A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.
~
Sensei Ogui, Zen Shin Talks

be you, be beautiful – bloom!
~j
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#JustThis #BeYou #unique #beauty #presence #life #flower #nature #buddhanature #bodhicitta #path #practice #Zen #Buddhism #enso #art #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

i will miss you my friend. i am so grateful to have known you & to have had the privilege to call you friend for so long. 

we met 30 years ago in 1992. we were just babies, juniors in high school drama (see first pic, Erin second from right, w/ me – w/ hair – just left of her). you were already a theatre veteran when i was cast in my 1st play, See How They Run. you were Penelope & i played the Russian Spy. i believe my first line to you & in the show was, “I vant your clodes (clothes)!” 😂

i fell into that show & into friendships that would last 3 decades. how can anyone be so lucky?!

we did other high school shows together & show choir, hung out at school dances & confided during rehearsal breaks. i watched as you followed your dreams & created a life you loved.

you loved life, you wanted to live, & you lived so deeply & passionately, more than so many of us. you brought us into your life, your artist’s journey – acting, directing, producing, creating, coaching, & your cancer journey – teaching us in your vulnerability, inspiring us w/ your courage, challenging us w/ your thirst for life & art. you were a passionate advocate who put into practice what she preached. 

your happiness in your art & in your relationship & marriage to Bryn, gave me such joy, to see you filled w/ such joy & love.

i hold you in my heart & practice. i offer love to all who miss you in these moments & love you and called you dear, to Bryn especially & all who are family.

my friend, Erin, i offer the words of the Bardo Thodol:
“Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns – the original nature of your own mind, the natural state of the unmanifest universe. Let go into the clear light, trust it, unite with it. It is your own true nature, it is home.”

my friend, Erin, i offer the words of The Heart Sutra mantra:

“gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā!”

“gone, gone, everyone gone to the other shore, awakening, so be it!”

my friend, Erin, you are held in so much love! 

love you, my friend!

~j

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hi friends 🤗

here is some of the artwork and photography i’ve gifted my Patreon members as digital art print downloads for them to use and print as they like 👍🏻

these digital art prints are in addition to the other benefits each of the seven contributor tiers already receive. they’re a way of saying thank you for such generosity and are given to every level 🤩

for the price of a coffee (just $3 or $5) a month, you can have all of these digital prints, plus future ones, plus tier benefits ✨

please consider supporting my art and my ability to offer free/by donation meditation instruction, as i also provide full-time care for my father who has Parkinson’s/Lewy Body Dementia. 

Thank you!
You can find my Patreon link here: https://linktr.ee/jaysenwaller 💫

~j

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#generosity #giving #dana #Patreon #contributors #art #meditation #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

we simply can’t afford to become numb, to stick our heads in the sand. ignorance is not bliss when there is harm being done and there’s A LOT of harm to not be ignorant about right now. love calls us to be present, to bear witness, to engage, and tend to need.

but part of love is self-care.
so we must honor our feelings, our emotions that arise in relation to what we are experiencing individually and collectively. whatever arises, hold it with love, tend to it with compassion and tenderness. be kind to yourself.

then when rested and centered in love, and moved by compassion, get back up and engage this world.

years ago @theinterdependenceproject introduced me to the phrase “Sit Down Rise Up” and i’ve carried it with me as a kind of mantra since. we sit, we take care, we tend to our heart and mind. then we rise up, we tend to the world, a world in need of our love. it’s worth it. we are worth it, the world is worth it.

~j
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#SitDownRiseUp #EngagedBuddhism #path #practice #mantra #meditation #activism #OpenHeart #JinpaLhaga

…in reference to the thousands of individuals who refused to go through magnetometers (mags – metal detectors) in order to enter the official rally space. individuals who were carrying weapons including AR-15s, other firearms, knives, spears, flagpoles with spear tips. individuals that Former President Trump wanted to be let into his official rally space regardless of the weapons.

he cares for no one but himself. he cares for nothing more than his own power and hold on power. he was willing to go to any lengths to keep it, any lengths to stay in office. 

many of us have felt we’ve known his character since 2015 or even before. some realized it through his presidency. i hope many more who have continued to support him realize it now through the sworn testimony from who have been overwhelmingly his own staff, family members, fellow Republicans, and supporters of him and his presidency.

i don’t know how all of this will resolve in regards to accountability for Trump and all who conspired, and coordinated with him, but history is filled with examples of people like him and what happens when they are in power. it’s never good. 

we got very very lucky on January 6th that the coup attempt failed, that there wasn’t even more bloodshed, and that democracy survived. we won’t be lucky a second time. 

i hope people are watching, paying attention, and working to keep democracy alive. we need overwhelming turnout to ensure none of these people who align with him end up in elected office from local and state level up to federal level, and that he also never holds elected office again.

nearly 100 million eligible voters sat out and didn’t vote in 2016. 80 million didn’t vote in 2020. democracy survives through engagement and participation – VOTE.

