If Not Now, Then When: On Confessing Love in an Uncertain World

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/02/21/16/56/44/analysis/jaimedavid327/10018/if-not-now-then-when-on-confessing-love-in-an-uncertain-world/

"When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi." - Atisha
From Training the Mind: and Cultivating Loving Kindness

#Lojong #MindTraining #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #Bodhisattva #Atisha #LojongSlogans #USPol #NMPol @dharma @lojong @bodhisattva

Radical Compassion Doesn’t Mean Forgiving the Irredeemable

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/29/radical-compassion-doesnt-mean-forgiving-the-irredeemable/

Wild how “be kind to each other” is somehow the most controversial thing a leader can say.
Compassion is a threat when cruelty is the system’s fuel. 😮‍💨🔥

#KindnessIsRevolutionary #GoodTrouble #SolidarityNotSilence #LiberationForAll #AntiOppression #DoBetterChurch #RadicalCompassion #ChooseHumanity #CommunityCare

"Rebellion is not always loud. Sometimes it’s the quiet refusal to give up on tenderness."

#Rebellion #Tenderness #QuietResistance #RadicalCompassion #SoftPower

"At work, being a 'child of illusion' enables me to see the bigger picture, exploring what might work for everyone. By letting go of ideas and things I tend to fixate on or cling to, the work place can become the arena of my post-meditation practice." https://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/02/everyday-buddhadharma-buddhist-lojong-slogan-in-post-meditation-be-a-child-of-illusion-linda-lewis/

#Lojong #MindTraining #ElephantJournal #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #Bodhisattva #Atisha #LojongSlogans @dharma
@lojong
@bodhisattva

I've been off of social media for almost a month recovering from a concussion.

I always talk about how important it is to care for community members in this #CapitalistHellscape. I've always been someone who loves caring for people. However, in practice, I struggled to ask for and accept help and care. Part of that is my socialization and lived experience as a cis woman. The other part is the #InternalizedAbelism we all deal with. I've done a lot of work dismantling this inside myself - but alas, it persists.

I often found myself feeling guilty and shameful for needing help. I tended towards not even asking and making assumptions about my loved ones' capacity and desire to help me. I've known this for a long time and been working on it, but it was so easy to fall back into old patterns.

While talking with a friend a few days ago, I mentioned I wanted to see my other close friend but didn't want to ask her to drive an hour to see me because I didn't want to stress her out. Rightfully, my friend called me out and told me it isn't fair to make assumptions about what my loved ones may or may not want to do, and I need to trust people to make those decisions for themselves.

That conversation and my recovery (still ongoing) have served as an important reminder that asking for help requires becoming comfortable with feeling vulnerable, and naturally, under #Capitalism , many of us have internalized the lie that vulnerability is weakness. Like any muscle you want to build, becoming comfortable with being vulnerable takes practice. It feels strange and somewhat painful at first, but when people show up for you, it's not as hard every time you practice it.

Anyway, this is your reminder that caring for others tends to be easier than asking for and accepting care ourselves. Practice being vulnerable with your loved ones. Ask people for help when you need it. People can't show up for you if you don't give them the chance.

In these days of #LetItRip , where #Covid is allowed to continue to spread unchecked, where #Palestinians are killed everyday in a livestreamed #Genocide ,we can't afford to allow the way things are to harden us.

Stay soft. Practice #RadicalCompassion and #Vulnerability. Remember that the internal work of dismantling all the bullshit capitalism ingrains within us is always ongoing.

♡

See yall soon. I'm still recovering, but making small progress every day thanks to my lovely partner and friends.

A #CradleCatholic. As a wee lad, I did all the stuff - Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation. I was born here all my life. When I was around four years old, the church kicked out my mom and, by extension, my family. An #ExcludedCatholic? I explored other practices and faiths, #meditation, #yoga, #Buddhism, and all the things. I wanted to not convert to a religion or practice that I had not been born to or wasn't otherwise ancestrally connected. A deep dive into Protestant fellowships lead to immersion into the #EarlyChurch Fathers and early #ChurchHistory. Entering the #OrthodoxChurch, I lived in several monasteries and wandered around the US like the guy in Way of a Pilgrim. I was ultimately drawn to #Theosis and the #PrayerOfTheHeart, sometimes called the #JesusPrayer. Long story short, decades later, a pandemic, and a few ends of the world, here I am. The #2024Election US has me wondering about US Christianities that support social actions and movements that contradict the teachings of Jesus. Shouldn't Christ's Gospel teachings be central?

Some of my interests:
#NewMexico #Ogapoge #SantaFe #SantaFeRiver #Water #Birds #Plants #Medicine #Hiking #Walking #NaturePhotography #Biophilia #Wilderness #Rewild #Rewilding #Regenerative #RegenerativeDesign #UniversalDesign #RegenerativeAg #RegenAg #AppropriateTechnology #Contemplation #Hesychasm #Prayer #Ancestors #Death #Dying #Grief #DeathDoula #DeathAdvocacy #Apophatic #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #SocialJustice #PublicHealth #SocialWork #EnvironmentalJustice #DisabilityRights #HealthEquity #Recovery #RecoveryPosse #Drawing #Writing #VisualThinking #WriteToThink #Journal #BulletJournal #SystemsChange #Humanrights #Inclusion #Accessability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #DisabilityVoice #RacialEquality #PublicHealth #Grief #Hospice #Humanrights #Food #Health #Fasting #Movement

I'll continue to post interest hashtags in this thread to be.

#introduction #introductions