Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Via Huffington: Glitter in the Woods: A Week at 'Camp' Camp
Nestled in the woods alongside a splendid lake, about 45 minutes
outside of Portland, Maine, there emerges once a year the most wonderful
LGBT space in the country. No, Disney World hasn't set up a new outpost
and no, it's not an Indigo Girls theme park. It's called 'Camp' Camp,
a LGBT adult summer camp, and for nineteen years, folks from all over
the world who identify with some color on the LGBT gender and sexuality
rainbow have been flocking to this Brigadoon-like place for a magical
summer experience.
I first heard about 'Camp' Camp five years ago after reading Joel Derfner's wonderful memoir Swish, but the stars didn't align themselves for me to go until this summer. I had never been to overnight camp before and I was hesitant, but from the handful of 'Camp' Camp alumni whom I met over the years, they always spoke about the place as if they had drunk some crazy Kool Aid, returning there summer after summer. Could it really be that good? In the end, I realized, there was only one way to find out, and so, with my single bag packed -- I was a light packer compared to many of the gay men who schlepped two or three suitcases, some with just shoes -- I boarded my flight to Portland, not knowing a single soul and a bit petrified. Would this just be like almost every gay bar experience in my life in which I felt myself standing along the sidelines while cliquely gaggles of gays ignored me?
The answer quickly made itself apparent. As I walked into the lodge at 'Camp' Camp, it was like being welcomed in a big warm embrace, at times, literally so. People couldn't wait to greet me, ask me questions and make me feel right at home. There were over two hundred people there this summer from so many walks of life. Men, women and folks who didn't identify with any one gender category. Folks in their 20s up through those in their 60s and 70s. Teachers, pastors, professional opera singers and retirees. Singles and couples (some with and without their partners present). Urban dwellers and individuals who lived in remote outposts.
As if I had fallen through Alice's looking glass, the week that followed was one of sublime fun and exuberant liberation, coupled with a profound sense of being accepted for who I am as a gay man. 'Camp' Camp has everything you could imagine at a great summer camp: arts and crafts, sports, boating and swimming, plus some delicious food (don't worry, there's no bug juice or chicken nuggets on the menu). But it's at night when 'Camp' Camp really comes into its own. On the night of the first full day, the camp hosts its Barn Dance and campers, many outfitted in cowboy shirts, boots and bandanas, square danced all night to a live band. As I promenaded and dosey-doed around the room to the caller's instructions (all with a handsome boy on my arm), watching the smiling faces of my fellow campers, I felt like I was having a bit of an out-of-body experience. When was the last time I felt so uninhibited and free? Honestly, I couldn't remember. In the evenings that followed with a game show night and karaoke, I found myself laughing and grinning in ways that I hadn't for a long time.
I first heard about 'Camp' Camp five years ago after reading Joel Derfner's wonderful memoir Swish, but the stars didn't align themselves for me to go until this summer. I had never been to overnight camp before and I was hesitant, but from the handful of 'Camp' Camp alumni whom I met over the years, they always spoke about the place as if they had drunk some crazy Kool Aid, returning there summer after summer. Could it really be that good? In the end, I realized, there was only one way to find out, and so, with my single bag packed -- I was a light packer compared to many of the gay men who schlepped two or three suitcases, some with just shoes -- I boarded my flight to Portland, not knowing a single soul and a bit petrified. Would this just be like almost every gay bar experience in my life in which I felt myself standing along the sidelines while cliquely gaggles of gays ignored me?
The answer quickly made itself apparent. As I walked into the lodge at 'Camp' Camp, it was like being welcomed in a big warm embrace, at times, literally so. People couldn't wait to greet me, ask me questions and make me feel right at home. There were over two hundred people there this summer from so many walks of life. Men, women and folks who didn't identify with any one gender category. Folks in their 20s up through those in their 60s and 70s. Teachers, pastors, professional opera singers and retirees. Singles and couples (some with and without their partners present). Urban dwellers and individuals who lived in remote outposts.
