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there are people, in this time, who see clearly & are doing the work needed. people loving their neighbors, willing to be in solidarity with those who are suffering, willing to stand up & speak out. who would think such engagement could be dangerous in a democracy?

yet, with the current administration, it is.  still, there are those who are answering the call of their heart & conscience, answering the call to love.

may we be those people.

~j

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#bodhisattvas #LoveThyNeighbor #lightAndLove #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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may our hearts continue to be disturbed by the violence we see, that we may be moved through & by love to compassion, to speak out against cruelty & harm, to put the love for our neighbor into word & action, so that we may be aligned with life & keep our collective humanity.

~j

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#nonviolence #LoveThyNeighbor #ThomasMerton #JinpaLhaga 

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may the fierce fire of love & compassion, which resides in our open hearts, ready & willing to be of benefit to our neighbor without exception, melt the most frozen of ice.

~j

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#LoveThyNeighbor #FierceCompassion #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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care.

care about the death.

care about the violence.

care about the harm.

care about the trauma.

care about the inhumanity.

care about the justification of death, violence, harm, trauma, & inhumanity by this administration.

care, before we lose ourselves into the hell being created by people stuck in delusion, greed, & aggression.

caring, is open-heartedness.

caring, is loving our neighbor.

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#care #empathy #OpenHeart #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“No one lives outside the walls of this sacred place, existence.”

~ St. Francis of Assisiif our spiritual practice doesn’t continually challenge us to open our hearts in ever expanding circles of inclusion, & less exclusion, then our spiritual practice is either failing us, or we are failing it. if our spiritual practice doesn’t bring us closer into intimacy & union with love, then we need to find a new spiritual practice – & yes, this sacred circle of inclusion includes the immigrant, the trans person, the disabled person, the poor & hungry, & every other category of person & life that is currently being attacked through both rhetoric & policy.

~j

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#love #sacred #StFrancisOfAssisi #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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the authoritarian wants unity by conformity, surrounds their vision with only their uniform view of who, how, where, why, what things should be, filtered through their delusion. a vision devoid of the diversity of art, beauty, life itself! the authoritarian vision in its narrow blindness, is a vision aligned with despairing darkness & death. 

the saints & bodhisattvas, on the other hand, aligned with life, are diverse in their manifestation, their embodiments of & devotion to love, & their benevolent beauty. varied in tradition, varied in their moment of time, sprinkled throughout known history, keeping the light on, inspiring artists, & hope in the hearts of the movers & shakers & sitters, & all who seek to be in union with Love, & of benefit for a world in need.

~j

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#saints #bodhisattvas #CSLewis #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

…the people.

is ALL people, including all those currently under attack by this administration, through rhetoric & policy alike. a value professed of such deep consequence, so many years ago, & though with many steps forward, have yet to fully realize & embody – that this country holds the view that all are created equal. are we ready to finally fully realize this into reality for all who have not been considered equal or have equal opportunity to live free & thrive? we currently have leaders in power who do not hold this value, this principle, this call from long ago. we have leaders who, given the opportunity, would seem to embrace oppression over the masses while hoarding wealth & squandering resources, would be rulers who embrace cruelty & destructive ideology – but this is a country for the people & by the people. democracy is not a spectator sport, it is presence & paying attention, it is determination & engagement. it is union built upon a foundation of loving our neighbor, REALLY loving our neighbor without exclusion, which is challenging, nonviolent, sacrificial, necessary work. may we rise to this moment, on this 250th, to authentically embody a country of “we the people” without exclusion into the next 250, if we are willing.

~j

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#America250 #July4th #WeThePeople #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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i am not an evangelist for any path, but for love. i find deep meaning & purpose in Christian contemplation & mysticism, practice of the Mahayana Buddhist path, Sufi poets, Jewish wisdom, earth/nature conscious Indigenous wisdom, & mystics from all traditions. the “right” path is the path that continually challenges us to be evermore inclusive & expansive with our love, opening our heart, our awareness, & allowing space for wisdom to arise, that recognizes our interdependence, reduces/ends suffering & brings benefit to all in need.

may each of us find our way to the spiritual path that leads us deeper into love, & the wisdom that contributes to healing, restoration & life, rather than harm & destruction.

~j

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#love #path #RichardRohr #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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Even

after

all this time

the sun never says to the earth,

“You owe me.”

Look

what happens

with a love like that – 

it lights the whole

world.

~ Hafiz

belated well wishes, friends, for a blessed Summer Solstice. may these days of increased light remind us to increase the sharing of our light of love with the world.

~j

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#light #love#Hafiz #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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Love is our origin, 

love is our ground, 

love is our sustaining reality 

and love is our destiny.

Love and love alone is 

the substance of reality.

Everything else is 

smoke and mirrors.

~

James Finley

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#OneLove #love #JamesFinley #JinpaLhaga #JMWart