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[lovelifepractice]

How to Be a Superhero Ninja of Joy

How to Be a Superhero Ninja of Joy

There’s an important reason that I didn’t talk about tolerations (gosh-durn-it, I still like “micro-annoyances” better) being applied to people. There’s a couple of reasons for that: one is that something that seems endearing one moment may seem unbearingly irritating the next, and even further down the road may seem wistfully nostalgic (especially if the person or relationship is gone). The…

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[bootlegdharma]

Not Terrorism, But Rapturism

Rather than Terrorism, I propose Buddhist Rapturism;

Just as Terrorism betrays a majority of Christian and Muslim ideals around peaceful worship, perhaps "Rapturism" may be a coy jab at Buddhist aspirations to equanimity and detachment...

What would it mean to engage in spontaneous acts of joy-making, life-loving, so infectious it spreads like wildfire across a community, previously ill-prepared to accept such bliss?

What would be the consequences of instilling Rapture upon a nation?