~j

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#democracy #fascism #authoritarianism #coup #AttemptedCoup #January6thHearings #January6thCommittee #vote #engage

we’ve had such a challenging past week, dear friends. i wanted to share some words and art to give you encouragement. together, with the light of our love, we can dispel the darkness and bring balance – we can do it.————————

in the thick of things,

in the darkness and difficulty,

don’t forget who you are. 

you are Love, 

you are Light,

luminous and open.

meet life with empathy, 

with compassion, 

and the steady, purposeful, 

and unshakable strength 

that comes from 

being grounded in Love.

~j

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friends, this ink painting of a candle and it’s light in zen calligraphy style, is available for free along with other digital prints to all of my Patreon subscribers at any level starting at as little as $3 or $5 a month. for the price of a coffee you can have access to digital downloads of some of my art prints and photography, in addition to other benefits offered to each level of support. please consider supporting my art and my ability to offer free/by donation meditation instruction, as i also provide full-time care for my father who has Parkinson’s/Lewy Body Dementia. Thank you!
You can find my Patreon link here: https://linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

#love #light #luminosity #ShineOn #BeTheLight #OpenHeart #empath #compassion #strength #LoveWins #MeditateAndResist #SitDownRiseUp #courage #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #zen #BuddhistArt #ZenArt #art #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

#Wisdom and #FierceCompassion from Lama Rod ⭕️♥️🙏🏻

Posted @withregram • @lamarodofficial

One of the things that drove me into activism and service in my teens was realizing that I was born into a culture that was trying to annihilate my body, spirit, and mind. I was pissed and heartbroken over this and I learned to channel this intense energy into spiritual practice and deeper activism.

Right now I am remembering and calling on all the great beings who came before me and who are still with us now to remember my sacred commitment to never allow the darkness of hate, violence, state and systematic suppression to consume me. I will survive peoples’ weaponizing of their insecurity, narcissism, and trauma against me and my communities. I will not be quiet nor will I disappear.

I am urging all you spiritual leaders, healers, mystics, intuitives, magik practitioners, and yogis to remember your power and confirm your allegiance to light, love, compassion, and community and disrupt this darkness and start acting up. Now is not the time to get more holy. Now is the time to get clear about protecting everyone’s right to be safe, happy, and resourced.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

please feed your spirit with this song, its words, the voice of the singer/sharer.

have hope, abide and draw from love, and engage.

thank you to the incredible @theinterdependenceproject for sharing this.

also friends – PLEASE visit my link https://linktr.ee/jaysenwaller where you’ll find an incredible Google Doc that updates every 5 minutes with info and resources. thanks to IDP for sharing this as well 💫

~j
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Posted @withregram • @theinterdependenceproject Hymn by @thebengsons,
sing with us.

Thank you @peopletreewellness for singing and sharing.

#wewontgoback #roevwade #freedom #sovereigntyhymns

the twilight moment has passed. the darkness is here.

today’s ruling is about power and control, about imposing minority personal and religious beliefs upon others. it isn’t about life, this isn’t a movement of love. if it were, it would include poverty, homelessness, healthcare, living wages, and education. it would include the life of the woman and her bodily autonomy, it would include the incarcerated, the life of the refugee, the life of the animals tortured in factory farming, species dying off due to climate change. it would be about war and profiting from war. many who call themselves “pro-life” would do well to take a step back and deeply contemplate what being “pro-life” really means. 

it is also clear that this desire and obsession to control and impose doesn’t stop here. Judge Thomas’ concurrent statement clearly airs the intention of this and rulings to come. contraception, same-sex relationships and marriages, and perhaps more rights, are next.

it is important to recognize that today’s decision brings trauma and harm. my heart breaks in this dark time. my heart is with you today, my sisters, and all affected by today’s decision. my heart is with all of us filled with palpable concern, worry, and fear within LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. i stand in solidarity with you, with us, and will stand, speak, and engage this day and in all the days to come.

we must not despair. the success of their cruelty depends on our loss of hope. we must hold the sadness and anger with the tenderness and fierceness of our love. we must put this love into action. that’s where hope lives, in the good and beneficial, tireless, persistent, fiercely compassionate work of people who refuse to stop loving.

let’s get out the vote. 80 million eligible voters sit out on elections. this year’s midterm elections are vital. also, let’s donate to organizations that assist in covering travel costs to those seeking safe abortion and reproductive care.

may open hearts and sane minds prevail in this time.

~j

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#SCOTUS #RoeVsWade #life #choice #ReproductiveRights #liberty #equality #democracy #vote #engage #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #WilliamODouglasQuotes

sitting, breathing, befriending ourselves just as we are, here and now. our path and practice.

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join me this Saturday for mindfulness awareness and lovingkindness meditation at 10am pst. ✨

link:
https://linktr.ee/jaysenwaller 💫

#mindfulness #awareness #lovingkindness #meditation #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

Posted @withregram • @tricyclemag From “Sitting Still” by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
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Link in bio. #DailyDharma