Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Saturday, January 14, 2012,
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Awakenings
This is a powerful meditation from Robert Thurman in Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within, which can end the cycles of violence which have brought us to the brink. I share them with you that we may each do our part to heal ourselves, each other, and the planet: "The first phase of this meditation is to review the causality of all the injuries you have suffered and could conceivably suffer. Do this in the infiĀnite life context, so that you include in your analysis all of your many preĀ... Continue reading ...
Mourn Murder, and Awake
Posted by Ricardo Hidalgo on Monday, May 2, 2011,
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Awakenings
Last night thousands celebrated the murder of Osama Bin Laden, including our illustrious President Obama, who had his forces hunt him down and murder him.
I felt deep grief arise, not because Bin Laden was dead - we all die. But because we are still celebrating murder!
Bin Laden was a murderer because he was a the mercy of his thinking. We are no different. We, too, are at the mercy of our thinking. That is the only way we can still celebrate murder.
To think that we can solve terrorism and... Continue reading ...