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the President’s latest action, in a long line of racist actions, is not surprising. what remains surprising, but probably shouldn’t be, is the effort by so many to dismiss or minimize it. 

we must be clear: 

racism is in opposition to life. it denies our interdependence & life’s greatest beauty & benefit, which is its diversity. racism is profane. it denies & disrespects the sacredness of others. there should be no excusing or minimizing that which opposes life itself & denies the sacredness of another. rather, we should align w/ love, which recognizes the sacredness of others & celebrates the beauty of diversity which makes all life possible.

~j

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#racism #clarity #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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“Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.”

~ Meister Eckhart

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#love #mystics #MeisterEckhart #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.”

~ Rumi

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#BePresent #BeLove #Rumi #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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it all matters & we have such an incredible privilege & responsibility to work w/ our mind & heart, to make each new word & action an offering of love.

~j

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“They fear love because it creates a world they can’t control.”

~ George Orwell

ultimately, at least in part, fear is the basis for this desire we see to control, to exclude, to enact cruelty & harm. which is why, ultimately, they will fail. there is a power greater than the cruelty we are seeing & that power is love. we are seeing it in neighbors stepping out & up, even into harm’s way, to love their neighbors, with their bodily presence & voice.

hold onto & live from this truth: Love will have the final word.

~j

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#love #LoveThyNeighbor #GeorgeOrwell #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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without exception.

whomever we are leaving out of our heart, out of our love, that is where our work is. 

in a moment when cruelty & harm are being celebrated at the highest echelons of power, may we have the courage to descend into the deepest depths & be love where love is needed, kindness & compassion where kindness & compassion are needed, safety where safety is needed, & healing where healing is needed.

~j

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#metta #lovingkindness #inclusion #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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we the people.

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#democracy #SitDownRiseUp #haiku #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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just a shout out to the Twin Cities & all of Minnesota for showing us, w/ their overwhelmingly peaceful protest & presence, what bravery looks like. bravery is indeed a practice. it is showing up again & again, despite fear, from a place of love. we are seeing that in Minnesota where even w/ the risk of being pepper sprayed in the face or assaulted, or detained, & even the possibility of being killed, neighbors are showing up for neighbors, bearing witness w/ phone cameras in hand, standing up & speaking out in solidarity, blowing whistles, & naming the harm while speaking truth to & in the face of abusive power. 

may this madness & cruelty end, & may we like the people of Minnesota, moved from a place of resilient love & fierce compassion for our neighbors, practice bravery.

~j

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#bravery #practice #love #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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no exceptions.

when we honor this truth, there’s no way we can enact the harm, the cruelty & the violence we are seeing inflicted upon our neighbors. love calls us to honor this truth by loving our neighbors, not brutalizing them.

~j

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#sacred #life #ZuiganRoshi #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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the cruelty, harm, destruction & death we are seeing – we are bearing witness to – weighs heavy, friends. please take care & continue purposefully returning to love. they who have aligned with such cruelty would have us sink into a deep, dark, winter of despair. but they have forgotten what we who are aligned with love are keenly aware of – the inevitability of spring.

~j

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#spring #hope #love #JinpaLhaga #JMWart