Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 14/04/2015
“Nossos dons e talentos são manifestações do nosso propósito na Terra.
Eles são expressões do Amor. São nosso tesouro espiritual. Mas, é
lamentável que alguns tenham esquecido do seu próprio tesouro. O ser
humano foi tão severamente reprimido que deixou de expressar seus dons
naturais. Ele deixou de ser natural e passou a ser aquilo que agrada à
família e à sociedade. E assim ele passa a vida buscando remédios para
curar os sintomas causados pelo esquecimento de si mesmo.”
“Nuestros dones y talentos son manifestaciones de nuestro propósito en
la Tierra. Éstos son expresiones del Amor. Son nuestro tesoro
espiritual. Pero es lamentable que algunos se hayan olvidado de su
propio tesoro. El ser humano fue tan severamente reprimido que dejó de
expresar sus dones naturales. Él dejó de ser natural y pasó a ser
aquello que agrada a la familia y a la sociedad. Y así pasa la vida
buscando remedios para curar los síntomas causados por el olvido de sí
mismo.”
"Our gifts and talents are the manifestations of our purpose here on Earth. They are expressions of love: our spiritual treasure. Unfortunately, some people have forgotten about their own treasure. Human beings were so severely repressed that they ceased to express their natural gifts. We went from naturally expressing ourselves to being someone who seeks to please our family and society. In this way, we spend our lives seeking remedies to cure the symptoms caused by the forgetfulness of ourselves."
"Our gifts and talents are the manifestations of our purpose here on Earth. They are expressions of love: our spiritual treasure. Unfortunately, some people have forgotten about their own treasure. Human beings were so severely repressed that they ceased to express their natural gifts. We went from naturally expressing ourselves to being someone who seeks to please our family and society. In this way, we spend our lives seeking remedies to cure the symptoms caused by the forgetfulness of ourselves."
Via Daily Dharma
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Monday, April 13, 2015
iGay: "Não voaria e não voarei ao lado daquele senhor"
iGay: "Não voaria e não voarei ao lado daquele senhor"
Na última semana, algumas pessoas pareciam sofrer de amnésia, inclusive parte da imprensa que comprou uma tese de "heterofobia" (sic) sem tecer qualquer crítica a esse tipo de falácia absurda. Eu tenho memória e, por isso, decidi relembrar alguns fatos neste vídeo, um trecho de uma entrevista exclusiva que vocês vão conferir em breve no iGay: http://bit.ly/1NxnV5e "
Na última semana, algumas pessoas pareciam sofrer de amnésia, inclusive parte da imprensa que comprou uma tese de "heterofobia" (sic) sem tecer qualquer crítica a esse tipo de falácia absurda. Eu tenho memória e, por isso, decidi relembrar alguns fatos neste vídeo, um trecho de uma entrevista exclusiva que vocês vão conferir em breve no iGay: http://bit.ly/1NxnV5e "
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 13/04/2015
“Autorresponsabilidade significa tomar consciência em relação às
consequências ou resultados dos seus pensamentos, palavras e ações. Mas é
importante estar atento porque nesse processo de se
autorresponsabilizar, você pode resvalar na culpa, pois ela tira sua
dignidade; sua capacidade de andar com a cabeça erguida. Ela é como um
veneno que mata lentamente.”
“Autorresponsabilidad significa tomar conciencia en relación a las consecuencias o resultados de tus pensamientos, palabras y acciones. Pero es importante estar atento porque en este proceso de autorresponsabilizarse, puedes resbalar en la culpa, porque ella te saca tu dignidad, tu capacidad de andar con la cabeza erguida. Es como un veneno que mata lentamente.”
“Autorresponsabilidad significa tomar conciencia en relación a las consecuencias o resultados de tus pensamientos, palabras y acciones. Pero es importante estar atento porque en este proceso de autorresponsabilizarse, puedes resbalar en la culpa, porque ella te saca tu dignidad, tu capacidad de andar con la cabeza erguida. Es como un veneno que mata lentamente.”
"Self-responsibility means becoming aware of the consequences and
results of our thoughts, words and actions. We must remain attentive
during the process of taking self-responsibility so as to not fall into
the trap of guilt. Once we slip into guilt, it robs us of our dignity
and our ability to walk with our head held high. Guilt is like a poison
that kills slowly."
