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Peace. Ahimsa. May you, all beings be happy, well, feel safe, be peaceful and at ease. Buddhism. Dzogchen. Nondual awareness. 🌹💎 [📷 are the author's, unless otherwise noted]

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 18h

🌹🙏💎 ~ The wisdom mind of all the buddhas ~ Padmasambhava

Unstained by objective clinging,
Unspoilt by the grasping mind,
Sustaining the naked and empty awareness
Is the wisdom mind of all the buddhas!
-- Padmasambhava

Just Dharma -https://share.google/adrPox44dEKXpMx5m

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 12h

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 18h

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 19h

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 1d

Wayne Thiebaud, Cup of Coffee, 1961, from a small, focused survey of Thiebaud's work now up at London's Courtauld Gallery. Also in that exhibition:

Painting of a single cup of coffee against an off-white background

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 1d

🌹🙏💎 ~

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 1d

Mel Brooks about
The Producers - 🧵
"After all the people that he was responsible for killing and after utterly destroying half the world, I just thought the only weapon I’ve really got is comedy. And if I can make this guy ludicrous, if I can make you laugh at him, then it’s a victory of sorts.

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 1d

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On the Path to NoWHere @thomaswe.bsky.social · 2d

Three is no need to try to escape the reality of the present-moment experience; to create psychological suffering on top of how life actually is right now.

There is really no need for it.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 2d

Looks wonderful.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 2d

📢 PSA - First Amendment:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 2d

🌹💎 ~

Tashi @dualnondual.bsky.social · 2d

"with nothing even to dissolve
or from which to be liberated."

A white AH in a rainbow thigle. The background is dark blue with a teal glow. Smaller rainbow thigles appear around the main AH.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you very much for your kind wishes. Very glad you enjoyed her chanting. 🌹🙏💎

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Manjushri, bottom left.

Mahakala, wrathful form of Avalokiteshvara/Chenrezig, bottom right.

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

* Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of compassion.

Four armed Chenrezig. Each arm symbolizes different aspects of the enlightened/awakened mind: unlimited compassion, unlimited love, unlimited joy, unlimited equanimity.

Buddhas of the Five Buddha families, above.

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

🌹🙏📿🎶 ~ Wishing all a good night, rest.

Ani Choying Drolma - Beautiful version of Om Mani Padme Hung. The Six Syllable Mantra of Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig, Tibetan)

youtu.be/N4v_fh3-rkU?...

Ani Choying Dolma ~ Om Mane Padme Hung ~ Raise Earth's Vibration NOW

YouTube video by Awoven

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Happy if anything I say can be of help.

There is great gratitude towards Aaron Collins @masknerd.bsky.social . He is definitely one of the heroes of the pandemic. Everyone seemed to be fumbling around, and there he was with continuing mask education, testing, all the spreadsheets, and humor.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Yup.

Almost every paragraph in the OP article is worth posting and reposting. It's practically a complete education on the missteps that were taken (and continue to this day)

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Very happy for you. Most people chose to ignore those who were pointing out that this was an airborne - not droplet - virus and that cleaning surfaces and hand washing was not the end of it. Have never seen a CDC poster or set of recommendations, where a quality mask is the #1 recommendation.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Every single part of the article is worth quoting and posting and reposting, including how the CDC mishandled (and continues to mishandle) it. Money seems to be the "obstacle." Big surprise.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

particles suspended in the air. Employers denied many health care workers access to N95s, insisting that only those routinely working within feet of Covid patients needed them. More than 3,600 health care workers died in the first year of the pandemic, many due to a lack of protection."
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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Or perhaps this part of the article:
"Traditional beliefs on droplet transmission help explain why the WHO and the CDC focused so acutely on hand-washing and surface-cleaning at the beginning of the pandemic. Such advice overwhelmed recommendations for N95 masks that filter out most virus-laden 🧵

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

“You think viruses stop after 3 feet and drop to the ground?” Tang said of the classical notion of distance. “That is absurd.” [April 2024]

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The WHO overturned dogma on how airborne diseases spread. Will the CDC act on it?

A new report comes as the CDC is updating its guidance for infection control. A committee advising the agency seems poised to brush the latest science aside.

www.nbcnews.com

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Very sorry to hear. Maybe try this:
"Airborne viruses [like Covid] travel much like cigarette smoke, he explained. The scent will be strongest beside a smoker, but those farther away will inhale more and more smoke if they remain in the room, especially when there’s no ventilation."
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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

is actually to run toward it.

Thank you @justdharma.org
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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

🌹🙏💎 ~ Peace within ~ Ajahn Chah

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering 🧵

Just Dharma @justdharma.org · 4d

Peace within ~ Ajahn Chah
https://justdharma.org/peace-within-ajahn-chah/

#AjahnChah #agitation #peace #suffering

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OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Love this, and have never seen it before. Thank you for posting.

OrdinaryMind 🪞 @rest108.bsky.social · 4d

Of course it can happen. Gandhi, Mandela, MLK... There have been people who never deviated from their belief in the best qualities of humanity, in every person, and it did change the world. 🌹🙏🌎🌈

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