As if I had fallen through Alice's looking glass, the week that followed was one of sublime fun and exuberant liberation, coupled with a profound sense of being accepted for who I am as a gay man. 'Camp' Camp has everything you could imagine at a great summer camp: arts and crafts, sports, boating and swimming, plus some delicious food (don't worry, there's no bug juice or chicken nuggets on the menu). But it's at night when 'Camp' Camp really comes into its own. On the night of the first full day, the camp hosts its Barn Dance and campers, many outfitted in cowboy shirts, boots and bandanas, square danced all night to a live band. As I promenaded and dosey-doed around the room to the caller's instructions (all with a handsome boy on my arm), watching the smiling faces of my fellow campers, I felt like I was having a bit of an out-of-body experience. When was the last time I felt so uninhibited and free? Honestly, I couldn't remember. In the evenings that followed with a game show night and karaoke, I found myself laughing and grinning in ways that I hadn't for a long time.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 02/09/2015
“O medo é um portal. Ele pode te levar para outras dimensões - pessoais e transpessoais - já que existe o aspecto individual e o aspecto coletivo dele. Muitas vezes você canaliza um grande medo, que não sabe de onde vem e não consegue relacionar com a sua vida. Mas, se você sente e se identifica, de alguma maneira isso está conectado a sua história pessoal.”
“El miedo es un portal. Él te puede llevar a otras dimensiones
- personales y transpersonales - ya que existe el aspecto individual y
el aspecto colectivo de éste. Muchas veces canalizas un gran miedo, que
no sabes de dónde viene y no consigues relacionarlo con tu vida. Pero si
lo sientes y te identificas, de alguna manera esto está conectado a tu
historia personal.”
“Fear
acts as a doorway. It can take you to other dimensions, both personal
and transpersonal, which stem from the individual and collective aspect
of fear. Oftentimes, we act as channels of a fear that comes out of the
blue and seems to have nothing to do with our own lives. Still, if we
feel this fear and get identified with it, then this fear must be
connected to our own personal story in one way or another.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Always a Full Moon.
Always a Full Moon
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If one seeks understanding with a vacant mind, the moon seems full each and every moment. |
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
JMG Quote Of The Day – John Corvino
RELATED: Several years ago Corvino co-authored Debating Same-Sex Marriage with former NOM president Maggie Gallagher.
Make the jump here to read the original on JMG
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 01/09/2015
“O verdadeiro amor só é possível quando nos libertamos do passado. E
nos libertamos do passado somente quando nos harmonizamos com ele. Não é
fugindo ou fingindo que ele não existe - é olhando de frente e
permitindo-se compreender porque as coisas aconteceram como aconteceram.
E uma forma de fazer isso é observando e estudando as repetições
negativas e fazendo a relação de causa e efeito, ou seja, relacionando o
passado com o presente.”
“El verdadero amor solo es posible cuando nos liberamos del pasado. Y
nos liberamos del pasado solo cuando nos armonizamos con él. No es
huyendo o fingiendo que no existe - es mirándolo de frente y
permitiéndose comprender por qué las cosas sucedieron como sucedieron. Y
una forma de hacer eso, es observando y estudiando las repeticiones
negativas y haciendo la relación de causa y efecto, es decir,
relacionando el pasado con el presente.”
“Real love is only possible when we can liberate ourselves from the past. We are only liberated from our past once we have harmonized ourselves with it, which can't happen by running away from it or pretending that it doesn’t exist. We must face our past and allow ourselves to understand why things happened as they did. This understanding dawns as we observe the negative repetitions in our lives, really studying the connection between cause and effect, and thereby relating our past to the present moment.”
“Real love is only possible when we can liberate ourselves from the past. We are only liberated from our past once we have harmonized ourselves with it, which can't happen by running away from it or pretending that it doesn’t exist. We must face our past and allow ourselves to understand why things happened as they did. This understanding dawns as we observe the negative repetitions in our lives, really studying the connection between cause and effect, and thereby relating our past to the present moment.”
Today's Daily Dharma: A Love-Hate Relationship with Our Time
A Love-Hate Relationship with Our Time
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There's a tension between the part of us that wants to move along at speed, infatuated with our ever-proliferating array of screens and gadgets, and the part of us that deeply hates them, too. There's the part that doesn't want to be bothered with other people's lives and is therefore comfortable with the false proximity that social media affords. But there's also the part that is heartbroken at the loneliness and isolation of the life we are living—the part that requires medication and constant distraction just to endure it. |
Monday, August 31, 2015
Ram Dass, Love Serve Rememberia Ram Dass, Love Serve Remember: Remembering Wayne Dyer by Raghu Markus
I met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released from the hospital in
Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the
island to renew his healing. But there was the question of how Ram Dass
would be able to be sustained when in that moment, after having given
away most of his royalties for his books and no longer being able to
travel, he had no assets to support himself.
When Wayne heard about Ram Dass’ release from
the hospital he asked to pay a visit. I remember clearly how Wayne
expressed his gratitude for Ram Dass’ mentorship in the early part of
his life as he was transforming into the spiritual teacher he became to
so many people.