Via Daily Dharma
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Via JMG: Mother Jones: Hillary Clinton Selects Openly Gay Man As Campaign Manager
Mook is widely known as Robby, not Robert, and at 35, he's still boyish—handsome and clean-shaven with close-cropped brown hair. His usual uniform consists of chinos and bland dress shirts rolled up to the elbows. He couldn't be more different from, say, James Carville, the loudmouth Ragin' Cajun who advised Bill Clinton's first presidential bid and now makes a living as a consultant and TV commentator. Mook rarely appears in news stories or on TV. He did not respond to repeated interview requests. He has no Facebook page. He has a Twitter account but never tweets and has forgotten the password. Mook, who will be the first openly gay manager of a major presidential campaign, is largely unknown beyond the insular world of Democratic staffers but well liked within it. In addition to the email listserv, his loyal following—the Mook Mafia—plans yearly reunions, during which they return to a state where they once operated for a weekend of bar-hopping mixed with volunteering for a local campaign.Hit the link for much more about Mook's history. And stand by for some hilarious wailing from the usual suspects. (Tipped by JMG reader Charles)
Via http://oblogdeeoblogda.me: Top 10 Reasons Why Hillary Clinton is Good for Gays
Today Hillary Clinton will
announce her candidacy for President of the United States of America.
While she has yet to outline her campaign goals, the support amongst
Democrats for her run has been enormous, with huge expectations by the
Gays ( I use term Gays collectively here to represent LGBTI) community
for an ally to continue the pro-equality stance of the Obama
administration.
1) She is a WOMAN ….
2) We trust that she will support Full Federal Equality Legislation for LGBT people, noting her evolution on the issue of equality for all to include lesbians, gays, bisexual and trans people;
3) She supports decriminalization of global anti-homosexuality laws. While in the State Department Hillary came out voraciously against Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill . “I’m well aware that you do your work often amidst difficult, even dangerous circumstances. I know that some of your lives have been threatened, your friends and families intimidated. But I want you to know that the United States is and will be your partner.” Hillary Clinton”;
4) Republicans who hate gays are terrified of her… and that is a sign of her effectiveness;
5) Republicans will continue to use Hillary’s support of LGBT equality as a wedge issue which will continue to contribute – especially amongst the younger generation – to GOP implode;
6) She lived the horror of DOMA and DADT under her husband’s pen – while we wonder what she did not do at the time to thwart his thinking – now she must make it right – redemption time and her heart is there! #FullyEVOLVED;
7) Hillary Clinton’s Human Rights Day speech has was indeed a historic moment not just for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights movement, but for the nation as a whole. She noted “gay rights are human rights”;
8) Hillary respects Marriage equality;
9) Her Campaign Manager is openly Gay; and
10) She undoubtedly has the support of MOST people in the LGBT community.
1) She is a WOMAN ….
2) We trust that she will support Full Federal Equality Legislation for LGBT people, noting her evolution on the issue of equality for all to include lesbians, gays, bisexual and trans people;
3) She supports decriminalization of global anti-homosexuality laws. While in the State Department Hillary came out voraciously against Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill . “I’m well aware that you do your work often amidst difficult, even dangerous circumstances. I know that some of your lives have been threatened, your friends and families intimidated. But I want you to know that the United States is and will be your partner.” Hillary Clinton”;
4) Republicans who hate gays are terrified of her… and that is a sign of her effectiveness;
5) Republicans will continue to use Hillary’s support of LGBT equality as a wedge issue which will continue to contribute – especially amongst the younger generation – to GOP implode;
6) She lived the horror of DOMA and DADT under her husband’s pen – while we wonder what she did not do at the time to thwart his thinking – now she must make it right – redemption time and her heart is there! #FullyEVOLVED;
7) Hillary Clinton’s Human Rights Day speech has was indeed a historic moment not just for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights movement, but for the nation as a whole. She noted “gay rights are human rights”;
8) Hillary respects Marriage equality;
9) Her Campaign Manager is openly Gay; and
10) She undoubtedly has the support of MOST people in the LGBT community.
@melanienathan1
@HillaryClinton #HILLARYforPRESIDENT #LGBTforHILLARY #HILLARY
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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 12/04/2015
“Tenho dito que a raiz da crise que tem se manifestado nos vários
setores da sociedade no mundo todo é devido ao esquecimento da dimensão
espiritual da vida. A crise é um produto da nossa desconexão com o
Grande Espírito. Nós perdemos a capacidade de enxergar o Espírito por
trás das coisas e dos seres humanos (de nós mesmos). Não reconhecemos o
Espírito porque nosso olhar está focado na matéria, principalmente na
pobreza e nas mazelas do outro. E esse
olhar somente alimenta a crença de que somos um pequeno eu. Esse é um
encantamento, uma inconsciência coletiva.”
