“Anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding is like a blind man on the right road.” – Socrates in Plato’s Republic
26-year-old Jamarion Robinson’s grandmother Beverly Nixon said her grandson was bipolar and schizophrenic. Still got shot 76 (!!!) times. Would a white person get the same treatment?
The witness said he saw more than a dozen patrol cars at the complex where US Marshals killed Robinson on August 5, 2016. Why were there no behavioral specialist? Surely one of them would know how to interact with a bipolar schizophrenic better than the police.
I’m absolutely disgusted.
Here’s Jamarion’s mother’s GoFundMe in case anyone is willing to help.
#JusticeForJamarion #BlackLivesMatter
Oh god ..
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“There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous, a time for being exhausted; a time for being safe, a time for being in danger.”
Lao Tzu
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Without the steadiness of concentration ~ Joseph Goldstein
http://justdharma.com/s/34wz1Without the steadiness of concentration, it is easy to get caught up in the feelings, perceptions, and thoughts as they arise. We take them to be self and get carried away by trains of association and reactivity.
– Joseph Goldstein
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ISBN: 978-1622036059 - https://amzn.to/2kzhYuIJoseph Goldstein on the web:
http://www.dharma.org/joseph-goldstein
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“Many of us are lost. We work too hard, our lives are too busy; we lose ourselves in consumption and distraction of all kinds and have become increasingly lost, lonely, or sick. Many of us live very isolated lives. We’re no longer in touch with ourselves, our family, our ancestors, the Earth, or the wonders of life around us. We have become alienated and feel lonely. This alienation is a kind of illness that has become an epidemic. So many of us feel empty inside and are searching for something to fill the vacuum. We try to fill the void by taking pills or intoxicants or by consuming things. Yet our addiction to consumerism, to buying and consuming things we don’t need, is causing so much stress, so much suffering, both to ourselves and to the Earth. Our craving for fame, wealth, and power is insatiable, and this puts a heavy strain on our own bodies and on the planet. We don’t realize that it’s not fame, wealth, or power that will make us happy, but our level of mindful awareness.”—
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Featuring a work by Jeff Koons, “Plato in L.A.: Contemporary Artists’ Visions” opens Wednesday, April 18 at the Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, California. Go check it out!
In this exhibition, artists will consider Plato’s impact on the contemporary world. Using sculpture, painting, drawing, and large-scale installations, they will respond to his contributions to philosophy—among which are the definition of the ideal and a complex understanding of the human condition—while fostering the ultimate Platonic experience: contemplation.
Read more: http://fal.cn/4aq5
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“You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.”— Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint (via quotespile)
“Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.”—
Thich Nhat Hanh