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the targeting & attacks on the sacred lives of our trans family, friends, colleagues, & neighbors is immoral. 

we are to love each other. this is the calling, without exception. we don’t have to understand someone else’s experience to have empathy & compassion. we can trust them to know their own experience of life. who are any of us to be gatekeepers on the fullness of life & happiness for another?

what can be said of those who would be so obsessed with & targeting a community who makes up less than 2% of the population? 

the cruelty of oppressing & targeting a group already marginalized runs in opposition to life & love. it will see its end in time & the beautiful diversity of life, expressed in a myriad of ways will continue to flow forth reflecting the great Love that Is.

until then may we speak up & stand up for our trans sisters & brothers, speaking truth, protecting, & healing.

~j

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#TransLivesMatter #TransLivesAreSacred #TransLivesAreBeautiful

#OpenHeart #love #life #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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even amidst all of the chaos, intended destruction & harm, there are people answering the call to love, opening space in their hearts, inviting wisdom, acting with generosity & compassion, shining light.

we have the opportunity to lift up such voices & support the actions of people & organizations who are committed to resisting cruelty & harm, to healing, rebuilding, community, equity, justice, & peace.

there IS light & it will guide us through this time.

~j

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#DarkAges #light #AlwaysShining #LookForTheHelpers #bodhisattvas #OpenHeart #path #practice #JamesMichener #JinpaLhaga

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friends, i am still trying to find my space of balance with all that is happening. 

bearing witness.

not being indifferent to the harm being done.

also prioritizing self-care.

rest.

rise.

resist.

this is a strategy, a practice, a path during this time. 

may you be safe, healthy, happy, at ease & free from suffering.

~j

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#rest #rise #resist #bearwitness #balance #selfcare #lovingkindness #OpenHeart #path #practice #SitDownRiseUp #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy

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This sky where we live 

is no place to lose your wings.  

So love, love, love.

~ 

Hafiz

love is always the most beneficial choice (though it can look very different from person to person with what is available to us), & perhaps in a most subtle yet pervasive way, our best form of resistance to cruelty & harm.

so love, friends, through it all, in spite of it all, because of it all, for it all, love.

~j

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#love #ChooseLove #community #sangha #resistance #OpenHeart #Hafiz #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art 

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a reminder 

for this time 

& all time.

~j

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#empathy #compassion #kindness #generosity #integrity #dignity #decency #equality #justice #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

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fascism is weak.

it operates from of a space of fear & desperation.

love on the other hand is true strength. 

being willing to meet ourselves & all life where we are, with an open heart & steady mind, for the benefit of others (including ourselves) is strength. being willing to be gentle, tender, empathetic, merciful, kind & compassionate is true strength.

~j

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#TrueStrength #love #gentleness #empathy #mercy #kindness #compassion #OpenHeart #LeoBuscaglia #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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Happy 2025 Lunar New Year, my friends – the Year of the Snake! 🐍 

two of the snake’s positive characteristics are wisdom & transformation. may we embody both wisdom & transformation in this new year for the benefit of all in need.

~j

⭕️♥️🙏🏼

#LunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake #YearOfTheWoodSnake #wisdom #transformation #OpenHeart #path #practice #enso #snake #calligraphy #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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if you know, you know 😏

whether it be The White Council & The Fellowship in Tolkien’s Hobbit & LOTRs, or the Jedi Order, the Resistance, & Rebels in Star Wars, or in this case The Order of The White Lotus in Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra, there are multiple generations – a whole population of us – raised on examples of people coming together to push back, disrupt, & overcome tyranny, while embracing the good, the light, & the just, to bring balance for the benefit of all.

so rest up, rise up, & resist dear friends. resist the ideology of cruelty, greed, & harm. embody love instead, manifesting fierce compassion for all who suffer & are in need.

“A true White Lotus member is not defined by their power, but by their compassion and unwavering commitment to the greater good.”

~ Uncle Iroh

~j

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#OrderOfTheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus #UncleIroh #bodhisattvas #OpenHeart #clarity #resilience #FierceCompassion #vow #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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compassion & mercy look like the work of bodhisattvas, any one of us who vows to work with our hearts & minds – ever opening & skillful – for the benefit of other beings & all life. 

such a vow, such a commitment – that looks like true power.

may we embrace & commit to such true power, the power of love, for the benefit of a world in need.

~j

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#power #love #compassion #mercy #OpenHearts #CalmMinds #bodhisattvas #vow #commitment #path #practice #RevBenjaminCremer #JinpaLhaga

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may our words & actions be sources of healing for all who have been harmed & for all the harm to come. may our healing work reverberate & ripple out, expanding to all who are hurting & suffering without exception, bias, or favor. may our hearts continue to open in empathy, putting love into action through mercy & compassion, living beautifully with grace & generosity.

~j

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#healer #healers #love #OpenHeart #empathy #mercy #compassion #generosity #grace #beauty #bodhisattvas #path #practice #MedicineBuddha #JinpaLhaga #JMWart