My friend and wonderful spiritual guide, Jamal has a new blog that I’m really enjoying. I wanted to share this most recent one as it speaks to systemic racism.
Another good friend, Ananda Mariam from Portland and I are going to start a book group on June 22nd. It will be an opportunity to use Robin D’Angelo’s book “White Fragility” to create discussion around the challenges those of us at the top of the privilege ladder often face in understanding systemic racism and our part in it. All are welcome – please let me know if you’d like to join us.
Below is an excerpt from the latest post in Jamal’s Spiritual Fragrance of the Qur’an. This week, they are sharing Cleansing the Heart
“God will not change the condition of a people unless they change what is in their hearts.” (Qur’an 13:11)
“All your life, O Ghalib
You kept repeating the same mistake
Your face was dirty
But you were obsessed with cleaning the mirror.” ~Mirza Ghalib
To heal and change the conditions of social injustice and planetary degradation, we simply have to do the work of transforming the ego and opening up the heart…
Continue reading this post here: http://jamalrahman.blog/05/18/cleansing-the-heart/