{"id":18397,"date":"2013-05-15T21:58:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T02:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18397"},"modified":"2013-05-15T22:01:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T03:01:30","slug":"the-myth-of-the-dalai-lama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18397","title":{"rendered":"The myth of the Dalai Lama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dalai Lama<\/a> is here in New Orleans – what better timing – after 19 people were shot at a second line parade on Mother’s Day. Our prayer flags have been flapping in the wind for weeks now and there is a buzz in the air, a hope that his presence here will bring healing. <\/p>\n

A financial journalist said when the Dalai Lama visits good tidings follow in terms of the marketplace. We need more than currency – we need an awakening. The other day on someone else’s Facebook post a man said that he thinks heterosexuals are superior to homosexuals and I did not ignite, I just called it what it is – heterosexism. There’s a word for that kind of knuckle dragging thinking. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the clock is ticking – the monks are creating a mandala with beautifully dyed sand that they will dump bit by bit into the Mississippi river when they are done. Prayer flags are up all over the city – the cloths bear prayers of peace, loving-kindness and forgiveness and when the wind blows, the prayers are carried on the wind. Most people leave their prayer flags up until there\u2019s nothing left of them. <\/p>\n

There’s so much excitement in that same wind. My new house is exciting me. The Dalai Lama’s visit is exciting me. My work on racism<\/a> is exciting me (and depressing me too – depending on the moment). Life is exciting me. <\/p>\n

Today I ran into the same person four times and he said he should play the lotto. The Dalai Lama brings healing and good fortune where he visits. <\/p>\n

Break open the special box of fairy dust – we are ready for magic to happen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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