Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 09/06/2015

“A criança nasce amando, mas logo aprende a odiar, porque entra em contato com a inconsciência coletiva. Muito cedo ela aprende a sentir ciúme e a usar máscaras para receber o que deseja. Isso aciona um círculo vicioso que faz com que o fluxo natural do amor seja interrompido.”

“El niño nace amando, pero luego aprende a odiar, porque entra en contacto con la inconsciencia colectiva. Muy temprano aprende a sentir celos y a usar máscaras para recibir lo que desea. Esto acciona un círculo vicioso que hace que el flujo natural del amor sea interrumpido.”

"When children are born, they are loving. But soon after they learn to hate, because they come into contact with the collective unconscious. From very early on they learn to feel jealousy and to use masks to get what they want. This sets off a vicious circle that interrupts the natural flow of love.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Less Ambition, Less Disturbance

Photograph by Iva Peele
Less Ambition, Less Disturbance
The beautiful thing about having less obsessions and ambitions, and just sitting straight and watching the breathing, is that nothing will disturb us. Things only disturb us when we have an aim. When we have an aim, we become obsessed. Say our aim is to go somewhere, but somebody parks right in front of our car, blocking us. If something gets in the way of our aim, it becomes a terrible thing. If we don?t have an aim, though, it doesn't matter.

- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, "Do Nothing"

Monday, June 8, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 08/06/2015

“Você pode responder às situações da vida de duas maneiras: agindo ou reagindo. A ação é uma resposta que nasce da presença, e jamais gera sofrimento. Ela é inofensiva. A reação é o contrário. Ela sempre gera uma cadeia de consequências negativas. Por exemplo, se você come porque sente fome, apenas para suprir uma necessidade natural do seu corpo, essa resposta é positiva. Mas, quando come sem sentir fome, para aliviar uma ansiedade, você sobrecarrega o seu metabolismo, gerando consequências danosas para todo o seu sistema.”

“Puedes responder a las situaciones de la vida de dos maneras: actuando o reaccionando. La acción es una respuesta que nace de la presencia, y jamás genera sufrimiento. Es inofensiva. La reacción es lo contrario. Siempre genera una cadena de consecuencias negativas. Por ejemplo, si comes porque sientes hambre, solo para suplir una necesidad natural de tu cuerpo, esa respuesta es positiva. Pero cuando comes sin sentir hambre, para aliviar una ansiedad, sobrecargas tu metabolismo, generando consecuencias dañinas para todo tu sistema.”

“You can respond to life situations in two ways: by acting or reacting. An action is a response that is born of the present moment and it never generates suffering nor causes harm. A reaction is the opposite of this: it always sparks a chain of negative consequences. For example, if you eat because you are hungry, simply to fulfill a natural need of your body, this is a positive response. But if you eat when you are not hungry, to alleviate some anxiety, then you overload your metabolism, generating harmful consequences for your whole body.”

Today's Daily Dharma: The Music of the Mind


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The Music of the Mind
The practice of meditation involves listening closely to the music of your mind. We are not concerned in the moment about how things get to be the way they are, only that they are so very much exactly what they are.

- Andrew Olendzki, "The Music of the Mind"


Sunday, June 7, 2015

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 07/06/2015

“Um ditado popular no Brasil diz: “Quanto mais eu rezo, mais assombração me aparece”. Essa sensação é normal no início da jornada evolutiva, porque o primeiro vislumbre da Verdade geralmente é uma grande escuridão. Quando você começa a desamortecer, ou seja, quando começa a retirar as máscaras, os monstros que estavam escondidos atrás delas começam a aparecer, e isso pode ser bastante assustador.”

“Un dicho popular en Brasil dice: "Cuanto más rezo, más fantasmas me aparecen". Esta sensación es normal en el inicio del camino evolutivo, porque el primer vislumbre de la Verdad generalmente es una gran oscuridad. Cuando empiezas a salir de la anestesia, es decir, cuando empiezas a retirar las máscaras, los monstruos que estaban escondidos detrás de ellas comienzan a aparecer, y esto puede ser bastante aterrador.”

“There is a popular saying in Brazil that goes like this: ‘The more I pray, the more ghosts appear.’ This sensation is quite normal at the outset of the evolutionary journey, because the first glimpse of the truth is usually a great darkness. When you start to de-numb yourself by removing the masks, the monsters that were hiding behind them start to appear, and this can be pretty scary.”

