#lovingkindness

[sidewalkchemistry]

#txt #true being #mindsets #lovingkindness #love #lovecore #heart expansive #sidewalkchemistry

[aziraphales-flaming-cock]

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#aziraphale #twitter #wholesome #lovingkindness

[brytning]

There are plenty of different versions of lovingkindness meditation out there, and this is just one of them! This practice has been invaluable to me over the past few years when I need a few minutes to slow down, widen my perspective, and drum up extra love. Let me know how it goes for you!

#lovingkindness #meditation #self-care sunday #self-care #lovingkindness meditation #meditation practice

[wiirocku]

Psalm 119:88 (NKJV) - Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

#Psalm 119:88 #revive #me #according #Your #lovingkindness #keep #testimony #of Your #mouth

[dzgrizzle]

From “The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace” by Jack Kornfield

#dharma #compassion #lovingkindness #jack kornfield

[dramoor]

"God's loving kindness and tender mercies are there, sometimes obscured by life's brambles, but always moving before us, leading the way."

~Arthur Cutten

(Photo © dramoor 2023)

#God's mercy #lovingkindness #life #brambles #rabbitbrush #Colorado #fall #autumn #photography #photographers on tumblr #travel #nature

[spirit-healings]

Today, on this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I remember and honor the trans people who have passed on, while sending love, compassion, strength, and bravery to my trans siblings here on Earth.

May every single trans person live with authenticity, and know that the universe is complete because of them. May every single trans person feel loved, today and every day.

My altar set up for Trans Day of Remembrance.

The iPad is acting as a digital photo frame, playing a slideshow of trans people (some I knew personally, some I did not) who have passed on. Pictured is Venus Xtravaganza. Also included on the slideshow are Leelah Alcorn, Blake Brockington, and Brandon Teena, among two people whom I am blessed to have known: Theo and Felix.

#christian witch #witchcraft #witch #witchblr #my altar #trans spirituality #queer spirituality #trans day of remembrance #tdor2022 #trans christian #transgender #trans is holy #prayer #manifestation #lovingkindness #meditation

[turning-back-to-ourselves]

#turning back to ourselves #turning back to ourselves book #psychotherapy #women #lovingkindness #metta #meditation #mindfulness #self compassion #self journey #healing #buddhism #book #booklr #bookblr #john o'donohue

[salsa8486]

Mindfulness Meditation. 😘💕🙏🏻 🙏🏿 🙏🏽 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #love #helpeachother #lovingkindness #anxiety #forgiveness #kindnessmatters #kindness #bekindalways #mindfulness #metta #meditation #mindful #bekindtoyourself #smallthingsmatter #kinder #smiling #beinginthemoment #mindfulpath #grateful #gratefulheart #gratitude #nonjudgemental #lovethyneighbor #selfcompassion #compassion #goodheart #liveinthemoment #selflove #daybyday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqKo_yRNEci/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#love #helpeachother #lovingkindness #anxiety #forgiveness #kindnessmatters #kindness #bekindalways #mindfulness #metta #meditation #mindful #bekindtoyourself #smallthingsmatter #kinder #smiling #beinginthemoment #mindfulpath #grateful #gratefulheart #gratitude #nonjudgemental #lovethyneighbor #selfcompassion #compassion #goodheart #liveinthemoment #selflove #daybyday

[philosohappy]

This is the very nature of life. No one in this world experiences only pleasure and no pain, and no one experiences only gain and no loss. 

When we open to this truth, we discover that there is no need to hold on or to push away. Rather than trying to control what can never be controlled, we can find a sense of security in being able to meet what is actually happening. 

This is allowing for the mystery of things: not judging but rather cultivating a balance of mind that can receive what is happening, whatever it is. 

This acceptance is the source of our safety and confidence.

