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As for myself, the answer to the question, "What is Good?" is some combination of the #WiccanRede, the #GoldenRule, and the #libertarian principle of #nonaggression, as articulated by John Sherwin Crosby in "The Orthocratic State" (1915).

1. "And ye harm none, do as thou wilt."
2. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
3. No human being should interfere with or infringe upon any natural right of another.

All of which are to some extent redundantly expressing the same idea.

Screenshot of "The Orthocratic State" (1915), by John Sherwin Crosby, Page 39, with text reading, in part: ' It is therefore clear that the fundamental, universal principle of human conduct, the general rule by which mankind should be guided in all their actions affecting one another, is simply this: — that no human being should interfere with or infringe upon any natural right of another. It is also clear that so long as a man observes this rule his conduct can not justly be subjected to forcible control by any other man.
It is no less clear, however, that, whenever one man, disregarding this rule, attempts to interfere with another's enjoyment of any natural right, the latter may justly defend himself against such aggression, for the former has no right so to interfere and therefore is not wronged by being even forcibly prevented. '

“Awakening isn't snobbish about where and when it reveals itself, so we probably shouldn't be, either."
~ Joan Sutherland

*full post w/ commentary:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/05/11/may-awakening-spring-forth/

may hearts open, may wisdom arise, and may awakening spring forth!

~j
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#awakening #OpenHearts #love #compassion #nonaggression #nonviolence #wisdom #bodhisattvas #Nagarjuna #JoanSutherland #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

Yellow background with white letters of quote: “When buddhas don't appear and their followers are gone, the wisdom of awakening bursts forth by itself.” ~ Nagarjuna

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The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences.

What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature, and its power is never diminished.

~
Deng Ming-Dao

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#nonaggression #nonviolence #TruePower #TrueInfluence #moon #nature #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #Taoism #DengMingDaoQuote

Surreal art of moon, sky, and ocean waves. Digital art by Jinpa Lhaga / JMWart

#ShineYourLight #JustBe #LeadByExample #Light #Wisdom #Shine #Nonaggression #SpeakUp #SpeakTruth #attention #SitDownRiseUp #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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#MoralClarity #interdependence #awareness #NoHate #love #courage #strength #NoHarm #nonaggression #nonviolence #ethics #OpenHeart #EngagedBuddhism #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

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what we are witnessing is devastating.

please don’t lose sight of love.

*full post:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/02/11/bearing-witness-to-devastation-dont-lose-sight-of-love/

~j
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#Rafah #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #war #violence #destruction #delusion #suffering #OpenHeart #love #nonaggression #wisdom #path #practice #PemaChodronQuote
#JinpaLhaga

revenge is death.
violence begets violence.

*full post:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/01/13/revenge-is-death/

~j
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#war #violence #aggression #peace #nonviolence #nonaggression PlantingSeeds #JinpaLhaga #ConfuciusQuotes

we have a choice in the reality we create.

what seeds are we, each of us, planting today? seeds of fear and violence? or seeds of love, kindness, faith in goodness, tenderness, and nonaggression?

https://themettagarden.com/2023/04/22/we-have-a-choice-in-the-reality-we-create/

may hearts open, may sanity and wisdom arise.

~j
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#GunViolence #GunReform #PlantingSeeds #Nonaggression #Nonviolence #Love #OpenHeart #SitDownRiseUp #PlantingSeeds #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhsim #JinpaLhaga

a practice at this time for our time. with open hearts and steady minds, may we engage this world and all that arises and falls away.

https://themettagarden.com/2023/02/11/a-practice-at-this-time-for-our-time/

~j
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#Bravery #Nonaggression #NoFear #OpenHeart #SteadyMind #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #PemaChodron #PemaChodronQuotes

what do we do? what do we do as individuals in the face of these challenges? we begin with ourselves, our own heart, our own mind. we train with them and practice with them in a way that isn’t aggressive and promotes equanimity…

https://themettagarden.com/2023/01/20/challenging-the-culture-of-violence/

~j
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#nonviolence #nonaggression #peace #OpenHeart #sanity #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #GerardVanderhaarQuotes

our tenderness, our kindness. these are our strengths…

https://themettagarden.com/2023/01/09/tenderness-kindness-signs-of-strength-2/

~j
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#nonviolence #nonaggression #wisdom #awareness #TrueStrength #OpenHeart #tenderness #kindness #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #KahlilGibranQuotes

Okay, I'm not usually one for #introduction posts, but here goes:

I grew up in the very conservative American Midwest and then moved to #Florida on my 18th birthday.

I love building #VideoGames more than I love playing them. I started my career with #EASports working on their first #MMA game (what later became the UFC series). I've since gone indie and released two #games by myself: #uFactory (https://store.steampowered.com/app/923710/uFactory/), a big game still in Early Access, and #CircuitCity (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1748260/Circuit_City/), a little game built around the idea of gameplay driving music. I also released a fun little demo for #VR a while back called #GrapplePlanet (https://lucidsilencegames.itch.io/grapple-planet)

I'm still building more games (and working on uFactory!) while paying the bills with drier #SoftwareEngineering work, hoping to eventually release a game that can grasp a chunk of the zeitgeist.

On here, I'll mostly be debating #technology, #freespeech (largely in the context of #America's #FirstAmendment), and general #AmericanPolitics. My political leaning can most closely be described as "left-libertarian". I.e. Everyone deserves #EqualRights, consistent with the #NonAggression policy. I registered as a #Democrat on January 7th, 2021.

Feel free to reach out. I'm happy to debate anyone in good faith.

#nonaggression

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