I
met Wayne Dyer soon after Ram Dass was released form the hospital in
Maui, when he decided that he was going to remain in Maui to allow the
island to rene
ramdass.org
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 31/08/2015
“Se existe um remédio para o planeta, esse remédio é a compaixão. A
compaixão é um transbordamento de amor. Quando o amor transborda a ponto
de você fazer empatia com o outro e verdadeiramente se colocar no lugar
dele, você não sente raiva ou trata mal. Mas, o que o ser humano tem
feito é justamente o contrário: temos tratado o mal com um mal ainda
maior. Essa é a raiz da miséria que vemos no mundo. Miséria é ausência de humanidade, ausência de compaixão.”
“Si existe un remedio para el planeta, ese remedio es la compasión. La
compasión es un desbordamiento de amor. Cuando el amor desborda al
punto de generar empatía con el otro y verdaderamente colocarse en el
lugar de él, no sientes rabia o no lo tratas mal. Pero lo que el ser
humano ha hecho es justamente lo contrario: hemos tratado el mal con un
mal aún mayor. Esa es la raíz de la miseria que vemos en el mundo.
Miseria es ausencia de humanidad, ausencia de compasión.”
“If there is a cure for the planet, the cure is compassion. Compassion is love overflowing. When love overflows to the point where we feel empathy for the other and we truly put ourselves in their shoes, we no longer feel anger towards them or treat them badly. However, human beings tend to do the exact opposite: we treat evil with an even greater evil. This is the root of all the misery we see in the world. Misery is the absence of humanity; it is the absence of compassion.”
“If there is a cure for the planet, the cure is compassion. Compassion is love overflowing. When love overflows to the point where we feel empathy for the other and we truly put ourselves in their shoes, we no longer feel anger towards them or treat them badly. However, human beings tend to do the exact opposite: we treat evil with an even greater evil. This is the root of all the misery we see in the world. Misery is the absence of humanity; it is the absence of compassion.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Rethinking Rebirth
Rethinking Rebirth
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Rebirth as a myth or metaphor, which is part of a larger architecture of the mind, asks us to resist the pressure to believe that the future will deliver or redeem us. It reminds us that we are bound to everyone, and that by helping others we discover an unacknowledged, undervalued part of ourselves. |
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 30/08/2015
“Tenho focado naquilo que chamo de “espiritualidade prática”, cuja
principal ferramenta são os relacionamentos. Tenho dito que,
independentemente da montanha de defeitos do outro, você deve olhar para
o grão de defeitos em si mesmo. Porque, se você está incomodado com o
outro, significa que ele tem algo a te ensinar. Se você está aí é porque
precisa aprender alguma coisa nesse lugar.”
“He enfocado en aquello que llamo “espiritualidad práctica”, cuya principal herramienta son las relaciones. Como ya he dicho otras veces, independientemente de la montaña de defectos del otro, debes mirar el grano de defectos en ti mismo. Porque si estás molesto con el otro, significa que él tiene algo que enseñarte. Si estás ahí es porque necesitas aprender alguna cosa en ese lugar.”
“He enfocado en aquello que llamo “espiritualidad práctica”, cuya principal herramienta son las relaciones. Como ya he dicho otras veces, independientemente de la montaña de defectos del otro, debes mirar el grano de defectos en ti mismo. Porque si estás molesto con el otro, significa que él tiene algo que enseñarte. Si estás ahí es porque necesitas aprender alguna cosa en ese lugar.”
“I have been focusing on what I call ‘practical spirituality,’ whose
main asset is relationships. Regardless of the mountain of defects in
the other, we must look at the grain of defect in ourselves. If we are
bothered by the other, it means that they have something to teach us. If
we are in this position, it’s because we need to learn something here.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Whose Buddhism Is Truest?
Whose Buddhism Is Truest?
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Just
as our search for an original set of Buddha’s definitive words failed,
and all we were left with were provisional versions, in the same way a
search for the Buddha’s definitive meaning fails too. What we have are
traditions of interpretation. But that’s not the kind of authority we
imagine when we claim sectarian primacy. Sectarian authority claims
assume solid essentialist ground. That type of ground is just not there.