“Vengo diciendo que la raíz de la crisis que se ha manifestado en
varios sectores de la sociedad en todo el mundo es debido al olvido de
la dimensión espiritual de la vida. La crisis es un producto de nuestra
desconexión con el Gran Espíritu. Perdemos la capacidad de ver el
Espíritu por detrás de las cosas y de los seres humanos (de nosotros
mismos). No reconocemos el Espíritu porque nuestra mirada está enfocada
en la materia, principalmente en la pobreza y en los defectos del otro.
Este mirar solamente alimenta la creencia de que somos un pequeño yo.
Este es un encantamiento, una inconsciencia colectiva.”
"The root of the crisis that has manifested itself in various sectors of society around the world is due to the forgetfulness of life’s spiritual dimension. The crisis is a by-product of our disconnection with the Great Spirit. We have lost the ability to see spirit behind all things and all human beings, including ourselves. We do not recognize spirit because we are focused on matter, especially on poverty and the shortcomings of others. This focal point only feeds the belief that we are the small self, and it acts like a spell upon the collective unconscious."
"The root of the crisis that has manifested itself in various sectors of society around the world is due to the forgetfulness of life’s spiritual dimension. The crisis is a by-product of our disconnection with the Great Spirit. We have lost the ability to see spirit behind all things and all human beings, including ourselves. We do not recognize spirit because we are focused on matter, especially on poverty and the shortcomings of others. This focal point only feeds the belief that we are the small self, and it acts like a spell upon the collective unconscious."
Via Daily Dharma
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Saturday, April 11, 2015
JMG Quote Of The Day - Vivek Murthy
"Being
gay is not a disorder. Being transgender is not a malady that requires a
cure. Had I been Leelah Alcorn's physician, I would have told her
exactly that. And that's the message I want other doctors, nurses,
health professionals, and public health leaders to help get out to
parents and children who may be confronting these issues." - Surgeon
General Vivek Murthy, speaking today on a conference call about White
House support for bans on "ex-gay" torture.
Labels: brainwashing, ex-gay, feds, Leelah Alcorn, LGBT youth, Obama administration, Surgeon General, torture
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 11/04/2015
“É possível que você tenha entendido racionalmente a falta de lógica
da sua mágoa, e isso te faz tentar uma aproximação, uma conversa; te faz
tentar ser amigo do outro. Porém, esse entendimento racional não é o
suficiente. A compreensão é um fenômeno que se dá no plano do coração -
todo o seu Ser compreende. Então, você precisa transformar o
entendimento em compreensão. Para isso é necessário entrar em contato
com os sentimentos guardados.”
“Es posible que hayas entendido racionalmente la falta de lógica de tu
herida, y esto te hace intentar una aproximación, una charla; te hace
intentar ser amigo del otro. Sin embargo, este entendimiento racional no
es suficiente. La comprensión es un fenómeno que se da en el plano del
corazón – todo tu Ser comprende. Entonces necesitas transformar el
entendimiento en comprensión. Para eso es necesario entrar en contacto
con los sentimientos guardados.”
"It is possible for us to intellectually understand the lack of logic behind a particular hurt or resentment of ours. This enables us to come a little closer to the person involved, and attempt to have a conversation with them. We may even try to befriend the other. However, this rational understanding is not enough. Comprehension is a phenomenon that occurs on the plane of the heart – our entire Being comprehends. So we need to transform our understanding into comprehension. This requires us to come into contact with denied and protected feelings."
"It is possible for us to intellectually understand the lack of logic behind a particular hurt or resentment of ours. This enables us to come a little closer to the person involved, and attempt to have a conversation with them. We may even try to befriend the other. However, this rational understanding is not enough. Comprehension is a phenomenon that occurs on the plane of the heart – our entire Being comprehends. So we need to transform our understanding into comprehension. This requires us to come into contact with denied and protected feelings."
Via Daily Dharma
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Via Spiritual Ecology / FB:
"The basic core values of ONENESS are free! "
"The real innovations that belong to the future should be in service to life, in service to humanity. If we will have this attitude, then the consciousness will be aligned where the information is, where the technology is waiting.... It is a gift."
"There is another interesting point that our culture has overlooked. Which is that everything that is seminal, everything that is really important is a gift. It is a gift from the inner world."
—Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, "Technology, Consciousness, and the Future: An Introductory Talk"
Listen to the complete talk here: http://
Image: The labyrinth at Chartres cathedral
"The real innovations that belong to the future should be in service to life, in service to humanity. If we will have this attitude, then the consciousness will be aligned where the information is, where the technology is waiting.... It is a gift."
"There is another interesting point that our culture has overlooked. Which is that everything that is seminal, everything that is really important is a gift. It is a gift from the inner world."
—Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, "Technology, Consciousness, and the Future: An Introductory Talk"
Listen to the complete talk here: http://
Image: The labyrinth at Chartres cathedral
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 10/04/2015
“O perdão é uma fragrância do Ser. Ele é como um raio de luz, que
encontra-se encoberto por capas de mágoas e ressentimentos. Por mais que
você não esteja podendo identificar esses sentimentos, eles existem, e a
prova disso é a separação, tanto do outro como de si mesmo. Você pode
estar magoado com o outro ou consigo mesmo, mas independentemente disso,
o fato é que algo ainda não foi compreendido e aceito. Por alguma razão,
você se recusa a aceitar. Mas, a aceitação não pode ser forçada, assim
como o perdão não pode ser imposto de fora para dentro. Ela é um fruto
da árvore da compreensão.”
“El perdón es una fragancia del Ser. Es como un rayo de luz, que se
encuentra cubierto por capas de heridas y resentimientos. Por más que no
estés pudiendo identificar esos sentimientos, éstos existen, y la
prueba de ello es la separación, tanto del otro como de ti mismo. Puedes
estar herido con el otro o contigo mismo, pero independientemente de
eso, el hecho es que algo aún no fue comprendido y aceptado. Por alguna
razón, te rehúsas a aceptar. Pero la aceptación no puede ser forzada,
así como el perdón no puede ser impuesto de afuera hacia adentro. Es un
fruto del árbol de la comprensión.”
"Forgiveness is a fragrance of the Being. It is like a ray of light that is covered in layers of hurt and resentment. Even though we may not be able to identify these feelings, they do indeed exist. The proof of their existence lies in our feelings of separation, both from the other and from ourselves. We may have been hurt by others or by ourselves, but regardless, the fact is that something has not been understood and accepted. For some reason, we refuse to accept it. Acceptance cannot be forced, and forgiveness cannot be imposed from the outside. It is a fruit of the tree of understanding."
"Forgiveness is a fragrance of the Being. It is like a ray of light that is covered in layers of hurt and resentment. Even though we may not be able to identify these feelings, they do indeed exist. The proof of their existence lies in our feelings of separation, both from the other and from ourselves. We may have been hurt by others or by ourselves, but regardless, the fact is that something has not been understood and accepted. For some reason, we refuse to accept it. Acceptance cannot be forced, and forgiveness cannot be imposed from the outside. It is a fruit of the tree of understanding."
Via Daily Dharma
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Thursday, April 9, 2015
Via JMG: LGBT Groups Applaud Obama's Support For Laws That Ban "Ex-Gay" Torture
GLSEN
Studies conducted by major mental health organizations and personal testimony from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth have shown that conversion therapy can create dangerous and even life-threatening effects, including depression, decreased self-esteem, substance abuse and suicidal behavior. We are thrilled that President Obama will call for an end to the use of conversion therapy on minors. It is a harmful and discredited practice that uses rejection, shame and psychological abuse aimed at changing one’s sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Fifteen years ago, major medical, psychiatric and counseling associations rallied to GLSEN’s side to beat back attempts to force this insidious practice into our schools. We salute them for their pioneering stance and thank the President for his leadership in protecting youth from these damaging and misguided practices.Truth Wins Out
"We are ecstatic that President Barack Obama spoke out against this harmful practice that psychologically terrorizes too many perfectly healthy LGBT youth and stigmatizes them as mentally ill,” said Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen. “The President’s wise words gave momentum to efforts to prohibit fringe practitioners from traumatizing vulnerable LGBT adolescents and calling it therapy.” “President Obama’s expression of support shows that he really ‘gets it’ at a fundamental level,” said TWO’s Wayne Besen. “We are very fortunate to have a president who is dedicated to equality and ending the destructive practice of conversion therapy.”Lambda Legal
In both California and New Jersey, Lambda Legal joined with regional and national organizations working with LGBT young people to advocate on behalf of the ultimately successful efforts in both states to enact legislation preventing licensed mental health providers from using therapies with minors that are demonstrably ineffective and can be deeply harmful, and we were part of the correspondingly successful efforts to defend these bans in court. We will continue to advocate on behalf of LGBT young people as other states likewise move to protect them from this preventable harm. These dangerous and damaging efforts to change sexual orientation and gender identity have wrecked lives. Tonight the President lent the full weight of his leadership to the work our community has been doing for years to protect young people and their families. He joins not only Lambda Legal and our sister organizations, but every leading medical and therapeutic organization, as they have unanimously and unequivocally recognized that LGBT people's identities should not be targeted for change.
