Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Gayatri Mantra 108 Times With Lyrics - Chanting By Brahmins - Peaceful Chant




Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ 
tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ 
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi 
dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt

Via JMG: Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority

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Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority

Politico reports:
White Christians now make up less than half of the U.S. population, largely receding from the majorities of most demographic groups, with one notable exception: the Republican Party. According to the latest results from Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape survey published Monday by National Journal’s Next America project, just 46 percent of American adults are white Christians, down from 55 percent in 2007.
At the same time, according to the report, the share of white Christians identifying as Republican has remained steady, even equal with the share of the party that carried President Ronald Reagan to his 1984 reelection. Nearly seven in 10 white Christians — 69 percent — identify with or lean toward the GOP, while just 31 percent do the same with Democrats.
More from the National Journal:
Even as White Chris­ti­ans shrink in their over­all num­bers, they still ac­count for nearly sev­en-in-10 Amer­ic­ans who identi­fy with, or lean to­ward, the Re­pub­lic­an Party, the Pew study found. White Chris­ti­ans, in fact, rep­res­ent as large a share of the Re­pub­lic­an co­ali­tion today as they did of Amer­ic­an so­ci­ety over­all in 1984, when Ron­ald Re­agan won reelec­tion. A clear ma­jor­ity of all White Chris­ti­ans across the United States now identi­fy as Re­pub­lic­an, Pew found.
In sharp con­trast, the Pew data show, the Demo­crat­ic co­ali­tion has evolved in­to a three-legged stool that di­vides al­most evenly between White Chris­ti­ans, non-White Chris­ti­ans, and those from all races who identi­fy either with a non-Chris­ti­an faith or, in­creas­ingly, with no re­li­gious tra­di­tion at all. Most Amer­ic­ans who don’t identi­fy with any re­li­gious faith – a rap­idly grow­ing group—now align with Demo­crats.


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Via JMG: It Gets Better Celebrates Five Years [VIDEO]


Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 24/11/2015

“Você está aqui para aprender a dirigir o seu veículo, o corpo. A mente é parte do corpo. Se o veículo anda sem condutor, inevitavelmente encontra um poste ou um abismo. Se a mente não tem condutor, ela é conduzida por impulsos inconscientes.Conduzir o veículo significa escolher quando e para onde você vai.Essa é uma metáfora para o estado de equanimidade mental gerado pela presença. Isso só é possível quando você pode ocupar o seu corpo.”

“Estás aquí para aprender a manejar tu vehículo, el cuerpo. La mente es parte del cuerpo. Si el vehículo anda sin conductor, inevitablemente encuentra un poste o un abismo. Si la mente no tiene conductor, es conducida por impulsos inconscientes. Conducir el vehículo significa elegir cuándo y para dónde vas. Esta es una metáfora para el estado de ecuanimidad mental generado por la presencia. Esto solo es posible cuando puedes ocupar tu cuerpo.”

“You are here to learn how to drive your vehicle, which is your body. The mind is a part of the body. If the vehicle moves without a driver, it will inevitably drive into a light post, or worse,down a cliff. If the mind doesn’t have a driver, it is conducted by unconscious impulses. Driving a vehicle means deciding when and where you want to go. This is a metaphor for the state of mental equanimity generated by presence. This is only possible when you are able to occupy your body.”

Via Lion's Roar: Orginal Caligraphy of Thich Nhat Hanh

Today's Daily Dharma: Two Aspects of the Path

Two Aspects of the Path
The spiritual path consists of two aspects: seeing beyond the limited self and refining the limited self. As you move along this path, you have to consistently attend to both.
—Shinzen Young, "The Point of Contact"
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Monday, November 23, 2015

Deva Premal & Miten in Concert (Byron Bay 2008)


Om Namo Bhagavate /Gayatri Mantra - Deva Premal & Miten


Deva Premal - Gayatri Mantra: For the Rio Doce // Para o Rio Doce


Via Tricycle


Via God / FB:


Bernie Sanders Draws Distinction On Gay Rights | MSNBC


Via Chico Xavier e amigos / FB:

 
Chico Xavier e amigos's photo.



ORAÇÃO NOSSA
 

Senhor,
ensina-nos a orar sem esquecer o trabalho,
a dar sem olhar a quem,
a servir sem perguntar até quando,
a sofrer sem magoar seja a quem for,
a progredir sem perder a simplicidade,
a semear o bem sem pensar nos resultados,
a desculpar sem condições,
a marchar para a frente sem contar os obstáculos,
a ver sem malícia,
a escutar sem corromper os assuntos,
a falar sem ferir,
a compreender o próximo sem exigir entendimento,
a respeitar os semelhantes sem reclamar consideração,
a dar o melhor de nós, além da execução do próprio dever sem cobrar taxas de reconhecimento.
Senhor,
fortalece em nós a paciência para com as dificuldades dos outros, assim como precisamos da paciência dos outros para com as nossas próprias dificuldades.
Ajuda-nos para que a ninguém façamos aquilo que não desejamos para nós.
Auxilia-nos sobretudo a reconhecer que a nossa felicidade mais alta será invariavelmente aquela de cumprir-Te os desígnios, onde e como queiras, hoje, agora e sempre.


