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Saving Daylight?.. Equanimity and other Musings

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We have been given one more hour of sunlight with daylight saving time... don't waste it.. bring the light into your heart and SHINE! Both a full glass and an empty glass are empty (or devoid) of the very thing we innately believe to be its claim to reality. That error is happening in our own minds, the glasses are simply there due to interdependent causes and conditions. Crystals are a mystery... and completely filled with rainbows! Only need a bit of sunlight to release them.. Think before speaking to edit a more compassionate or dharmic way of life The second kind of equanimity deliberately developed in Buddhism is training toward the dissolution of distinctions we hold between others and ourselves or between others and still others. The basic premise is that all living beings seek happiness and avoid suffering. To gain this realization, remove the distinctions between the wea lthy and the poor (in your estimation), or those who live in first world countries and t...