Sangha of Auspicious Companions

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March 17, 2020

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The One Most Important Thing You Can Do Right Now

“The point to all the closings and all the cancellations is this — to manage the healthcare system so that it can respond to those who are vulnerable to die from COVID-19, and to shorten the arc of the pandemics duration. In effect it is to keep our bodies from being unwitting vehicles for the virus to jump from doorknob to doorknob, credit card to credit card. The more we lessen our physical scope of our touch on things around us, the more we participate in shortening this hell-realm, and the more lives we save.” Kelly Wendorf shares more in this thoughtful post titled ‘Karuna’ (Sanskrit for compassion) virus. { read more }

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Pull out a piece of paper and write down what you want to do, who you want to be, what you want to learn, and how you want to contribute in this powerful time of change.

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March 16, 2020

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Guarding the Tongue: The Importance of Right Speech

“A few years ago, I went through an estrangement with a close friend because of the words I used to refer to her partner’s behavior. Although he did not hear what she and I said in our phone conversation, by “chance” he saw my e-mail that followed it. I meant no harm. I thought I was being supportive of my friend. But it was careless speech on my part, and it has cost me dearly. The painful repercussions of my experience awoke me to a simple fact. While I had been careful in watching the movement of breath in meditation, I had not been as attentive in watching the words coming out of my mouth. I’d neglected an essential aspect of spiritual practice–“guarding the tongue.”” More in this thoughtful essay. { read more }

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Experiment with right speech in your conversations with others this week. What situations are you most challenged in? What do you notice coming up in yourself when you “guard the tongue”?

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March 15, 2020

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Living Gratefully in the Time of Corona Virus

“In the midst of times of uncertainty it serves us to reflect on how gratefulness might help to calm us, reduce fears and expectations, open us to greater clarity and love, and fuel action grounded in our deep intentions. Gratitude is not a panacea. It may not cure or solve our anxiety or concerns but it can foster ease, connection, kindness, and well-being — all valuable qualities which would be good to “go viral” these days. Gratitude cannot save us from sickness or suffering, but it can change how we experience sickness, and it may change our relationship to suffering.” The Gratefulness Team shares more { read more }

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Implement one or more of the practices in the article this week, and share them with others you know who could benefit.

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March 14, 2020

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Embracing Holy Envy

“In 1985, Lutheran Bishop Krister Stendahl, in defending the building of a Mormon temple by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Stockholm, enunciated “Three Rules of Religious Understanding:” “When trying to understand another religion, you should ask the adherents of that religion and not its enemies.”‘Don’t compare your best to their worst,” and:
“Leave room for holy envy.” Stendahl challenges us to be open to recognizing elements in other religions–even those that may appear foreign or threatening–and to consider how we might wish to support, embrace, emulate or further explore those elements that might help us to deepen our understanding of our own religious traditions and more deeply connect to others: to embrace ‘holy envy.'” { read more }

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For more insight, here is an NPR article on Barbara Taylor Bradford’s book ‘Holy Envy’. { more }

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March 13, 2020

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Do Not Lose Heart — We Were Made for These Times

Clarissa Pinkola Estes stirringly invites us to embrace the moment we are in with all of its fear, uncertainty, and turmoil. She says, “I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it…In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. Do not make yourself ill with overwhelm.” This passage calls us to constructive action — and recalls us to our deepest purpose. { read more }

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What is your response to times of great challenge? What would it look like in your life to be “fully lit and willing to show it”?

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March 12, 2020

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The Longest Night

Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, has a parallel in the tale of days we call our lives. During a dark time it can be hard to remember the warmth and joy that also comes and goes. This lovely animated poem reminds us to keep taking one step at a time toward the coming light. { read more }

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Consider what helps you remember the times of light with “memories warm and spirits lighter”. Share your light with someone you know going through a dark time.

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March 11, 2020

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The Slow Joy of Jane Hirshfield’s Ledger

“”It’s such a slow joy,” says poet Jane Hirshfield, about the work of revising a poem. We’ve just left the trailhead for a hike on what she calls the “hem” of Mount Tamalpais. Already were deep in conversation about how Hirshfield produces the wise and tender poems that fill her nine poetry collections, including the newly-published Ledger.”” { read more }

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For more inspiration, read Jane Hirschfield’s piece on, “Living By Questions.” { more }

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