Via Freedom From Religion Foundation / FB


Today's Daily Dharma: What Will Carry You



What Will Carry You
Just as oil rises to the top of a pot submerged in water, your virtue, your goodness, your faith, or generosity will rise to the top, and that is what will carry you to your next destination.

- The Buddha, "The Best Possible Habit"

Via Justabahai: Homosexuality – a false dichotomy?

” … I feel I can no longer associate with a religion that does not perceive LGBT rights as a true social value,” Rayshel said, adding, “I, as a gay man, find it offensive that my same-sex attraction is primarily summed up to a sex act or a perceived notion that I over-emphasize my sexuality which is seen as destructive and self-indulgent.”
Sean Rayshel in The Bay Area Reporter, 4 June 2015.


Is the Bahai Faith “a religion that does not perceive LGBT rights as a true social value?” At the practical level, that is true except where a Bahai makes it clear that they do not discriminate and that their communities do not discriminate. For the present at least, the Bahai community has something to prove in this respect.

Because of the dominance of the perception of discrimination within the Bahai community, I have to constantly state first that I am for equality for gays and lesbians and only then state that I am a Bahai. Otherwise the person I am speaking to is put off from the beginning. I have so many stories, so many encounters, in which people do a double-take and tell me, “but Bahais don’t like gays” or “Bahais discriminate.” In the Philippines, in the U.K., in New Zealand, in the U.S., in the Netherlands … people have said things such as: “Oh what is the Bahai Faith about, because when I read that you didn’t accept gays, I stopped reading” or “So tell me more – I thought the Bahai Faith was conservative” and “When I read about homosexuality being forbidden I thought it was a fundamentalist church.”


I explain that I am as much a Bahai as the person who told them that gays cannot join the Bahai Faith. Then they learn that the discrimination is not embedded in our teachings. For me it is not so much whether or not a seeker is put off but two bigger issues: that our gay children are not tormented by impossible demands, and that our community practises the essential Bahai principles of justice and equality. 

Friday, June 5, 2015

MALAFAIA VERSUS BOTICÁRIO!


Via Human Rights Campaign / FB:


Human Rights Campaign's photo.

‪#‎ICYMI‬: Hafa adai to marriage equality!🇬🇺:
‪#‎MarriageEquality‬ Reaches Guam, Where America’s Day Begins!

Read more: http://www.hrc.org/…/breaking-marriage-equality-reaches-gua…

In a historic win, marriage equality has reached Guam following a decision by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood at the U.S. District Court on Guam. The Pacific island of Guam now officially becomes the first U.S. territory where marriage equality is the law of the land.

Located just past the international date line, Guam is where America’s Day Begins & where momentum for marriage equality continues.

#‎MarriageMomentum‬ ‪#‎LoveCantWait‬ ‪#‎GuamaniansforEquality‬

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 05/06/2015

“Não é possível conhecer o amor através da mente. O amor é a respiração da vida - é a fragrância do Divino. Para conhecê-lo é preciso correr o risco de abrir mão de todas as crenças e ideias a respeito dele, pois só é possível conhecer o amor amando.”

“No es posible conocer el amor a través de la mente. El amor es la respiración de la vida - es la fragancia de lo Divino. Para conocerlo es necesario correr el riesgo de soltar todas las creencias e ideas acerca de él, pues sólo es posible conocer el amor amando.”

It’s impossible to know love through the mind. Love is the breath of life: it is the fragrance of the Divine. In order to know love, we must take a risk and let go of all our beliefs and ideas about it, because it’s only possible to know love by loving.”

Today's Daily Dharma: The Happiness of Uncertainty


Image: Untitled (Mandala # 406), Bill Armstrong
The Happiness of Uncertainty

Part of the reason we try to understand the causes of our experience is that we believe we can make these experiences happen again. The problem is, understanding also makes the experience less valuable, because we adapt to it. It?s surprising things, uncertain things, things we don?t fully comprehend that seem to bring us the greatest and longest-lasting happiness.

- Daniel Gilbert, "The Pleasure Paradox"


Thursday, June 4, 2015

David Cross: Gay Voice


Via JMG: Hate Group Leader Kayla Moore Passes Along Fake Story About Hillary Clinton



 
This weekend Foundation For Moral Law head Kayla Moore will be headlining yet another anti-gay marriage rally in Alabama. In the meantime she's posted a fake news item about Hillary Clinton from a satire site.  


