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~Mystic Lotus Center~
Mussings, Poetry, Ecstatic Art, &
Quotable Quotes:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies.
Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says "Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, eachbearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God.
In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace."
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A visiting group was asked to come up with five questions before meeting with the Dalai Lama. They asked:
- How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor?
- How do we protect the earth?
- How do we educate our children?
- How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries/peoples?
- How do we bring spirituality - deep caring for each other - through all disciplines?
The Dalai Lama said all the questions fall under the last one . If we have true compassion, our children will be educated, we will care for the Earth, and for those who "have not".
He asked the group: "Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or staying the same?"
His own response was, "My experience leads me to believe that love IS increasing."
He shared a practice with the group that will increase loving and compassion in the world, and asked everyone attending to go home and share it with as many people as possible.
The Practice:
- Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same thing (to be happy and loved) and we are all connected.
- Spend 5 minutes cherishing yourself and others. Let go of judgments. Breathe in cherishing yourself, and breathe out cherishing others. If the faces of people you are having difficulty with appear, cherish them as well.
- During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet - we are all the same, and I cherish myself and you (do it with the grocery store clerk, the client, your family, coworkers, etc.).
- Stay in the practice, no matter what happens.
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