though it is likely that most of us may never be in positions that wield enormous power or influence, each of us can practice keeping our hearts open, steadying our mind, and embodying kindness and compassion.

in the face of all the crises we are facing, we can choose to love. the work of love is within yet also beyond measurement and time, beyond the narrow and deluded confines of ego, always flowing, moving, and touching lives one heart at a time.

keep loving.

~j

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Posted @withrepost • @jtenzinpalmo 

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

-Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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happy Winter Solstice dear friends and Yule for those who celebrate!

~j

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always here.

b  r  e  a  t  h  e 

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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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repost from Instagram

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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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