Melané Fahner-Botha
@ohmafonzie53.bsky.social
Almost 72-year old. Born in South Africa, lived in The Netherlands. Vegan with Buddhist leanings. Environmentalist
#Reading "Making Friends with Death" by @Judith L Lief: "We don't actually live in the past or the future but in the present... on the boundary of what is gone and what is to come: the cutting edge of our life and death... ahead we see our death closing in on us"
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
#Reading "Making Friends with Death" by @Judith L Lief: "We don't actually live in the past or the future but in the present... on the boundary of what is gone and what is to come: the cutting edge of our life and death... ahead we see our death closing in on us"
#buddhism #interbeing Strangers are just bits of yourself you hadn't met up with yet. Yes, those with a different skin colour or sexual orientation too. Don't reject the stranger: you might be rejecting that part of you that you've been missing all your life.
October 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
#buddhism #interbeing Strangers are just bits of yourself you hadn't met up with yet. Yes, those with a different skin colour or sexual orientation too. Don't reject the stranger: you might be rejecting that part of you that you've been missing all your life.
Woh! Walked into a 'normal' hairdressing salon (I usually use an organic salon). The chemicals permeating the air take your breath away. Some of these clients are fanatical eco-warriors. Do they have ANY idea what they are breathing in here?
August 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Woh! Walked into a 'normal' hairdressing salon (I usually use an organic salon). The chemicals permeating the air take your breath away. Some of these clients are fanatical eco-warriors. Do they have ANY idea what they are breathing in here?
#buddhism #non-self #emptiness Sometimes, despite a happy marriage& friends, like you, I can feel lonely, separate. Then, as I sip coffee, I remember: you & I ARE the Universe. We sip my coffee together. Cold coffee and a warmed heart.
August 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#buddhism #non-self #emptiness Sometimes, despite a happy marriage& friends, like you, I can feel lonely, separate. Then, as I sip coffee, I remember: you & I ARE the Universe. We sip my coffee together. Cold coffee and a warmed heart.
#Fenix #Migration #museum in #Rotterdam: deeply impressive; the impact of photos of the effects of the #inhumanity #ofhumanity. Should be a compulsory visit for all who want to stop migration. I myself, unwittingly, migrated and these pictures squeezed my heart. Beautiful museum...
June 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#Fenix #Migration #museum in #Rotterdam: deeply impressive; the impact of photos of the effects of the #inhumanity #ofhumanity. Should be a compulsory visit for all who want to stop migration. I myself, unwittingly, migrated and these pictures squeezed my heart. Beautiful museum...
#buddhism #BuddhistTeachings #bodhicittà . Unrequited love: the beauty of the smile in your heart for the beloved who lives on, not knowing that our love is there for them. Surely this is the ultimate bodhicittà: loving without needing reciprocal love. Lay down need & feel freedom.
June 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
#buddhism #BuddhistTeachings #bodhicittà . Unrequited love: the beauty of the smile in your heart for the beloved who lives on, not knowing that our love is there for them. Surely this is the ultimate bodhicittà: loving without needing reciprocal love. Lay down need & feel freedom.
Lojong slogans: this eek I turn all mishaps into the path.. #buddhism #meditation #BuddhistTeachings
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Lojong slogans: this eek I turn all mishaps into the path.. #buddhism #meditation #BuddhistTeachings
#TraininginCompassion: #NormanFischer is saying that #Empathy is feeling/knowing what the other is feeling. #Sympathy is actually dealing with the other and their pain. This resonates because psychopaths have empathy and enjoy the pain they cause. They miss the sympathy gene.
May 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#TraininginCompassion: #NormanFischer is saying that #Empathy is feeling/knowing what the other is feeling. #Sympathy is actually dealing with the other and their pain. This resonates because psychopaths have empathy and enjoy the pain they cause. They miss the sympathy gene.
Reposted by Melané Fahner-Botha
Het is een gotspe dat Van der Plas het zo vaak over voedselzekerheid heeft.
De industriële veeteelt is verantwoordelijk voor gigantische verspilling van voedsel.
Voed mensen geen mestmachines.
De industriële veeteelt is verantwoordelijk voor gigantische verspilling van voedsel.
Voed mensen geen mestmachines.
Stel, we geven geen soja en graan meer aan ons vee, maar eten het zelf op.
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
Bij @ftm.nl maakte we een rekensommetje waarbij me de schellen van de ogen vielen: elke dag vernietigt het Nederlandse vee 56 miljard kilocalorieën. Genoeg om 25 miljoen mensen mee te voeden.
www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
In 4 grafieken: hoe Nederland miljoenen extra mensen kan voeden, als we stoppen met de vee-industrie
Politici van de BoerBurgerBeweging waarschuwen dat krimp van de veestapel de (internationale) voedselzekerheid bedreigt. Klopt dat wel? Uit een analyse van Follow the Money blijkt het tegenovergesteld...
www.ftm.nl
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Het is een gotspe dat Van der Plas het zo vaak over voedselzekerheid heeft.
De industriële veeteelt is verantwoordelijk voor gigantische verspilling van voedsel.
Voed mensen geen mestmachines.
De industriële veeteelt is verantwoordelijk voor gigantische verspilling van voedsel.
Voed mensen geen mestmachines.
