I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Condemn Israel’s genocide in Lebanon. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cond...

“Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment, and touch life deeply. This is mindfulness.” Thich Nhat Hanh

in struggling to come to terms with the horrors of today's wars and genocide, there's wisdom about how to cope/respond in this article by Roshi Joan Halifax @jhalifax.bsky.social www.upaya.org/2026/03/war-...

Expel Israeli Ambassador to Canada - Moed Iddo - for crimes against humanity/genocide in Gaza and who seeks to control politicians and the right of Canadians to protest He said this: "we have to limit other people's (Canadians') freedoms, so that our (genociders') freedom will be protected .."

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. Voltaire

Today was/is my b'day ... I am now 85 ... and this photo which I stole from IG - just about sums it up

My husband I went to India with the couple in the photograph; he left in2019; she, my lovely friend Mary, died today. Her catch phrase when anything good happened for someone else was "oh how wonderful." “The sun will set for you/ And the shadow of the day/ Will embrace the world in grey”

"We are living through a profound evolutionary ordeal — one born of narcissism, domination, and spiritual dissociation" - Bob Thurman

this version of th4e Heart Sutra was sung on Zoom during the covid outbreak and we all stayed home; but it's a sung so beautifully by all these people - and signals a unity of spirit - you might like it www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVLH...

why the monks #walkforpeace ...when someone encounters us - whether by the roadside, online, or through a friend - when our message touches something deep within them, when it awakens the peace that has always lived quietly in their own heart - something sacred begins to unfold..

Seasons greetings friends - blessings for light and love Art by: Kawase Hasui

Nestled within clouds of dark interstellar dust is the Iris Nebula. Captured with 34 hours of integration time, using my Askar FRA500 (0.7x), ZWO AM5N, and ASI2600MC camera. 🤩 My Portfolio: portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure

the Tibetan Mandala is sacred - it's a container of spiritual energy. It reflects the universe in perfect harmony, with the central point representing the enlightened mind & the surrounding patterns symbolizing the path toward enlightenment. . .

🧡🧡🧡 photo taken a few years ago - to whom we owe everything

“We have to be prepared and willing to discover what is true even at the cost of our comfort. For real security always lies on the side of truth, not on the side of comfort.” ― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering

Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoeticx A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow

dr. mohammed hamad -xpost - Gaza A city over 5,775 years old was wiped out live on air by a 77-year-old colonizer!

time for some flamenco - the fabulous Carmen Amaya www.youtube.com/shorts/WzFAC...

Reminder to shun all Zionists from your spaces. They believe in racial superiority and that their genes and their offspring are better than yours and more deserving of safety and protection.

❣️Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966): At Close of Day, 1941, Oil on board, 15 x 13 in., Private Collection -

Hollywood actor Richard Gere : “ Netanyahu should be in Jail” Free Palestine 🇵🇸

10day residential courses in Vipassana Meditation are offered in at the Alberta Meditation Centre, Dhamma Karuna, in Youngstown. Everyone is welcome. To apply - click the below link. karuna.dhamma.org

detail from the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Everyone has an opinion About the wars going on And there are marches Of protests And outraged postings And desperate humans Being murdered and starved And everyone has an opinion

This charismatic drawing of Scrivener's Bookshop in Buxton by @stevehenshall.bsky.social reminds me that it's Buxton Book Fair tomorrow and my good friend Paul and I have a stall there if Folio Society wonderfulness is your thing. (Link to Facecloth with apologies www.facebook.com/share/1FrGkN...)

“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” - Charles Bukowski

Amir kissed the hand of a benefactor who gave him some lentils and was then shot and killed by the Israelis; given the news today it's likely he was murdered by a bullet supplied by Canada … the world is broken