Labels: Barack Obama, ex-gay, GLSEN, Lambda Legal, LGBT youth, Obama administration, torture, Truth Wins Out
Via JMG: Reuters Poll: Majority Say They Oppose RFRA Laws, Support Same-Sex Marriage
A majority of Americans believe businesses should not be allowed to refuse services based on their religious beliefs in the wake of controversies in Indiana and Arkansas over gay rights and religious freedom, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Thursday. The poll, conducted April 6 to 8, also found that 52 percent of Americans support allowing same-sex couples to marry, far more than the 32 percent who oppose it. The poll found solid opposition to allowing businesses to refuse services or refuse to hire people or groups based on religious beliefs.
Fifty-four percent said it was wrong for businesses to refuse services, while 28 percent said they should have that right. And 55 percent said businesses should not have the right to refuse to hire certain people or groups based on the employer's religious beliefs, while 27 percent said businesses should have the right. The Reuters-Ipsos poll found divisions among Americans on where same-sex marriage laws should be made. The largest grouping, 34 percent, believes same-sex marriage laws should be made by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring a nationwide constitutional right.
Another 22 percent said same-sex marriage laws should be made at the state level by voter referendum. Eleven percent said laws should be made by state legislators and 8 percent would leave it up to Congress. The poll found 24 percent did not know how best to handle it. The poll said 55 percent want to see all states - even those that do not permit same-sex marriages - recognize such unions from states where same-sex marriage is legal.
Earlier this week the Family Research Council trumpeted very different results from a poll they had commissioned.
Labels: FRC, hate groups, LGBT rights, marriage equality, polls, public accommodations, religion, Reuters, RFRA
Via JMG: Married Today, Fired Tomorrow
Greg Stohr writes for Bloomberg:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Same-sex couples across the U.S. may soon have the legal right to marry. In 28 states, their employer will still have the legal right to fire them. Even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for arguments this month on legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, gays in much of the country lack the anti-discrimination protections that apply to racial minorities and women. It’s a legal anomaly that could become a new flashpoint this summer if the Supreme Court backs marriage rights. Gay-rights advocates are vowing to push for changes to anti-discrimination laws and try to overcome longstanding resistance from Republican-controlled legislatures. “Otherwise, these couples are going to hold public weddings and get fired from their jobs,” said David Codell, constitutional litigation director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.RELATED: The above map from the Movement Advancement Project shows the 22 states that currently include sexual orientation in employment protections. Of those 22 states only New Hampshire, New York, and Wisconsin do not also include gender identity in those protections.
Via Steven Bancarz: 25 Quotes fromthe Buddha that will change your life
By Steven Bancarz|
Between the 6th and 4th century BCE, a man named Siddhārtha Gautama began to turn heads in Eastern India with his profound spiritual wisdom. He was given the name “Buddha”, which literally means “The enlightened one”, and to this day we still receive tremendous insight from his teachings.
Interestingly, Buddha never actually wrote any of his teachings down. Similar to Jesus and Socrates, his method of teaching was verbal and communicative. Oral traditions kept the wisdom of the Buddha alive until 400 years after his death when the first transcript of his teachings first emerged.
His awakening occurred when he realized that you didn’t have to starve yourself and mortify your body, as was commonly practiced in India at that time to enhance spiritual clarity and wisdom. When a young girl offered him some milk and rice pudding as an action of compassion, he realized that there was more to The Way than what he had been taught.
He then meditated for 49 nine days after vowing he would not move until he found the truth. The insights that came from this still remain some of the most relevant and profound spiritual teachings of all time. Here are 25 quotes from Buddha that will change your life:
1) “However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
2) “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”
3) “A jug fills drop by drop.”
4) “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
5) “To understand everything is to forgive everything”
6) “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
7) “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
8) “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
9) “In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
10) “In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”
11) “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
12) “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.”
