tell me friend,
are you rooted?
where have you placed your roots?
how deep do they run?

don’t wait for the storm to arrive.
don’t wait for the ground to go missing beneath your feet.

time is of the essence!

let us find our footing & plant our roots deep in love which fuels our journey, our work, & our pursuit for what is true, just & healing.

~j
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#PlantingSeeds #trees #roots #love #life #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhist #photography #BWphotography #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
~
Martin Luther King, Jr.

may our light shine bright and may we be a people of true love and justice, not vessels of destruction that fear, hate and vengeance create.

~j
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#BeLove #BeLight #love #light #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #OpenHeart #path #practice #bodhisattvas #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #candle #JMWartCandleSeal #MLKjr

as imperfect as it is, i love our democracy and i'm devoted to the promised potential it has. i cannot have this day pass without recognizing the anniversary of the Jan 6th insurrection in 2021 following the 2020 Presidential election.

*full post:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/01/06/3rd-anniversary-jan-6th-insurrection/

~j
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#Jan6th #January6th #insurrection #authoritarianism #democracy #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #RickFrausto #VoltaireQuotes #IsaacAsimovQuotes

Love meets people where they are.

now is the time to be an ally.

if not us, who?
if not now, when?

~j
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https://themettagarden.com/2023/03/11/now-is-the-time-to-be-an-ally/

#LGBTQIA #Queer #Gay #ProtectTransKids #StandWithTrans #StandWithLGBTQIA #BeAnAlly #BeAnAllyNotABystander #SitDownRiseUp #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #QueerArtist #GayArtist #LGBTQIAartist #BuddhistArtist #Artist #art #BuddhaArt #PrideArt

"Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.” ~ Ryōkan

https://themettagarden.com/2023/02/13/the-journey-begins-with-our-own-heart/

~j
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#Truth #Delusion #Life #OpenHeart #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhist #Buddha #RyokanQuotes #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #photography

happy Winter Solstice dear friends and Yule for those who celebrate!

~j
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#WinterSolstice #Yule #Nature #Seasons #Impermanence #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhist #JinpaLhaga #MattMorrisQuotes

we are of one ancestry - Life. let us honor Life, by loving each other, showing kindness and compassion toward one another, standing up in solidarity with one
another.
~j
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#interdependence #HumanRightsDay #EngagedBuddhist #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart