Everything is connected

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are
but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together. All things connect.
We are a part of the earth and it is part of us”

 Chief Seattle

Happiness comes from within.

Happiness doesn't exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.

Daisaku Ikeda

Happiness can be yours, all you need to do is reach down and summon it up from within, no matter what.

Quiet Strength

Rosa Parks wrote in her book Quiet Strength: "I find that if I am thinking too much of my own problems and the fact that at times things are not just like I want them to be, I do not make any progress at all. But if I look around and see what I can do, and then I do it, I move on." 

Youth, and indeed life itself, flashes by in the blink of an eye. That is why it is important for you young people to ask yourselves what you can do for those who are suffering, what you can do to resolve the contradictions that plague society and to boldly take on these great challenges.

Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President

Hope for a better future

Sometimes I think that "civilisation" can be likened to a loaded gun or a run-away train, with a small child in control.

One day humanity will take control of its destiny.

Since the dawn of civilisation we have been screwing things up.

As long as there are people with hope, and as long as we have people who can imagine a better future.

Anything is possible.

Keep dreaming, chanting, praying for a better future for our kind.

HIV and AIDS Pandemic - Stand up to Prejudice and Ignorance (The lonely life of a HIV+ six year old boy)

Today I came across this story about a young boy, aged 6, who lives alone due to the stigma attached to having HIV. He lives in China.

Our children the world over must be protected.

The Stigma attached to HIV and AIDS must end!

Stories like this will break your heart, but it is up to our generation to stand up and fight against prejudice and ignorance and violence towards children. This kind of thing should not be happing in our world.

Whenever you have a chance stand up and FIGHT against ignorant people and ideals, please do it.

Make a promise TODAY to stand against violence and neglect of the children of your community.

Together we can end this kind of treatment of innocent young people

Please read this story and share with with your friends and family.

http://www.dailychilli.com/news/7638-the-life-of-a-six-year-old-boy

baby, you're are a firework. come and let your colours burst! boom boom boom brighter then the moon!

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting throught the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that tehre's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on slet your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on slet your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

What you see before you is an illusion. Welcome to the holographic universe

This video follows on from a lot of stuff I have learnt from reading Seth Speaks over the years.

I have always thought of the world and the universe as an illusion.

A Buddhist Blessing

After a morning of challenges, I feel we could do with a little blessing.


Enjoy.


Just as the soft rains fill the streams,
pour into the rivers and join together in the oceans,
so may the power of every moment of your goodness
flow forth to awaken and heal all beings,
Those here now, those gone before, those yet to come.
By the power of every moment of your goodness
May your heart's wishes be soon fulfilled
as completely shining as the bright full moon,
as magically as by a wish-fulfilling gem.

By the power of every moment of your goodness
May all dangers be averted and all disease be gone.

May no obstacle come across your way.
May you enjoy fulfillment and long life.

For all in whose heart dwells respect,
who follow the wisdom and compassion, of the Way,
May your life prosper in the four blessings
of old age, beauty, happiness and strength.

Matthew SEVEN Verse SIX.

Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

Your path, is your path. We are in this together, but we walk alone.

<< for some reason, someone on youtube thought I had directed the previous comment, at them. When it was not. It was directed at someone else. This is my response to her/him>>

<<<<< THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO THE PERSON WHO GOT CONFUSED... >>>>

It would seem there are some wires crossed somewhere.

My comment was not aimed at you, it was aimed at an arrogant person, who basically demanded that I left the SGI, and only then he would be friends with me and talk to me.

That is what I found arrogant.

I don't care that he called the SGI a cult, I know in my heart it is not.

People are entitled to the opinions.

This is what he said to me, after I requested to be friends with him on Youtube.

<<< THIS IS WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAID TO ME, I AM REFERENCING IT HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY MY COMMENTS WERE NOT DIRECTED AT HER/HIM>>

Thank you, but...
My cause is to tell you to try the correct way, search a Nichiren Shoshu Temple and think about how is posible to keep the ortodoxy without the priesthood. Nichiren Daishonin explained how did he adquire the Budha Status, so if we do exactly the same, we should be Budha too. This is the importance to keep the ortodoxy. When you abandon the heretic cult of SGI, call me again. Good Luck.

He is totally missing the point as to why we practice.

