“Who We Are”: New Film Chronicles History of Racism in America Amid Grow...

“Who We Are”: New Film Chronicles History of Racism in America - I learned much from this film, how the word slavery was disguised in the Constitution. Shockingly, there was reparations after the Civil war - TO THE SLAVE OWNERS! A must see, esp. by my fellow Whites.

The Who We Are Project https://thewhoweareproject.org https://youtu.be/SMCF5hzv_5I A rare 10 (out of 10) and required viewing for everyone."– Bradley Gibson, Film Threat. In Theaters Now! THE FILM · THE PROJECT · JOIN THE MOVEMENT. As the United States heads into the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend, attempts by Democrats to pass major new voting rights legislation appear to have stalled. We examine the new award-winning documentary “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” which follows civil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson as he confronts the enduring legacy of anti-Black racism in the United States, weaving together examples from the U.S. Constitution, education system and policing. “The entire purpose of this film is to ask people to take a long hard look at our actual history of white supremacy and anti-Black racism,” says Robinson, the former deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “That is something that has been really erased from the common narrative and creation story about America.”

Courage to admit being imperfect:

 

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

BRENÉ BROWN

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I enjoy SILENCE. grateful for peace, equanimity and increased creativity:

 

A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.

ECKHART TOLLE “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” — Aldous Huxley Stress: On one level, if you think about how stimulated we are all the time, it’s healthy to have silence to just calm our nervous system. All the noise in modern life triggers our sympathetic nervous system. That’s the part of us where we experience fight or flight. If you think of most of human history, we were never in this condition of constant stimulation. And often, there’s tremendous noise pollution in our environment. So, silence is the opposite. It can help you relax. If you even spend time hiking, in the woods, in the mountains, that kind of quiet can be very settling. Inner Quiet Is Rejuvenating: Then there’s the silence of just being quiet. Being with yourself. And silence can help us be with ourselves. Sometimes, if you put your attention on silence, you can grow very quiet inside. And that’s a pleasant experience. You can find that when you are in the presence of silence, your mind settles down. Solitude: But it’s important to be OK with being with yourself, and silence can help with that. It’s not always easy, especially to begin with, but I’ve found silence helps keep me from running away from myself. Often you have to deal with the noise in your mind. Creativity: For me, silence can be a source of great creativity. When I let everything go and focus on silence, often, after a certain amount of time, new ideas emerge and bubble up. Health Benefits: Silence lowers blood pressure, boosts your immune system, boosts your brain chemistry, reduces stress (lowers blood cortisol levels and adrenaline levels), allows for good hormone regulation and interaction of all the hormone-related systems in your body, and keeps plaque from forming in arteries. Deliberate Silence/Not Talking: In many Eastern traditions, “mauna,” or observing silence, is an integral practice. Not speaking and turning inward is thought to bring peace, clarity and spiritual purity. Presence: Here’s another quote I like: “In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.” — Mother Teresa. Silence can bring us into the present moment like little else can. It focuses your attention on the here and now. You start to notice that the present moment is a living, dynamic thing. You notice that the silence isn’t an empty void … there’s much more to it. And on a spiritual level, it’s important for us to experience and practice that presence. We learn how to really listen.  Q: What does a lack of silence do to us physically, mentally and emotionally? A: I think a lot of things. There’s distraction and lack of focus. A lack of silence stimulates all the negative effects of stress on your body and mind. It’s emotionally taxing and depleting. Constant noise isn’t healthy for us. Also, for most of human history, we’ve been accustomed to a lot more silence. I think this quote says a lot: “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence. See the stars, the moon and the sun — how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.” — Mother Teresa

Few delights can equal

 

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.

GEORGE MACDONALD

You are what you love, not...

 

You are what you love, not what loves you.

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Everything in the universe is within you:

 

Everything in the universe is within you.
Ask all from yourself."  

RUMI

PEACEFUL PACE OF NATURE:

 

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON; "peace with patience" is my mantra while driving in lots of traffic

What is a soul?

 

What is a soul? It’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.

RAY CHARLES

"..the work of the heart is never done."

 

As long as I’m alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.

MUHAMMAD ALI my heartbeat, the rhythm of aliveness~

STAND UP, SPEAK YOUR MIND TO THOSE YOU FEAR

 

Dare to stand before those you fear, and speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

MAGGIE KUHN

Many beautiful places in the world:

 

Don't force, feel it with your heart:

 

Can you embrace depression by forgiving it?

Hi Ron,   Beloved, depression is such an insidious and mind bending condition.  It can hit you

 

out of the blue,

 

even when everything is going right - and drain your soul.   It can shut down your plans, your goals and the ability to achieve your highest intentions.   It causes you to judge and shame yourself.  Maybe you even "hate" depression or

 

hate yourself for having this condition.   What if you could make friends with it? What if you could embrace it by forgiving it?   Because the more you hate and resist it, the more you blame and shame

 

yourself - the

 

more you stay stuck in the energy of it.   Here is a powerful affirmation that I invite you to take into your heart and repeat

 

every day until you feel a shift about this condition in your consciousness:   Affirmation for depression:   I have been angry at you depression. I have been angry at my body. I have fallen

 

into the belief that you have betrayed me and let me down. I have been ashamed

 

of you. But now I am willing to see you differently. I am willing to embrace you and

 

the messages

 

you have come to bring.   You are welcome at my table with all of your stories. I’d like to hear them. So that

 

I can help you

 

and give you what you need. Perhaps you have not been holding onto me, but I have

 

been holding onto you.   I forgive you for bringing this battle to my door, and I give thanks that the battle is not

 

really mine at all,

 

but is the delight of the sweet presence and power within me to heal me spiritually,

 

emotionally

 

and chemically at my deepest core. I hear you now, and I feel your appreciation that

 

I am listening.   I love you,  Ester  Dear Ester,  I have found that living in the moment as much as possible stating "no problem"

 

to most

 

of issues that come up. When one looks deep enough, it is apparent that there

 

is "no problem".

 

Living life wholeheartedly, "The vision of the eye is limited, but the vision of the

 

heart

 

transcends all barriers of time and space."   Breathing in gratitude to you, Ron

 

At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough.

 

At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough.

TONI MORRISON that's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing and ordinary life.  and it is breathtakingly beautiful.

Inquiry can be very powerful

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NOW, Start where you are, use what you have, do what

 

Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

ARTHUR ASHE

Happy Valentine Day - I believe that the world was created and approved by love

 

I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love.

WENDELL BERRY

Merge mercy with might, and might with right. then love becomes our legacy and...

 

If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change, our children’s birthright.

AMANDA GORMAN

'"..the hope of humanity now rests."

 

It’s in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.

VAN JONES

An action done out of pure intent to bring joy or to relieve suffering...

 

An action done out of pure intent to bring joy or to relieve suffering is never lost, even if the immediate outcome is not what we want, and even if it’s the opposite.

KAIRA JEWEL LINGO

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Between these two, my life flows.

 

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I AM UNTOUCHABLE. I AM VAST. I AM ETERNAL. I AM VULNERABLE. I AM SMALL. I NEED HELP. Between these two, my life flows. - Jeff Foster

This is a wonderful day.

 

This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before. MAYA ANGELOU It is never too late to have a sense of wonder, and a wonderfilled childhood

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