Excerpt from Lovingkindness, by Sharon Salzberg

Photo of Sharon Salzberg in Calcutta, India, 1983, by Roy Bonney

#sharon salzberg #lovingkindness #lovingwhatis #metta #insight meditation

[quotesfromscripture]

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 30:18 NIV (2011)

#bible verse #God's grace #amazing grace #compassion #lovingkindness #justice #blessings #waiting on God #patience #undeserved #isaiah 30 #isaiah 30:18 #new international version

[unofficialchronicle]

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#human nature #wise words #compassion #meditation #meditative mind #therapist #death and dying #lovingkindness #metta

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Let Not the Wise Boast in their Wisdom

23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Neither let the mighty man glory in his might, Let not the rich man glory in his riches:

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he understandeth and knoweth me, That I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: For in these things I delight, saith the Lord. — Jeremiah 9:23-24 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Exodus 34:6-7; 1 Kings 20:10-11; Job 31:24-25; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 34:2; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:8; Philippians 3:10

#Lord #speaking #wise #glory #intelligence #knowing God #I AM #lovingkindness #judgment #righteousness #delight #earth #Jeremiah 9:23-24 #Book of Jeremiah #Old Testament #King James Bible #KJV

[sidewalkchemistry]

Continue practicing until you see yourself

in the cruelest person on Earth,

in the child starving,

In the political prisoner.

Practice until you recognize yourself

in every person in the supermarket,

on the street corner,

in a concentration camp,

on a leaf,

in a dewdrop.

Meditate until you see yourself

in a speck of dust,

In a distant galaxy.

See and listen with the whole of your being.

If you are fully present,

the rain of Dharma will fully water

the deepest seeds in your consciousness,

and tomorrow,

while you are washing the dishes

or looking at the blue sky.

That seed will spring forth,

and love and understanding,

Will appear as a beautiful flower.

(Thich Nhat Hanh)

#q #quotes #thich nhat hanh #true being #meditation #contemplation #observation #be here now #compassion #lovingkindness #awareness #heart expansive

[wiirocku]

Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV) - The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

#Jeremiah 31:3 #the LORD #appeared #old #to me #I have #loved you #everlasting #love #lovingkindness #drawn

[tawdrytalk]

A Proposal to Solve the Pronoun Culture Battle

I was thinking the other day that there are already gender-neutral second person singular pronouns in modern (if archaic) English: thee, thou, thy, thine, and singular ye. I propose we make a serious effort and bring them back.

Even though they are not used in everyday speech often, people still understand them almost intuitively.

Usage

Thee - means singular you, her, or him as the subject of a sentence: I give thee thy book.

Thou - informal singular you, she, or he as the object of a sentence: Thou have/has many of thine odds and ends strewn about!

Thy - singular possessive pronoun as your, her, or his when preceding a word stating with a consonant: Thy nose is warty and misshapen, ye varlet!

Thine - singular possessive pronoun for words starting with a vowel: I dream of thine eyes of tawny gold, so bright and beautiful are they.

Ye - singular or plural second person form of you - Fly thee away, ye scalawag, before thy buttocks be thoroughly kicked!

You - formal singular or plural pronoun as the subject of a sentence. You are the Mayor of Burgerville, Mayor McCheese. Thank you for your efforts to build this community library! This use as formal will probably be disregarded, but that’s the historical context.

Your - formal singular or plural possessive pronoun: get off my lawn, you cretinous urchins; your lawn darts are ruining my daffodils!

She, He - gendered second person singular pronouns. S/he has been dancing on the roof in the rain; I hope she doesn’t fall off!

Me - first person as object: Jennifer threw the football in a perfect spiral to me; thirty meters is an amazing distance!

My, Mine - first person possessive pronouns where the next word starts with a consonant or vowel respectively: my book was sitting upon mine octagonal coffee table. I know this an archaic usage, but it would bookend with thy and thine nicely.

Just as an aside, mine and my had also been used as thine and thy had been used: before vowel led or consonant led words.

In my opinion, the gendered pronouns would eventually be used less frequently eventually, because in most instances, the gender of the person is not relevant. That would probably take a generation or two to come to fruition.

So, we have: I, me, my, mine, she, her, hers, he him, his, thou, thee, thy, thine, ye, you, your, yours, they, them, theirs.

This also solves the problem of singular they referring to a known individual, although it will still be used to refer to singular and plural unknown persons and known and unknown things.

There, I’ve solved the pronoun problem!

#pronouns #gender-neutral pronouns #culture wars #compromise #lovingkindness #trans rights are human rights #queer rights are human rights #language #linguistics #nerding out #love your neighbor #zero sum game makes everyone lose #zero sum game #smash the patriarchy