how inclusive is our love?

part of our practice is to expand the opening of our heart, to ever widening circles of inclusivity. love isn’t fully love unless it holds all, and it is only love which can hold all, and hold all with an open hand.what is it to love? to wish safety, wellness, happiness, and freedom from suffering for others, to know that we are all part of the same heartbeat within this infinite universe of existence. family, friends, neighbors.
~j

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we are of one ancestry – Life. let us honor Life, by loving each other, showing kindness and compassion toward one another, standing up in solidarity with one another.

~j

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indeed, may it be so!

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Posted @withrepost • @kimberlyjbrown Happy Friday friends! 

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Posted @withrepost • @tricyclemag

My compassion is not me being a nice guy. My compassion is me realizing who I am and knowing that having a heart of love for all creatures, all beings, even a blade of grass, is true to who and what I am.

Norman Fischer, “We Are Our Relationships”
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“Lotus”

remember

don’t despair, do grow

here is your life blossoming

called forth from the mud

remember

remember.

~j

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it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. 

we forget that we have incredible power available to us. we have our open heart, a clear and steady mind, our practice. we can meet our life with these. 

as a Tibetan phrase states, “Whatever happens, whatever arises, bring it to the path.”

~j

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A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. 

~ Jessamyn West

part of what i’ve found so moving about the Buddhist path, is the emphasis on love which is manifest in non-harming, in reducing and ending suffering. we see an emphasis on ethics in the Precepts and an emphasis on cultivating the heart along with the mind, a union from which wisdom can arise.

~j

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#WakeUp #Love #Heart #Mind #Wisdom #Ethics #Path #Practice #Buddhism #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #Art

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it’s #SmallBusinessSaturday! 🎉

Redbubble where i have a bunch of my artwork available on prints and products such as stickers, cards, journals, shirts, hats, pillow cases, and more, is having a SALE ranging from 20-60% off – check it out if you want! 🤩

JMWart Redbubble Store LINK here:

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*only a sample of products pictured

wishing everyone a happy Saturday!

~j

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an open heart is a grateful heart.

this is both descriptive and prescriptive. 

a characteristic of open heart is that it is naturally quite free and grateful. 

however, sometimes due to life experiences and situations, we may not feel all that open and free, we may not feel very grateful at all. we suffer.

an antidote to this suffering can be to practice opening our heart by practicing being grateful.

gratitude may or may not be something we automatically feel – and that’s okay! (spoiler alert, i’ve been struggling with it today for various reasons) BUT it is something we can practice.

gratitude is a practice.

grateful for all of you and wishes for a beautiful day!

~j

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such an insightful lyric.

it feels particularly applicable to this time with the cacophony of lies, hateful rhetoric, aggression and violent acts, all toxically elevated on social media. like a hungry ghost, unable to be satiated.

amid such noise how can we hear light’s call?

we can return to our practice. we can allow for stopping. we can allow for dropping the story and simply return to this present moment, return to our breath, the sensation of it, the ebb and flow of it within the body. we quiet down as we slow down and breathe. 

in such space it is much easier to be aware of all the life and light around us, which is always speaking. 

~j

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#Darkness #Light #Life #OpenHeart #SteadyMind #path #practice #meditation #contemplation #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #IndigoGirlsQuotes