bent on destruction

incantations for chaos

from tongue that spews lies

~j

call it out. every time.

the dishonesty, the bullying, the aggression, the racism, the chaos, the harm, the destruction.

and then manifest the opposite through your words and actions.

#VOTE

#Vote2020

#EngagedBuddhism #haiku #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

i agree with the spirit of this. it’s kind of like “watch what people do not just what they say.” but i would alter this a bit. i think the duality and ranking of people as better or not better, distracts from the message, so i would say, “Your beliefs don’t necessarily make you more beneficial or less harmful to others, your behavior does.”

know the power you have with the words and actions you choose.

#ChooseIntegrity

#ChooseEmpathy #ChooseCompassion

#ChooseNonViolence

…and #VOTE

~j

#EngagedBuddhism

together we weave the human story. the story isn’t over. we can weave a story of equality, of justice, of healing, a story of empathy, nonaggression, and compassion, a story of kindness and love.

~j

#VOTE

#vote2020

#SitDownRiseUp #SpeakUp #StandUp #EngagedBuddhism

i do not hate Donald Trump.

i do not oppose his ideology or philosophy because they are different from mine, or because i simply disagree with them.

i oppose both, because they have and continue to bring grave harm to the lives of others.

if i am awake to harm being done, do i actively choose to participate in it? do i ignore it, do i dismiss it? if i do, then i am still sleeping, while those who are being harmed live in a nightmare.

in Buddhism, the First Precept is to not kill, to not knowingly harm. if i am awake to harm, if i see or hear of harm, am i not participating in that harm in my silence, in my nonengagement, in my lack of action to end that harm?

we have a moral obligation to each other, to the harm and suffering we are bearing witness to.

we cannot sleep through this escalation in harm. we must wake up.

#VOTE

~j

#SitDownRiseUp #Resist #RiseUp #SpeakUp #StandUp #FirstPrecept #LiveByVow #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #DalaiLamaQuotes

Hope is manifest through the work of people who refuse to stop loving.

I know things feel ominous and heavy at the moment, and for good reason. I feel it to. Our eyes and ears are not deceiving is. The gut check is real.

What is also true is that I refuse to stop loving. I refuse to not be a vehicle, a manifestation, an embodiment of love.

Those in power can do a lot, but they have no power over our love and our ability to love. That is our birthright and as long as we are breathing, as long as our hearts remain open, we can put our love into action and benefit this world with our love.

And we should be crystal clear. Love is not concerned with being “nice” or keeping the status quo. Love goes to where there is suffering. Love in action, in opposition to cruelty, harm, and injustice is manifest as fierce compassion.

May we embrace or ability to manifest our love as fierce compassion on behalf of all beings and life itself.

~j

#VOTE

#GetOutTheVote

#Resist

#SitDownRiseUp

#FierceCompassion

#EngagedBuddhism

#JinpaLhaga

the equinox is a time of equal light and equal dark.

and here we are on the precipice of significant change.

may this time of lessening daylight, inspire reflection and action.

may it inspire our inner light to shine brighter, with focus, with precision, as we embody love.

~j

#AutumnalEquinox

#autumn #Fall

#MyFavoriteSeason

#OuterDarknessInnerLight

#Shine

#EngagedBuddhism

#JinpaLhaga

#JMWart

#enso

#VOTE

lost in the bloodshed
we keep fighting to find peace
when peace is the way

~j

#InternationalDayOfPeace
#PeaceIsTheWay
#peace
#EndViolence
#TheLongArc
#PlantingSeeds
#EngagedBuddhism
#haiku
#JinpaLhaga
#JMWart

With so much change and the ground falling away beneath our feet, darkness and the possibility of destruction loom large.
BUT so does the potential for waking up, for coming out of this liminal moment more aware, more engaged, more open, more compassionate.
We may feel overwhelmed, but we can also get to work.
Hope is manifest through the work of people who refuse to stop loving.

~j

#VOTE

#RBG

#SitDownRiseUp

#EngagedBuddhism

#JinpaLhaga

we are here in this time, together.

we have a responsibility to each other and all of life around us.

what do we do?

we remind the world that she is loved.

how do we do this?

we embody love through our words and actions (compassion) where we are at.

if not now, when?

if not here, where?

if not us, who?

~j

#VOTE

#SitDownRiseUp

#JewishWisdom

#EngagedBuddhism

#JinpaLhaga

Bows of gratitude for the heroic bodhisattva, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for fighting for justice and us for so long. It was never her burden to bear to save us from what we are going through or what may be ahead. However, her bravery and bold spirit of resilience can serve as an inspiration and motivation for us to engage fully with what is happening, and put our own brave and bold spirit of resilience into action.

may she rest in power, may she rest in peace 🙏🏻

~j

#RIPRBG #RBG #RBGenso #resilience #bravery #bodhisattva #SitDownRiseUp #VOTE #EngagedBuddhism #zen #enso #JMWart #JinpaLhaga