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Saturday, August 29, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 29/08/2015
“Um dos mais profundos condicionamentos do ser humano é acreditar que a
sua felicidade depende do outro. Por conta disso você tenta fazer do
outro um escravo para atender suas necessidades. Você exige que ele seja
do jeito que você quer, porque somente assim você se sente amado. Mas
se ele age um pouco diferente, sua ‘felicidade’ acaba. Essa felicidade
que depende da forma do outro agir é uma grande ilusão, é um produto da mente condicionada. A verdadeira felicidade é aquela que vem de dentro de você.”
“Uno de los más profundos condicionamientos del ser humano es creer
que tu felicidad depende del otro. Por eso intentas hacer del otro un
esclavo para atender tus necesidades. Exiges que él sea de la manera que
tú quieres, porque solamente así te sientes amado. Pero si él actúa un
poco diferente, tu ‘felicidad’ se acaba. Esa felicidad que depende de la
forma en que actúa el otro es una gran ilusión, es un producto de la
mente condicionada. La verdadera felicidad es aquella que viene de
adentro tuyo.”
“One of the deepest conditionings of the human being is to believe that one’s happiness is dependent on the other. Due to this belief, we try to make the other into a slave who will attend to all our needs. We demand that the other be exactly how we want them to be, because this is the only way we feel loved. If the other acts a bit differently, our ‘happiness’ disappears. This happiness that depends on the other’s actions is a great illusion and a product of the conditioned mind. True happiness comes from within.”
“One of the deepest conditionings of the human being is to believe that one’s happiness is dependent on the other. Due to this belief, we try to make the other into a slave who will attend to all our needs. We demand that the other be exactly how we want them to be, because this is the only way we feel loved. If the other acts a bit differently, our ‘happiness’ disappears. This happiness that depends on the other’s actions is a great illusion and a product of the conditioned mind. True happiness comes from within.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Ending the Internal Divide
Ending the Internal Divide
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Most
human beings spend their lives battling with opposing inner forces:
what they think they should do versus what they are doing; how they feel
about themselves versus how they are; whether they think they’re right
and worthy or wrong and unworthy. The separate self is just the
conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner
division drops away with it.
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Friday, August 28, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 28/08/2015
“O objetivo maior de um relacionamento amoroso é a sustentação do
êxtase através da conexão da energia sexual com o coração. É promover o
encontro de duas correntes de aquiescência, duas correntes positivas -
dois “sim”. Esse encontro aponta a direção da suprema liberdade. Um
encontro dessa natureza só é possível se existe amor e liberdade.”
“El objetivo mayor de una relación amorosa es sustentar el éxtasis a través de la conexión de la energía sexual con el corazón. Es promover el encuentro de dos corrientes de aceptación, dos corrientes positivas – dos “sí”. Este encuentro apunta la dirección de la suprema libertad. Un encuentro de esta naturaleza solo es posible si existe amor y libertad.”
“El objetivo mayor de una relación amorosa es sustentar el éxtasis a través de la conexión de la energía sexual con el corazón. Es promover el encuentro de dos corrientes de aceptación, dos corrientes positivas – dos “sí”. Este encuentro apunta la dirección de la suprema libertad. Un encuentro de esta naturaleza solo es posible si existe amor y libertad.”
“The greatest goal of a loving relationship is to be able to sustain
ecstasy by connecting one’s sexual energy with the heart. This means
supporting the encounter of two ascending positive currents that are
both saying yes. This encounter paves the way towards ultimate freedom.
An encounter of this nature is only possible if there is love and
freedom.”
Today's Daily Dharma: What Makes a Buddha
What Makes a Buddha
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Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are sentient beings.
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 27/08/2015
“Em determinado momento da jornada evolutiva a entidade humana passa
por uma cisão. Ela rompe com a própria essência. Ela perde a
espontaneidade e a inocência ela passa a usar uma máscara que serve para
agradar aos outros, para ser aceita e para receber o que quer: amor.”
“At a certain moment along the evolutionary journey, we human beings experience a split from our own essence. We lose our spontaneity and innocence and begin to use a mask that serves to please others. We use these masks in order to be accepted and to receive what we want, which is love.”
“At a certain moment along the evolutionary journey, we human beings experience a split from our own essence. We lose our spontaneity and innocence and begin to use a mask that serves to please others. We use these masks in order to be accepted and to receive what we want, which is love.”
“En un determinado momento del camino evolutivo, la entidad humana
pasa por una ruptura. Ella rompe con la propia esencia. Pierde la
espontaneidad y la inocencia y pasa a usar una máscara que sirve para
agradar a los otros, para ser aceptada y para recibir lo que quiere:
amor.”
