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The Three Jewels: THE 12 STEPS OF LIBERATION - A BUDDHIST, NON-THEISTIC PERSPECTIVE

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:27:43 -0400

The Three Jewels: THE 12 STEPS OF LIBERATION - A BUDDHIST, NON-THEISTIC PERSPECTIVE:

The truth of suffering. We experienced the truth of our addictions – our lives were unmanageable suffering.

The truth of the origin of suffering. We admit that we craved for and grasped onto addictions as our refuge.

The truth of the end of suffering. We came to see that complete cessation of craving and clinging at addictions is necessary.

The truth of the path. We made a decision to follow the way of liberation and to take refuge in our wakefulness, our truth, and our fellowship.

Right view. We made a searching and fearless review of our life. We are willing to acknowledge and proclaim our truth to ourselves, another human being and the community.

Right thought. We are mindful that we create the causes for suffering and liberation. Our goodness is indestructible.

Right speech. We purify, confess and ask for forgiveness straightforwardly and without judgment. We are willing to forgive others.

Right action. We make a list of all persons we harm and are willing and able to actively make amends to them all, unless to do so would be harmful.

Right livelihood. We simplify our lives, realizing we are all interconnected. We select a vocation that supports our recovery.

Right effort. We realize that continuing to follow this path, no matter what, is joyful effort.

Right mindfulness. Through prayer, meditation and action we will follow the path of kindness, being mindful moment by moment.

Right concentration. Open to the spirit of awakening as a result of these steps, we will carry this message to all people suffering with addiction.

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:27:20 -0400

DAILY MOTHERFUCKING REMINDER

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:39:59 -0400

ofdemonsandtimelords:

THAT YOU ARE

DAMN INTELLIGENT

VALUABLE AS HELL AND NOT THE LEAST BIT WORTHLESS

SUPER FUCKING LOVED

EXTREMELY GOD DAMN INTERESTING

NOT TO MENTION A HOT PIECE OF ASS

AND THAT ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IS A PIECE OF SHIT. KEEP BEING AWESOME, DON’T LET THE DOUCHE BAGS GET YOU DOWN, AND REMEMBER THAT I MOTHERFUCKING LOVE YOU.

12-year-old girl: I don't want kids when I grow up.

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:37:32 -0400

12-year-old girl: I don't want kids when I grow up.
Society: You'll change your mind when you get older. You're only 12. You're too young to know what you want.
16-year-old girl: I'm pregnant.
Society: How could you be so stupid? Do you know anything about safe sex? You should be ashamed.
20-year-old woman: I'm a single mother with an infant son.
Society: You should've gone to college first. You need a stable career before you can support a child.
33-year-old woman: I'm married and my spouse and I both have stable careers. I have two young daughters now.
Society: You're not staying home? Who's going to take care of them? You're just going to put them in day care while you work? That's selfish of you. You can't expect to raise decent kids with a full-time job.
45-year-old woman: I just had my first child.
Society: Why would you have a child when you're that old? Do you realize the health risks of being pregnant at your age? When your kid is a teenager you'll be a senior citizen. That's inconsiderate of you.
60-year-old woman: I haven't had any children.
Society: Your life must be so unfulfilling. Is there something wrong with you? Why didn't you want kids? How strange.

#JFC ALL OF THIS#SOCIETY TELLS US THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TO BE A WOMAN

she-hulk-smash: bringinglexiback: Melissa Harris-Perry’s Open...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:33:40 -0400

she-hulk-smash:

bringinglexiback:

Melissa Harris-Perry’s Open Letter to the Steubenville Survivor

Dearest Beloved Girl,

This letter is an apology. An apology for being an adult who has failed to make the world safe for you. Because you should be safe. Even when you make the sometimes stupid, often naive choices that teens make, you should be safe.

Your vulnerability should not invite assault and attack of your body or your spirit. And so I am sorry, because we have failed to teach your male peers that they have no right to touch you without your consent or to use you to meet their needs or to discard you if your victimization does not fit their life plan. I am sorry we have failed you.

This letter is also a note of gratitude for your willingness to report this crime, to take the stand, and to endure the viciousness hurled at you this week. I know the words that run in a loop in your mind. Don’t tell. If you tell, no one will believe you. If you tell, everyone will think you are a whore. Sometimes he is the one who says them first, spewing the words like mold spores that grow in the darkness of your silence. Sometimes it’s your own voice telling you, I can’t tell. No one will believe me. It’s the reason 54% of survivors never report the assault. It’s the reason I kept my secret for nearly a decade. But not you, beloved. You demanded the right to be heard.

You may have lost your voice that night, but you found it again when you told the truth–even though you knew, didn’t you? You knew just how relentlessly they would try to silence you.

You knew that neighbors, and friends, and even members of the national media would mourn the loss of your attackers’ football careers more than the loss of your innocence. You knew that even those who claimed to be sympathetic would pass along the pictures of your assault with a tone deaf voyeurism that seeks to make you a thing instead of a person. I think maybe you knew, or suspected these things, but you spoke out anyway.

And that…that is astonishing. And I want to say thank you, because you did what so many of us never find the strength to do. You spoke for yourself. You spoke for the 44% of rape victims who are under 18–and you spoke for my 14-year-old self, who still hears that threat echoing in my head, “Don’t tell. No one will believe you.”

So, this is my apology and this is my gratitude. This is me saying, “I believe you.”

And I believe you are inherently valuable. Not as a character in some grotesque news cycle where your assault is all we know, but as a girl with hopes and dreams and ambitions and vulnerabilities and so much more growing up to do. I never need to know your name, but I need you to know you are not alone. Surviving is not a single occurrence, it is a lifetime of making choices that honor you and your right to speak. You have begun surviving. You will continue surviving. And if you ever get down, or wonder how you will go on, take out this letter and read it to yourself.

I believe you.

Sincerely,

Melissa

Beautiful.

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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:35:19 -0500

Happy 30th Birthday, Anne Hathaway!

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -0500

Happy 30th Birthday, Anne Hathaway!

leahwinehouse: it’s my spirituality summed up in one...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:24:17 -0500

leahwinehouse:

it’s my spirituality summed up in one wall graffiti
yes

ach-mein-gott: In tact rib cage and working lung. Anatomy is...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:52:09 -0500

ach-mein-gott:

In tact rib cage and working lung.

Anatomy is disturbing and beautiful.

snowredrosewhite: This one I did from separate diagrams of...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:48:50 -0500

snowredrosewhite:

This one I did from separate diagrams of anatomically correct heart and skull, combining them for the drawing (property of SnowRedRoseWhite)

artofbleeding: Art of Bleeding Nurse Snow Mercy gets to know...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:46:51 -0500

artofbleeding:

Art of Bleeding Nurse Snow Mercy gets to know her inner self.

(A still from our new video to be premiered in LA Wednesday night)

I would like to see this now, please.

Gorgeous.

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:44:41 -0500

Gorgeous.

Kaiju Kitteh noms on your suburban existence.

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:28:05 -0500

Kaiju Kitteh noms on your suburban existence.

Oh my god… This is happiness.

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:24:47 -0500

Oh my god… This is happiness.