13) “There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.”
14) “It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.”
15) “I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.”
16) “The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
17) “Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”
18) “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
19) “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
20) “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
21) “You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself”
22) “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
23) “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others”
24) “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
25) “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
Let’s keep these words alive.About the Author: My name is Steven Bancarz, and I am the creator of ‘Spirit Science and Metaphysics’. I am working on a new social platform is being built called ‘The Conscious Forum‘ to provide the best place online for open-minded people to discuss, engage, and connect with one another in a way never offered before.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 09/04/2015
“A força de vontade é fortalecida através do esforço. Se você não está
podendo se comprometer com a sua prática espiritual, ou com alguma
austeridade inteligente que pode te ajudar a romper com determinados
maus hábitos, talvez você esteja preso em uma crença. Talvez você
acredite não ser capaz ou não ter poder suficiente, e isso te coloca num
lugar de tremenda insegurança. Porém, a autoconfiança é um ingrediente
fundamental no processo do despertar da
consciência, por isso é importante que você consiga atravessar esse
pântano, nem que seja se comprometendo com algo bem fácil e simples, mas
que possa realizar.”
“La
fuerza de voluntad es fortalecida a través del esfuerzo. Si no estás
pudiendo comprometerte con tu práctica espiritual, o con alguna
austeridad inteligente que puede ayudarte a romper con determinados
malos hábitos, tal vez estés preso en una creencia. Tal vez creas que no
eres capaz o no tienes el poder suficiente, y esto te coloca en un
lugar de tremenda inseguridad. Sin embargo, la autoconfianza es un
ingrediente fundamental en el proceso del despertar de la consciencia,
por eso es importante que consigas atravesar este pantano, aunque sea
comprometiéndote con algo bien fácil y simple, pero que puedas
realizar.”
"Willpower is strengthened through effort. If we are not able to commit to our spiritual practice or to some intelligent austerity that can help us break certain bad habits, it may be because we are stuck in a belief. Perhaps we believe that we aren’t capable or that we don’t have enough power, and this makes us extremely insecure. However, confidence is a key ingredient in the process of awakening consciousness. It’s important to get through this swamp, even if it means committing to something relatively easy and simple that we can accomplish."
"Willpower is strengthened through effort. If we are not able to commit to our spiritual practice or to some intelligent austerity that can help us break certain bad habits, it may be because we are stuck in a belief. Perhaps we believe that we aren’t capable or that we don’t have enough power, and this makes us extremely insecure. However, confidence is a key ingredient in the process of awakening consciousness. It’s important to get through this swamp, even if it means committing to something relatively easy and simple that we can accomplish."
Via Daily Dharma
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Via Daily Dharma
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Via JMG: Freedom From Religion Foundation Runs Full-Page Anti-RFRA Message In NYT
The above message ran in Sunday's New York Times.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Labels: atheism, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Indiana, LGBT rights, New York Times, religion, RFRA
JMG HomoQuotable - Dan Savage
Labels: 2016 elections, Dan Savage, GOP, marriage equality, Rand Paul, religion, Tea Party, teabaggers
Via JMG & Freedom to Marry: General Mills Puts Freedom To Marry Head Evan Wolfson On The Wheaties Box
Freedom To Marry:
"Wheaties is 'the breakfast of champions' and General Mills, its parent
company, is a supporter of the freedom to marry. So, it's pretty cool
that they created a commemorative box featuring Freedom to Marry's
President Evan Wolfson." Uh oh, time for double boycott!
posted by Joe Jervis
Via Lama Surya Das / FB:
The Middle Way is the way of balance, sanity, inner strength, purity and restraint, steadfastness, and moderation.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 07/04/2015
“Alguns acreditam que a meditação ocorre através de um esforço pessoal,
outros entendem a meditação como ausência de esforço. Existem
diferentes técnicas e propósitos. Quando uso a palavra meditação, me
refiro a um processo de absorção: o praticante é tomado pelo Divino. Ele
entra num estado onde se percebe como satchitananda - existência,
consciência e bem-aventurança - e se torna uma testemunha passiva. Ele
entra nesse estado quando sua mente está
completamente serena, assim como um lago calmo que reflete
perfeitamente a luz do sol. Somente uma mente serena pode refletir a
perfeição do Eu divino.”
“Algunos creen que la meditación se produce a través de un esfuerzo
personal, otros entienden la meditación como la ausencia de esfuerzo.
