Blessed Friday dear ones,
Happy Eclipse SZN & Jesus (the Brown-skinned Radical Revolutionary) Resurrection weekend to all who celebrate šø š āØ
As yāall know, Iām not religious. But Jesus - and their radical message of love - is one of my main guides & muses. My Jesus is also 100p non-binary. š
Love as Liberationā¦
Firstly, mad love to all those who shared how my last newsletter aligned for you - itās a balm to be reminded Iām not alone.
Iāve just completed a 4 day meditation retreat which I spent more or less alone in silence, and love (and revolution) have been on the brain.
Love is the anchor and basis for my (newest flavor of) spiritual activism. And that starts with loving myself (and others)ā¦no matter what.
No matter if people misunderstand me.
No matter if people project onto or persecute me.
No matter if Iām unable to show up in the ways I desire right now.
One of my teachers offered an invitation to be with ājust this much.ā
In our world of white supremacist capitalism, that conditions us to believe we aināt worth shit unless weāre DOing - how can we honor that this moment & however we are or need to show up in it, are enough?
Just this.
Just this moment.
Just this much.
Offerings to Root into Loveā¦
Below are some offerings to help you root into and with a love that can free us all:
what gets in the way of me loving myself (beliefs, patterns, people, places)? What gets in the way of me loving others?
what would it feel like to have nothing to do, nowhere to be, nothing to fix? What might that feeling make more possible?
whatās one way I can practice loving myself no matter what (ex: an affirmation, a self-soothing tool, an accountability buddy)?
Thank you for being here.
I love you. xx R š