Reposted from Joe Jervis

Do I Sound Gay? - Official Trailer I HD I Sundance Selects


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Via Yahoo News: Meet the plaintiff at the heart of a Supreme Court case that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide

“What we're asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We're just asking to do the same thing.”

Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s the lead plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court that this month could change gay rights in America forever. And in an exclusive interview with Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric, he explains why.

Via JMG: Occupy Democrats


Via JMG: Katie Couric Interviews Jim Obergefell


 
Via Yahoo News:
“What we're asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We're just asking to do the same thing.” Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s the lead plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court that this month could change gay rights in America forever. And in an exclusive interview with Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric, he explains why.

“It's scary to think about having the highest court in the land rule that you really are a second-class citizen and you don't deserve the same rights, the same protections, the same responsibilities as other people.” His case, Obergefell v. Hodges, rests on two questions. One is whether the Constitution requires a state where same-sex marriage is not legal to recognize a marriage licensed in a state where it is legal. The other question is whether the Constitution requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex — in other words, whether same-sex marriage should be legal nationwide.
You might need a tissue for this clip.

UPDATE: The clip won't embed properly for some reason. Hit the link at watch it at Yahoo.
Reposted from Joe Jervis

JMG CALIFORNIA: "Intolerant Jackass Act" Backers Can Start Collecting Signatures



Via CBS San Francisco:
While the status of a “Sodomite Suppression Act” proposed state ballot initiative remains in limbo, proponents of a rival “Intolerant Jackass Act” initiative were cleared by state Secretary of State Alex Padilla to begin collecting signatures Wednesday. The rival initiative would force the filer of the Sodomite Suppression Act or any similar initiative to attend sensitivity training and donate $5,000 to a pro-gay or pro-lesbian organization. When Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin filed the Sodomite Suppression Act earlier this year, which would make homosexuality punishable by death, it set off a nationwide backlash for its evident hatred and dubious constitutionality. Attorney General Kamala Harris sought a court injunction rescinding her obligation to prepare a title and summary for the initiative, a necessary step before proponents can begin gathering the 365,880 signatures necessary to get it on the ballot.
The Intolerant Jackass Act was filed by activist Charlotte Laws in late March. Last month the California Assembly approved a bill that would raise the referendum filing fee from $200 to $8000. The measure has not yet been heard by the state Senate.


Reposted from Joe Jervis

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 04/06/2015

“Estamos destruindo o planeta porque não sabemos lidar com essa forma de energia que é o dinheiro. Ele é um instrumento de troca que deve estar a serviço do Espirito. Damos ao dinheiro um grande valor emocional e acreditamos que ele trará a felicidade que tanto buscamos. Mas essa visão distorcida tem gerado grande sofrimento para a humanidade.”

“Estamos destruyendo el planeta porque no sabemos lidiar con esta forma de energía que es el dinero. Es un instrumento de intercambio que debe estar al servicio del Espíritu. Le damos al dinero un gran valor emocional y creemos que nos traerá la felicidad que tanto buscamos. Pero esta visión distorsionada ha generado gran sufrimiento para la humanidad.”

“We are destroying the planet in large part because we don’t know how to deal with money as a form of energy. Money is an exchange tool that should be at the service of the spirit. We attribute great emotional value to money and believe that it will bring us the happiness that we so desperately seek. This distorted vision has generated tremendous suffering for humanity.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Delusion Is Like a Stepladder.

 

Delusion Is Like a Stepladder

The most important point is to establish yourself in a true sense, without establishing yourself on delusion. And yet we cannot live or practice without delusion. Delusion is necessary, but delusion is not something on which you can establish yourself. It is like a stepladder. Without it you cannot climb up, but you don?t stay on the stepladder. With this confidence, you can continue to study our way.

- Shunryu Suzuki, "Brown Rice Is Just Right"

 

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Via JMG: Hillary Launches Gay Rights T-Shirt



 
From the campaign store:
"In honor of 2011 International Human Rights Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations that 'being LGBT does not make you less human….[G]ay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.' If you couldn’t give that a standing ovation then, let the world know you agree with this shirt."
It really was an astounding speech. The shirt is $30.


