo largo del camino evolutivo la entidad humana construye máscaras
para protegerse del dolor. Estas máscaras son creadas de acuerdo con lo
que ella tiene, con su historia, con el ambiente donde vive - de acuerdo
con el karma que carga. Algunos aprenden que para conseguir lo que
quieren, tienen que ser víctimas, otros aprenden que necesitan ser
agresivos. Algunos entienden que necesitan ser caritativos y religiosos,
otros que necesitan ser criminales. Algunos visten la máscara de la
autosuficiencia, de la superioridad, otros de la impotencia y de la
fragilidad. Pero no importa cuál sea la máscara, ella no tiene nada que
ver con la verdad de quien eres.”
"Throughout the evolutionary journey, human beings create masks to protect themselves from pain. These masks are shaped through our possessions, our life’s history, our personal environment, and the karma we carry. Some people learn that they have to be a victim to get what they want, others learn that they need to be aggressive. Some people believe that they need to be charitable and religious, others believe they have to be criminals. Some people wear the mask of self-sufficiency and superiority, others wear the mask of helplessness and weakness. No matter what the mask is, it has nothing to do with the truth of who you are.”
"Throughout the evolutionary journey, human beings create masks to protect themselves from pain. These masks are shaped through our possessions, our life’s history, our personal environment, and the karma we carry. Some people learn that they have to be a victim to get what they want, others learn that they need to be aggressive. Some people believe that they need to be charitable and religious, others believe they have to be criminals. Some people wear the mask of self-sufficiency and superiority, others wear the mask of helplessness and weakness. No matter what the mask is, it has nothing to do with the truth of who you are.”
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