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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · 13d

#Reading "Making Friends with Death" by @Judith L Lief: "We don't actually live in the past or the future but in the present... on the boundary of what is gone and what is to come: the cutting edge of our life and death... ahead we see our death closing in on us"

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · 13d

#buddhism #interbeing Strangers are just bits of yourself you hadn't met up with yet. Yes, those with a different skin colour or sexual orientation too. Don't reject the stranger: you might be rejecting that part of you that you've been missing all your life.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Aug 16

Woh! Walked into a 'normal' hairdressing salon (I usually use an organic salon). The chemicals permeating the air take your breath away. Some of these clients are fanatical eco-warriors. Do they have ANY idea what they are breathing in here?

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Aug 11

#buddhism #non-self #emptiness Sometimes, despite a happy marriage& friends, like you, I can feel lonely, separate. Then, as I sip coffee, I remember: you & I ARE the Universe. We sip my coffee together. Cold coffee and a warmed heart.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jun 7

#Fenix #Migration #museum in #Rotterdam: deeply impressive; the impact of photos of the effects of the #inhumanity #ofhumanity. Should be a compulsory visit for all who want to stop migration. I myself, unwittingly, migrated and these pictures squeezed my heart. Beautiful museum...

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jun 7

#buddhism #BuddhistTeachings #bodhicittà . Unrequited love: the beauty of the smile in your heart for the beloved who lives on, not knowing that our love is there for them. Surely this is the ultimate bodhicittà: loving without needing reciprocal love. Lay down need & feel freedom.

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · May 26

Lojong slogans: this eek I turn all mishaps into the path.. #buddhism #meditation #BuddhistTeachings

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · May 23

#TraininginCompassion: #NormanFischer is saying that #Empathy is feeling/knowing what the other is feeling. #Sympathy is actually dealing with the other and their pain. This resonates because psychopaths have empathy and enjoy the pain they cause. They miss the sympathy gene.

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Piet Lekkerkerk @pietlekkerkerk.bsky.social · May 20

Het is een gotspe dat Van der Plas het zo vaak over voedselzekerheid heeft.
De industriële veeteelt is verantwoordelijk voor gigantische verspilling van voedsel.
Voed mensen geen mestmachines.

Jan Daalder @jandaalder.nl · Mar 29

Stel, we geven geen soja en graan meer aan ons vee, maar eten het zelf op.

Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.

www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...

In 4 grafieken: hoe Nederland miljoenen extra mensen kan voeden, als we stoppen met de vee-industrie

Politici van de BoerBurgerBeweging waarschuwen dat krimp van de veestapel de (internationale) voedselzekerheid bedreigt. Klopt dat wel? Uit een analyse van Follow the Money blijkt het tegenovergesteld...

www.ftm.nl

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · May 22

#Reading Training in Compassion by Norman Fischer. #Lojongslogan: Turn all mishaps into the path. Battling with Trump...heavy duty practice 😁🙏 #BuddhistTeachings #meditation

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · May 17

Love:
The only love we can count on is the love we ourself generate.
May we radiate love: all day every day. it's not about how much you are loved: it's about how much you are loving.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Mar 22

In my favourite little church: Jesus looks down on his followers with such a sad face: 'I died to save you and you kill & save nothing'...

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Mar 2

#buddhism #mindfulness #suffering. We talk about "the cold light of reality". Shouldn't we say: "the warm light of truth"? If we integrate this warmth towards what is real and true in everyday life. This is equanimity: dealing with what is. We avoid the suffering of thwarted desires.

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Feb 18

#meditation does/can make us (temporarily) happy, but only while we are enjoying a "delightful and spontaneous thing" as #ChögyamTrungpaRinpoche said. After that, all bets are off and you need to #stopchasinghappiness and start #living. This insistance that we MUST be happy causes much unhappiness

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Feb 18

It is always shocking to hear a #meditation teacher promise that #meditation will make you happy, even under the direst conditions. #Happiness is a fleeting, ephemeral and random #emotion.

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 31

After weeks with practically no sun, one sympathizes with the ancients who bowed down before the glory of it!

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 28

We have built our society on retaliation and have shut out redemption. We really need to redeem more and retaliate less.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 27

This week's theme: forgiving me, you, him, her, them and us. All of us need to forgive us all for being human, imperfect and downright stupid. We have to deal with aeons of pain and all we can do is forgive us all. Forgive our trespasses and forgive those who trespass against us. #BuddhistTeachings

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 26

Caroline die de wet wil veranderen... Echoes from over the ocean...

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 26

If meditation is without a goal, why do we #meditate? Because, as #ChögyamTrungpaRinpoche said: " #meditation is a delightful and spontaneous thing to do". So whatever you have to do today, start with #meditation without a goal.Your day will have got better.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 25

Nice! I was looking for the way to do it but I'm not sure how to do it and now you've done it! Great! Have you thought of Lion's Roar and Tricycle Magazine? Great stuff there too

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Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 23

Welja! Het zint je niet? Verander je gewoon de wet. Wat een dramatisch slecht zootje...

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 22

10 minutes scrolling through the American news and I feel an anxiety attack coming on. Truly, the Nazi's have won.

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 21

#BuddhistTeachings #lionsroar Beautifully explained. www.lionsroar.com/how-does-kar...

How Does Karma Work?

Understanding karma can help you in your life and on the spiritual path. Barry Boyce and Andy Karr explain.

www.lionsroar.com

Melané Fahner-Botha @ohmafonzie53.bsky.social · Jan 18

Some #Buddhist writers can be so poetic! How about this one :
"we are gardeners of the mind"
#ChögyamTrungpa