quotes
our soul’s longing…
the Light…
“Close your eyes. Feel it. The light…it’s always been there. It will guide you.”
~
Maz Kanata
stop. sit. breathe. let go. allow.
(rinse and repeat)
when renewed, get back up and do generous, kind, compassionate work to benefit a world that is suffering.
~j
#StarWarsWisdom #StarWarsQuotes #MazKanata #TheForce #StarWars #LucasFilm #Disney #light #meditation #JustSit #breathe #LetGo #bodhisattvas #EngagedBuddhism #JMWart
peace…
Is peace something you get,
or is peace something you are?
If you can get it, you can lose it.
If you are it, it is never gone.
~
Scott Shaw
If my mind doesn’t go out
to disturb the noise,
the noise won’t disturb me.
~
Ajahn Chah
Be here now. Peace is now. Let go of control and breathe…
#peace #wisdom #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #BuddhistWisdom #Enso #JMWart
#rise
Whether we remain the ash
or become the phoenix
is up to us.
~
Ming-Dao Deng
#TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #StandUp #SpeakUp #Rise #TheResistance #MindfulResistance #MeditateAndResist #Phoenix #enso #FlameEnso #FireEnso #JMWart
#interdependence
You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.
~
Frederick Buechner
#interdependence #InThisTogether #TheOther #TheOutsider #TheImmigrant #TheRefugee #family #sangha #PlantingSeeds #TheLongArc #LoveWins #empathy #compassion
bodhisattva…
“Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
~Jalaludin Rumi
“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”
~St. Francis of Assisi
#bodhisattva #healing #service #kindness #compassion #wisdom #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #OpenHeart #LoveWins
#TheShapeOfThings
Leave your front and back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don’t serve them tea…
~
Shunryu Suzuki
#nonattachment #LetGo #LetBe #Zen #Buddhism #wisdom #life #thoughts
#TheShapeOfThings
#BWphotography #photography #JMWphotography #JMWart
a marathon, not a sprint…
so impressed with the multitudes marching yesterday. looking through the pictures i see so much to be inspired by.
a lot of love, passion, light and humor.
this is what democracy looks like.
and the continued persistence of this movement will be needed.
despite my critic friends, i would have loved to have seen the President do an about face and grow into this job, but many of us knew that wouldn’t happen and it hasn’t. i’ve been called out for not being fair and not carrying a neutral position. i disagree with that opinion. i firmly believe that a year in, any fair assessment continues to shed light on the consistent destructive nature of this Administration and Presidency. i believe it cuts through to the moral core of our hearts and the very fiber of our democracy. so being neutral in the face of such harm is not my path and not an option. i will continue to add my voice and my art mindfully and peacefully to #resist any actions that result in the degradation of our planet, any actions that target those on the margins and most vulnerable, and policies that deepen the divide of wealth in favor of the most elite. and i will continue to do so from a place of love and fierce compassion, calling out all forms of aggression and violence as best and consistently as i am able.
the road may be long, but it is well traveled by generations of open hearts before us who stood in the light with love, as they faced darkness.
~j
November 8th, 2018
#TheLongArc #TheResistance #PlantingSeeds #LoveWins #WomensMarch #MindfulResistance #MeditateAndResist #StandUp #SpeakOut
be free…
The wave is free when it realizes it is part of the sea.
~
Zen Saying