Thank you, Zeus, for your strength and light. @under-olympos-bodhi-tree - Tumblr Blog

loveridden1999

whisperingsoup

imagine a park bench underneath

joy-and-whimsy-official

Joy and whimsy detected! This post is joyful and whimsical!

pearlsandpeacocks

🦪 :: — "Iridescent-throned Aphrodite, deathless Child of Zeus, wile-weaver, I now implore you, [...] come to me once more, and abate my torment; take the bitter care from my mind, and give me all I long for; Lady, in all my battles fight as my comrade."

— Hymn to Aphrodite by Sappho.

praise-to-phoibos

May Apollo, bearer of the silver bow, strikes all the generative AI data centers with his arrows.

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Hera

afeelgoodblog

Hi, I enjoy your newsletter of good things - it's a very refreshing, breath-of-fresh-air read. There was a piece of good news that I wanted to share with you about a new hospital in Sierra Leone.

Back in the early 2000s, Sierra Leone had one of the highest infant/maternal mortality rates (source). However, Partners in Health (global health and social justice organization) worked with John and Hank Green (link) to raise enough money to build a brand new, state of the art hospital - the Maternal Center of Excellence. It was built for the community, by the community, and they plan to use it as a training center as well! Construction just finished, and they plan to start admitting patients early in 2026 (link). Already, before the hospital is officially open, the maternal mortality rate has dropped by over 70%!

Part of what is exciting about this is the fact that lives are being saved, but also it is encouraging to know that a bunch of people making a small difference can come together to make a huge impact.

medusaspeach

Poseidon 🐟

honeypleasejustkillme

who else mourning the person they could've been if they were treated kindly as a child

normalwizard

puddlellama

don't let a cruel world make you a cruel person. choose with every gritted breath, every grunt of pain, every drop of blood, to be kind.

we can't do this alone. a better day will come.

leafcabbage

sometimes people will make you feel stupid for being kind. this makes it hard to stay kind. it is important that you do anyway. if you have become unkind, it is important to remember that you can become kind again. it's a skill, not an inherent trait.

hillbillybubbeleh

Oh, I do love a good thunderstorm and downpour.

zabagar

Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru. China. 14th century.

pinamalodi

My Zeus

angelicdewdrop

bodhi-devotee

Chapter Three of “Reincarnation” by Thich Naht Hahn— affirmations of inseparability from the gods

“Looking into your physical body, you can also recognize your cosmic body. If the cosmos is not there, your physical body cannot be here; your body would not be possible. The cosmos is the domain of all phenomena: the air, the water, the sun, the soil, and even the stars. Without the sun shine, for example, there would be no life on Earth, so you are made of sunshine. You are a child of the sun. And without food from the earth, you could not exist either. So you are also a child of the earth. Your little human body contains the whole cosmos.” Father Zeus-Helios feeds us, and as such we become part of him. As such, he becomes us and manifests through us, breathes and walks this life through us. The same is said of Kybele, Gaia, Demeter, or however you shall refer to mother Earth. She cradles us, and in turn with each step of our foot we cradle her back. We are Kybele looking up into the cosmos, we are the cosmos gazing back down, we are the space in between. The gods would not be possible without us, nor us without them. Consciousness requires both the witnessed and the witneesser.

“I often refer to the sun as our second heart, a heart which lies outside our body but is as essential for our body as the heart inside our body. When the heart inside the body ceases to function, we know very well that we will die, but we often forget that if the heart outside our body, the sun, ceases to function, we will also die. [Thank you, Helios! Sun ever-burning, ever-imploding, ever-shifting!] In the beginning we see things— phenomena [the gods] — as existing outside of each other. But looking deeply, we see that things are interwoven with each other. You cannot take anything out of anything else. [Gods do not begin or end, neither do we, but it’s harder for us to see] You cannot be by yourself, alone. You have to inter-be with the whole cosmos. A cloud, a pebble, a river, a star, everything obeys the law of interbeing.” and as such all things obey Zeus, or Vishnu, or Krishna or whatever name you shall call the preserving force of our universe; for he in and of himself is cosmic law and as such, always carries with him and enforces the law of inter-being.

praise to the dharmapalas and devas of all the world! may our interactions with and meditations on these gods give us a deeper understanding of interconnectedness.

vajra-ares

Terminology: Himalayan vs Tibetan Buddhism

Some people prefer the term “Himalayan Buddhism” over “Tibetan Buddhism” because the tradition is not confined to Tibet alone but is shared across a wider cultural and geographic region including Bhutan, Nepal, parts of India, and beyond; the alternative term can also feel less politically charged given Tibet’s history with China, and more inclusive of the diverse peoples, lineages, and influences (such as Indian Buddhism and indigenous traditions like Bön) that together form this broader spiritual landscape, making “Himalayan Buddhism” a way to emphasize shared heritage and continuity rather than a single national identity.

nudityandnerdery

vaspider

Look. The way you ask for a refill?

Sometimes, what you need to do is literally ask for a refill. I know that can be scary and upsetting and requires you to be willing to be vulnerable, but please consider two things:

One: if what you want to do is be able to fill other people's cups, you can't fill from an empty cup. You literally can't do the work if you're emptied out. You need to do this so you can help.

Two: for the people that love you, the people that really matter, you aren't imposing on them by asking for a refill. This is one of the things I really internalized from coming home to Judaism: when someone asks me to help them, they're giving me the opportunity to perform a mitzvah. No matter your belief system or outlook, I think we can probably all agree that being given an opportunity to be more awesome is pretty great.

So ask. Here are a few scripts you can try.

"Hey, I am...

... having a bad day.

... really struggling.

... really hurting because of the state of the world.

... having a hard time focusing on positive things.

... feeling emptied out.

Could you please help me? I could really use...

... some company.

... to hear about something beautiful you saw today.

... to hear some good news.

... to see a picture of your pet.