A Joyful Practice

EXCERPT: “A Little Grace [plus] Compassion and Peace (with regards to Ralph Waldo Emerson)” July 15, 2024

Many blessings to everyone and especially to anyone practicing peace, freedom, and wisdom (inside and outside).

This is a post-practice post related to the practice on Monday, July 15^th. The 2024 prompt question was, “When is it hard for you to offer compassion (to yourself and/or to someone else)?” You can request an audio recording of this practice via a comment below or (for a slightly faster reply) you can email myra (at) ajoyfulpractice.com.

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“The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance. Thus; in the soul of man there is a justice whose retributions are instant and entire. He who does a good deed, is instantly ennobled. He who does a mean deed, is by the action itself contracted. He who puts off impurity, thereby puts on purity. If a man is at heart just, then in so far is he God; the safety of God, the immortality of God, the majesty of God do enter into that man with justice. If a man dissemble, deceive, he deceives himself, and goes out of acquaintance with his own being. A man in the view of absolute goodness, adores, with total humility. Every step so downward, is a step upward. The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.” 

— quoted from the 1838 “Divinity School Address” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

On July 15, 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson addressed the Harvard Divinity School graduating class. Click on the excerpt title below to find out why that speech pushed so many people’s buttons (and got him banned from his alma mater for 27 years… and 6 days).

A Little Grace & FTWMI: Compassion and Peace (with regards to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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If you are thinking about suicide, worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, you can dial 988 (in the US) or call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call this TALK line if you are struggling with addiction or involved in an abusive relationship. The Lifeline network is free, confidential, and available to all 24/7. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.

White Flag is a new app, which I have not yet researched, but which may be helpful if you need peer-to-peer (non-professional) support.

If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgement-free place to talk, you can also click here to contact the TrevorLifeline (which is staffed 24/7 with trained counselors).

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