“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power
Right
understanding (and right functioning) of the mind does not come from
thinking, but from actively and attentively observing the complex
constellation of energies and activities of mind.
Stuart Smithers, “Minding the Storehouse”
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It is the Feast Day of SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL, martyred lovers According to their Acts, which are of a legendary character and without recorded historical foundation, the martyrs were eunuchs (Galli) of Constantina daughter of Constantine the Great, and became acquainted with a certain Gallicanus, who built a church in Ostia. At the command of Julian the Apostate, they were beheaded secretly by Terentianus in their house on the Cælian, where their church was subsequently erected, and where they themselves were buried. Galli (singular Gallus) was the Roman name for castrated followers of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, which were regarded as a third gender by contemporary Roman scholars, and are in some ways like transgendered people in the modern world. The chief of these priests was referred to as a battakes, and later as the archigallus.
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Gay Wisdom for Daily Living from White Crane Institute
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Exploring Gay Wisdom & Culture since 1989!
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The Supreme Court of the United States, in a landmark 5-4 decision, Obergefell v Hodges, rule that the Constitution of the United States assures the right to MARRIAGE EQUALITY FOR LGBT PEOPLE and that every state in the union must recognize and respect same-sex marriages. Heterosexual marriages begin crumbling…oh wait…that didn’t happen. Nevermind.
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Gay Wisdom for Daily Living from White Crane Institute
"With the increasing commodification of gay news, views, and culture by powerful corporate interests, having a strong independent voice in our community is all the more important. White Crane is one of the last brave standouts in this bland new world... a triumph over the looming mediocrity of the mainstream Gay world." - Mark Thompson
Exploring Gay Wisdom & Culture since 1989!
www.whitecraneinstitute.org
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"A couple of years ago I stopped lecturing and I just hung out at my
house in Boston, taking care of my father. I wasn't full-time doing
that. I was just part-time. But I was sort of helping do that. And there
were many days each week when I would wake him up, take him to the
bathroom, bathe him, toilet him, dress him, feed him, hang out with him.
These were extraordinary periods for me, because in my mind somewhere
was the idea of, how is this an Upaya, or a spiritual method? I went
through so many. I went through so many...
What I did was I kept a diary of what it felt like to do this each day.
To see if I could see through the veils that were created. First of all,
the relationship between my father and I has changed so much over the
years. We never touched each other when we were young. Now I hold him, I
massage him, I dress him. When I'm putting on his socks, he pats me on
the back and my heart just opens. It's so beautiful..."
Explore a new teaching article + video from Ram Dass: Caring for Family as a Spiritual Practice from a 1985 lecture at the SEVA Foundation Benefit.
Mindrolling – Raghu Markus – Ep. 445 – Transcendental Meditation with David Lynch
June 23, 2022
Legendary
filmmaker, David Lynch, joins Raghu for a chat on finding true
happiness, creativity and peace through Transcendental Meditation. David
Lynch is a filmmaker,...
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What
we call self-awareness comes via the detour we take when we encounter
others, who show us to ourselves from a new angle. The differences we
find in our world, then, offer us the priceless opportunity to become
something more than we are now.
Kurt Spellmeyer, “Globalism 3.0”
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