#Reading Training in Compassion by Norman Fischer. #Lojongslogan: Turn all mishaps into the path. Battling with Trump...heavy duty practice 😁🙏 #BuddhistTeachings #meditation
May 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
#Reading Training in Compassion by Norman Fischer. #Lojongslogan: Turn all mishaps into the path. Battling with Trump...heavy duty practice 😁🙏 #BuddhistTeachings #meditation
Love:
The only love we can count on is the love we ourself generate.
May we radiate love: all day every day. it's not about how much you are loved: it's about how much you are loving.
The only love we can count on is the love we ourself generate.
May we radiate love: all day every day. it's not about how much you are loved: it's about how much you are loving.
May 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Love:
The only love we can count on is the love we ourself generate.
May we radiate love: all day every day. it's not about how much you are loved: it's about how much you are loving.
The only love we can count on is the love we ourself generate.
May we radiate love: all day every day. it's not about how much you are loved: it's about how much you are loving.
In my favourite little church: Jesus looks down on his followers with such a sad face: 'I died to save you and you kill & save nothing'...
March 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In my favourite little church: Jesus looks down on his followers with such a sad face: 'I died to save you and you kill & save nothing'...
#buddhism #mindfulness #suffering. We talk about "the cold light of reality". Shouldn't we say: "the warm light of truth"? If we integrate this warmth towards what is real and true in everyday life. This is equanimity: dealing with what is. We avoid the suffering of thwarted desires.
March 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
#buddhism #mindfulness #suffering. We talk about "the cold light of reality". Shouldn't we say: "the warm light of truth"? If we integrate this warmth towards what is real and true in everyday life. This is equanimity: dealing with what is. We avoid the suffering of thwarted desires.
It is always shocking to hear a #meditation teacher promise that #meditation will make you happy, even under the direst conditions. #Happiness is a fleeting, ephemeral and random #emotion.
February 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It is always shocking to hear a #meditation teacher promise that #meditation will make you happy, even under the direst conditions. #Happiness is a fleeting, ephemeral and random #emotion.
After weeks with practically no sun, one sympathizes with the ancients who bowed down before the glory of it!
January 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
After weeks with practically no sun, one sympathizes with the ancients who bowed down before the glory of it!
We have built our society on retaliation and have shut out redemption. We really need to redeem more and retaliate less.
January 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We have built our society on retaliation and have shut out redemption. We really need to redeem more and retaliate less.
This week's theme: forgiving me, you, him, her, them and us. All of us need to forgive us all for being human, imperfect and downright stupid. We have to deal with aeons of pain and all we can do is forgive us all. Forgive our trespasses and forgive those who trespass against us. #BuddhistTeachings
January 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This week's theme: forgiving me, you, him, her, them and us. All of us need to forgive us all for being human, imperfect and downright stupid. We have to deal with aeons of pain and all we can do is forgive us all. Forgive our trespasses and forgive those who trespass against us. #BuddhistTeachings
If meditation is without a goal, why do we #meditate? Because, as #ChögyamTrungpaRinpoche said: " #meditation is a delightful and spontaneous thing to do". So whatever you have to do today, start with #meditation without a goal.Your day will have got better.
January 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If meditation is without a goal, why do we #meditate? Because, as #ChögyamTrungpaRinpoche said: " #meditation is a delightful and spontaneous thing to do". So whatever you have to do today, start with #meditation without a goal.Your day will have got better.
10 minutes scrolling through the American news and I feel an anxiety attack coming on. Truly, the Nazi's have won.
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
10 minutes scrolling through the American news and I feel an anxiety attack coming on. Truly, the Nazi's have won.
Some #Buddhist writers can be so poetic! How about this one :
"we are gardeners of the mind"
#ChögyamTrungpa
"we are gardeners of the mind"
#ChögyamTrungpa
January 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Some #Buddhist writers can be so poetic! How about this one :
"we are gardeners of the mind"
#ChögyamTrungpa
"we are gardeners of the mind"
#ChögyamTrungpa
Article in #TheLion'sRoar this morning (Seeking Buddha in Gaza) leads me to think: if we feel like banning books, maybe the incitements to violence and revenge-killings in the Bible, Koran and Torah should get some attention...
January 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Article in #TheLion'sRoar this morning (Seeking Buddha in Gaza) leads me to think: if we feel like banning books, maybe the incitements to violence and revenge-killings in the Bible, Koran and Torah should get some attention...
Reposted by Melané Fahner-Botha
#zenmoment :..meditation is a delightful and spontaneous thing to do...it is () making friends with yourself...you must have some outlet which is your relationship to the world... so compassion becomes a bridge to the outside world. #chögyamtrungpa #cuttingthroughspiritualmaterialism
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
#zenmoment :..meditation is a delightful and spontaneous thing to do...it is () making friends with yourself...you must have some outlet which is your relationship to the world... so compassion becomes a bridge to the outside world. #chögyamtrungpa #cuttingthroughspiritualmaterialism
One of the hardest lessons to learn: not everyone you love, no matter how close the blood tie, is going to like or love you. Some hurts can't be healed. Some pain can't be relieved.
January 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
One of the hardest lessons to learn: not everyone you love, no matter how close the blood tie, is going to like or love you. Some hurts can't be healed. Some pain can't be relieved.