Rational Nation USA

  If anything might bring the people of the world and their respective nations together in common interest and effort this sure as hell should do it. Even while the anti globalists' of the USA downplay or ignore the truth that in reality we are ALL in this thing together.

  “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth. [Verse 223]” ― Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada

  Inspired by the vision of  His Holiness the Dalai Lama , the International Campaign for Tibet promotes human rights, democratic freedoms and self-determination for the  Tibetan people To learn more on how to support this worthy cause please click on the highlighted LINK and take the ferry to the ICT .

 

  Whatever exists is only its own nature; and whatever ends is only its own nature: there is no movement at all in pure mind and that stillness is the body of buddha. Every word that is uttered is only its own purity; and every vibration is only its own purity: nothing is spoken or uttered in pure mind, which is the speech of buddha. Every thought and intention is intertained only as its own spaciousness, and every intuition is realised only as its own spaciousness; nothing at all is thought or intuited in pure mind, the mind of buddha past, present and future. The true nature of the world is the true nature of the mind. It is never born and is beyond sorrow. Liberation will be attained by seeing the nature of the mind itself, the true nature of phenomena. There is no other peace to attain ---Longchenpa---

  How a sane intelligent country handles insurrectionists. Move fast and decisively to put down attempts to overthrow the government. America... Take note. This is how it's done.

  Maybe one of the most ridiculous cases that has ever made it to the SCOTUS. But in a land where truth has become fiction and fiction has become truth for a large share of Americans, think Trumpublicans and Q-Anon mentality's, anything is possible and nothing should surprise. Brunson v. Alma S. Adams; et al., (Biden, Harris, Pence & 385 Members of Congress) Currently, there are two lawsuits identical to each other. The first One, filed by Loy Brunson is still held up in the Utah Federal Court. The second one, filed by Raland J. Brunson has made it to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Docket #22-380, where the brothers will file a petition for reconsideration for the 9 Justices to hear the case. THE LAWSUIT Both lawsuits include defendants Pres. Biden, Harris, former V.P. Pence and 385 members of congress for breaking their oath of office by voting AGAINST the proposition (that came from members of congress) to investigate the claims that there were enemies of th

  “Let us look at wealth and poverty. The affluent society and the deprived society inter-are. The wealth of one society is made of the poverty of the other. "This is like this, because that is like that." Wealth is made of non-wealth elements, and poverty is made by non-poverty elements. [...] so we must be careful not to imprison ourselves in concepts. The truth is that everything contains everything else. We cannot just be, we can only inter-be. We are responsible for everything that happens around us.” ―  Thich Nhat Hanh,  Peac e  Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

  The following is from Thich Nhat Hanh 's book, PEACE IS EVERY STEP . A book with profound insight it has the power to facilitate transformational change. One person, one family, one community, one nation at a time. Truth, understanding, compassion, love, and mindfulness lead the way to a happier and more joyful life. As you read this, imagine you are holding the book, or the sheet of paper. All the best to all. If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. So, we can say the cloud and the paper inter-are. "Interbeing" is a word that that is not in the dictionary yet, but if we combine the prefix "inter-" with the verb "to be," we have a new verb, inter-be. If we look into t

  Wishing Buddhists Around the World a Safe, Mindful, Prosperous, and Happy New Year

  If we believe that mind is continuous, our love for others becomes continuous. If we  recognize this continuity, we don’t trust temporary, tangible circumstances, or take them too seriously.  Since it is tiring to switch between changing uncertainties which are inherently impermanent  and unimportant, we become less easily influenced by any circumstance. This creates the habit  of stability so that our minds are less erratic, our lives are less chaotic, and our feelings for  others are less changeable. If we believe in the continuity of mind, then love inconspicuously connects us to the ones  we love with continuous positive energy, so that even tangible separation between people who  love each other do not reduce the intangible power of love. This love is automatically enduring since  it is not easily affected by circumstances. If we can keep from grasping at others with the selfish fear of losing them or in the hope  of possessing them through the unawareness of our ordinary dualis

 

 

 

  On the heels of today's earlier repost of a 2015 article excerpt about conservatism we follow with more TRUTH about conservatism  and its philosophical agenda. Resisting change in general and social advancement (think social security and social safety nets) almost exclusively conservatism is a political philosophy whose time and usefulness has long since expired. America must move forward. Not backwards. Greater liberty, not less is what is needed. More compassion and love, not otherism and hate is what is needed. America is better than its conservative agenda. An agenda that quite frankly can be summarized simply and accurately as one of ignorance and greed.     What is a conservative? We've seen a lot of them in 2020, refusing to respect the needs of society. The Heritage Foundation  says : "Foremost among [conservatism's] transcendent values is the individual's use of his God-given free will, whence derives his right to be free from the restrictions of arbitr

  The following is an excerpt from an article ran in AlterNet  and posted on this weblog on November 6, 2015. Seeing the dysfunctionality currently affecting the so called conservative republican party, and its affect on the new congress as it attempts to determine a new Speaker of the House is why it is being reprinted today. It has been just over seven years since the initial running and still it remains as relevant and true today as it was in 2015. Perhaps even more so. Conservativism today is in great need of revamping itself. Specifically so as to remain relevant in the 21st century. Change is the only constant. Yet conservatives struggle and fight mightily to remain reified in the 19th and 20th centuries. A sure fire way to insure a historic social uprising in the future. After decades of "compassionate conservatism," "a thousand points of light," and "Morning in America," dark talk of class warfare on the right can seem like a strange throwback. So