Today's Daily Dharma: A Single Handful
A Single Handful
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Compared
to all the myriad things in the world, the root principles to be
practiced for the complete extinction of dukkha [suffering] amount to a
single handful.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Via WGB: ISIS throws nine gay men from building
The Jihadist group have branded LGBTI people the ‘worst of creatures’ and claim responsibility for at least 30 other executions for ‘sodomy.’
They have not yet published photos of the latest killings as they have done previously.
‘Gunmen belonging to ISIS threw on Sunday nine civilians from the top of a high building in the city of Mosul after being accused of homosexuality,’ a source, who wished to remain anonymous, told IraqNews.com.
‘ISIS militants rounded up a number of citizens in the city to see the implementation of the judgment of the so-called Sharia judge.’ Full story here!
JMG KENTUCKY: State Faces $2.3M In Marriage Battle Legal Fees
Attorneys for the good guys have handed Kentucky a demand for $2.3M in legal fees. The Lexington Herald-Leader has more: Gov. Steve Beshear hired lawyers to defend the state of Kentucky’s ban on gay marriage for two years in the federal courts, arguing that Kentuckians deserved “finality and understanding of what the law is.” Understanding can be expensive. Two months...
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JMG AUSTRALIA: Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard Reverses Position, Now Says She Supports Same-Sex Marriage
After voting against a 2012 same-sex marriage bill while Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard now says she’s changed her mind. Via the Sydney Morning Herald:
“Given the 1970s feminist in me saw much to be concerned with from a gender perspective with traditional marriage, I thought the better approach was not to change the old but to create something new,” she said during The Michael Kirby Lecture at Victoria University. “In my time post-politics, as key countries have moved to embrace same-sex marriage, I have identified that my preferred reform direction was most assuredly not winning hearts and minds.” Ms Gillard said she assumed at the time the Coalition would have eventually allowed a conscience vote on the issue and marriage equality would have became law. “My position would have been overtaken by history, something which would have caused me no heartburn,” she said. “Now, given the discussion of a plebiscite or a referendum, I find myself in a world where these assumptions have been upended.” Ms Gillard called for a conscience vote on the issue soon after the next election, and said she would vote in favour of same-sex marriage if she was still in parliament.Australia’s first female prime minister, Gillard held office from 2010 to 2013. She is a self-described atheist, which is virtually unheard of for a major head of government.
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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 26/08/2015
“Conheça a ti mesmo e conhecerás o universo. Aquilo que não está aqui
não está em lugar algum. Por isso precisamos nos tornar exploradores da
consciência. Essa é uma tarefa bastante desafiadora porque dentro de nós
existem recantos escuros, cheios de dor, sentimentos aterrorizantes e
mortificantes. Mas isso faz parte da vida de um explorador de si mesmo. O
seu trabalho é desenvolver o testemunhar, ou seja, é aprender a observar
o que é transitório sem se identificar. Você observa e deixa passar. E,
aos poucos, você vai conhecendo quem é você de verdade. Você é aquilo
que permanece.”
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“Conócete a ti mismo y conocerás el universo. Aquello que no está aquí
no está en ningún lugar. Por eso necesitamos volvernos exploradores de
la consciencia. Esta es una tarea bastante desafiante porque dentro de
nosotros existen rincones oscuros, llenos de dolor, sentimientos
aterrorizantes y mortificantes. Pero eso es parte de la vida de un
explorador de sí mismo. Tu trabajo es desarrollar el observador, es
decir, es aprender a observar lo que es transitorio sin identificarte.
Observas y dejas pasar. Y de a poco, vas conociendo quien eres tú en
verdad. Eres aquello que permanece.”
“To understand ourselves is to understand the universe. That which is not here is nowhere. This is why we strive to become explorers of consciousness. This is an extremely challenging task because there are dark corners within us that are full of pain as well as terrifying and mortifying feelings. This is all a part of the life of a self-explorer. Our work is to develop the witness and to learn how to observe what is transitory without becoming identified with it. We just observe and let it all pass. Slowly, we get to know who we truly are, for we are what remains.”
“To understand ourselves is to understand the universe. That which is not here is nowhere. This is why we strive to become explorers of consciousness. This is an extremely challenging task because there are dark corners within us that are full of pain as well as terrifying and mortifying feelings. This is all a part of the life of a self-explorer. Our work is to develop the witness and to learn how to observe what is transitory without becoming identified with it. We just observe and let it all pass. Slowly, we get to know who we truly are, for we are what remains.”
