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We live and we will die. This is the natural cycle of life. There is no life without death. The fear of death is
the fear of transformation. It’s all about flow vs. stagnation. And, trauma is and causes stagnation.
Over the last three years we got some insights about who we are as humans. We’re both the shadow and
the light. We’re each capable of causing great harm and bringing transformative healing. We are each
capable of causing great joy as well as deep pain. The Mayan deity Chalchiutlicue brings water to crops,
enabling life. And, she cried for 52 years that took away life. We, too, have those extraordinary powers.
We break the sacred cycle when death is not allowed. With some things, we need to let it die so what is
needed can be reborn.
Death is sacred medicine right now. White supremacy is dying. We’re living in late-stage capitalism.
It’s a decaying system on a slow death trail. We need to let it die. Just like in some of our organizations,
coalitions, communities, ourselves, there are practices, beliefs, ways of doing things that need to be let
go of and die to make openings for more just, equitable,
liberatory ways. Being in a global pandemic has
shown us how many of these previous
practices need to die for a new birth of
human-centered ways of being.
Come as you are.
Whatever your brokenness
is; we all have it.
Let’s not pretend it’s
not true, it just is.
How we can just be.
Connected, warts and all,
in love and power
relationships that are conscious.
All of us are doing it.
We gotta plan, mobilize, strategize.
Connect dots, channel. Shift structures.
Shift states.
How do we continue to find ways to row together?
Monoculture and mono cropping is killing the earth. The problem has been 5% taking up 95% of the
space. What would be pluralistic, holding spaces for much more diversity just like how nature creates,
and stays interconnected?
We dream of a world that is immersed in hyper democracy, neighbors and families deeply interwoven
with each other. We are deeply interdependent while rooted in our uniqueness and that’s where
individuals and collectives thrive. Not allowing for mono cultures dictate how we ought to be. It is
entirely possible to have a shared values framework, one we all have in common is we are children
of the earth.
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