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this is a spiritual crisis. 

we know this,

because this is always the case 

when the oppressed, 

the marginalized, 

the most vulnerable, 

and nature itself 

are targeted.

~j

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#SpiritualCrisis #fascism #cruelty #LoveThyNeighbor #OpenHeart #SitDownRiseUp #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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an offering, reminder, & call back to love to counter balance some of the energy & messaging coming out of yesterday. an attempt to discern through the noise back to what is true, but not politically advantageous in an age of rage, or for those fallen with power, & ideas of retribution, & domination.

we have a definition for love. we have a definition for those who are aligned with & whose purpose is love.

may open hearts & clear minds prevail, & may true, authentic love have the final word.

~j

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#gospel #TrueLove #discernment #sanity #wisdom #OpenHeart #Love #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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where will you rest your heart?

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#life #change #perspective #presence #rest #OpenHeart #poetry #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“You’ve been through fire, and now you carry water for others.”

~ Caroline Middlelsdorf

a bodhisattva is someone who vows to work endlessly to end the suffering of others & of this world. bodhisattvas can only do this because they have also been transforming their own suffering. we have the capacity of heart & sacred potential to meet our pain with open-heartedness, tenderness, & warmth – which is to say, love – transforming our own suffering, so we may be a benefit to others & this world. if the saying is true, “hurt people, hurt people” then it is also true that healed people, heal people.

right now, we are seeing a lot of people with unprocessed sadness, pain, & anger transmitting that hot energy onto & towards harming others, rather than transforming it within themselves. those who have not faced their own demons, see demons in everyone else. also, there are those with power who are & will seek to manipulate that towards their own selfish end goals. please don’t be played. instead – open to & embrace the alchemy of love available to us, & rise from the ashes of pain & suffering as bodhisattvas embodying the love & healing this world needs.

~j

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#bodhisattva #bodhisattvas #love #AlchemyOfLove #OpenHeart #service #CarolineMiddlelsdorf #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy

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currently there is a lot of irresponsible & harmful rhetoric about going to war, retribution, & vengeance – & some from people who claim to follow Jesus no less. disappointing & dangerous. 

it can be quite easy to get caught up in group think & emotions (especially when we aren’t working with transforming our emotions & have unprocessed rage), but we don’t have to go down such a path. each of us, can make a choice to anchor ourselves in open-heartedness, warmth, tenderness, & offer that love to others without exclusion. offering our love to others, does not mean that we have to like them or agree with them, it simply means we wish for them to be at ease and have happiness, to be safe & free from suffering. why wouldn’t we wish this? if hurt people hurt people, as the saying goes, then why wouldn’t we wish people to not hurt? we all benefit! ultimately love is not a feeling as much as it is a choice, a vow we can make. no matter the situation, we maintain our freedom & our autonomy to make such a choice. if we are serious about this & about our role in this life, on this earth, then no outside circumstances can move us from this vow. love is not only a valid & beneficial choice in these situations, ultimately it is the only valid & beneficial choice if we wish to survive & honor the sacredness of life.

~j

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#love #lovingkindness #metta #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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this week has been heavy with tragedy, hypocrisy, hateful & inflammatory rhetoric, false accusations, opportunistic politics, & further erosion of norms & our democracy.

exhausting. so much of it, maybe most of it, is out of our control. but we do have – or should have – control over ourselves. we can practice self-regulation, self-discipline, open-heartedness, & yes – empathy. even if some think it’s a made up word or don’t believe in it. this week has made it obvious that many of us still have a lot of work to do in this area. but we should do so! we should do so knowing this stark truth – any moment may be our last.

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#impermanence #MakeItCount #ZenEveningGatha #zen #enso #JinpaLhaga #JMWart 

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keep going.

going forth with your heart open & your humanity intact. 

~j

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#KeepGoing #faith #hope #love #OpenHeart #JaneGoodall #JinpaLhaga #JMWart  

we must align with inclusive love even when others choose not to. even as we shine light on the dark & name harm. even as we push back against forces of oppression & destruction with fierce compassion, we must not contribute to aggression & violence. they solve nothing. they do, however, plant seeds whose fruit will be more aggression & violence.
say no to violence, say no to harm.
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SCOTUS has failed us. no doubt, this is a very dark chapter. with the SCOTUS ruling allowing T’s ICE to target for detainment & interrogation anyone they choose based on race, language, & accent who may appear to them to be an immigrant & whom they may assume is undocumented, more than ever we must be in solidarity with each other protecting our friends & family as best we can, knowing what we stand for & what ground we stand upon. 

love is the way.

love knows no bounds.

through it all, love continues.

they can’t stop love.

how will we embody the light & fierce compassion of love in this moment?

~j

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#immigrants #love #LoveIsTheWay #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #calligraphy #art

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so full

so bright

she carries 

all of our sadness,

yet shines

oh!

to be luminous 

like the Moon!

~j

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#moon #love #life #shine #poetry #JinpaLhaga #JMWart