#cultivating compassion

[compassionmattersmost]

From Suffering to Compassion: Transforming Life with ME/CFS

Living with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) often feels like carrying an invisible weight that never goes away. The exhaustion is far beyond ordinary tiredness, permeating not just the body but the mind and heart as well. For many of us, this illness can feel like a curse, a complete derailment of life’s trajectory. Yet, over the years, I’ve come to see it also as a strange and unexpected…

[adambernard55]

5 Essential Techniques to Master Loving-Kindness Meditation

What is Loving-Kindness Meditation? Loving-kindness meditation, also known as metta meditation, is a powerful practice that can transform your life and enhance your overall well-being. Rooted in Buddhism, this meditation technique involves cultivating feelings of love, compassion, and kindness towards yourself and others. By incorporating loving-kindness meditation into your daily routine, you…

[talk-danmei-to-me]

Wei Ying

[llycaons]

I had a really nice convo w my sister's partner tho! they're going to show my sister utena and they're already talking abt the family abolition framework and I added what I've read abt the themes of eternity and how that relates to the abuse in the show. probably one the most in-depth media disucssions I've ever had irl. they like hannibal and I convinced them to watch hxh...and house....it made sense to me at the time. I think they'll like them all tho

[morethanwonderful]

God, Xi Ping and Zhi Xiu have such fantastic chemistry as characters. From the moment they meet, their every interaction is a delight.

Xi Ping drives Zhi Xiu fucking insane (like he does everyone), but Zhi Xiu also clearly gets a kick out of him from jump. He adds him to the selection list just for a laugh after seeing his list of "crimes," and he's openly entertained by his audacity when he talks to Pang Jian and Su Zhun. Zhi Xiu scolds Xi Ping not to be rude out of obligation, but he never actually stops him from back-talking Shed Skins and such later in the novel.

Xi Ping is a fucking menace, but he's his menace. Big, emotional, Way of the Heart-shifting impacts aside, Xi Ping is Zhi Xiu's pet funny little guy. He's the problem that he knows he should be scolding, yet can't help but enjoy. He's like a rascally cat.

And on a serious note, I can't help but think that there's a reason Zhi "do not be a god" Xiu immediately gets along so well with the mortal boy who dares to drink from an immortal's wine pot. Frustrating as Xi Ping is, Zhi Xiu doesn't want to be revered, so of course he gets a kick out of the guy audacious enough to treat him like just another man.

[peacemore-springs]

Cannabis and The NHS

Where are the prescriptions of cannabis seeds our nations are so in need of? Is government approval such a daunting next step? 53 years is a long enough wait for an amendment to an act of parliament.

Growing and cultivating plants is a natural remedy in itself. To specify the inclusion of the cannabis plant into the processes of medicinal cultivation would have a profound effect upon the mental well being of those presently suffering its lack of presence. To grow your own medicinal requirement in the privacy of your own home, from seed to plant, can help to redress the synthetic medicinal system we presently live with.

Global pharmaceutical corporations presently administer an unnecessarily large amount of synthetic products into biological networks to ensure the totalitarian control they have over both the public and private living of populations is secure. The maintenance and growth of their own economic advantage is reliant upon this administered control.

Integrating cannabis cultivation into personal horticulture could offer a transformative, empowering approach to health and well-being. Growing your own medicine taps into self-sufficiency, connects you deeply with the healing process, and offers a sense of personal control that is very much missing in conventional treatments.

It's about time the conversation moved beyond the stigma and into practical, compassionate solutions.

Encouraging the personal cultivation of medicinal plants could challenge the dominance of big pharma and pave the way for a more balanced, holistic healthcare approach.

We live to cultivate ways of reducing the suffering of living beings. A progressive amendment to a 1971 act of parliament is a step towards helping us achieve this goal. Present and future generations deserve the support.

a lotus of peace to you all 🙏

[weekend-whip]

Yo look at this elemental compass I found

SCREEEEEEEEEEEE

[raffaellopalandri]

Happy Bodhi Day!