Reposted from Joe Jervis

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 03/06/2015

“Você é capaz de influenciar o mundo. E a melhor maneira de fazer isso é transformar a si mesmo. Além da conscientização sobre as questões ambientais e sociais, você deve tratar de ser verdadeiramente feliz, porque a felicidade vai se expandindo como ondas de luz. Você deve contribuir com o planeta fazendo a pergunta: Onde está a felicidade?”

“Eres capaz de influenciar el mundo. Y la mejor manera de hacerlo es transformarte a ti mismo. Además de la conciencia de las cuestiones ambientales y sociales, debes tratar de ser verdaderamente feliz, porque la felicidad se va expandiendo como ondas de luz. Debes contribuir con el planeta haciendo la pregunta: ¿Dónde está la felicidad?”

“You are capable of influencing the world, and the best way to do this is to transform yourself. In addition to being aware of environmental and social issues, strive to learn how to be truly happy, because happiness spreads outward as waves of light. You will make a lasting contribution to the world by posing the question: Wherein lies happiness?”

Today's Daily Dharma: Buddhism's Radical Contribution.

 Image: Allen Ginsberg in New York City, 1953, taken by William S. Burroughs


Buddhism's Radical Contribution
The central philosophy [of Buddhism] is compassion rather than the Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest. The central notion is giving your space rather than clinging to your space and making it secure. It seems to me Buddhism has a tremendous amount of wisdom to contribute right now to the huge world life political dilemma, i.e., what are the limits of compassion? What are the limits in our relationship to chaos and how do we relate to chaos? Right now, politically speaking, basic Buddhist notions are really radically different from the general popular philosophy of life that is taken for granted among intellectuals, even liberal intellectuals.

- Allen Ginsberg, "Spontaneous Intelligence"



Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Via 1.000.000 Bears / FB:


Via Occupy Democrats / FB:




Opponents of same-sex marriage like to play the "religious freedom" card, as if anyone is suggesting that churches be FORCED to conduct such marriages. In reality, it is they who are infringing on the religious liberties of others by pushing these outright bans on legal same-sex marriage. If a church wants to bless a legal marriage between two consenting adults -- same-sex or otherwise -- why shouldn't they be allowed? We strongly support the United Church of Christ in their fight for justice for sexual minorities.

Image by Occupy Democrats

JMG Twitter Exchange Of The Day




Reposted from Joe Jervis

Hundreds of Australians call for same-sex marriage in Sydney rally


JMG Headline Of The Day



 
Great piece on Politico. An excerpt:
Negative national headlines on religious freedom continue to fuel a negative image of the entire party. Both in my private conversations with and in public (and private) polling, conservatives are moving ever closer to supporting full equity for LGBT Americans. Gallup’s Values and Beliefs poll released last month showed a more than 20 percentage-point increase since 2001 in Americans (63 percent) who believe “gay and lesbian relations” are “morally acceptable”. You don’t get to a supermajority like that without Republicans. Even Texas conservatives support protecting gay and transgender folks from employment discrimination.

Republicans, like the rest of Americans, support nondiscrimination laws because most of us have gay family members, friends and co-workers and want to treat them as we would want to be treated. And having heard from moms and dads who want this great country to treat their gay child just like their straight child has been a powerful narrative. It really is all about family standing up for one another. Most people believe equality under the law can and does work well alongside protecting religious freedom — which must be and is protected, even cherished, in our Constitution.
Hit the link. It's worth a full read.


Reposted from Joe Jervis

UN Says Gays Are Victims Of Violent Abuse All Over The World


UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. human rights chief says in a new report that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are victims of “pervasive, violent abuse, harassment and discrimination” in all regions of the world and cites hundreds of hate-related killings.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said actions by some countries to reduce violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity since the last report in 2011 have been overshadowed by continuing human rights violations against these groups, too often perpetrated with impunity.

