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this moment calls for it.

our collective future depends on it.

care.

~j

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#care #OpenHeart #NoFascism #SitDownRiseUp #MindfulResistance #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy 

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it’s obscene, watching the world’s richest man parade around on stage with a chainsaw, gleefully laughing, & celebrating mass firings, affecting the livelihood of so many, slashing food aid & needed medical care from the poorest who desperately depend on the aid. reminding the public that they need to prepare for austerity, for their own good & the good of their country, leaves such a foul stench in the air. such rot. unadulterated cruelty & callousness. devoid of empathy.

what we are seeing is the opposite of love, the opposite of honoring the sacred. it is harmful, destructive, & for some will be deadly. it isn’t something to laugh about or enjoy.

may we have eyes to see & ears to hear, & the courage to speak out. may hearts open.

~j

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#cruelty #callous #harm #suffering #resist #SitDownRiseUp #MindfulResistance #OpenHeart #path #practice #CSLewis #JinpaLhaga 

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“The death of empathy is one of the earliest and most troubling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”

~ Hannah Arendt

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#empathy #OpenHeart #path #practice #HannahArendt #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakably tender hand, placed beside another thread, and held and carried by a hundred others.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

we are here to love one another, to care for each other. we are not here to divide, to scapegoat any particular group, or target, marginalize, oppress, harm, or attempt to erase any community of people. all are sacred embodiments of life & love.

life is of one piece. 

love is of one piece.

when we divide & target any group, or support the targeting of any group, or are indifferent & apathetic to the targeting of any community of people – whether that be as we are seeing now with the targeting of immigrants, BIPOC, the sick, the elderly, the poor, or the LGBTQIA community (which my art in this post is pointing to) – then we are dishonoring life itself & grieving the heart of love.

~j

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#life #OneLove #sacred #community #LGBTQIA #SitDownRiseUp #MindfulResistance #NoFascism #TransLIvesMatter #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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When the narrative is dark and foreboding,

when the banner of fear is waved 

gathering the masses under it, 

and what is said divides us, 

denying our interdependence – 

look to nature to regain your balance.

Sit with her, resting in her silence, 

aligning yourself with the Way, 

and remember there is always Light.

And after Winter, Spring.

~j

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#light #spring #love #interdependence #balance #OpenHeart #SitDownRiseUp #MindfulResistance #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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please know this in your bones:

the authoritarian success of Musk, Trump, Project 2025, this administration & MAGA GOP is not a forgone conclusion. like all things, it depends on certain conditions coming together & like all things that are impermanent, what comes together can also come apart.

the fatal flaw of fascism, though it can work, is that in lieu of strength the fascist works to flood the zone & overwhelm the populous, so that they feel powerless. in truth it is the fascist leader who is truly powerless or else they would not need to take such actions. the only power they have is the power that others give them.

remember, Trump is not good at being president, he lost the popular vote, the first time around in 2016 & only won the electoral college. he inherited a strong economy and then plunged us into a poor economy through a combination of large tax breaks for the rich & corporate along with a failed response to the pandemic (though i would argue he can’t be blamed entirely, because of the worldwide implications of a pandemic & the failure of economies worldwide). he lost his second run for the presidency. now in his third, he won the electoral college vote, & only won the popular vote by less votes than Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016. think about that! he likely would have lost if more people had voted, rather than stay home.

there are more people who do not want him in office & who do not approve of him then there are people who do.

come together, resource, build community, don’t obey advance, stand firm, solid, resisting cruelty & harm. 

center in love, empathy, equity, & justice – the very traits that are absent in his & Musk’s character & the administration.

~j

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path & practice

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#love #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

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i’m not surprised at the Trump administration’s continued attacks on the trans community whether it be by restricting & prohibiting needed healthcare or taking the word “trans” out of federal documents, off of federal websites & National Park signage, but i have to admit i am surprised at how quickly people & organizations/institutions are to acquiesce to such cruelty in the face of so much history that shows where this type of targeting could be headed.

you don’t have to understand a trans person’s experience to have empathy, to be kind, to know that targeting a group of people, marginalizing them, trying to erase them from existence is cruel & immoral. 

there is no neutrality on this. 

none. 

we are either on the side of love & human rights, or we are not.

may hearts open, may awareness, & wisdom arise.

~j

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#TransRightsAreHumanRights

#SideWithLove #OpenHeart #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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love is the way.

not around, but through.

its provision is infinite as source, as direction, as destination with no end, and as practice.

the ultimate alchemist, healer, creator, and path.

our companion through it all.

and so we open, open continuously, we open…

~j

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#LoveIsTheWay #love #source #path #practice #OpenHeart #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy

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please don’t sit this one out. please do something that IS love this day. every word, every action is an opportunity, a privilege to be love in this world, to be a force for healing & hope, for goodness, for light during this time. whether it is protesting & marching, calling our reps, creating art, posting content, connecting one on one or speaking in groups, or simply being a presence of open-heartedness, of bearing witness & listening, of shifting the energy around us to calm steadiness & peace, we have power & we are being called to use it wisely in this time.

may hearts open, may wisdom arise.

~j

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#bodhisattvas #ForceForGood #RightSpeech #RightAction #OpenHearts #BearingWitness #presence #path #practice #NormanFischer #JinpaLhaga