As a Buddhist, I find deep significance in celebrating Bodhi Day, a revered observance that commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as the Buddha. Bodhi Day, typically held on December 8th in many Buddhist traditions, marks the pivotal moment when the Buddha attained supreme awakening under the Bodhi tree. Buddha’s Bodhi – image taken from Internet This…

[cafffine]

people who free themselves of corporation-inflicted consumer guilt by deciding that they don’t need to ‘waste time’ on small actions like recycling or avoiding fast fashion when they can or trying to shop local ect. congrats that’s the saddest shit I ever heard. Yes, you’re allowed to take long hot showers, you’re not destroying anything, but to think that average people stop for a moment to wash out their cans and recycle them is proof of a successful propaganda campaign and not genuine hope and care is not how I’m gonna live.

[bandzboy]

i don’t know if you’re an army but yoongi did not write snooze for his “fans” to go and shit on the very juniors he was trying to comfort with the lyrics

i am not exactly an army i'm more of a casual listener but i know the song and it's a very nice song really but also this brings up these discussions i've been seeing on twt about how some armys don't even read their lyrics or even care much about their music as much as they say they do and it's sad

[black-quadrant]

shoutout to the people who use their powers here for good -- the people that are always there with an uplifting comment and the first like. those who enthusiastically reblog and take time out of their day to notice someone who needs to be seen. you know who you are. love you! ♡

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[nyxi-pixie]

thinking about yosano again. honestly its so wild how her backstory is the most heart wrenchingly depressing of every bsd character when shes up against like. the horrors of stormbringer and the misery of everything atsushi has ever experienced. and like akutagawa in general. and she still wins the misery competition

i have only actually shed tears consuming canon bsd content ONCE and it was watching a dream of butterflies. ITS SO SAD FOR WHY.

anyway every time i see this image i start eating my walls

[llycaons]

I can and have xed out of fics that make lwj speak too much. in fact I just did. stop giving that man paragraphs!!

[joyboythehopepunk]

stare into the abyss

to be clear: i am a loner both by choice and by compulsion.

my nature is more or less solitary. i crave/need my people, no one else. if they are not those people... it doesnt work out. either because of me or them or both.

i just dont feel comfortable with most people. this is probably something you cant tell when you meet me. because i am autistic and mask heavily. because i dont "look autistic". bc im brown and trans and queer and weird in so many ways that are noticeable.

i talk to myself a lot. verbalizing helps me work through stuff. ive also just gotten used to talking to myself because ive never had anyone i felt got me. that really heard me and understood me.

that trend continues to this day. i am 34 this year.

i have not had one single healthy relationship my entire life. not once have i felt seen and understood by anyone i have ever met.

that isnt to say i dont share common experiences. that is not to say people lack empathy towards me. that is not to say no one cares at all (tho i doubt they do)

that is to say i have never felt, met, or experienced a kindred spirit. one way or another.

i am not the best judge of character. bc i have whatever the opposite is.. of an inability to comprehend nuance.

perhaps i am too understanding. too willing to empathize. ofc there are things i cannot forgive people for. ofc i have been a shit head.

which is why i try to be understanding. but there are some people who make it apparent to me.. that we are not the same.

we are similar but we are so very different.

it is the difference between someone who doesnt know theyre racist, or wont confront their biases.. versus someone who knows their darkness and light inside and out.

there are people who say things like "i dont have feelings" or "i dont do feelings".. and there are people like me - highly sensitive people - who feel everything too much. we are too aware of ourselves and our environment.

we stare into the abyss, it stares back..

and we get to know one another.

then before you know it we have undergone a transformation of character and form.

ofc everyone changes for many different ways and for many different reasons.

our world is not designed to cultivate virtue or kindness. the world humanity has made is warped and poisoned in so many ways. it is no surprise that people are the same way ..

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Forgive One Another

31 Let all bitterness, and indignation, and wrath, and clamor, and evil speaking be removed from you, together with all malice; 32 And be kind and tenderhearted toward one another, forgiving one another, even as God has also in Christ forgiven you. — Ephesians 4:31-32 | A Faithful Version (AFV) Holy Bible, A Faithful Version © 2020 A Faithful Version. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: 2 Samuel 7:21; Psalm 37:8; Proverbs 19:11; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 18:33; Romans 3:14; 1 Corinthians 13:4;  2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 2:10; Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:25; Colossians 3:8; Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 2:1