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to see so many of our leaders move from pro-democracy to anti-democracy, to shift in their values, their ethics, & morals, seemingly so easily, has reminded me of a proclamation, a phrase, that i often see in Zen circles & that i have used myself, which is “live by vow“. this proclamation points to our deep alignment w/ what we care about, value, & hold to be sacred & true. then living our lives in alignment with that. it does not mean that we are inflexible, on the contrary, we must be flexible to live by vow, because our devotion to love, to what is true, to what is right & beneficial to others & ourselves, & to the world, must be flexible to meet the needs of the moment, without abandoning our devotion to our alignment with what is love, what is true, what is beneficial to others & ourselves, & to the world. 

it seems to me that in this moment, when so many people seem to shift in what they deem is moral, ethical, & certainly what they consider as truth, there must be some of us who “live by vow” as an act of integrity, which in this moment is an act of resistance & rebellion, for the benefit of our world.

~j

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