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“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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#WakeUp #interdependence #OpenHeart #empathy #love #compassion #ThichNhatHanh #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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to continually choose love takes immense bravery. authoritarians are weak, desperate, & disconnected from the whole. but mostly, they are deeply afraid. we see this in their targeting of the most vulnerable & paranoia regarding all those around them, leading them to demand loyalty beyond any other attribute. this is as true today as it has been throughout history. 

may all authoritarians wake up to life & love, & may their access to power & influence find its end.

~j

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#cruelty #weakness #gentleness #strength #courage #love #LeoBuscaglia #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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some wisdom from the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

especially beneficial, perhaps, for this time. it seems to me that a soul at rest has made love its companion. during this challenging time, may we not compromise our hearts or our capacity to love. rather, may we renew vows at the start of each day to choose love in every moment, maintaining our integrity & peace.

~j

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#soul #OpenHeart #peace #rest #love #MalcolmJamalWarner #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.”

~ Bhagawan Nityananda

may we go into the deep, dark, & quiet of our heart, where love springs forth. may we rediscover who we are in love. may such love fill us fully, leaving no room for indifference, for exclusion, for cruelty, for hate. from such space of love may we speak & act for the benefit of all who suffer, leaving no one outside of our empathy & compassion. may our own journey become a catalyst for healing action in this, our shared, world.

~j

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#OpenHeart #love #path #practice #sacred #BhagawanNityananda #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

we can’t abide this cruelty & also stand with love. choose love over cruelty. 🙏🏼

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/physical-sexual-abuse-pregnant-women-children-immigration-centers?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754497208-1

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may our eyes and hearts open to see and come to know that it is not some sort of moral purity that saves us. rather, it is love. 

love is where morality springs forth. love is the alchemy of the sacred.

~j

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#moraity #purity #love #sacred #alchemy #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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friends, we are called to love & love isn’t silent in the face of harm. it won’t get any easier to speak out than it is right now. so let us speak out with love – fierce love – for our country, our democracy, for our fellow human beings. we must keep our hearts open, engage empathy, & practice courage. may we speak out with love as best as we can in so far as we can & are able, while we still can.

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“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

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#StFrancisOfAssisi #LoveThyNeighbor #BodhisattvaVow #OpenHeart #light #healing #heart #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“Be a lamp, a lifeboat, a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” 

~Jalaluddin Rumi

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#Rumi #Sufi #LoveThyNeighbor #BodhisattvaVow #OpenHeart #light #candle #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“No more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all. Danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity.” ~ Toni Morrison

please pay attention to your heart, keeping it open, vulnerable & tender to the sight of suffering. have the courage to be moved & grieved by the suffering we are bearing witness to & then to speak out & take appropriate loving action.

Netanyahu would have us believe mass death, starvation, & ethnic cleansing is necessary for the safety & security of Israel. Trump would have us believe that rounding up people in mass without due process or consideration, separating families, & resurrecting internment camps is necessary for US security & safety. 

don’t be fooled. they would ask for your humanity, your very soul, offered up on a platter out of fear & desperation. the very qualities that make cruelty, harm, & destruction not only possible, but preferred. thick in delusion, they offer up a starkly dark reality. a reality inconsistent with a path of love. they are not speaking or acting from a space of love, so abandon them & align with love! know who you are & anchor yourself in love, set your sights on love, allow love to pour out from your broken heart through your words & actions with both tenderness & fierce compassion. love is the antidote to hate, compassion is the antidote to indifference.

let your heart bleed!

~j

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#love #OpenHeart #humanity #Gaza #immigrants #BleedingHeart #ToniMorrison #JinpaLhaga #JMWart