“The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.”
-Buddha
Buddha’s Universal Love, Compassion, Peace & Wisdom…
“In order to have faith in his own path,
he does not need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong.”
―Paulo Coelho
Stic Man Praying…
Buddhism is an inclusive spiritual path…
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Please enjoy “No Way As The Way” by Dead Prez…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEXB0WsFVKg
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I love how inclusive “no way as the way” is.
“…My mind is a Buddhist temple.
The truth is simple.
I try to be principled.
Walking with a warrior’s spirit.
Aint’ nothing like learning from first hand life experience.
I’m a realist.
That’s all I deal with.
Respecting truth, that’s all I build with.
A child of the universe.
My religion is life and it’s just as valid.
I strive for balance…”
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For more information…
Paulo Coelho…http://paulocoelhoblog.com/
Dead Prez….http://deadprezblog.wordpress.com/
Their new album “Information Age” is available for purchase now…
{Thank you Stic Man & M-1!}
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/information-age/id565661367
http://www.amazon.com/Information-Age/dp/B009I5LNMW
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Peace & Namaste…
“Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist;
use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.“
–His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Butterflies: A Symbol of Metamorphosis
Photo Courtesy of: http://till-we-droop.tumblr.com/
I love how inclusive Buddhism is.
Every life is precious.
Everyone has buddha nature.
Everyone has the potential to reach enlightenment.
I know Buddhism is a religion but I see it as a way of life.
Peace & Namaste…
“Learning how to be kind to ourselves is important.
When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering.
We’re discovering the universe.
When we discover the buddha that we are, we realize that everything and everyone is Buddha.
We discover that everything is awake, and everyone is awake.
Everything and everyone is precious and whole and good. When we regard thoughts and emotions with humor and openness, that’s how we perceive the universe.”
Peace & Namaste…
“Right now:
There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness.
Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.
Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life.
Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God’s children.
A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, “nourish them.”
Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you.
Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat you to a movie.
Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you — for free.
Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on.
The next great song is being rehearsed.
Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth.
Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way.
Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they’ll be thriving like never before. They just can’t see it from where they’re at.
Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want — and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in it’s reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angsty longing and render it all “So worth the wait.“
Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche — this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you.
Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest.
Someone is fighting the fight so that you don’t have to.
Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water.
Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable.
You. Me. Some. One. Now.”
Copied & Pasted from: http://www.daniellelaporte.com/inspiration-spirituality-articles/the-manifesto-of-encouragement/
“Danielle LaPorte is the creator of WhiteHotTruth.com, which has been called the best place on-line for kick-ass spirituality.”
Please visit her website for some inspiration and wisdom…She is so brilliant. I just “discovered” her and will most likely be doing more blog posts about her and her writing.
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Peace & Namaste Friends…
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From their blog at: http://anastasiachomlack.typepad.com/laughter/2009/11/inspired.html
Peace & Namaste…
