#queerdharma

[nocturnalcomis]

One day, it would be nice to have a companion/consort on the path be it either magical or tantric...both would be amazing.

(Image from one of the Queer Dharma books...I forget which one.)

[faunawolf]

Today I want to honour and amplify the voice, teachings, and wisdom of @zenchangeangel , co-author of #RadicalDharma • • • Reverend angel is a teacher who has spoken directly to my practice and lived experience. I carry their teachings with me daily, and have found an incredible community of dharma radicals through them. Right now they are offering regular sits for Black, Indigenous, East Asian, South Asian, Brown and mixed-race folks. • • • If you are white, you can become an ongoing monthly donor (like me!) to help support @zenchangeangel work in the world. • • • #pride2020🏳️‍🌈 #quarantinepride2020🏳️‍🌈 #blacklivesmatter #queerdharma #representationmatters #youarenotalone https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8GDpMp1xN/?igshid=gaqfke1lugum

[tsultrimpawo]

Representing Queer Dharma at Pride 2019

[tsultrimpawo]

Lojong Slogan 6 . In postmeditation, be a child of illusion . Practice can be divided into two: meditation and postmeditation. Meditation refers to time spent in formal practices such as mindfulness-awareness, and postmeditation refers to what we do the rest of the time. The notion of practice, of being a spiritual practitioner, includes both meditation and postmeditation, which means that practice applies both on and of the meditation cushion.” . Once you embark on the meditative path, once you are called a practitioner, everything you do should be seen as practice. The problem is that this could be taken in a very heavy-handed way, which would cloud ordinary activities with a pall of earnestness. It could be taken in an overly precious way, in which everything takes on deep import and a quality of icky religiosity. The trick is to maintain an attitude of practice and at the same time be light and ordinary. . In this slogan, the particular postmeditation practice is to “be a child of illusion.” It is to play within an environment that we recognize to be shifty and illusory. So rather than trying to make our world solid and predictable, and complaining when that is not the case, we could maintain the glimpses of the illusory nature of experience that arise in meditation practice, and touch in with that open illusory quality in the midst of our daily activities. That looser more open quality is the ground on which the compassionate actions of the bodhisattva can arise. . - Judy Lief Shambhala Meditation Center of New Haven 85 Willow Street, Bldg. B ("Fox" Bldg.), 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 (Across from the East Rock School) #Lojong #QueerDharma https://www.instagram.com/p/BySol9aJsQ2/?igshid=1uf8xc2on4zs9