@jill-connaway
Aspiring Bodhisattva. Interests include building Beloved Community, Dharma, mindfulness practice, Tarot, cats, and practicing equanimity in the apocalypse. πͺ·ππ»βΈοΈπ³οΈβππββ¬οΈπ«Άπ» The Dude abides. Blog: https://wondrouspeaceheartmind.blog/
"Locating safety doesnβt mean avoiding the worldβs problems. It means meeting them from a place where our choices are not hijacked by fear."
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Turning Obstacles into the Path: Beginning my Mindful Healing Journey Retreat. #Cancer and surgery update.
#Mindfulness #Practice #Dharma
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In this clip, Pema shares a delightful story and demonstrates how we can tap into inner strength, or lungta, by channeling our inner Obi-Wan Kenobi.
#lungta #Dharma #InnerStrength
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Empires collapse not because they accept impermanence, but because they fight against it.
This talk explores the parallels between empire and ego, politics and karma, history and the path of liberation.
#Impermanenceβ #FallOfEmpiresβ #Buddhismββ #DharmaTalkβ
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Peace, happiness, well-being in the world will be gained once you learn to control your own mind. And in order to do that, you need to cut away all the conditions that carry your mind away like a leaf in the wind.
#Dharma #Mindfulness #Practice
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Today I am #grateful for Valerie June #music #joy
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Venerable Thubten Dekyi weaves together a number of ideas for transforming challenging societal situations into constructive collaborative processes. #Dharma
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Iβm deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Larry Ward, a #Dharma teacher whose wisdom and presence profoundly shaped my path. His teachings helped me find peace in chaos and clarity in complexity. Iβll carry his voice and compassion with me always.
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"It's not a bad thing to have anger rise. It's not a bad thing to have heartbreak rise. It's not a bad thing to have joy or pleasure rise. The issue here is what we do with that energy. This is not meant to be judgment. Its meant to be encouragement to practice deeply."
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I'm so grateful for the points Venerable Tenzin Namjong makes about how we shouldn't weaponize #Karma as a means of shaming or blaming people for their circumstances, and that we should help people regardless of how they came to be in the situation they are in. ππ»ππ»ππ»
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It's been written that avoiding harsh speech means that we shouldn't say things that are displeasing or unwanted by others. If this were true, we would never be able to raise difficult subjects with those who refuse to acknowledge their own harmful behaviors. youtu.be/r0RvsMBnP9k?...
#RightSpeech
Hungry Ghosts and IntergalacticΒ Bodhisattvas
Apocalypticdreams of Mara raining firedown upon us all. Choking on tear gasWe all screamed out for justiceWe marched in the streets We prayed to Fudoto use his sword and rope asa force for justice. Petty tyrant hatecult zombies burned everythingto theβ¦
"Expectations are a prelude to disappointment."
#Dharma
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Black cat with wide eyes wearing a plaid bow tie.
Black cat with wide eyes wearing a plaid bow tie.
Black cat lying on a leopard print cloth on a kitty condo looking at the camera upside down.
Black cat lying on a leopard print cloth on a kitty condo looking at the camera upside down showing his toofs.
My handsome little dude.
#Glimmer #RescueCat #AdoptACat #AdoptDontShop #EveryDayIsCaturday #FelineFamiliar #CatMagick #CatMedicine #BlackCat #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBluesky
The delightful Bhante Rahula speaks about how conscious gratitude and recollection of one's virtue can serve as a cure for the various ailments of the mind.
Watch til the end where he talks about the important role the heyoka, or sacred clown, plays in our lives.
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Prayer on #Juneteenth βΈοΈππ»πͺ·
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"If lawyers are afraid of what will happen to them if they stand up and oppose the government, then the whole system begins to falter."
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Sometimes acts of kindness and/or silliness are the best antidotes to the horrors persisting. π
Talking about the power of the mind.
#chanting #mantras #OαΉMaαΉiPadmeHΕ«mΜ #Buddhism
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Gen Demo, a Buddhist nun and Resident Teacher in Kadampa Meditation Center talks about practicing with the chronic disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
#Dharma #Buddhism #Meditation #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain
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Kristi Noem asked to define βHabeas Corpusβ at hearing, canβt do it
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Lovely #Dharma talk on the Eight Winds by Rev Elbert of Shasta Abbey πβΈοΈβ€οΈ
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Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach/journalist Jo Confino look at one of the foundational teachings of Buddhism: the Three Jewels - the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
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I'm sorry for your loss, friend.
Join an action on June 14th. We don't have much time before our democracy is entirely destroyed and American life becomes a horrific hellscape. I am not exaggerating. I wish I was.
Find your nearest No Kings event or start a new one:
www.nokings.org
If every Democrat in Congress, Governor, Mayor, and state/city/town leader called for people in the streets and a general strike, we could end this madness now.
All beings have been your mother in a former life. This is the concept my teacher presented to his class of Western students. Holding this idea in our minds, he told us, would help us to generate a sense of connectedness and all-encompassing compassion.
#MothersDay #Buddhism #Dharma #Compassion
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