We practice so that we can find happiness, and help others find happiness, what does it matter which group we are a part of, we all want the same things. We all have the same goals.

Peace and happiness for all of humanity.

I am confused as to why you thought my comment on my blog was directed at you when I clearly showed his response to me.

I was not intending to be defensive, I was defending my self. And sometimes I think it is necessary.

As his comments were an attack on me.

I never retaliate or speak out against these kinds of people, if you look at any of my comments, I am always gracious. I do not always believe that fighting FIRE with FIRE is the answer.

However, this is the first time in two years I have said anything like this.

I do not care that he thinks I am wrong, what I care about is that he thinks he is being superior and trying to tell me where I should be practising. Like it matters where or who I practice with.

It doesn't. What matters is what is in my heart. What matters is my intentions in life. What matters are my thoughts, my actions and my words.

Just like my grandmother told me as a child, to connect with god, or connect with our creator, we do not need to be in a church, or with a priest.

"God" or the "universal law" exists in every thing and is every where. It lives in every single molecule. It is the creative force that paints life. Every slice of matter around you is creative energy. It is alive. You and I are both apart of it. When we chant, with the right intentions, we connect with this.

We do not need churches, temples, or statues to practice our faith.

Everything that we need is innate within our lives, our bodies and our hearts.

Faith, practice and study. That is what we must do, to find our way back to our TRUE selves.

It doesnt matter what you do, as long as it is for the betterment of yourself and humanity.

If you pray to Allah, God, a golden cow, if your intentions come from a place of love, compassion and kindness. Your path, is your path. Only you can walk it alone.

The creative force behind every thing around us, has been given many names.

I stand by what I always say, that there are many paths to wholeness, and we are all in this together.

The moment everyone stops shouting at each other, and carring on about how "their way" is the better way, and focus on their own lives and achieve that deep and unshakable happiness, then maybe, others will see them and see how their way, is perhaps indeed a path of love, compassion and happiness. And perhaps follow in their foot steps.

Light up the darkness.

Best wishes
R

<<< HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE, CONVERSATIONS ONLINE CAN GET AWFULLY CONFUSING AND OFTEN PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND INTENTIONS>>

SGI is a CULT.

A letter from someone who I added as a friend on Youtube.

He basically feels that he can NOT be friends with me, as I am part of the SGI. I have comment back to him that I feel he is missing the point as to why we practice.

<< this was his letter to me....>>>
My cause is to tell you to try the correct way, search a Nichiren Shoshu Temple and think about how is posible to keep the ortodoxy without the priesthood. Nichiren Daishonin explained how did he adquire the Budha Status, so if we do exactly the same, we should be Budha too. This is the importance to keep the ortodoxy. When you abandon the heretic cult of SGI, call me again. Good Luck.
<<<---------------------->>

My response:

do you have any idea how arrogant you sound?

We all want the same things in life.

Happiness, love, food on our table and safety for our children.

Spending your life going around telling others how they should live their lives will not bring you happiness.

We stand as beacons of hope to others that practicing the law, will bring us unshakable happiness.
No priest or Gohonzon will bring me happiness, only the law, which is innate with in every single human beings life.
You do not need SGI, The Priesthood to practice The Law. SGI just acts as a support to your life and your practice.

In the grand scheme of things, none of this stuff really matters, what matters is what is inside your heart.

What matters, are your thoughts, your actions and your words.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

Spend a little more time focusing on your own life and a
little less trying to convince others that "your superior way" is the correct way.

Do Buddhas experience negative emotions?

I’m assuming that one day I’ll be able to clear myself and expand myself and become everything I want to be—become a Buddha. But even then I would still be able to retrieve all these negative moments—moments of pain, moments of anger born of attachment and born of all the defilements—just the way an actor does. I’m pretty clear about using emotions as an actor. They’re what allows me to be human. The same is true for highly evolved beings. I don’t know any teacher who is devoid of those emotions, but the attachment to them is absent. They’re not used to bludgeon or to harm. But they’re absolutely there and they’re used skillfully. I don’t think a teacher could be skillful without having use of all the full range of human emotions in the same way that Manjushri [bodhisattva of wisdom] manifests himself as Yamantaka [Subduer of the Lord of Death] skillfully.