Existen diferentes técnicas y propósitos. Cuando uso la palabra
meditación, me refiero a un proceso de absorción: el practicante es
tomado por lo Divino. Entra en un estado donde se percibe como
satchitananda - existencia, consciencia y bienaventuranza - y se
convierte en un testigo pasivo. Él entra en este estado cuando su mente
está completamente serena, así como un lago calmo refleja perfectamente
la luz del sol. Solamente una mente serena puede reflejar la perfección
del Yo divino.”
"Some people believe that meditation occurs through a personal effort, others understand meditation as effortlessness. There are different techniques and purposes. When I use the word ‘meditation,’ I refer to a process of absorption: the practitioner is taken over by the Divine. She enters a state that is perceived as satchitananda, existence, consciousness and bliss, and becomes a passive witness. One enters this state when the mind is completely serene, like a calm lake perfectly reflecting the light of the sun. Only a quiet mind can reflect the perfection of the divine self."
"Some people believe that meditation occurs through a personal effort, others understand meditation as effortlessness. There are different techniques and purposes. When I use the word ‘meditation,’ I refer to a process of absorption: the practitioner is taken over by the Divine. She enters a state that is perceived as satchitananda, existence, consciousness and bliss, and becomes a passive witness. One enters this state when the mind is completely serene, like a calm lake perfectly reflecting the light of the sun. Only a quiet mind can reflect the perfection of the divine self."
Via Daily Dharma
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Sunday, April 5, 2015
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 05/04/2015
“O seva ou serviço desinteressado é um instrumento de purificação do
ego. Por isso, em algum momento nos deparamos com os desafios do
processo de purificação interior, e precisamos usar instrumentos que nos
ajudem nessa travessia. Tenho dito que a meta principal é despertar o
amor, e se relacionar sem machucar a si e aos outros. Porque se puder
amar e ser um canal de bênçãos, você estará avançando na iniciação
espiritual. Nesse caso, a libertação da
mente desejosa e a conquista da morte está próxima. Se você desperta
esse amor, você está no caminho, e tudo que precisa chegará por
acréscimo.”
“El seva o
servicio desinteresado es un instrumento de purificación del ego. Por
eso, en algún momento nos enfrentamos a los retos del proceso de
purificación interior, y necesitamos utilizar instrumentos que nos
ayuden en esta travesía. Vengo diciendo que la principal meta es
despertar el amor, y relacionarse sin herirse a uno mismo y a los otros.
Porque si puedes amar y ser un canal de bendiciones, estarás avanzando
en la iniciación espiritual. En ese caso, la liberación de la mente
deseosa y la conquista de la muerte están cerca. Si despiertas este
amor, estás en el camino, y todo lo que necesitas llegará por
añadidura.”
"Seva or selfless service is a tool for purifying the ego. At some point, we face the challenges of the process of inner purification, and we need to use tools that can help us in this journey. The main goal is to awaken love, and to relate to others without hurting them or ourselves. If we can love and become a channel of blessings, we will be advancing in our spiritual initiation. After taking this step, the release of our mind’s desires and the conquest of death are near. When we can awaken this love, we'll be on our way, and everything we need will come as a result."
"Seva or selfless service is a tool for purifying the ego. At some point, we face the challenges of the process of inner purification, and we need to use tools that can help us in this journey. The main goal is to awaken love, and to relate to others without hurting them or ourselves. If we can love and become a channel of blessings, we will be advancing in our spiritual initiation. After taking this step, the release of our mind’s desires and the conquest of death are near. When we can awaken this love, we'll be on our way, and everything we need will come as a result."
Via Daily Dharma
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Saturday, April 4, 2015
Via Wheneftalks: Dear American Christians
Dear American Christians,
You need to get a grip, and I am tired of speaking to you politely. You are not being persecuted by being required to serve all customers in your store. If you serve all people in your store, you are simply being American.
As a fellow Christian, I can assure you, your faith will not be compromised, and God will not be displeased with you, if you make a cake or a pizza for gay people.
What many of you do not seem to realize is that this move for the “religious freedom” laws is designed to appeal to your basest fears. These bills are designed to do one thing, and one thing only: to make you feel offended and afraid that your faith is at stake. But your faith is not at stake. And if you think it is, then your faith is far, far too weak.
I’m all worked up about this, because of analogies made by State Representative Matt Krause of Fort Worth. Rep. Krause is a sponsor of one of these so-called “religious freedom” bills in Texas.
