Heart of the Issue:Hope ~ Do not give up; there is hope yet. A wish will be granted. A birth is imminent. Fertility is everywhere. (Goddess: Yemaya ~ Often depicted as the goddess of hope and love. She is also considered the nourishing mother aspect of all water.)
The Challenge you Face:Justice ~ Justice will be done for the good of all. Take responsibility for your actions. The chaos in your life will end; natural order will be restored. (Goddess: Maat ~ She brought Law to chaos. She created and judged every natural law in the universe, making her one of the most powerful deities.)
The Solution: Unity ~ You will be victorious. Teamwork or a partnership may be better than going it alone. Synergy is important right now. Delegation is useful. (Goddess: Boudicca ~ Her name means “bringer of victory”. She did what no other could do in her time: she was a queen, a warrior, a leader, and a mother.)
Reading from the deck “Goddesses and Sirens” created by Stacey Demarco
White people are not the only problem that black people have. As black people, we also hurt ourselves. We rob and kill each other far more than white people do. I’ve been around long enough to know this because I have seen it and have lived through it. From the 60s, 70s, 80s up to now, the problems still persist because we continue to allow it to persist. We need to stop calling those who become successful “sell outs” “wanna-be’s” “Uncle-Toms” or “bourgeois” to name a few. We, as black people, need to stop tearing ourselves down and start building ourselves up. Otherwise, we will never be more than what the white people fear about us. There are abundant opportunities for all cultures and individuals in this country to succeed and be great contributors to society. We as Americans just need to get out there and just give it a try and stop making excuses every time we fail. We as black people need to stop blaming white people for all of our problems, get rid of the slave mentality that keeps us shackled to and living in the past. That doesn’t mean we should forget about the past nor pretend that racism doesn’t exist. But we need to stop dwelling on it 24/7. As long as there is ignorance, racism may never truly go away because ignorance is a condition that unfortunately is engrained in all of us in various degrees. But we can still work through it. Sure, there are assholes, idiots, dumb asses and very bad and evil people in this world, and they come in all colors. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t learn to get along.
The other problem is that we as Americans need to stop believing everything that we see in the press, because their agenda always seems to over-sensationalize everything that is bad in this country. I see so little coverage of all the great contributions that black Americans have done for this country. We contribute far more than just in the field of sports and entertainment. We have also excelled greatly in the field of business, medicine, mathematics, science, technology, ect, ect… There are plenty of books and articles out there that are easy to find on that topic. I guess black success is boring and not very newsworthy to the general media. We all need to stop drinking the kool-aide and believing all of the false narratives painted by the press.
Also, white people should not have to be forced to feel guilty about being white. Just make sure that as white people, you all don’t discriminate and prejudge us right off the bat based on our color. We may not all come from nice neighborhoods but that doesn’t mean that we are not decent and intelligent people with a deep sense of faith as well. I don’t claim to speak for all black people, and they don’t speak for me. We all have our own individual likes and dislikes, from politics, religion, taste in music, ect, ect. However, we are all trying to strive, thrive and survive in America just like everybody else. If I have offended anyone in this post, it is not my intention. However, I feel that a lot of people avoid facing certain hard facts about life. I am certain that I am not the only black person that has these views. Besides, I am on the latter half of my 50s and I am at a point in my life where I am getting tired of all of this BS! May God bless us and continue to guide us through all of our trials and tribulations.
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without words And never stops at all. ~ Hope Is The Thing With Feathers, by Emily Dickenson
Human incarnation is not simply an opportunity to learn, but rather an obligation to participate in humankind’s condition, and responsibilities.
The steps in early childhood that take us from sanity to insanity are taken in the moments we disassociate from the collective unconscious. The anxiety produced by our moving away from daily contact with the reservoir and our sacred (life) vow is what makes us crazy. (Vow made prior to incarnating).
As we began to disregard the guidance around us, we began to persecute the very people who might have helped us to see the disaster we were bringing on ourselves by breaking the sacred circle of creation. We persecuted the healers and mediums, the shamans and witches, the visionaries and mystics. In attacking the guardians of our moral boundaries, we created a rift between ourselves and our individual souls, and a rift between ourselves and our common vow. These rifts allowed us to engage in pogroms, wars, the theft of resources, and the hoarding of food and water as a means to killing one another.
We are at a pivotal point. We can continue devolving, or we can wind our way back to the sacred knowledge we once had by recovering the old ways, by reuniting with the life around us. In joining again with the all-life, we will begin a new journey. We can fight our way out of the vacuum in which we live. We can retrieve all that is our by right ~ and by obligation. Reunion is not a choice any more. Reunion is our only hope.
We start the journey that beckons by giving up our notion of man as master. We begin by acknowledging our place as part of ~ and not the reason for ~ life on this planet.
*Excerpts from “Shouting at the Wolf”, A Guide to Identifying and Warding Off EVIL in Every Day Life, by Anderson Reed
When we deny others the privilege of being their authentic self, without judgement, we most certainly cannot expect ourselves to receive this same privilege. We get what we give. I know deep down we all want to be recognized for the value we bring to this world. Our value added is no greater than any other… Let us embrace our unique individualities and allow space for others to embrace ours as well.
And the light shines in darkness, and darkness did not retain it. ~ John 1:5
Those who claim to worship Christ yet are proud, spiteful, jealous, cruel and unforgiving of others, ambitious for material goods, I declare to you that they have religion for outward appearances only and not in their hearts, God who sees everything will say: ” Those who know the truth and do not follow it is a hundredfold more guilty in the evil they do than the ignorant savage.”
“Progress is a condition of human nature and no one can prevent it. It is a living force that bad laws may hamper, but not smother. When these laws become incompatible, progress breaks them down and continues to do so until the laws of humankind match Divine justice, which wills the best for everyone, and until all laws made by the strong to the detriment of the weak are eradicated.”
What does the mission of incarnate spirits entail?
“Educating other incarnates, helping their advancement, and improving their institutions through direct, material means. Missions vary in scope and importance, and the individual who works as a farmer accomplishes a mission just as a politician or a teacher does. Everything in nature is connected and all spirits, while purifying themselves through incarnation, contribute to the accomplishment of God’s plans. Each of you has a mission because each of you can be useful in one way or another.”
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