Sometimes you find yourself with an opinion … That’s all it is, a point of view … According to progressives, anybody who holds a different opinion is a 'fascist'. And it's perfectly OK to be violent to fascists. They're not big on irony.
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Our breathing is a stable solid ground that we can take refuge in. No matter what is going on inside us –- thoughts, emotions, or perceptions –- our breathing is always with us, like a faithful friend. Whenever we are carried away by our thinking, when we are overwhelmed by strong emotions, or when our minds are restless and dispersed, we can return to our breathing.
Click here for more . . . The power of quiet in a world full of noise Many of us are afraid of silence. We’re always taking in something,—text, music, radio, television, or thoughts—to occupy the space. If quiet and space are so important for our happiness, why don’t we make more room for them in our lives.
We can feel lonely even when we’re surrounded by many people. We are lonely together. There is a vacuum inside us. We don’t feel comfortable with that vacuum, so we try to fill it up or make it go away. Technology supplies us with many devices that allow us to “stay connected.” These days, we are always “connected,” but we continue to feel lonely. We check incoming e-mail and social media sites multiple times a day. We e-mail or post one message after another. We want to share; we want to receive. We busy ourselves all day long in an effort to connect. Click here for more . . . . . . as you've never seen it before . . . Born in central Vietnam in 1926, Thich Nhat Hanh entered Tu Hieu Temple, in Hue city, as a novice monk at the age of sixteen. As a young bhikshu (monk) in the early 1950s he was actively engaged in the movement to renew Vietnamese Buddhism. He was one of the first bhikshus to study a secular subject at university in Saigon, and one of the first six monks to ride a bicycle.
Social activism during war in Vietnam: When war came to Vietnam, monks and nuns were confronted with the question of whether to adhere to the contemplative life and stay meditating in the monasteries, or to help those around them suffering under the bombings and turmoil of war. Thich Nhat Hanh was one of those who chose to do both, and in doing so founded the Engaged Buddhism movement, coining the term in his book "Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire". His life has since been dedicated to the work of inner transformation for the benefit of individuals and society. The fourteen precepts of Engaged Buddhism may be helpful to some who are occasionally overwhelmed by current world events. "terrified toddler runs from racist baby . . ? And Nicola Sturgeon explains why beer gardens aren't opening any time soon: . . . so it's all to do with it being noisy, or if there's music then apparently you breathe in a different way.
So I'm glad that's settled. (Are we getting it yet? They must be laughing their a**es off!) |
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