Kathleen

“Resistance to painful information on the grounds that we cannot do anything about it springs less from powerlessness (as measured by our capacity to effect change) than from the fear of feeling powerless.”
― Joanna Macy, Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects

“The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong. The world is part of our own self and we are a part of its suffering wholeness. Until we go to the root of our image of separateness, there can be no healing. And the deepest part of our separateness from creation lies in our forgetfulness of its sacred nature, which is also our own sacred nature. — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee”
― Joanna Macy, Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects

“Francis Weller says, “The idea that you have to earn a living is a tragic way to think about being a human being.” Especially if that’s your only way of thinking about your one precious life. This is why the current state is a scandal. It’s not just because of what happened in the past. It’s because what happened is still happening. Karma is living energy that gets manifested in economics, politics, and the justice system.”
― Larry Ward, America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal

“You have to understand this was all about the money—and the fear of losing money and privilege—for white American people to stand by and witness this drama for hundreds of years. Responding to online criticism of the looting that ensued after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020, journalist Jenée Osterheld put it like this: “I hate that the livelihood of business owners is burning. But so are Black lives. And we know America’s love language is money.”
― Larry Ward, America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal