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wisdom i repost every so often and keep close to heart from a friend who years ago, left this earth way too soon. 

may his words here continue to shine bright and bring benefit.

~j

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#love #life #impermanence #LetGo #flow #JosiahAkoyaElkins #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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love it all. 

the muck and 

the pristine jewel 

hidden within.

~j

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#life #sacred #LoveItAll #love #OpenHeart #path #practice #AbrahamMaslow #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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Offering Practice

rather than ignoring, or running away from unpleasant feelings, thoughts, situations, & rather than grasping onto pleasant feelings, thoughts, & situations, we can simply offer them. whatever we are feeling – sadness, loneliness, anger, fear, grief – we can offer it. when we are feeling happiness, comfort, bliss, we can offer these also, knowing that these feelings also do not last & when they leave us we usually suffer. so, we can offer them.

we can make this into a practice, using the breath as our vehicle for support & letting go. breathing in, we can feel supported by life, by our body, by the oxygen filled air. our bodies need oxygen to function properly & survive, so when we breathe, our body is receiving what it needs & is supported by the oxygen in the air right here in our life. we don’t even have to try to do it, it just happens, we can just allow it. we can also feel supported emotionally, spiritually as we breathe in. we may not know why we are here or how we got here, but we are here – right here in this life, where our lives are supported by innumerable conditions. then, feeling supported, we can acknowledge how we feel, no matter what we are feeling. we can acknowledge it, touching it lightly – ah, yes, this is sadness or fear or anger or happiness, or whatever. then as we breathe out, we can release whatever we are feeling, allowing it to go out with the breath back into the air. we can offer it back to life – here is my sadness, here is my anger, here is my happiness, i release it, i let it go, i offer it.

~j

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#offering #release #LetGo #LetBe #allowance #OpenHeart #path #practice  #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art

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In violence we forget who we are.

~ 

Mary McCarthy

we are here…

to love 

without reservation 

or hesitation

our hearts 

completely open 

courageously open

with fearlessness 

in the face of pain 

when all seems dark

this is our calling 

this is our task

to wake up this world 

reminding her 

that she is loved

~j

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#peace #love #nonviolence #nonaggression #presence #Buddhanature #OpenHeart #MaryMcCarthy #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy 

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Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we’ll need no other light.

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Goethe

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#InnerLight #DivineLight #SacredLight #LuminousBeings #Awake #OpenHeart #Goethe #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #candle #art

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“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.” 

~ The Dalai Lama

all inclusive love is radical & revolutionary. such love isn’t indifferent to harm or suffering. compassion is inclusive love in action. compassion leaves no one & no thing out. it is the healing, transformative work of love. 

may we align with such love, within our own lives, & with others who also choose compassion as path & practice.

~j

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#compassion #OpenHeart #LoveInAction #practice #path #DalaiLama #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art

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A monk was traveling across a field and he encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger chasing after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed and snarled at him from above. Trembling and hanging there, the monk looked down to where, far below, a second tiger was waiting for him to fall, to eat him. 

Then out of a crevice in the cliff two mice, one white and one black, appeared and little by little they started to gnaw away at the vine. The monk noticed a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. Delicious! How sweet it tasted!

~ Zen Buddhist parable

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#parable #life #living #death #fear #presence #joy #buddhism #zen #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #JMWphotography

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“The whole cosmos has come together in order to help you to manifest. In you, the whole cosmos can be found.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

our inherent value and sacredness isn’t dependent on the superficial concerns many of us have. rather, our inherent value and sacredness are rooted within the very fabric of life itself. may we truly know our inherent value and sacredness, and the inherent value and sacredness of others, along with all life.

from this knowing may we act to be a benefit, with our presence, for a world in need. 

~j

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#life #cosmos #sacred #value #awareness #OpenHeart #path #practice #ThichNhatHanh #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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stop.

settle.

breathe.

open.

listen.

we must allow ourselves the chance to BE with life. to see clearly and open our hearts, to respond with tenderness for ourselves and our experience, so we can speak and act in this world, in a way that is beneficial and transforms suffering.

~j

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#life #OpenHeart #MindAtEase #path #practice #sacred #Rumi #JinpaLhaga

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Be wary of any belief, 

ideology, dogma, or tradition 

that promotes division between you and your fellow human beings.

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Hemley Gonzalez

what we often forget, is that many of our views, our beliefs, our traditions, norms, etc. are all constructed. we allow these impermanent constructions developed from a own limited perspectives to divide us. though these may serve a temporary purpose that may be beneficial at a certain place & time, the priority – the north star – must always be love which is unity formed in our empathy & care for one another, in non-harming & in our generosity toward life which has gifted us all we have.

~j

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#life #love #unity #OpenHeart #path #practice #HemleyGonzalez #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #enso #calligraphy