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I Vow Not to Burn Out

"In my world, there always seems to be way too much to do, along with too much suffering and societal corruption and not enough spaces of deep rest and regeneration." #MushimPatriciaIkeda https://www.lionsroar.com/i-vow-not-to-burn-out/
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notes @notes@social.coop · 3 weeks ago

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> The violence of the system is much more destructive, much more harmful, although it is well hidden. We call it institutional violence. By calling ourselves nonviolent we are against all violence, but we are first against institutional violence. --Thich Nhat Hanh

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stylized color image that looks partially painted and partially photographic depicting Thich Nhat Hanh sitting in meditation next to orchids

pyTom 🐍 @ayrtonfreeman@mastodon.sdf.org · last month

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For a long time I thought that #Zen was just a posture. But actually, #Zen is art itself, a manifestation of alacrity. And art is the most pure manifestation of insurgency against the nonsensical reality we live on. As calm and as agitated as a black hole. #meditation #buddhism #headspace

bodhidave @bodhidave@mstdn.social · last month

And that to me is the healthy heart of contemplation (a.k.a. meditation). It's an allowing. It’s a participation in the living truth that's always already here, before we even have thoughts or names for it. And it’s embrace with that. It’s a participation with that, and in that, and as that.

bodhidave @bodhidave@mstdn.social · last month

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Much of #meditation, especially in the style of #Zen shikantaza (“just sitting”) or the West’s “via negativa” — which, again, are somewhat odd-sounding words for something which is actually really basic — is about not doing things

“Just don’t contrive.” “Just don’t pick and choose.” “Just this.” You can find invitations like that at the heart of a number of contemplative traditions.