Today's Daily Dharma: The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line
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We
have created our problems, and only we can solve them. That becomes
something of a bottom line for Buddhists. We need to train our minds to
be less attached, less mistaken, less shortsighted, and, most of all,
less self-centered.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 25/08/2015
“Estar no caminho espiritual significa se tornar um explorador da
consciência; é desvendar a de si mesmo. Todo o universo está aqui,
dentro de nós, portanto há muito o que desvendar, e é natural que você
se depare com lugares desconhecidos, que acordam sentimentos que você
não compreende. Aos poucos, na medida da sua vontade de se conhecer,
você recebe a luz da compreensão. Mas esse é um processo que requer
muita paciência e persistência, pois serão muitos os lugares sombrios que você vai atravessar.”
“Estar en el camino espiritual significa volverse un explorador de la
consciencia, es develar la de uno mismo. Todo el universo está aquí,
dentro de nosotros por lo tanto hay mucho que develar y es natural que
te depares con lugares desconocidos que despiertan sentimientos que no
comprendes. De a poco, en la medida de tu voluntad de conocerte, recibes
la luz de la comprensión. Pero este es un proceso que requiere de mucha
paciencia y persistencia, porque serán muchos los lugares sombríos que
vas a atravesar.”
“To be on the spiritual path means to become an explorer of consciousness, to unveil who we are. The whole universe exists here, inside of us, and there is much to unveil. It is natural that we encounter unknown places that awaken feelings we do not understand. Slowly, as our willingness to get to know ourselves increases, we receive the light of comprehension. This is a process that requires a lot of patience and persistence, as there are many shadowy places that we will pass through.”
“To be on the spiritual path means to become an explorer of consciousness, to unveil who we are. The whole universe exists here, inside of us, and there is much to unveil. It is natural that we encounter unknown places that awaken feelings we do not understand. Slowly, as our willingness to get to know ourselves increases, we receive the light of comprehension. This is a process that requires a lot of patience and persistence, as there are many shadowy places that we will pass through.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Pragmatic Buddhism
Pragmatic Buddhism
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I
became enamored of [Buddhism] when I realized its basic tenet began by
saying, essentially, 'Life sucks and then you die, so what’s that all
about?' This was the religion for me. This was a framework I could use
to examine my actual experience. Far from the promise of
pie-in-a-big-sky afterlife, this was about dealing with the fear that
comes when you realize nothing is going to save your ass.
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Via LGBT Worldwide / FB: MORE REPUBLICAN BILLS THAT DO NOTHING BUT PROMOTE SEGREGATION AND HATE
The Republicans recently introduced a bill into the House of Representatives called the First Amendment Defense Act.
In a nutshell, it’s a bill that allows discrimination. Period.
In a nutshell, it’s a bill that allows discrimination. Period.
Go ahead and spin it any way you want. Put an addendum on it. At the
end of the day, it’s still a bill that allows and even encourages
discrimination against same-sex marriage, including such telling phrases
as:
(1) Leading legal scholars concur that conflicts between same-sex marriage and religious liberty are real and should be legislatively addressed…
(a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government shall not take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.
There’s more – if you’re interested, you can read the rest here. But be prepared for a lot of Republican balderdash.
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(1) Leading legal scholars concur that conflicts between same-sex marriage and religious liberty are real and should be legislatively addressed…
(a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government shall not take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.
There’s more – if you’re interested, you can read the rest here. But be prepared for a lot of Republican balderdash.
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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 24/08/2015
“Tenho tentado dar passagem para o conhecimento de uma forma simples,
procurando mostrar caminhos para uma espiritualidade prática. Nesse
intento, estou trabalhando para ressignificar o conceito de “iluminação
espiritual”. Tenho dito que estamos aqui única e exclusivamente para
acordar o Amor desinteressado, pois esse Amor desperto é sinônimo de
iluminação espiritual.”
"I have been trying to find a way to convey wisdom simply, building a path of practical spirituality. With this purpose, I am working to reframe the concept of spiritual enlightenment. We are here solely to awaken selfless love, as this awakened love is synonymous with spiritual enlightenment. "
"I have been trying to find a way to convey wisdom simply, building a path of practical spirituality. With this purpose, I am working to reframe the concept of spiritual enlightenment. We are here solely to awaken selfless love, as this awakened love is synonymous with spiritual enlightenment. "
Today's Daily Dharma: Die Happily
Die Happily
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There
are three types of practitioners: practitioners of small capacity, who
die without fear; practitioners of middle capacity, who die without
regrets; and practitioners of the utmost capacity, who die happily.
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