Among other things, Rep Krause said the following:
“Should a Jewish bakery have to bake a cake for the neo-Nazi convention coming into town? Nobody would say that. Nor would anybody say a gay florist couple has to give flowers to a Westboro Baptist protest at funerals..”At a time when everyone understands these bills as a reaction to increasing LGBT rights, Krause’s hypotheticals are ludicrous and offensive. It’s ludicrous and offensive to analogize situations where LGBT persons are cast in the place of neo-Nazis or Westboro Baptist.
In fact, this last comparison is head-exploding, given the fact that Westboro is most known for vile protests against LGBT people. To offer hypothetical analogies that casts LGBT citizens in the role of the actual people who actually engage in vile protests against them is ludicrous and offensive, even in the abstract.
Krause, then, attempts hypothetical examples that are completely implausible in the real world to defend a bill that would then become real-world law. And if you’re reading Krause’s comments and thinking, “Well, that COULD happen…” Then you are a part of the problem.
No. It couldn’t. And the fact that you think it can points to the fact that you have fallen victim to the lie that American Christians are victims of widespread and systematic persecution.
A Christian Business owner today, serving the LGBT community, is not being persecuted for their faith, anymore than Southern Christian business owners were being persecuted when society called them to open their lunch counter.
Oh yeah. And there’s no “War on Christmas” either. (Or Easter).
We Christians are absolutely as free to exercise our faith as we ever have been. We can go to church without fear of being hunted down for doing that. We can pray with our families. Our churches can create clinics, and schools, and non-profits that serve God and the world. And nobody is going to impinge that right in any real way.
So, stop with the being offended. You have no right to be offended if an LGBT person walks into your place of business. Even if you haven’t come to terms with the fact that people can be gay and also be Christian(1), you’ve at least got to remember that Jesus said that little thing about the “wheat” and the “tares.”
I can’t speak for Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, or any other kind of shop-keeper. But I do know, as Christians it’s not our job to separate out from society. Jesus said that.
You want to know what persecution really is? It’s 147 Christians being shot in Kenya. That’s persecution.
Your so-called “offense” at being required to serve LGBT people is an insult to their sacrifice.
And on Good Friday, I will say as a minister of the Gospel that it’s an insult to Jesus’ sacrifice too.
Grow up. Get a life. Be a real Christian. And a real American.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 04/04/2015
“Apesar dos relacionamentos serem o principal material de escola, o
caminho espiritual é solitário, e é preciso aprender a discernir com
quem você está podendo interagir. Porque chega um momento em que você
fica muito sensível e vulnerável às distorções energéticas que te
cercam. Porém, alguns encontros são inevitáveis, e é possível que eles
derrubem sua energia. Nesse caso, é bom se recolher e ficar quieto para
poder digerir o veneno. Esse é o
trabalho de um karma yogi. Por onde passa, ele puxa para si as
distorções energéticas, transmuta e limpa o ambiente.”
” A pesar de que las relaciones son el principal material de escuela,
el camino espiritual es solitario, y hay que aprender a discernir con
quien estas pudiendo interactuar. Porque llega un momento en que te
vuelves muy sensible y vulnerable a las distorsiones energéticas que te
rodean. Sin embargo, algunos encuentros son inevitables, y es posible
que ellos derrumben tu energía. En este caso, es bueno recogerse y
guardar silencio para poder digerir el veneno. Este es el trabajo de un
karmayogi. Donde quiera que vaya, él toma para sí mismo las distorsiones
energéticas, transmuta y limpia el ambiente.”
"Despite relationships being our main school material, the spiritual path is a solitary one, and we must learn to discern who we will interact with. There comes a time when we become very sensitive and vulnerable to the distortions of energy that surround us. However, some encounters are inevitable, and they might bring our energy down. If this happens, it’s good to keep to yourself and remain quiet in order to digest the ‘poison’. This is the work of a karma yogi. Wherever she goes, she pulls the energetic distortions towards herself, transmutes them, and cleanses the environment."
"Despite relationships being our main school material, the spiritual path is a solitary one, and we must learn to discern who we will interact with. There comes a time when we become very sensitive and vulnerable to the distortions of energy that surround us. However, some encounters are inevitable, and they might bring our energy down. If this happens, it’s good to keep to yourself and remain quiet in order to digest the ‘poison’. This is the work of a karma yogi. Wherever she goes, she pulls the energetic distortions towards herself, transmutes them, and cleanses the environment."
Via Daily Dharma
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