powerful (and challenging) practice.
practice is the key. i’ve been not so good at this lately, but i begin again. we can always begin again. #wisdom and #compassion. the two wings of the bird.
may we fly! 💫
~j
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Posted @withregram • @robinacourtin SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 138:
How to cope with the crazy world
my response to a recent tweet from a particular GOP Representative who is proudly MAGA. this person stated that when things don’t change people lose hope and turn to self preservation – which set apart from this person’s actions may be a valid point.
however, the irony is that this person regularly promotes division, individualism and self preservation as self and nation at all costs, pitting one side against the other.
of course they won’t read it and it won’t likely change the way they think or those who are all in on them or Trump, or such ideology no matter what.
that’s not really the point. it’s a reminder for myself, and the rest of us who may be open to such a view.
may hearts and minds open and be at ease, taking refuge in love.
~j
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#individualism #delusion #fear #desperation #division #harm #interdependence #community #empathy #compassion #love #protection #path #practice #hope #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga
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it’s hot hot energy and the cost can be so high.
may we learn to greet our anger with spaciousness, gentleness, calm and love. to turn down the heat, to cool the heat, rather than further feeding it until it blows up.
may we be alchemists that transform the anger energy, rather than transmitting it to others.
may we bring healing rather than harm and destruction.
~j
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#anger #heat #harm #destruction #healing #calm #spaciousness #gentleness #love #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #KyabjeGelekRinpocheQuotes
be gentle with yourself.
just begin again.
life is a series of falls and rising from falls.
three steps forward two steps back.
the instruction is to not get stuck.
stay open, keep your heart open.
life is constantly in movement. whatever chapter we are in, it will end, and then a new one will begin.
i have to remind myself of this often and as best as i can live it, with love.
wishing the same for you.
~j
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#BeginAgain #FreshStart #NewDay #breathe #BeGentle #StayOpen #OpenHeart #love #courage #bravery #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga
#MaryAnnRadmacherQuotes
be gentle with yourself.
just begin again.
life is a series of falls and rising from falls.
three steps forward two steps back.
the instruction is to not get stuck.
stay open, keep your heart open.
life is constantly in movement. whatever chapter we are in, it will end, and then a new one will begin.
i have to remind myself of this often and as best as i can live it, with love.
wishing the same for you.
~j
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#BeginAgain #FreshStart #NewDay #breathe #BeGentle #StayOpen #OpenHeart #love #courage #bravery #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga
#MaryAnnRadmacherQuotes
check out the second paragraph. we can ask ourselves: how does this view relate to our religious practice? to our way of loving?
~j
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Posted @withregram • @sharonsalzberg
In certain philosophical systems in India during the Buddha’s time, it was believed that if the body was tortured enough, abused enough, the spirit would soar free and be liberated. Nowadays most of us are not inclined to torture our bodies to free our spirits. However, we do seem to have our own variation of that theme by believing that if we abuse our minds enough with self-hatred and self-condemnation, somehow that abuse will be a path that liberates us.
For a true spiritual transformation to flourish, we must see beyond this tendency to mental self-flagellation. Spirituality based on self-hatred can never sustain itself. Generosity coming from self- hatred becomes martyrdom. Morality born of self- hatred becomes rigid repression. Love for others without the foundation of love for ourselves becomes a loss of boundaries, codependency, and a painful and fruitless search for intimacy. But when we contact, through meditation, our true nature, we can allow others to also find theirs.
[Image Description: Blue painting with white lines and overlaid text reading, “Spirituality base of self-hatred can never sustain itself. – Sharon Sal
coming and going, arising and falling, appearing and disappearing.
let go and allow the flow. no need to grasp, no need to push. we can be aware and allow for spaciousness, for all that arises within this impermanence. what a relief!and when we get caught up and we feel the tightening of our grip, we can remember to breathe, we can return to our breath and the freedom of the moment.we can practice this, one moment to the next.
~j
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#emotions #impermanence #breathe #letgo #beginagain #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #ArmenDonelianQuotes
compassion is where it is at.
don’t tell me what you believe, or what you have faith in.
i want to hear about how you love.
~j
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are you doing your best?
then cut yourself some slack.
be easy on yourself.
every loving thought, every loving word, every loving action no matter how small is a benefit to you, others, and this world.
just keep retuning to love.
each breath can be a return to love.
~j
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#love #OpenHeart #path #practice #DropsInTheBucket #EngagedBuddhism #PatrulRinpocheQuotes #JinpaLhaga
The Metta Garden 