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Perhaps we think healing means weakness, that we are no longer strong when we are healed or that healing zaps our super-human ability of being pissed off and agitated, which we think keeps us conscious and present.

We have learned that anger is a part of the work of social liberation, that being angry is what motivates and drives us. To a certain extent this is true. However, I believe that the true blessing of anger is how it can indicate an imbalance in our experience and in the world around us.

But we have to be very clear: Anger is not about creating or building up. That is the work of loving.

angel Kyodo williams; Lama Rod Owens; Jasmine Syedullah, Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Annalee Newitz (duplicate): Automatic Noodle (AudiobookFormat, 2025, Macmillan Audio)

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle …

Adorable People Taking Care of Each Other

On the surface, this is a story about a diverse group of adorable people (most of whom happen to be robots) taking care of each other while starting a hand-pulled #noodle shop. Slightly below the surface, and done with a lot of #kindness, Annalee Newitz does a wonderful job of putting the reader in a perspective to see how various kinds of #discrimination and #unskillful action make things unpleasant for everyone while at the same time showing that #handicraft, #compassion, and community-building have lovely results across the board.

#𰻞𰻞麵 #𰻝𰻝面 #biangbiangmian #handpulled #community

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness (AudiobookFormat, 2024, Shambhala Publications)

Throughout our lives we long to love ourselves more deeply and find a greater sense …

A Good Manual of IMS-Style Brahmavihārā Practice

It's a really good manual of brahmavihārā practice as it is taught in the tradition of the Insight Meditation Society. It covers everything one would want to start a practice and it's plenty deep enough for experience practitioners looking for a refresher. The four sublime abidings are complemented well by two chapters on #generosity (#dāna) and #morality (#sīla), so in a sense it's a bit like going backwards through the ten #pāramī

#brahmavihārā #IMS #meditation #lovingkindness #mettā #compassion #karuṇā #sympatheticjoy #muditā #equanimity #upekkhā

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Reading Rainbow is returning after twenty years, with the incomparable Mychal the Librarian leading the way.

This show is exactly what we need right now.

Books are being banned. Education is under attack. The fascists want to control the narrative.

This is an opportunity for kids to learn to love books, literature & libraries while also fostering a sense of compassion, diversity, inclusion and tolerance.