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The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

The Geometry of Breaking or Healing

Those are the two options.

To be part of the destruction of that which is precious,
even the life of the enemy.
Or a conduit for the substance that binds up wounds and the broken-hearted.

Even when flaws cause me to hurt those around me or engage in broken thoughts and so, for a time, join with the razing power,
if I am repentant, make the necessary changes, and return to the healing stream,
then the danger of losing my humanity is minimized.

And, if at the end of my life when I am weighed in the balance, and my contribution to fixing outweighs the breaking, then I will be satisfied to rest easy in the knowledge that in some small way I was an addition to the healing sum.

September 10, 2014

Strike

The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.

Once again what I am afraid of 
has led me to destroy what I love 
and I weep, wondering if I will ever 
become one whose perceived fears 
are not acted on.

I did not look to see if the 
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the 
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.

September 3, 1996

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

La paix du bouddhisme

Pour les bouddhistes, la paix n’est pas un simple état émotionnel agréable, c’est la conséquence directe d’une compréhension juste de la réalité.

Ainsi, le nirvāṇa est un état découlant de l’extinction des trois feux que sont l’avidité, l’aversion et l’illusion. La paix bouddhiste n’est donc pas l’absence temporaire de trouble, mais l’épuisement définitif des causes mêmes de l’agitation intérieure. Tant que ces trois racines brûlent, dit-on, aucune paix n’est stable, seulement des accalmies. La paix n’est donc pas un événement, elle est la conséquence d’un diagnostic lucide, presque clinique, de la souffrance.

Une grande part du conflit humain naît, pour le bouddhisme, de la défense d’un moi que l’on croit substantiel et séparé. Le bouddhisme dissout l’ego dans la vacuité, il n’y a rien de substantiel à défendre, donc rien qui justifie ultimement la peur, la possessivité ou l’hostilité. La paix naît ici d’un dévoilement métaphysique plus que d’une fusion.

Sur le plan éthique et relationnel, l’idéal de paix se manifeste dans les quatre qualités cultivées activement que sont la bienveillance aimante, ce vœu du bien-être de tous les êtres, sans exception ni préférence, la compassion qui est la capacité à ressentir et alléger la souffrance d’autrui, la joie sympathique qui est la capacité de se réjouir du bonheur d’autrui sans envie et l’équanimité, cette stabilité qui n’est ni indifférence ni détachement froid, mais paix devant ce qui échappe à notre contrôle.

Ces quatre qualités, souvent pratiquées par méditation formelle. Elles forment un pont entre paix intérieure et paix relationnelle, car on ne peut pas cultiver l’une sans l’autre.

Comme dans le jaïnisme et l’hindouisme, la non-violence est le socle éthique concret de cette paix. Le premier précepte bouddhiste, s’abstenir de tuer ou de nuire à tout être sensible n’est pas une simple règle morale, mais l’expression extérieure d’un esprit déjà pacifié. On ne nuit plus quand on ne se sent plus séparé ni menacé.

Ainsi, la paix bouddhiste suit un mouvement inverse, à certains égards, de celui du soufisme que nous venons de voir cette semaine. Là où le soufi descend vers la paix par la soumission amoureuse à un Dieu personnel, le bouddhiste y accède par le dévoilement de la vacuité et l’extinction des attachements, soit une paix qui n’a pas besoin d’un Autre transcendant pour se réaliser, mais qui rejoint néanmoins, dans ses fruits éthiques (compassion, non-nuisance, service), une parenté frappante avec l’approche soufie.

Dans un monde où tout le monde parle de paix, est-ce que nous avons la même conception de celle-ci? Est-ce que les écarts expliqueraient en partie les conflits qui perdurent?

Une chanson de Renée Claude interprétée par Isabelle Boulay, Céline Dion, Luce Dufault, Diane Dufresne, Louise Forestier, Laurence Jalbert, Catherine Major, Ariane Moffatt, Marie Denise Pelletier, Ginette Reno et Marie-Élaine Thibert – Tu trouveras la paix

Les paroles sur https://www.musixmatch.com/fr/paroles/Ren%C3%A9e-Claude/Tu-Trouveras-La-Paix-Dans-Ton-coeur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwvvoX8BaM

Par Daniel Jean dans Voies (x) de passage

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#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #truce / #nonviolence / #left / #grasrootmovement / #cfp / #portrait / #feature

„The anti-occupation #NGO #CombatantsforPeace works to organize joint actions between young people living in the #WestBank and in Israel. The group faces the challenge of rebuilding #trust between both sides, torn apart by two years of war in Gaza.“

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Listen to Mounir from #Tulkarem:
"My name is Mounir. I’m a husband, father of four, a taxi driver, and for over 20 years, I’ve been part of #CombatantsforPeace because I believe in #nonviolence, dignity, and a future built on shared humanity instead of hatred or domination.

