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Let's Keep Waking Up

Being an “antiracist” is a verb. We need to stay active with our self-education so that we can be active in both our responses to racism and in our endeavors toward creating a realistic, compassionate and equitable culture. This is a reminder to myself and to you, to come back, right now, to the higher Self visions and values, and continue to wake up, together.

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Ami Ji Schmidnew
I am learning to accept this...

Today, I feel compassion for and solidarity with mothers - from everywhere and from every time - who feel the joy and pain of mothering, and for having to let go. I am learning to accept this pervasive letting go, followed by compassion and solidarity - with or without common blood or borders or species, with or without reason.

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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Event: May 3, 2022

The Joint Memorial Ceremony is the largest Israeli-Palestinian peace event in history. Last year 300,000 people participated in the live broadcast event and over one million people streamed it afterwards. It has become a focal point for the entire peace community. The Joint Memorial Day Ceremony sets the foundation for widespread cultural change by shifting public opinion on a mass scale. Joining together to mourn each other’s pain challenges the status quo, setting the foundation to build a new reality based on mutual respect, dignity and equality.

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Ami Ji Schmidnew
Happy Birth Day to Us!

Today I officially turn 62-years of age. I’m in no rush to grow up. I’m not confused by the process of aging. I feel no need to slow it down. I’m clear about our culture being broken. I forgive us for being in a dynamic picture. This ‘62’ is a bit of a ‘Goldilocks’ moment.

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Waiting to Bloom

At this time in our history, the world has been experiencing a “Dark Night of the Soul”. It’s wonderful to hear confirmation that it has been a gift and that we’re moving out of it! Thank you, Sara Wiseman…

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I am the Egg(myn)

“Know thyself.” Just as many people ascribe this aphorism to Socrates, the general public may have wrong-thinking (or at least, missing pieces of information) about how to go about getting to know oneself. Psychosynthesis’ Egg Diagram offers a succinct way to describe who am I.

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The Original People

Today, my eyes + heart are focused once again on our Native ancestors… to the families of those ancestors who bear the rippling pain + burden from the past that is alive in the present… to a future I can only hope will heal + revive the riches of Native languages + cultures.

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