Words of Wisdom for April 29, 2024

Dear Friends:
“Childhood is something great. In childhood the mind is pure, tender and receptive. If we impart good education to our children, become selfless examples for them, and give them love, perhaps they will grow and become the best citizens of the world. Then, the whole universe will bloom like a flower.”

– Swami Rama, Let the Bud of Life Bloom: A Guide to Raising Happy and Healthy Children

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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!

All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 29, 2024

Dear Friends:
“Childhood is something great. In childhood the mind is pure, tender and receptive. If we impart good education to our children, become selfless examples for them, and give them love, perhaps they will grow and become the best citizens of the world. Then, the whole universe will bloom like a flower.”

– Swami Rama, Let the Bud of Life Bloom: A Guide to Raising Happy and Healthy Children

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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!

All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 28, 2024

Dear Friends:
A common pleasant feeling refers to the ordinary pleasures we are capable of experiencing through the gratification of the senses. Some things look really good, sound wonderful, taste and smell delicious, feel smooth and cool to the touch, and are great to think about. An uncommon pleasant feeling is the sort encountered during some meditation practices. In both cases it is okay to be closely aware of pleasure.

– Andrew Olendzki, Dharma Wheel – Tricycle

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–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 27, 2024

Dear Friends:
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.

– Jalaluddin Rumi

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Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 26, 2024

Dear Friends:
Growing Through

Even on a small scale in daily life situations, such as when we feel bored or ill at ease, instead of trying to avoid these feelings by staying busy or buying another fancy gadget, we learn to look more clearly at our impulses, attitudes, and defenses. In this way dukkha guides and deepens our motivation to the point where we’ll say, ‘Enough running, enough walls, I’ll grow through handling my blocks and lost places.’

– Ajahn Sucitto, “From Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha’s First Teaching”

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–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 25, 2024

Dear Friends:
Zen Janitor

Zen plays the role of janitor in my religious life, and if my understanding of Zen (pardon the expression) is right, that is a compliment. The Zen I know pulls the rug out from anything I land on as the truth and blissfully blows away dangerous moments of intelligence and understanding.

– Thomas Moore, “Zen Catholic “

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EVERYBODY DIES, BUT NOT EVERYBODY LIVES – YouTube

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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!

All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 24, 2024

Dear Friends:
Too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all. This results in a voluntary isolation, or false and treacherous connections. Either way, we do not develop tools for using human difference as a springboard for creative change within our lives.

– Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider

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All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 23, 2024

Dear Friends:
The first duty of love is to listen.

– Paul Tillich, Daily Peace Quote

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Here’s an interesting post from Meditation Practices:
Enneagram Point 7 – The Epicure
To celebrate the redesign of the Enneagram Instrument website, we are offering this excerpt of Point Seven on the enneagram. Habits of Heart and Mind of the Epicure Point Seven on the Enneagram is probably the most optimistic point of all! This is the point of e …

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All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 22, 2024

Dear Friends:
Simply meditating or praying for change is not enough. There has to be action.”

– His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet House

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Roshi Joan Halifax Talked About Compassion
Roshi Joan Halifax talked about compassion when she visited Capital University in Columbus, Ohio in 2011. She opened with some words of wisdom from Barry Lopez. He writes about environmental and social concerns. She read a piece of his related to the role of compassion-based eth …

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All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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Words of Wisdom for April 21, 2024

Dear Friends:
To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you.
That’s what I think a meaningful life is.
One lives not just for oneself, but for one’s community.

– Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Daily Peace Quotes

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The Joy of Living
The joy of living is expressed by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in the words we often hear from him in his dharma talk, books and interview: “.” “Only as we give the best we have to every passing experience can we hope to enter into the joy of living. Can anyone enjoy a game unl …

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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!

All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

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