But today, I write to you as a refugee. Again.

There were a lot of cool vendors but - being v focused on securing treats - I only captured Just Desserts & Bay #Fudge (both excellent) 🌱

+ the #AdoptDontShop t-shirts sold by Farplace, a no-kill #rescue which puts on #vegan festivals around the UK 🥰 🐾

#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith #UKFood #BritishFood #Cake #Pie #Food #FoodPorn #Vegan #VeganFood #Veggie #Vegetarian #DairyFree #EggFree #EcoFriendly #Eco #LowCarbon #WhatVegansEat #Veganism #PlantBased #NonViolence #Dessert #PlanetFriendly

Cumbria Vegan Festival goodies! 🙌 🌱

inc the unmissable Farplace hotdog 🌭, quiches by a French chef 🇫🇷 & some top notch classic British desserts 🇬🇧 🍰 😍

Couple more shots below 👇

#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith #UKFood #BritishFood #Quiche #Cake #Pie #Food #FoodPorn #Vegan #VeganFood #Veggie #Vegetarian #DairyFree #EggFree #EcoFriendly #Eco #LowCarbon #WhatVegansEat #Veganism #PlantBased #NonViolence #Dessert #PlanetFriendly #Local #SmallBusiness #Abolition #HotDog #Liberation #Justice #Donut

Having a Lidl slice of #cake with my tea 🥁 😌 🌱

(think this is a #Veganuary special!)

#Lidl #Storebought #LidlUK #UKFood #Treat #MarbleCake #Sweet #Elevenses #Snack #Food #FoodPorn #Vegan #VeganFood #Veggie #Vegetarian #DairyFree #EggFree #EcoFriendly #Eco #LowCarbon #WhatVegansEat #Veganism #PlantBased #NonViolence

Rice & peas, fried plantain & Jamaican-style greens* 🥥 🫘 🌱

#Veganuary is proving very productive 💪

*spring greens and kale (callaloo is hard to come by here). It works! 🥬

#Kale #Greens #RiceAndPeas #ScotchBonnet #Peppers #Plantain #Rice #Coconut #HomeCooking #Cooking #Food #FoodPorn #Vegan #Jamaica #Caribbean #CaribbeanFood #Tropical #Bacon #VeganFood #Veggie #Vegetarian #DairyFree #EggFree #EcoFriendly #Eco #LowCarbon #WhatVegansEat #Veganism #PlantBased #NonViolence

🌿✨ Celebrating Gandhi Jayanti with wisdom from Sanatana Dharma! Dive into the essence of 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharma' on the blog. Navigating the sacred balance of non-violence and duty. 🙏 #GandhiJayanti #Ahimsa #SanatanaDharma #WisdomWednesday #DutyandDharma #EthicalLiving #NonViolence #GandhiInspired #PeacefulLiving #thisis4u #SwachhBharatDiwas
https://adikkachannels.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/ahimsa-paramo-dharma-navigating-the-sacred-balance-of-non-violence-and-duty-in-sanatana-dharma/

🌿✨ Celebrating Gandhi Jayanti with wisdom from Sanatana Dharma! Dive into the essence of 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharma' on the blog. Navigating the sacred balance of non-violence and duty. 🙏 #GandhiJayanti #Ahimsa #SanatanaDharma #WisdomWednesday #DutyandDharma #EthicalLiving #NonViolence #GandhiInspired #PeacefulLiving #thisis4u #SwachhBharatDiwas
https://adikkachannels.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/ahimsa-paramo-dharma-navigating-the-sacred-balance-of-non-violence-and-duty-in-sanatana-dharma/

🌿✨ Celebrating Gandhi Jayanti with wisdom from Sanatana Dharma! Dive into the essence of 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharma' on the blog. Navigating the sacred balance of non-violence and duty. 🙏 #GandhiJayanti #Ahimsa #SanatanaDharma #WisdomWednesday #DutyandDharma #EthicalLiving #NonViolence #GandhiInspired #PeacefulLiving #thisis4u #SwachhBharatDiwas
https://adikkachannels.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/ahimsa-paramo-dharma-navigating-the-sacred-balance-of-non-violence-and-duty-in-sanatana-dharma/