Each Thursday we hold space for the release and healing of the colonization of our Minds and Spirits. “Colonized Mind” describes the ways in which we have internalized biases, racism wielded and experienced, and for those who are considered “white”, White Privilege.
As colonization spread across the planet, it brought many wounds, falsehoods, and lies to our ancestors. Over the generations, our DNA, Minds, and Souls have absorbed colonized ideas about every aspect of life, including what is real and not, valued or not. Also included is shame, self-loathing, “sin”, time, gender, nature, sexuality, “history”, “race”, and the list goes on.

We cannot create an Earth honoring and just culture for ALL Peoples until we specifically and consciously address the ways in which we have been colonized in our minds, hearts and souls. As Animists and Earth honoring People, we sense how everyone is connected, and the connection extends beyond Humanity. WE are the Earth and the Earth is US.

Learning to see the tendrils of Colonized Mind (which includes white, male and human supremacy) within our thoughts, beliefs and actions, helps us remember our place in the circle of sacred humanity. Not doing so continues to inflict systemic and personal harm on our Black, Indigenous and Brown family members, as well as all our non-human kin.

“We do not have to be free of racism to be an Anti-Racist. Being an Anti-Racist means that we address racist ideas wherever we find them, starting within ourselves.” (Angela Davis and Ibram X Kendi)

The structure of this circle is as follows:
-Quynn opens the sacred circle with a prayer to the ancestors of the land where we are, and a prayer of protection, specifically for all black and brown people.
-A reading of wisdom from a black or indigenous scholar, poet or artist to offer a focus for our inquiry and meditation for healing and justice. There may be a guest for a conversation about the process of decolonization.
-Quynn (or guest) will share a guided meditation based on the particular area of focus for each meeting.
-Commitment to a personal action in the world.
-Closing the circle with a prayer for protection for those who are in harms way for peaceful protest, and gratitude for the ancestors who fought, and still fight, for justice.

All levels of understanding are welcome. The only prerequisite is having an open heart and mind, and a willingness to CHECK OUR DEFENSIVENESS.

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