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beneath this canopy 

of night,

glowing embers fill 

the sky

with the burning passion 

of Divine Love.

it is a gift

to just 

BE.

~j

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#life #gift #presence #sacred #love #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“I’m thinking about my heart. I guess you’ve heard sometimes it’s heavy. But I just keep moving. When I hit a wall I just look up at the sky.”

~ Ben Lee

the antidote to disconnection is connection.

sometimes, friends, what we need is some fresh air & some time in nature, to reconnect – to “recommune” with life. it is a salve to our wounds, equalizes our body, lifts our spirit, & reminds us of the sacredness present in the vastness & minutiae. take your practice outside – sit, walk, lay, stare into space, open to all the sounds & smells. be with the life you are.

~j

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#nature #life #interbeing #connection #communion #OpenHeart #path #practice #meditation #mindfulness #BenLee #JinpaLhaga

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the sea may be raging, my friends, but with intention & practice, we can learn to ride the waves with awareness, an open heart, clarity & resilience.

helping each other, we can learn to do this, together. this is love in action, & where there is the fullness of love, there is no space for fear.

~j

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#StormySea #RideTheWaves #love #OpenHeart #resilience #NoFear #community #sangha #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“Kindness never means empowering people’s hatred. Kindness is what disempowers hatred. If we don’t call out hatred directly, we aren’t truly being kind.”

~ Ethan Nichtern

this quote from one of my teachers, is such a beneficial reminder. 

the most loving & kindest thing we can do when seeing harm & destruction is to call it out, & then work to end it. this can begin by clearly demanding for it to stop. there’s no neutrality when it comes to cruelty & harm. love & kindness demand we speak & act.

~j

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#WorldKindnessDay #kindness #love #OpenHeart #SitDownRiseUp #bodhisattvas #path #practice #EthanNichtern #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #calligraphy

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may this be us, in this moment. may we maintain an open heart, a steady & focused mind, & determined courage. may we act with integrity & principle. may we do all of this for the benefit of all beings & life, to mitigate harm & suffering.

~j 

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#heroes #bodhisattvas #OpenHeart #Steady #Focused #Determined #Courage #path #practice #HeatherCoxRichardson #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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…we are living in a moment when we are being told up is down & down is up. but such cruelty, no matter how vocally it is being presented as moral & righteous by the most zealous or fraudulent, goes against everything i learned as a young Christian following the teachings of love from Jesus, or as a practicing Buddhist who centers awareness of our interdependence, non-harming, & fierce compassion as the embodiment of such love.

this is a clarifying moment for all of us to bravely choose love, over & over again. a love that includes all beings, all life – including ourselves & those who may be in opposition.

may open hearts, steady – focused – calm minds, & wisdom arise & prevail in our time for the benefit of all beings in all realms & directions.

~j

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#SpiritualCrisis #ChooseLove #OpenHearts #interdependence #lovingkindness #compassion #mindfulness #awareness #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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it’s okay to be broken hearted.

it sets free a reservoir of love, an awareness of our interconnection, & an inherent capacity to be with life compassionately. 

all which we will need in the times ahead.

so embrace your rawness, your open-heartedness & all it brings. it’s a super power, it’s what makes you fully human, & keeps you from becoming a monster.

this your very heart

broken open,

heals the world.

dam breaks,

water flows.

~j

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#BrokenHeart #love #awareness #interconnection #compassion #healing #OpenHeart #path #practice #SuperPower #SitDownRiseUp #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy 

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the work is the same and the work continues, regardless, because there is need. and love goes to where there is need and where there is suffering. 

we are called to love.

there are so many who know this and already live this. they give me hope and inspire me to do the same.

~j

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#hope #love #action #compassion #OpenHeart #path #practice #bodhisattvas #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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all of these STILL matter.

please still live a life of principle in love. it is important, it still matters, perhaps more now than at any point within most of our lifetimes. make a vow & commit to it. 

~j

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#empathy #compassion #kindness #generosity #integrity #dignity #decency #equality #justice #values #principles #LiveByVow #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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to my LGBTQIA+ family, i say, WE BELONG HERE.

to the women in my life, i say, YOU BELONG HERE.

to my Black, Indigenous, Asian & beautifully diverse friends of color, i say, YOU BELONG HERE.

to my Latino friends & immigrant families, to all immigrants including those undocumented, i say, YOU BELONG HERE.

to my friends who belong to religious communities outside of alignment with Christian Nationalism or are not part of a religious community at all, i say, YOU BELONG HERE.

this is the ultimate view – our birthright is LOVE & no one can truly take that away from us. yet, on a relative level real harm can happen. marginalization exists, oppression exists, destruction exists. so the ultimate view is worth remembering in such times & it is worth standing up for & speaking up for. it is worthy of our unity & community building, so let’s look out for one another & recommit ourselves to love.

may all those opposed to such love, to the sacredness of all beings without exception, be blessed hard out of their ignorance, fear, & aggression, & into the grace & vastness of love.

~j

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#YouBelong #LoveWins #Divserity #Beauty #Sacred #Love #OpenHeart #Path #Practice #community #Bodhisattvas #Community #JinpaLhaga #JMWart