A Blind Cult of Success Unfits Us for Democracy and Liberty https://bit.ly/2Jz0GIj -- "Courage, intellect, all the masterful qualities, serve but to make a man more evil if they are merely used for that man’s own advancement, with brutal indifference to the rights of others." -- Roosevelt.
If one can see past the gender bias in the writing of the time, it's a brilliant quote; it is a quote that shines a cleansing light on the roach presently occupying the White House. #resist
Book review: Training in Tenderness
Tsewa is the Tibetan word meaning love, tenderness, or warmth. In a new book, Training in Tenderness (Shambhala 2018), Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche asks the question; "Without tsewa, is there any other source of happiness?" Kongtrul pushes us to honestly examine what fulfills us and what doesn’t.
Hailed as a clarion call for a revolution of heart, this book is a guide to the building blocks of compassion and the purest and deepest form of happiness.
There is a meme that speaks directly to the hearts and minds of the overly self-conscious. Perhaps you’ve seen it; it goes something like this: ‘Brain: “I see you are trying to sleep. May I offer you a selection of your most embarrassing memories from the past 10 years?”
https://aeon.co/ideas/youre-simply-not-that-big-a-deal-now-isnt-that-a-relief
<p>There is a meme that speaks directly to the hearts and minds of the overly self-conscious. Perhaps you’ve seen it; it goes something like this: ‘Brain: “I see you are trying to sleep. May I offer you a selection of your most embarra...
Hello World, just discovered Mastodon and this is my first Toot. Let's see how tootin' feels...
"A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct." - Frank Herbert, Dune.
Wise words? Perhaps... perhaps not. They are certainly words.
IMHO, sometimes, pissing in the wind is necessary for growth. We are; we are right now, in this moment -- it's ok, to be.
