Essential...

...." I FIND THAT it's essential during the day to actually note when I feel happiness or when something positive happens, and to begin to cherish those moments as precious....."

Pema Chodron

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Simple as Apples....

Karma is as simple as apples.

KARMA is not something complicated or philosophical.  Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind.  Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Lives Like Ours...

YESTERDAY an irrational current ran through our land once more.  A massacre occurred in Tucson, Arizona, and lives like yours and mine came to an end instantly because a madman confused individual freedom with a call to arms. 

We relive this mass horror too frequently.  Those of us who embrace love and fairness, are astonished again by the random power of evil.  Why is there surprise when sick minds are stirred to commit terrible acts?  Maybe we should pull back from hateful and angry rhetoric that goads the irrational to take murderous steps. 

God bless and heal the wounded, heal our pain and weakness, and take the departed into heaven.

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Life Itself/ 2011

LIFE HAS a role for everyone....may you play the best one in 2011.......

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Greetings...

...TIDINGS of comfort and joy!!

It's good to wish everyone a Happy Holiday...Once a year, at the very least, we can give and receive with a full heart!! 

Beautiful truths pass this way.

Merry Christmas...Happy New Year....


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Cave of the Body....

THE ONE WHO IS VERY ATTACHED to the cave of the body, that one finds detachment very difficult.  Those who constantly crave for pleasure are hard to liberate and certainly cannot be liberated by others, only by themselves.  Sometimes it is only death that brings a realization of endings, and then the sensual person, deeply immersed in the body, will shout: "What will happen to me after death?" 

The way toward liberation is to train yourself to live in the present without any wanting to become anything.  Give up becoming this or that, live without cravings, and experience this present moment with full attention.  Then you will not cringe at death nor seek for repeated birth.

Sutta Nipata

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Boundless...

HOW BOUNDLESS AND FREE IS THE SKY OF AWARENESS!  How bright the full moon of wisdom!  Truly, is anything missing now?  Nirvana is right here, before our eyes; this very place is the Lotus Land; this very body, the Buddha.

Hakuin Zenji,
   "Song of Zazen".


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May I...?

WHEREVER I AM born, may I have wisdom and strength.  May I rise above all ignorance.

You only need two tools in life...WD-40, and Duct Tape.  If it doesn'r move and should, use the WD-40.  If it shouldn't move and does, use the Duct Tape.

Life is very serious.  Life is very funny.  One at a time?  Both at the same time?  Sure!!

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Deeds...

THE ONE who does an evil deed carries within themselves the charred remains forever, coloring the whole world an ashen color.

Based on the Dhammapada


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LEAVING....

Going along in company together, a wise man must mix with other foolish persons.  But on seeing what is hurtful, he abandons them...as a full fledged heron leaves the marshy ground.

UDANA


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Chant...

CHANT FOR INNER STRENGTH

I call the light of golden rays
I seek protection thus,
I pray for heavenly forces at my side
angels, sages, spirit guides or wolves
who walk with cunning skill.

Come to my aid!
Come at my will!
Blackbird soaring light my path
so I am victim to no one's wrath!
And when my journey knows success,
all those who aid me Goddess bless!

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Today...

LOOK AT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TODAY and know that you have had that.  Imagine owning beauty...we all do!!

Everything is a way to learning, from depression to joy.  Embrace the idea that it's all happening perfectly.  If you don't know why, maybe the bigger picture will reveal itself...maybe not.  The answer within us needs a lot of work to be revealed.  But perhaps at times it's just a bit of Grace. 

Tell yourself that whatever happens in your life, you can handle it.  Yes, tell yourself that..even if it's over and over.

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Good Karma...

Karma is not something complicated or philosophical.  Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind.  Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Like Water...

DEVELOP A MEDITATION THAT IS LIKE WATER.  Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away. 
     Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood.  And yet the water is not troubled or disgusted.
     So this water meditation will bring you peace.

Majihima Nikaya


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The Greatest...

                                             black elk


The greatest effort is not concerned with results.  The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. 

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.  The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.

The greatest achievement is selflessness.

Atisha


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Ours...

IT IS OUR EARTH, NOT YOURS OR MINE, or his.  We are meant to live on it, helping each other, not destroying each other.

J. Krishnamurti


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Desire...

ONE OF THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS:

If desire can be removed, then suffering and stress will be ended.

One of the ways to remove desire is through Right Mindfulness.

      BUDDHA


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Just Dreaming...

THANK GOD men cannot yet fly and lay waste to the sky as well as the earth!

Henry David Thoreau / 1817-1862 /  US Transcendentalist Author


WE ARE such stuff as dreams are made on.

William Shakespeare


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Easy Harmony...

ALWAYS AIM at complete harmony of thought and word and deed.  Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Mahatma Gandhi

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The Third Step...

THE THIRD STEP of the Eightfold Path is Right Speech, meaning to abstain from all lying, falsehoods, abusive and frivolous speech. 

I think the frivolous speech part applies to me.  In my opinion, I ought to curb my over-the-top enthusiasm.  Being an Aries, with my birthday today, the second day of Spring, makes this tough!  Still, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!

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