Prayers for Haiti

Pat Robertson-Ten Quotes

The voices he hears consistently; the ten stupidest things Pat Robertson ever said:
http://politicalhumor.about.co...

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by: joeisuzu @ Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 01:24:15 AM CST

Winter Feast

Great link, Joe. Much as I have issues with some leaders in some Nichiren sects, Robertson seems to be in a class by himself.

Winter Feast for the Soul opened today. Nice intention. Even though, in Buddhism, we don't have souls per se.

and I feel rather soulless today. Just so much misery in the world. I guess that's why it's called samsara.

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by: brooke @ Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 16:45:18 PM CST

$PIRITUAL RE$PON$E

Cell phone text message to the number-
90999

Type in the message-
Haiti

Ten dollars will be added to your phone bill and it will go to the Red Cross International Response Fund in Haiti. They will reply with a confirmation to which you reply YES to reconfirm your donation. It will also send you a text to stop it if you change your mind and decided you need the $10 back.

Samsara:
The 2004 tsunami off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia killed between  250,000 to 300,000 people in several countries. Half of those people died of dysentery in the aftermath. I know people of all belief systems who started praying for those people replete with tears. The same amount of people in the same regions die annually of dysentery yearly without a tsunami and without the sudden pang of humanity generated by it.

There's is nothing wrong with having your consciousness raised by an event. But it seems to me most people are either shocked or guilty when things cause suffering, even though it's a daily event. Not suffering, or when seemingly nothing happens to cause it, is also an event that may go unnoticed and unappreciated.  

I made it home in one piece and I didn't get cancer today. I love it when things go right.  

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by: joeisuzu @ Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 19:46:33 PM CST