-Chico Xavier/Emmanuel - Livro: À Luz da Oração

Via Elephant Journal: Buddhist Advice on How to deal with Difficult Emotions

Elephant was honored to host Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche at Camp Elephant, our HQ in Boulder, Colorado. We discussed how and why to meditate. Rinpoche offered how meditation applies to life—with all its ups and downs by leading us through a practice.



Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 23/11/2015

“Luz e sombra passam constantemente pelo nosso sistema e nós temos a tendência de querer segurar os sentimentos e pensamentos luminosos e de sair correndo dos sentimentos e pensamentos sombrios. Porém, o apego e a aversão constituem a dinâmica mental que mantém a identificação com a ilusão. Através das práticas espirituais e da auto-observação é possível dissolver essa dinâmica e desenvolver equanimidade mental.”

“Luz y sombra pasan constantemente a través de nuestro sistema y tenemos la tendencia de querer sostener los sentimientos y pensamientos luminosos y de huir de los sentimientos y pensamientos oscuros. Sin embargo, el apego y la aversión constituyen la dinámica mental que mantiene la identificación con la ilusión. A través de las prácticas espirituales y de la auto-observación es posible disolver esta dinámica y desarrollar la ecuanimidad mental.”

“Light and shadow are constantly passing through our systems. Our tendency is to want to hold on to the feelings and thoughts that are light-filled and to flee from the shadowy thoughts and feelings. Attachment and aversion make up the mental dynamics that keep us identified with illusion. Through spiritual practices and self-observation, it can be possible to dissolve this dynamic and to develop mental equanimity.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Doing What We Can

Doing What We Can
We don’t have to look at others and be critical of their lack of virtue. Even when those close to us can’t practice, we should do what we can first. Before we worry about the deficiencies of others, those of us who understand and can practice should do
that straightaway.
—Ajahn Chah, "Meeting the Dharma Alone"
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Via Tao & Zen / FB: ~ Learn to Be Still ~




“Notice... how quiet it becomes, in your mind... that state in between thoughts, where there is nothing going on, in that second, in that moment, when the mind is total quiet, the thoughts are not moving any longer.

This is your true Self, in that moment, in between thoughts. Stay in that moment. Learn to put yourself in that state, whether you are in the market place or you
are in a temple, wherever you are, learn to be still.

It makes no difference what is going on around you. It makes no difference what other people are doing. You be still. When you are still, then there’s peace. When you are still, there’s happiness. Can you ever imagine a person who is being happy all the time, for no reason whatsoever?

Most of us have been taught that to be happy we have to receive something good. We have to have something nice happen to us to be happy, otherwise we are miserable. Yet the truth is, happiness is your very nature, unalloyed happiness, eternal happiness, forever happiness.”

~ Robert Adams

Learn to Be Still - The Eagles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBfeXmCtgDU

Surrender - The Conscious Process
https://theconsciousprocess.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/surrender-2/

Via Tao & Zen / FB:



At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. Be free where you are.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 22/11/15

“Ao realizar o serviço desinteressado você também está realizando um trabalho espiritual de purificação. O serviço é uma poderosa ferramenta de autoconhecimento. Mas, não existe somente o serviço feito dentro da comunidade espiritual. O trabalho que você realiza no mundo também é uma prática na qual você pode servir ao propósito maior. Não importa qual é o seu trabalho, se existe essa consciência do serviço, você se sente pleno; você fica feliz ao levantar da cama de manhã.”

“Al realizar servicio desinteresado también estás realizando un trabajo espiritual de purificación. El servicio es una poderosa herramienta de autoconocimiento. Pero no existe sólo el servicio hecho dentro de la comunidad espiritual. El trabajo que realizas en el mundo también es una práctica en la cual puedes servir al propósito mayor. No importa cuál es tu trabajo, si existe esta conciencia del servicio, te sientes pleno; te sientes feliz al levantarte de la cama por la mañana.”

“By doing selfless service, you are also undergoing a process of spiritual purification. Service is a powerful tool for self-discovery. But there is not only service to do within a spiritual community. The work that you do in the world is also a practice in which you can serve a greater purpose. Regardless of what your actual work may be, if you are aware of this service, you will feel fulfilled. You will feel happy to wake up in the morning.”