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the myth of going it alone, of rising to the top on one’s own merit without the generosity of others, the generosity of life itself & the presence of love, is just that: a myth.
may we – especially in this time of the first trillionaire, of billionaires, of governments & whole families consolidating power, wealth, & resources – awaken to & have the awareness of this fundamental truth of life: all is interdependent.
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#interdependence #Ubuntu #IAmBecauseWeAre #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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when a person or a group of people chooses cruelty & violence as their first & even only option to resolve an “evil” they have named & defined, it tells us a few things about that person or group. first, it tells us that they are living in fear, & perhaps, are deeply wounded. second, it tells us that they are lazy, not willing to engage in the long & patient work of love & peace. third, it tells us that they lack a deeper understanding of life as interdependent, love & relationship as the foundation, union – & reunion – we are seeking, & as the work needed. love is work. so, when we see an administration or a government who attempts to project strength & courage through promotion of violence, we know that they are actually afraid, & that they lack resilience, intention, & the fortitude to pursue genuine peace & a commitment to love. all the more reason why we as individuals, families, & communities must choose to embrace & embody a path of love & genuine peace for a world in need.
~j
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#love ##LoveAsPath #LoveIsWork #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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from song “Hardliners”
on album “Into the Dark Unknown”
whatever the situation, wherever we find ourselves to be, no matter the challenge of the moment, we have the ability, responsibility, & privilege, to keep loving, to keep choosing love over & over again. we can take refuge in this choosing of love. we can take refuge in the spaciousness of love itself, & in our awareness that we are contributing to love & to what is beneficial & needed in this world.
~j
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#love #path #practice #HolcombeWaller #JinpaLhaga
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I will love the light
for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness
for it shows me the stars.
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Og Mandino
sun, moon, stars.
wherever we find light, may it strengthen & buoy our resolve to be love in this world.
~j
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#love #light #OgMandino #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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path.
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#love #courage #path #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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love is being in it for the long arc.
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#bodhisattvas #TheLongArc #NormanFischer #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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“Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things.”
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Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
shine on, dear friends. the world needs your light, your kindness, your compassion, & loving heart.
~j
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#light #compassion #ChogyamTrungpa #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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in a time when our own government has labeled anyone on the progressive left engaged in protest through speech & action, anyone who protests the consuming brutality of ICE tactics, & attacks on individual minority communities, education, healthcare, & food assistance programs, & the arts, as “Antifa” which is an abbreviation for antifascist, it seems worthy to understand what fascism is & what it looks like. if our government is asking us to be against those who are against fascism, then we better understand what fascism is & abandon such selective amnesia as to forget that our own ancestors & military fought against fascism in World War II.
HCR lays it all out with facts & historical perspective in one of her latest posts.
~j
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#fascism #antifascism #HCR
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/letters-from-an-american/id1730358737?i=1000778095727
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midweek metta
#Metta #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another.”
~ Thomas Merton
sangha.
community.
relationship.
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#sangha #love #ThomasMerton #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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