#SacredDuty #CivicDuty one and the same. we have, for now, the immeasurable privilege & opportunity to have a say in our representative #democracy. a voice in what happens next. an action that carries the goodwill and hope of generations before us.
we are on a precipice. please #engage #participate and #VOTE
~j
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Posted @withrepost • @mindourdemocracy Thanissara on how we further the sacred legacy of democratic participation when we vote! 🙏 🗳️
#MindOurDemocracy
#MindfulVoting
#2022Midterms
in California?
check out this GREAT resource for Nov 8th #MidtermElections.
from candidates to measures, from local to statewide, you can type in your zip code and find explainers, match up your values/policy priorities with candidates, etc.
link below 👍🏻
~j
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Posted @withrepost • @kpbs The KPBS Voter Hub is your one stop for everything you need to know for the November 8 election.
It’s home to explainers, an interactive virtual ballot guide, a candidate matcher quiz, resources on how to vote and where, and of course all the latest news!
Check it out at https://kpbs.org/voterhub
El centro de votantes de KPBS es su única parada para todo lo que necesita saber para las elecciones del 8 de noviembre.
Es el hogar de explicadores, una guía de votación virtual interactiva, un cuestionario de comparación de candidatos, recursos sobre cómo votar y dónde, y por supuesto, ¡todas las últimas noticias!
Compruébalo en kpbs.org/guiaelectoral
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These mountains
that you are carrying,
you were
only supposed to
climb.
~
Najwa Zebian
give yourself a break.
are you doing the best you can to live and love authentically with an open heart?
to speak with kindness and move with compassion?
then cut yourself some slack.
if you aren’t doing these things, then do your best to begin, one breath and one step at a time.
and then give yourself a break, cut yourself some slack, and begin again.
~j
⭕️♥️🙏🏻
#grace #ease #BeginAgain #selfcare #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #zen #enso #art #ZenArt #BuddhistArt #ContemplativeArt #JMWart #NajwaZebianQuotes
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These mountains
that you are carrying,
you were
only supposed to
climb.
~
Najwa Zebian
give yourself a break.
are you doing the best you can to live and love authentically with an open heart?
to speak with kindness and move with compassion?
then cut yourself some slack.
if you aren’t doing these things, then do your best to begin, one breath and one step at a time.
and then give yourself a break, cut yourself some slack, and begin again.
~j
⭕️♥️🙏🏻
#grace #ease #BeginAgain #selfcare #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #zen #enso #art #ZenArt #BuddhistArt #ContemplativeArt #JMWart #NajwaZebianQuotes
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this moment in history is calling to us. our ancestors are calling to us. future generations are calling to us. those who are marginalized, targeted, and oppressed are calling to us.
may we answer the call.
~j
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Posted @withrepost • @mindourdemocracy When your grandchildren ask you, “how did you mind our democracy?” what will you say? @jack_kornfield offers his guidance for how to respond.
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“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice….”
~ Pema Chödrön
we can choose to keep an open heart.
we can choose to allow vulnerability, softness, and tenderness to be our strength, our super power.
we can choose to be brave.
bravery is a practice.
~j
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#bravery #OpenHeart #vulnerability #tenderness #superpower #strength #path #practice #PemaChödrönQuotes #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #calligraphy
climate change. war. poverty. so much suffering comes from greed, our aggression defending it, and our delusion that gives birth to it.
how has greed of others affected your life? how has greed within you affected yours and others’ lives?
an antidote to greed is generosity – towards ourselves and others. another is practicing gratitude and contentment. how do you practice gratitude?
we can regularly ask ourselves – do i need this? beyond my basic needs (food, water, clothing, shelter, wellness, friendship), what do i need?
~j
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#greed #RootPoison #suffering #gratitude #contentment #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #KenetsuTakamoriQuotes
as Mother Teresa once said, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
there are many that promote division and an every person for themselves ideology. but such a severe individuality approach to life, doesn’t reflect reality as it really is, and can bring harm. it forgets that we belong to each other.
interdependence says that we belong to each other, that our words and actions and the thoughts that give rise to them, have an effect on others for good or for ill. “Am I part of the cure, or am I a part of the disease?” as the Coldplay lyric asks.
we can go about our lives on autopilot and reacting to life, or we can practice allowing space to see clearly, learning what our triggers are, and responding mindfully with lovingkindness and compassion to ourselves and others.
interdependence calls on us to embody empathy and compassion – to engage our world and participate in life for each other. one way to do this is to exercise our right, our privilege, our responsibility to VOTE.
go to vote.gov to register and check our info on your state if you haven’t already.
~j
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today would have been Thich Nhat Hanh’s 96th birthday/continuation day.
a dear teacher to so many, Thay’s presence is missed yet still here in the community of monastics and lay practitioners who continue to embody his accessible, simple, profound Zen Buddhist teachings on mindfulness, open-heartedness, and being compassion in the world through words and actions.
this teaching on Engaged Buddhism continues to bring benefit. as he says in this quote, “Compassion is a verb.” we must step off the cushion and take our mindfulness, our loving kindness to a world in need, in practical, beneficial ways.
may it be so.
~j
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#ThichNhatHanh #ThichNhatHanhQuotes #Zen #Buddhism #EngagedBuddhism #OpenHeart #compassion #mindfulness #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
Happy National Coming Out Day beautiful people!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
our authenticity in who we are and our open-hearted love are gifts to the world!
love is a super power! 💫
keeping loving yourself and others
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
~j
#NationalComingOutDay #LGBTQIA #gay #queer #LGBTQIApride #ComingOut #LoveIsLove #LoveWins #authenticity #OpenHeart #love #compassion #kindness #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga
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