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The Black Angels (Boulder Theater 5.10.13)

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We Are All Connected

However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very young or very old, we must depend on the support of others. There is no significant division between us and other people, because our basic natures are the same. If we wish to ensure everyone’s peace and happiness we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings.

  ~ Dalai Lama

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Taming The Monkey Mind

Your thoughts run around like a wild horse and your feelings jump about like a monkey in the forest. When the monkey and horse step back and reflect upon themselves, freedom from all discrimination is realized naturally. - Dogen, "Instructions for the Tenzo"

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Forgiving Past Harms

Most of us find it very difficult to forgive individuals who have hurt us deeply. Why should we forgive them? Although we sometimes make others feel uncomfortable when we express our anger toward them, we are the ones who wind up suffering the most when we do so. Maintaining anger is similar to picking up a red-hot piece of coal to throw at someone—whether we hit our target or not, we are the ones who get burned.

- Matthew Flickstein, "Forgiveness"

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in the drink http://mob.li/_0fz4b

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Born Each Instant When you maintain the straightforward frankness of your own mind as it comes to life each instant, even without effort, even without training, you are beautifully born each instant. You die with each instant, and go on to be born again, instant by instant. - Soko Morinaga Roshi, “One Chance, One Encounter”

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A great article on the emphasis placed on fossil fuels, fracking and the future of energy resources.

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A captivating article on "health" care in our nation, what ACA really means and how debt is anathema to human rights. I encourage you to read this article.

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drUnk

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#AtomsForPeace

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Indigo Meadow #indigomeadow #theblackangels

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Only The Present Moment

Every moment in life is absolute in itself. That's all there is. There is nothing other than this present moment; there is no past, there is no future; there is nothing but this. So when we don't pay attention to each little this, we miss the whole thing. 

- Charlotte Joko Beck, "Attention Means Attention"