A thought came to me about the vow I take every morning.
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Lyric Holmans
Lyric Rivera, the creator of Neurodivergent Rebel and founder of Neurodivergent Consulting, is a late-identified Autistic and ADHD adult. Lyric is best known for their blog, NeuroDivergent Rebel, and for the best-selling business ethics book, Workplace Neurodiversity Rising (which was praised in Forbes as âan excellent âhow to manualâ based on lived Experience and professional competence.â) Other titles Lyric has worked on include the popular children's workbook Autism, Identity, and Me (adult version coming soon), and Neurodivergent Rebel's The Weight of Normal (released this past fall). The philosophy of Neurodivergent Consulting is to support the creation of accessible workplaces and other spaces (via universal design) that enable Neurodivergent (and all) people to fully realize their unique talents and fresh perspectives through care and support of the whole person. This allows us to bring our full selves to the spaces we enter. Lyric is also known as the creator of the #AskingAutistics hashtag, which often features a short question about everyday autistic experiences. This simple hashtag connects neurodiverse people who would not otherwise have a reason to engage with each other to create a better understanding of the Autistic experience. View all posts by Lyric Holmans
To me that vow is a Bodhisattva vow of committing to saving all beings no matter how long it takes. 10,000, 1,000,000 years…life after life..moment to moment… non-stop. That’s quite a commitment.
Exactly! Since the task is immense we must use technology to our advantage whenever possible. Go where the people are – the internet.
Right. Good point. The other 3 vows aren’t for sissies either. Delusions are endless, teachings are infinite, Buddha way is inconceivable…
While I admire the vow, I would ask a question once asked of me.
Which does more good, the writing of a book (or blog or video) or counseling the broken-hearted, comforting the grieving, feeding the hungry, clothing those without, visiting those in the hospital or in jail.
I am not saying that blogging and such is worthless, but we need to be careful of distancing ourselves from relationships where we do more good. Sometimes the numbers seem to justify our distancing ourselves from people… but does that really help them, or us?
Have a blessed day
For me, meeting people face to face can be stressful and I have a hard time getting my point across clearly in an articulate manner. I am giving what I have to give and that is all some of us have.
Sharing love and trying to make our world a more peaceful place, however you do it, is always a good thing. We aren’t all meant to walk the same roadđ
The circumstances need to be right…even Jesus or Buddha could not help others without the right circumstances.
That was kind of a shitty comment in the first place. No one can judge effort. The only person that can determine the value of something is the receiver of it. We fumble a lot with people too – we know how you feel. Keep writing and blogging.
Also, not to say people should not go out and do good in the world too but to ignore this tool as a resource would be foolish.
https://lifemorethanexistence.com/2017/05/15/changing-the-world/
Thank you for visiting. It seem to fit nicely with this post.
Very.