every atom in you (that makes all of what makes you up), is a marvel 💫💛🙏🏻

Posted @withregram • @thichnhathanh

“Many of us consider growing up as a kind of increasing, and getting old as a kind of decreasing. When we say that humans go from ashes to ashes and from dust to dust, it doesn’t sound very joyful, because none of us wants to return to dust. It is our mind of discrimination that thinks this way, because we don’t know what dust really is. Every atom is a vast mystery. We still have not yet fully understood electrons and nuclei; for scientists, a speck of dust is very exciting. A particle of dust is a marvel.”

Thich Nhat Hanh in ‘The Other Shore’
(Taken from an extract published on The Mindfulness Bell website, read it via the link in the bio)

Happy Labor Day!!

labor unions have a history of pushing for safety, living wages, and benefits. labor unions had a major role in the civil rights movement both financially and in mobilization.

#prounion #prolabor #laborday #happylaborday

release your light, friends

from stardust of ages past

a love that springs forth.

~j

shine on.

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#light #shine #luminous #candle #love #stardust #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #BuddhistArt #ContemplatveArt #haiku #poetry

when i read this quote, what comes to mind is – the work is in front of us.

where do we love? here.

when do we love? now.

who do we love? everyone.

what do we love? everything.

why do we love? there is need, we are called to do so, it is a full embodying of who and what we are, and fulfillment of our life here.

also, this idea of working with what is in front of us, whatever the situation, whatever we are experiencing, is fundamental to a practice of mindfulness awareness and lovingkindness. our life, our body, our mind, our experiences, our relationships are the ingredients we need to wake up, to open our hearts, to find clarity and balance within our minds.

may we do so.

~j

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#RightHere #RightNow #presence #OpenHeart #clarity #mindfulness #awareness #lovingkindness #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga

powerful (and challenging) practice.
practice is the key. i’ve been not so good at this lately, but i begin again. we can always begin again. #wisdom and #compassion. the two wings of the bird.
may we fly! 💫

~j
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Posted @withregram • @robinacourtin SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 138:
How to cope with the crazy world

#robinacourtin #buddhism #dharma #crazyworld

my response to a recent tweet from a particular GOP Representative who is proudly MAGA. this person stated that when things don’t change people lose hope and turn to self preservation – which set apart from this person’s actions may be a valid point.

however, the irony is that this person regularly promotes division, individualism and self preservation as self and nation at all costs, pitting one side against the other.

of course they won’t read it and it won’t likely change the way they think or those who are all in on them or Trump, or such ideology no matter what.

that’s not really the point. it’s a reminder for myself, and the rest of us who may be open to such a view. 

may hearts and minds open and be at ease, taking refuge in love.

~j

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#individualism #delusion #fear #desperation #division #harm #interdependence #community #empathy #compassion #love #protection #path #practice #hope #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga

Halloween is approaching!🎃

how better to get your seasonal spooky style on than with these Zombie Scarecrow products at my Redbubble store! 🧟🧙🏻‍♂️

shirts, hats, buttons, bags, coasters, phone cases, and prints –

plus much more 🤗

if interested, check out via link below:

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#Halloween #horror #scary #NotSoScary #fun #scarecrows #zombies #ZombieScarecrow #brains #Redbubble #JMWart #art #cartoon #illustration #drawing

it’s hot hot energy and the cost can be so high.

may we learn to greet our anger with spaciousness, gentleness, calm and love. to turn down the heat, to cool the heat, rather than further feeding it until it blows up.

may we be alchemists that transform the anger energy, rather than transmitting it to others.

may we bring healing rather than harm and destruction.

~j

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#anger #heat #harm #destruction #healing #calm #spaciousness #gentleness #love #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #KyabjeGelekRinpocheQuotes

be gentle with yourself.

just begin again.

life is a series of falls and rising from falls. 

three steps forward two steps back.

the instruction is to not get stuck.

stay open, keep your heart open.

life is constantly in movement. whatever chapter we are in, it will end, and then a new one will begin.

i have to remind myself of this often and as best as i can live it, with love.

wishing the same for you.

~j

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#BeginAgain #FreshStart #NewDay #breathe #BeGentle #StayOpen #OpenHeart #love #courage #bravery #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga

#MaryAnnRadmacherQuotes

be gentle with yourself.

just begin again.

life is a series of falls and rising from falls. 

three steps forward two steps back.

the instruction is to not get stuck.

stay open, keep your heart open.

life is constantly in movement. whatever chapter we are in, it will end, and then a new one will begin.

i have to remind myself of this often and as best as i can live it, with love.

wishing the same for you.

~j

⭕️♥️🙏🏻

#BeginAgain #FreshStart #NewDay #breathe #BeGentle #StayOpen #OpenHeart #love #courage #bravery #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga

#MaryAnnRadmacherQuotes