The report to the U.N. Human Rights Council that was circulated Monday cites the murder of transsexual women in Uruguay and of black lesbian women in South Africa and the killing of a gay man in Chile by neo-Nazis who carved swastikas into his body.

http://floridaagenda.com/news/international/un-says-gays-are-victims-of-violent-abuse-all-over-the-world

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 02/06/2015

“Dedique cinco minutos do seu dia para o cultivo do silêncio. Essa é uma prática muito simples que está ao alcance de todos. Cinco minutos divididos em cinco períodos de um único minuto. Escolha os períodos e silencie sempre no mesmo momento. Por exemplo: quando acorda, antes do almoço, no final do dia de trabalho, antes ou depois de uma aula e antes de dormir. Nesse instante de recolhimento você se desliga do mundo lá fora e volta-se para dentro. Seja uma testemunha que observa o que se passa sem se prender a nada. Não se prenda nem mesmo à necessidade de cumprir sessenta segundos. Pode mais ou menos tempo, o importante é lembrar do silêncio.”

“Dedica cinco minutos de tu día al cultivo del silencio. Ésta es una práctica muy simple que está al alcance de todos. Cinco minutos divididos en cinco periodos de un único minuto. Elije los períodos y silencia siempre en el mismo momento. Por ejemplo: cuando te despiertas, antes del almuerzo, al final del día de trabajo, antes o después de una clase y antes de acostarte. En este instante de recogimiento te desconectas del mundo allá afuera y te vuelves hacia adentro. Sé un testigo que observa lo que pasa sin prenderse a nada. No te prendas ni siquiera a la necesidad de cumplir sesenta segundos. Puedes más o menos tiempo, lo importante es recordar el silencio.”

“Dedicate five minutes of your day to cultivating silence. This is a very simple practice that anyone can do. Five minutes divided into five periods of a single minute. Choose when you are going to be in silence and always do this at the same time. For example, when you wake up, before lunch, at the end of your workday, before or after a class, and before you go to sleep. At this time of withdrawal, you detach from the world outside and return within. Be a witness who observes what is happening without holding on to anything. Do not even hold on to the need to get through sixty seconds – it can be more or less than a minute. The key is to remember silence.”

Via Spirit Science / FB:


Today's Daily Dharma: Impossible to Compare.


Impossible to Compare


To what shall I compare 

this life of ours? 

Even before I can say 

it is like a lightning flash 

or a dewdrop 

it is no more. 
 
- Sengai, "The Eternal Care Unit"

Monday, June 1, 2015

Via Intelligence is sexy / FB:


Via JMG: Debbie Wasserman Shultz: Celebrate Pride With An Eye On Work Still To Be Done



 
"These Republican candidates want to take us backwards, undoing the progress we’ve fought so hard to secure. Jeb Bush has said that, 'the institution of marriage is under attack in our society.' Marco Rubio said one would need to have a 'ridiculous and absurd reading of the U.S. Constitution' to think same-sex couples have the right to marry. Rand Paul, the candidate who supposedly wants to broaden the GOP’s appeal and outreach to young voters, said that same-sex marriage 'offends' him. Others, including Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Bobby Jindal, all oppose marriage equality.

There are many places around the world where people are still subjected to violence and discrimination based on who they are or who they love, particularly for the transgender community. Even here at home, we’ve failed to enact protections like the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. In just a few weeks, the Supreme Court will issue a decision on whether same-sex couples have the right to marry nationwide. This June, as we celebrate LGBT Pride Month, the LGBT community and its allies are proud to look back on the victories we’ve achieved, and rededicate ourselves to the fights still ahead."
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairperson of the Democratic National Committee, writing for the Washington Blade.


Reposted from Joe Jervis

The Baha'i Faith is Homophobic

May 18, 2015
To all Local Spiritual Assemblies
and registered Bahá'í groups


Dearest Bahá'í Friends,


A four-page letter from the Universal House of Justice on the subject of homosexuality has recently been receiving wide circulation via the Internet and through personal email lists, and we are increasingly being asked to comment on its authenticity.


The letter—dated May 9, 2014, to an individual believer in response to a personal inquiry—was indeed issued by the Supreme Body through its Department of the Secretariat. We enclose it here for your reference.


We hope that you will find this letter helpful to your work and in strengthening the friends’ understanding.


With loving Bahá'í greetings,


Kenneth E. Bowers
Secretary
National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá’ís of the United States


Enclosure
-------------------------------------------------------
The enclosure referred to in the letter, a letter from the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer dated May 9, 2014, can be accessed using the following hyperlink:

May 9, 2014 from the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer: https://app.box.com/s/g8mghbjmii8vabu1mlt9bmaom45lkzdt

The two enclosures to the May 9 letter, dated April 19 and April 23, have been available on the member services website for some time, but hyperlinks to those letters are also provided here for the friends’ ease of reference:


April 19, 2013 from the Universal House of Justice to individual believers: https://app.box.com/s/7o5p64siz6zw9qw9cckrspp00iumgigj


April 23, 2013 from the Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly: https://app.box.com/s/w6hrimjehc5n6u6w12h87wz9rfejshs1


Should you encounter any difficulty accessing the files, please contact Bahai_National_Center@usbnc.org for assistance. These letters are also provided, per usual, in the Guidance Library of our member services website, http://american.bahai.us/, under the 2015 communications of the Universal House of Justice. This email is being sent only to Local Spiritual Assembly secretaries and group correspondents.


With loving Bahá'í greetings,
Office of the Secretary
National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá’ís of the United States

Via WGB: PROFILES IN PRIDE :: June 1st - Aaron Copland


Aaron Copland
Classical composer/Conductor
(1900 –1990)

 With a distinctive ability to blend classical, folk, and jazz styles into his music, Aaron Copland broke away from “European” sensibilities to become one of the most vibrant composers of the 20thCentury.   Premiering his first symphony at the age of 24, he went on to earn countless awards and accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for Appalachian Spring; an Academy Award for his film score to “The Heiress;” and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  Among his other well know works are El Salon MexicoA Lincoln PortraitRodeo, and Fanfare for the Common Man.

. "If it's in the music, it's in the man."
-- Aaron Copland

Via Lizzy the Lezzy ? FB:


Via JMG: Maytag Celebrates Pride Month


 
Memo to Brian Brown: Maytag was acquired by Whirlpool Corporation in 2006. The largest home appliance maker in the world, Whirlpool is currently ranked at #154 on the Fortune 500 and has annual sales of $20 billion. Other Whirlpool brands include Amana, KitchenAid, and Jenn-Air.


Reposted from Joe Jervis

Via Meditación CB / FB:


♫ Música para Activar, Limpiar y Alinear los CHAKRAS ♫


Tina Turner - Sarvesham Svastir Bhavatu - (Peace Mantra + Transcription)


Spiritual Reality Power Of Meditation


Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 01/06/2015

“Estamos atravessando tempos difíceis. O sofrimento e a crueldade do mundo estão por toda parte e é inevitavelmente que você sinta isso passando por você. Em tempos como esse é preciso aprender a transmutar essas energias no seu próprio aparelho, no seu corpo, caso contrário você se desespera. É como se houvesse uma nuvem negra encobrindo sua visão e gerando medo. Você se sente muito solitário. E por mais que existam hierarquias espirituais te dando proteção e apoio, essa nuvem impede que você perceba essa conexão.” 

“Estamos atravesando tiempos difíciles. El sufrimiento y la crueldad del mundo están en todas partes y es inevitable que sientas eso pasando a través de ti. En tiempos como este, es necesario aprender a transmutar estas energías en tu propio aparato, en tu cuerpo, de lo contrario te desesperas. Es como si hubiese una nube negra cubriendo tu visión y generando miedo. Te sientes muy solo. Y por más que existan jerarquías espirituales dándote protección y apoyo, esta nube impide que percibas esa conexión” 

“We are experiencing difficult times on Earth. Suffering and cruelty are all around us in the world, and it is inevitable that we will feel this passing through us. At times like this we need to learn how to transform these energies within ourselves through our bodies, otherwise we will enter into despair. It’s as though a black cloud is blocking our vision and generating fear. We feel very alone, and even though spiritual hierarchies really are protecting and supporting us, this cloud prevents us from perceiving this connection.”

Today's Daily Dharma: A Voice from the Outside



A Voice from the Outside
The recluse appears to be useless. He?s off in the middle of nowhere, doing nothing. And yet what he?s able to see because of his doing nothing is important for everyone. It would be nice if the shakers and the movers were able to see what the recluse sees, now and then.

- David Budbill, "A Voice from the Outside"

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Via Washington Post: If I understand the history correctly…

"If I understand the history correctly, in the late 1990s, the President was impeached for lying about a sexual affair by a House of Representatives led by a man who was also then hiding a sexual affair, who was supposed to be replaced by another Congressman who stepped down when forced to reveal that he too was having a sexual affair, which led to the election of a new Speaker of the House who now has been indicted for lying about payments covering up his sexual contact with a boy. "

Make the jump here to read the full article